Difference between revisions of "Cobb County - Judicial Misconduct"

In June of 2021, Judge Robert E. Flournoy III was asked by way of motion to recuse himself from presiding over a custody case in which Tom Browning, founding partner of Browning & Smith who was Judge Flournoy's attorney in his 2010 custody case,<ref>[https://thewikilaw.org/wiki/images/c/cf/Flournoy_Browning_Conflict.pdf Cobb County Superior Court, Case No. 10-1-05727]</ref> longtime friend and campaign treasurer of Flournoy's, was representing an opposing party. The case was temporarily assigned to the Chief Superior Court Judge, Robert D. Leonard II to hear the recusal motion. That motion against Judge Flournoy was filed and plead by Cobb County attorney Matt McMaster on behalf of the father fighting for custody in that matter. Despite the known relationship between Tom Browning and Judge Flournoy, Judge Leonard denied the request for recusal and the case was assigned back to Judge Flournoy. A motion for reconsideration was subsequently filed against Judge Leonard's order and that matter is still pending. In December of 2021, attorney McMaster entered the 2022 Cobb County Superior Court Judge election race to challenging Judge Leonard. Upon learning of McMaster's candidacy, Judge Flournoy and his wife Julie Flournoy dumped $4,400 into Judge Leonard's re-election campaign in January 2022.