Lawyers are raising concerns over the secrecy surrounding the sanctioning of Middle Georgia Judicial Circuit Chief Judge Robert S. Reeves. Reeves has agreed to an unpaid 30-day suspension and a printed public reprimand following an accord with Georgia’s judicial watchdog agency.
The sanction, recently sanctioned by the Supreme Court of Georgia, addresses 58 formal counts of ethical violations filed against Reeves. These charges were brought to light by the Judicial Qualifications Commission of Georgia.
“95% of the time that I interact with him he has been very decent to me,” said Vidalia attorney William Michael-Malone Hart. “It is the other 5% of the time, particularly when we get into heated exchanges, that I feel like my clients aren’t going to be given a fair chance.”
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