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==Cobb Leaders Rest On Their Laurels==
==Cobb Leaders Rest On Their Laurels==
So why would Cobb County senior judges be complicit with Fulton County's agenda?<ref>Judge Adele Grubbs appointed Berry Zimmerman as a special master to the case even though Mr. Zimmerman was disqualified to serve in that capacity under the Judicial Code of Ethics. Zimmerman subsequently withdrew as special master from the case after Derrick Jackson’s attorney motioned for Zimmerman’s removal. [https://thewikilaw.org/wiki/index.php?title=Cobb_County_judge_sets_the_record_straight_in_Fulton,_or_is_it_all_a_facade%3F Cobb County judge sets the record straight in Fulton, or is all a facade?]</ref><ref>On December 21, 2022, Judge Melynee Leftridge entered an order stating that Derrick Jackson was required to pay $30,000 into the Registry of the Fulton County court by December 31, 2022 even though Jackson had already deposited $190,264.52 into the Registry prior to that date. [https://thewikilaw.org/wiki/index.php?title=Karma_prevails_and_Recusal_Motion_ensues Karma prevails and Recusal Motion ensues]. Though, only 12 months of rent was due (January-December 2022) with rent being $15,000 per month, totaling $180,000. At a contempt hearing before Judge Grant Brantley on September 29, 2023, Jackson’s attorney expressed that the court needed to explain “how it concluded that $220,264.52 had to be deposited by Derrick Jackson by December 31st 2022,” to which Judge Brantley essentially asserted his 5th Amendment Right to Remain Silent by responding: “Mr. McMaster, I'm not going to be cross-examined.” [https://thewikilaw.org/wiki/images/f/fa/ParamountvJackson_Transcript_09-29-2023.pdf Hearing Transcript, Paramount Properties v. Derrick Jackson, September 29, 2023 (PDF)]</ref> Some surface level research reveals that the start and end of the analysis lies with their personal incentives: Time & Money.<ref>[http://letpauldingfly.com/img/LPFRecusalRelease-6-11-2015.pdf Judge Brantley Needs to Step Aside]</ref>
So why would Cobb County senior judges be complicit with Fulton County's agenda?<ref>Judge Adele Grubbs appointed Berry Zimmerman as a special master to the case even though Mr. Zimmerman was disqualified to serve in that capacity under the Judicial Code of Ethics. Zimmerman subsequently withdrew as special master from the case after Derrick Jackson’s attorney motioned for Zimmerman’s removal. [https://thewikilaw.org/wiki/index.php?title=Cobb_County_judge_sets_the_record_straight_in_Fulton,_or_is_it_all_a_facade%3F Cobb County judge sets the record straight in Fulton, or is all a facade?]</ref><ref>On December 21, 2022, Judge Melynee Leftridge entered an order stating that Derrick Jackson was required to pay $30,000 into the Registry of the Fulton County court by December 31, 2022 even though Jackson had already deposited $190,264.52 into the Registry prior to that date. [https://thewikilaw.org/wiki/index.php?title=Karma_prevails_and_Recusal_Motion_ensues Karma prevails and Recusal Motion ensues]. Though, only 12 months of rent was due (January-December 2022) with rent being $15,000 per month, totaling $180,000. At a contempt hearing before Judge Grant Brantley on September 29, 2023, Jackson’s attorney expressed that the court needed to explain “how it concluded that $220,264.52 had to be deposited by Derrick Jackson by December 31st 2022,” to which Judge Brantley essentially asserted his 5th Amendment Right to Remain Silent by responding: “Mr. McMaster, I'm not going to be cross-examined.” [https://thewikilaw.org/wiki/images/f/fa/ParamountvJackson_Transcript_09-29-2023.pdf Hearing Transcript, Paramount Properties v. Derrick Jackson, September 29, 2023 (PDF)]</ref> Some surface level research reveals that the start and end of the analysis lies with their personal incentives: Time & Money.
 
===The Honorable Adele P. Grubbs===
===The Honorable Adele P. Grubbs===
The Honorable Adele P. Grubbs (born in December of 1944) earned her law degree from Manchester University in England before she moved to the U.S., State of Georgia in 1969.<ref>[https://www.law.com/dailyreportonline/2020/08/24/lifetime-achiever-judge-adele-grubbs/ Lifetime Achiever: Judge Adele Grubbs]</ref> Grubbs was the first woman assistant district attorney in Cobb County and was elected to the county’s Superior Court in 2000.<ref>[https://patch.com/georgia/southcobb/retiring-cobb-judge-adele-grubbs-be-honored Retiring Cobb Judge Adele Grubbs To Be Honored]</ref> She retired after the end of her 2016 term and was appointed as a Senior Judge in 2017.
The Honorable Adele P. Grubbs (born in December of 1944) earned her law degree from Manchester University in England before she moved to the U.S., State of Georgia in 1969.<ref>[https://www.law.com/dailyreportonline/2020/08/24/lifetime-achiever-judge-adele-grubbs/ Lifetime Achiever: Judge Adele Grubbs]</ref> Grubbs was the first woman assistant district attorney in Cobb County and was elected to the county’s Superior Court in 2000.<ref>[https://patch.com/georgia/southcobb/retiring-cobb-judge-adele-grubbs-be-honored Retiring Cobb Judge Adele Grubbs To Be Honored]</ref> She retired after the end of her 2016 term and was appointed as a Senior Judge in 2017.
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====The Big Picture====
====The Big Picture====
In an article published in 2022, Cobb County State Court Judge, Carl Bowers, said that when Bowers went into private practice, “Brantley told him to remember he was not just practicing law, but running a business.”<ref>[https://sports.yahoo.com/portrait-unveiled-colleagues-honor-cobb-223900910.html Portrait unveiled as colleagues honor Cobb Judge Brantley]</ref> Interestingly, while a judge is a government position for the purpose of serving the public, Judge Brantley treats his judgeship exactly as a business, and nothing more. The below chart illustrates how the "business" of a Superior Court judge is conducted:
In an article published in 2022, Cobb County State Court Judge, Carl Bowers, said that when Bowers went into private practice, “Brantley told him to remember he was not just practicing law, but running a business.”<ref>[https://sports.yahoo.com/portrait-unveiled-colleagues-honor-cobb-223900910.html Portrait unveiled as colleagues honor Cobb Judge Brantley]</ref> Interestingly, while a judge is a government position for the purpose of serving the public, Judge Brantley treats his judgeship exactly as a business, and nothing more.<ref>On May 18, 2015, Paulding County Industrial Building Authority attorneys filed a motion for the recusal of the Honorable Judge G. Grant Brantley on hearing a lawsuit brought by six local residents to prevent the development of Silver Comet Field where the "plaintiff's" attorney, Michael Bowers (father of Cobb County State Court Judge, Carl Bowers), was the former superior officer in the military and 30 year business and political associate.[http://letpauldingfly.com/img/LPFRecusalRelease-6-11-2015.pdf Judge Brantley Needs to Step Aside]</ref> The below chart illustrates how the "business" of a Superior Court judge is conducted:
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