Young v. Champion

Marshall, Judge.

The appellant appeals her disqualification to practice law before the Recorder’s Court of the City of Albany and a citation and conviction for contempt by the city recorder with a three-day jail term, suspended.

The facts indicate that the appellant is a duly licensed attorney and a member of the State Bar of Georgia in good standing. She also is an elected commissioner of the City of Albany. It is uncontested that the Board of Commissioners of the City of Albany select the judge of the recorder’s court. As such, the commissioners are in effect the employers of the recorder. In…