A Georgia Court of Appeals Judge under fire for a handful of ethics violations has been ordered to pay $25,000 to resolve one of those cases. The Georgia Government Transparency and Campaign Finance Commission ordered Judge Christian Coomer to pay $25,000 to settle an allegation that he used campaign dollars for personal use, to include a trip to Hawaii and another to Israel. A 2020 complaint alleged that the comingling of funds helped Coomer prop up his private law practice from 2015 to 2019. According to the Associated Press, his attorney Doug Chalmers said Coomer “could have fought the complaint … Continue reading Georgia Appeals Court Judge Ordered to Pay $25K in Ethics Fines, Largest Fine Ever Imposed