A federal judge has ordered a lawyer to reimburse Camden County $89,234 in legal fees for pursuing a discrimination suit after the court deemed it factually and legally frivolous.

Senior U.S. District Judge Jerome Simandle ordered Sewell attorney Cheryl Cooper on Thursday to pay that amount for her representation of John Sosinavage, a former lieutenant in the Camden Police Department. Sosinavage lost his job when that department was disbanded in 2013 and the Camden County Police Department began serving the city.