Jean Brown (judge)
Jean Williams Brown (born c. 1952) was a justice of the Supreme Court of Alabama from 1999 to 2005.
Life and career[edit]
Brown was born around 1952 and raised in Birmingham, Alabama. She earned her bachelor's degree from Samford University (1974) and a J.D. degree from the University of Alabama School of Law (1977).[1] Her legal career has included working as an Assistant District Attorney in Montgomery, Alabama and serving as a Judge of the Alabama Court of Criminal Appeals.[2][3] In 1999, Brown was elected as a justice of the Supreme Court of Alabama.[4][5] She was defeated for reelection in a 2005 campaign directed in part at her participation in a ruling requiring the removal of a statue of the Ten Commandments from state property.[6] In 2019, Brown was appointed as a commissioner for the Alabama Department of Senior Services.[7]
See also[edit]
- List of female state supreme court justices
- List of justices of the Alabama Supreme Court
- Supreme Court of Alabama
References[edit]
- ^ "Spotlight On...Justice Jean Brown" (PDF). The Voice (Alabama Retail Association). Spring 2004.
- ^ The Federal Reporter. West Publishing Company. 1980.
- ^ Appeals, Alabama Court of; Appeal, Louisiana Courts of; Appeals, Florida District Court of (1998). West's southern reporter. West Publishing Company.
- ^ "Alabama Judicial System". judicial.alabama.gov. Retrieved 2019-09-07.
- ^ The Martindale-Hubbell Law Directory. Martindale-Hubbell Law Directory, Incorporated. 2003. ISBN 9781561605514.
- ^ Rawls, Phillip (October 6, 2005). "Ex-Justice Jean Brown to attempt comeback". The Decatur Daily. Archived from the original on December 3, 2011.
- ^ Brownlee, Chip (2019-04-04). "Former Alabama Supreme Court justice tapped as new senior services commissioner". Alabama Political Reporter. Retrieved 2019-09-07.
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