Jean Brown (judge)

Jean Williams Brown (born c. 1952) was a justice of the Supreme Court of Alabama from 1999 to 2005.

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]

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References
  1. "Spotlight On...Justice Jean Brown" (PDF). The Voice (Alabama Retail Association). Spring 2004.
  2. The Federal Reporter. West Publishing Company. 1980.
  3. Appeals, Alabama Court of; Appeal, Louisiana Courts of; Appeals, Florida District Court of (1998). West's southern reporter. West Publishing Company.
  4. "Alabama Judicial System". judicial.alabama.gov. Retrieved 2019-09-07.
  5. The Martindale-Hubbell Law Directory. Martindale-Hubbell Law Directory, Incorporated. 2003. ISBN 9781561605514.
  6. Rawls, Phillip (October 6, 2005). "Ex-Justice Jean Brown to attempt comeback". The Decatur Daily. Archived from the original on December 3, 2011.
  7. 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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