On July 14th, Atlanta Divorce Attorney Paul R. Koehler, reportedly addressed an African-American court staffer as a “little monkey” but claims he thought he knew the woman.   Check this out….

Koehler, who is white, acknowledged in an interview that he had addressed an African-American court staffer as a “little monkey” but said he thought he was speaking to someone else he knew.

Koehler said the woman he had addressed turned out to be someone he assumes is a member of Workman’s staff. “It never passed my mind that it even was a member of the judge’s staff,” Koehler said Monday. “It was a pretty black lady that I thought I knew and was joking with.”

Workman and Adams’ order says that Koehler cannot appear on the fifth floor — “from this day forward” — unless he is escorted by a sheriff’s deputy. The order also says Koehler may not address either of those judges’ staff for any reason but must direct all communications on those judges’ cases in writing to the judge.

I give DeKalb Superior Court Judges -Chief Judge, Anne Workman and Judge Gregory A. Adams props for banning this creep from the fifth floor of the DeKalb County Courthouse without an escort. They made it clear that this type of insidious, racist and disrespectful behavior will not be tolerated. This was affirmed by a written order stating:

“Attorney Koehler’s racist and disrespectful behavior to court staff will not be tolerated by the judges of the Superior Court of DeKalb County,” reads the order.

Koehler said he had been in the midst of a trial — “it doesn’t matter” which judge he was before, he said — and was in the hallway on a lunch break waiting for a court staffer to bring out a document that was being faxed from his office. He said he was talking and joking with a woman sitting at a reception desk. “And a lady who I thought I knew after 45 years of practicing law … who I’ve kidded with for years walked by me,” said Koehler.

“I made a comment like, ‘How you doing, you little monkey?’ or something like that,” said Koehler. “I had no intent to make it a racial comment. … If I had not known the lady I would not have said a word. It was a poor choice of words. It was meant as a joke. … I can see how it was taken the wrong way. There’s not much I can do about it after it happened.

“I didn’t mean it the way it came out,” Koehler continued. “I think every day, when I’m playing with my granddaughter or I’m playing with someone else I use that word, monkey. … I have a niece who is black. I am not a stereotype.”

Koehler said later that day Adams asked him to come with him, and they proceeded to Workman’s courtroom. “And that’s when it hit me,” he said. The woman who was the object of the “monkey” remark was there and repeated what he had said, Koehler recalled.  SOURCE

So let me get this straight Mr. Koehler, … it’s perfectly normal for you to address someone outside your race as an animal, but it’s not racist because you have a niece who is black?

STOP!!!!   I don’t want to hear anymore.

In addition to your ban from the courthouse floor, I hope that us putting you on full blast here in HickTown lets your clients and potential clients know how you really feel about black people, so they can keep it movin and spend their hard earned legal fees elsewhere.