Chief Assistant Attorney General
Education
- The University of Alabama School of Law, J.D., 1972; 1st place, Moot Court Competition (1st woman to do so); Dean's Award for Service; National Moot Court Team; Best Brief, Regionals in National Moot Court Competition; Honor Court and Moot Court Board
- The University of Alabama, B.A., History and English
Clerkships
- The Honorable Robert Bradley, Alabama Court of Criminal Appeals, 1972-1973
Admissions
- Alabama State Bar
- United States Supreme Court
- United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
- United States District Courts for the Northern, Middle, and Southern Districts of Alabama.
Experience
- Member, Alabama Sentencing Commission as appointee of the Attorney General, executive committee member, 2000-present
- Representative of the Attorney General on the Alabama Judicial System Study Commission Sub-Committee on Indigent Defense, 2000-2001;
- Chief, State of Alabama Office of the Attorney General, Capital Litigation Division, 1997-1998
- Chief, State of Alabama Office of the Attorney General, Criminal Appeals Division, 1987-1997
- Co-chief, State of Alabama Office of the Attorney General, Civil Division, 1982-1987
- Assistant Attorney General, State of Alabama Office of the Attorney General, Civil Division, 1978-1987
- Attorney for Alabama Ethics Commission, 1978-1986)
- Attorney General Opinion Review Committee, 1986 – 2002
- Attorney for the State Board of Education and Education law specialist, 1973-1983 (Implementinf special education in Alabama)
- Assistant Attorney General, State of Alabama Office of the Attorney General, Criminal Appeals Division and Civil Division, 1973-1978
- White collar prosecutions, 1978
- Special prosecutions team for backlogged criminal dockets,1976 – 1978
- 1972-1973 Law Clerk, Judge Robert P. Bradley, Alabama Court of Civil Appeals
- 1971-1972 Law Clerk, Rosen Wright & Harwood, Tuscaloosa, Ala.
- Attorney for the Alabama Judicial Inquiry Commission and judicial ethics law specialist, 1978 – present
- Former Service on varous Alabama Supreme Court Standing Rules Committees: Rules of Appellate Procedure, Rules of Criminal Procedure (including initial drafting of Rules)
- Alabama Supreme Court Committee on the Alabama Rules of Criminal Procedure, 2011 – present
- Alabama Law Institute Criminal Code Revision Committee
Legal Areas
- Criminal Law, Criminal Sentencing Policy and Procedure, Judicial Ethics, Appellate Procedure
Memberships and Affiliations
- Alabama Sentencing Commission (Executive Committee)
- Past Member of the United Way Board of Directors
- Leadership Montgomery, Past Board of Directors
- Class I Leadership Alabama
- Class III Leadership Montgomery
- Past Member of Montgomery Junior League
- Past Member, Partners in Education Board of Directors
- Vestry, St. John's Episcopal Church.
- American College of Prosecutors
Distinctions
- University of Alabama Law School Dean’s Award for Service
- Alabama Bar Commissioner’s Award for Contributions to the Administration of Justice (2009)
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