With a request for oral argument still pending before the Supreme Court of Georgia, defense counsel for suspended Georgia Court of Appeals Judge Christian Coomer have filed supplemental briefs challenging his ongoing judicial misconduct probe.

(L-R) Mark D. Lefkow partner with Copeland Stair Kingma & Lovell, Joe Kingma and Dennis Cathey of Cathey & Strain in Cornelia, GA. Courtesy photos (L-R) Mark D. Lefkow partner with Copeland Stair Kingma & Lovell, Joe Kingma and Dennis Cathey of Cathey & Strain in Cornelia, Georgia. Courtesy photos

Coomer's defense team contends its recent discovery of a formal advisory opinion issued by the Judicial Qualifications Commission of Georgia in 2018 has nixed the judicial watchdog's authority to adjudicate their client's pre-judicial conduct.