A former Georgia appeals court judge who was removed from the bench in 2023 for ethical misconduct has been suspended from practicing law until August 2025.
The Georgia Supreme Court on Tuesday decided that Christian Coomer should have his law license suspended for two years for exploiting a vulnerable client when Coomer was a private lawyer. But the court agreed that Coomer could backdate the beginning of the suspension to Aug. 16, 2023, the day the high court kicked him off the bench.
Coomer said he intentionally had abstained from practicing law beginning on that date.
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