Supreme Court Associate Justice, Place 2

Party: Republican

Political experience: Associate Justice, Alabama Supreme Court, 2013- present; Judge, Alabama Court of Civil Appeals, 2005-2013.

Professional experience: Assistant attorney general and associate counsel, Alabama Department of Environmental Management, 1987- 2005; staff attorney, Alabama Court of Criminal Appeals, 1984-1986. Member, Alabama Bar Association, where he served as on the Environmental Law and Appellate Practice Sections and Quality of Life Committee. Previously on the Supreme Court of Alabama’s standing committees for the Alabama Rules of Appellate Procedure and the Alabama Rules of Judicial Administration. Served as a member of the Supreme Court’s Dispute Resolution Commission. Member, Montgomery County Bar Association.

Education: Juris doctorate, Jones School of Law, 1983; Master of Science, Troy University 1979; Bachelor of Science, Troy University, 1978.