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Justice Bill Lewis Related Seminars and Products

Alabama Supreme Court

Justice Bill Lewis currently serves on the Alabama Supreme Court following his service on the Alabama Court of Civil Appeals. Prior to his appellate tenure, he served as the Presiding Judge of the 19th Judicial Circuit, where he had been a Circuit Judge since 2016. Before taking the bench, he was the senior partner of the Law Offices of Bill Lewis, a firm he founded, and he previously served as an Assistant District Attorney for the 19th Judicial Circuit. With experience as a prosecutor; defense attorney; and civil, family, and administrative-law practitioner in both state and federal courts across three states, Justice Lewis is among the few judges in Alabama with such a broad legal background. He has tried thousands of cases—including bench and jury trials and capital litigation.

Justice Lewis earned undergraduate degrees in political science and economics from the University of the South and received his law degree from the Cumberland School of Law. Justice Lewis is an active leader in community and charitable work. He has held leadership roles with the Alabama Circuit Judges Association and the Elmore County Bar Association and has served on the boards of several local organizations, including the River Region United Way and the Wetumpka Chamber of Commerce.

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Lightfoot, Franklin & White, LLC

Thomas W. H. Buck Jr. Related Seminars and Products

Maynard Nexsen, PC

Tommy practices appellate, complex, and commercial litigation at Maynard Nexsen in Birmingham, where he has practiced for 10 years. He has extensive experience as an appellate lawyer, especially before the Alabama Supreme Court, where he has secured numerous victories for his clients, including several jury-verdict reversals. He has also presented oral argument before the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit and served as a law clerk to former Alabama Supreme Court Justice Jay Mitchell. He currently serves as a member of the Supreme Court of Alabama’s Standing Committee on the Alabama Rules of Appellate Procedure. Given his substantial familiarity with the appellate process, Tommy often serves as an advisor to clients in the midst of high-stakes trials, identifying issues and strategies for setting up successful appeals.

In addition to his appellate work, Tommy’s complex litigation practice spans a variety of industries and subject matter. He frequently represents defendants sued in whistleblower actions under the False Claims Act, and he has represented individual, corporate, and governmental clients across a wide range of proceedings including wrongful-death actions, contract disputes, personal injury cases, and constitutional litigation.  Tommy has been named to the Alabama State Bar Leadership Forum and has been recognized as One to Watch by Best Lawyers.

Before attending law school, Tommy served as a Surface Warfare Officer, Public Affairs Officer, and admiral’s aide in the United States Navy. Tommy received his J.D. from Emory University School of Law. He also holds a B.S. in Political Science and English from Vanderbilt University and an M.T.S. from Candler School of Theology.

Edmund LaCour Jr. Related Seminars and Products

Solicitor General

Office of the Attorney General

Edmund G. LaCour received a Bachelor of Arts from Birmingham-Southern College in 2007, a Master of Philosophy from Trinity College Dublin in 2008, and a Juris Doctor from Yale Law School in 2011. He has served as Solicitor General of Alabama since 2019 and Deputy Solicitor General from 2018-19.  Prior to joining Attorney General's office, he was in private practice.