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Anthony Tricoli, the former president of Georgia Perimeter College. He filed a racketeering lawsuit
against several college and University System officials in May, claiming they conspired to blame him for
a $25 million school budget deficit. That deficit led to Tricolis eventual resignation in 2012, layoffs of
almost 300 faculty and staff, and sanctions against the school by an accreditation agency. Tricoli has said
he has been unable to find another job in higher education because of his reputation being purposely
sullied in the fallout from Georgia Perimeters financial problems. The case is pending in DeKalb Superior
Court.
Denise Caldon, a former executive assistant to the president at Macon State College, which has since
merged with Middle Georgia College to become Middle Georgia State College. In her whistleblower suit
against the University System, Caldon alleged that she was released after she refused to sign off on
falsified personal leave reports for the president. Caldon unsuccessfully appealed her termination and lost
the whistleblower case. A Fulton County judge sealed depositions in that case that Caldon says would
prove wrongdoing by system officials. She has unsuccessfully appealed several times to have the
documents unsealed. The Attorney Generals Office has objected to unsealing the documents in the case.
Michael Brandenburg, who was fired from Georgia Medical College in 2005. The school says
Brandenburg was dismissed after making a derogatory comment about a patient. But Brandenburg claims
his firing was in retaliation for reporting a conflict of interest by a member of the Board of Regents who
had a contract with the college. His case seeking a termination review is pending, Humphreys said.
Dezso Benedek, a professor at the University of Georgia. Benedek filed a lawsuit accusing Olens and
UGA administrators of falsifying evidence and trying to revoke his tenure because of his criticism of
former UGA President Michael Adams. He filed a similar lawsuit in 2013. A judge dismissed some of the
claims in the first suit and sent others to a lower court, and it was later dismissed. The initial suit is being
appealed. The second lawsuit includes racketeering or corruption claims against the system, Humphreys
said.
Humphreys clients are seeking compensatory damages, including lost wages and attorney fees. Punitive
damages against individual USG officials are also being sought in some cases, the attorney said.