Alabama Court of Criminal Appeals, Place 2

Party: Republican

Residence: Gordo

Political experience: Elected justice of the Court of Criminal Appeals in 2018. District Attorney, 24^th Judicial Circuit, 2001-present after successful races in 2004, 2010 and 2016.

Professional experience:  Before becoming district attorney, served as assistant district attorney, 1995-2001; attorney in the law office of C.O. Burkhalter in Gordo, 1993-1995. Has been municipal court judge in Reform, Pickensville; adjunct professor, Trial Advocacy Program, University of Alabama School of Law, 1998-2000; member and former officer, Alabama District Attorneys Association; named Prosecutor of the Year in 2007 by Victims of Crime and Leniency; named Alabama District Attorneys Association District Attorney of the Year in 2007; named Prosecutor of the Year in 2012 by Alabama Forest Owners Association; member, Alabama Supreme Court’s Standing Committee on the Alabama Rules of Evidence was a longstanding member of the Northern District U.S. Attorney’s Law Enforcement Coordinating Committee.

Education: Bachelor of arts in history and classics with a concentration in Greek from the University of Alabama, in 1990, summa cum laude; juris doctorate, University of Alabama School of Law in 1993.

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