Anita L. Kelly

Democrat

Residence: Montgomery area

Political experience: First elected to the Circuit Court bench in Montgomery in 2004; reelected in 2010 and in 2016. Kelly is the senior judge in the Family Court Division for Montgomery County.

Professional experience: As a student, clerked with the U.S. Attorney General’s Office for the Northern District of Alabama and with the Law Department for the City of Birmingham. Judicial law clerk for former Chief Judge U. W. Clemon of the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Alabama. Worked in private practice with Thomas, Means and Gillis P.C., in Montgomery, primarily on employment law. Also worked as an assistant attorney general for the Alabama State Department of Education, 1998-2004, where her work primarily focused on federal litigation involving school desegregation issues.

Civic experience: Past president of the American Heart Association and an officer and/or member of the United Way, Junior League, Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, The Links Inc. and the Carats Inc., all chapters in Montgomery. Member of St. Paul AME Church in Troy and an affiliate member of Murdock Chapel AME Church in Pike Road.

Education: Bachelor’s and law degrees from the University of Alabama.

Main issues: “I believe that the objective hearing of facts and legal rulings independent of external influences and political agendas are not only vital to restoring faith in our judicial system, but in our nation.” Judge Anita Kelly, on her campaign website.

Campaign: https://judgeanitakelly.com/