OUR HISTORY
Recognizing that certain segments of the
population have historically been unrepresented or under-represented
in the legal arena, and recognizing that justice is a blind
concept, yet sometimes unjustly administered, the Alabama
Lawyers Association (formerly known as the Alabama Black Lawyers
Association) was organized in 1971.
The Alabama Lawyers Association was organized
to encourage the study of law, to provide support services
to members to address those issues which limit their effectiveness,
and to protect the civil and political rights of all citizens.
The Original Founding Members were:
. Justice Oscar W. Adams, Jr. (deceased)
. Orzell Billingsley (deceased)
. J.L. Chestnut
. Chief Judge U.W. Clemon
. Judge Dave Coar
. A.J. Cooper
. Vernon Crawford (deceased)
. J. Mason Davis
. Audrey Gaston
. Judge Peter Hall (deceased)
. Earl Hilliard
. Charles Langford
. Henry "Hank" Sanders
. Rose Mary Sanders aka Faya Ora Rose Toure
. Solomon Seay
EXECUTIVE
OFFICERS
2008-2009 Executive Officers
Tamula Yelling |
President
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Larry Golston |
President-Elect
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Navan Ward |
Vice-President
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Kimberly Kelley |
Secretary
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Carthenia Jefferson |
Asst. Secretary
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Yolanda Hunter |
Treasurer
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Frankie Lee |
Parliamentarian
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Rodney Barganier |
Immediate Past President |
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PAST
PRESIDENTS
Hon. Oscar W. Adams, Jr.
A.J. Cooper
Fred D. Gray
Senator Michael A. Figures
Hon. U. W. Clemons
Henry L. Thompson
Senator Hank Sanders
Hon. Vanzetta P. McPherson
J.L. Chestnut
Jock Smith
Hon. David Barnes
Brenda Montgomery
Rose M. Sanders
Robert H. Turner
Hon. John H. England, Jr.
Hon. Eugene R. Verin
LaVeeda Morgan Battle
Hon. Martha Lynn Sherrod
Hon. Ralph D. Cook
Deborah B. Walker
Gerrilyn V. Grant
Yvonne A.H. Saxon
Tori Adams Burks
Fred D. Gray, Jr.
Launice P. Sills
Daisy M. Holder
Sandra H. Lewis
Robert A. Jones, Jr.
LaBarron N. Boone
Karen Mastin
Janet M. Akers
Charles Brooks
Kendall C. Dunson
Elisabeth French |
