The lawyer who oversaw the Georgia Commission on Equal Opportunity for more than 10 years until he was ousted by Gov. Nathan Deal in 2011 has sued the governor and the State Accounting Office for unpaid travel reimbursements dating back to 2006.

Gordon Joyner, who served as executive director and administrator of the GCEO from January 2001 to October 2011, said in two lawsuits that he has been seeking reimbursement for expense requests from 2006 through 2011 and that Open Record Act requests he first filed in 2012 for records and travel policies have been unmet.