James Tucker

ADAP

James Tucker grew up and attended public schools in Decatur.  He earned  an undergraduate degree in finance from The University of Alabama in  1982 and his law degree from Emory University in 1986.  He has worked at  ADAP since 1997 and currently serves as its Director.  He also has practiced with Florida Rural Legal  Services, the ACLU of Alabama, and the Southern Poverty Law Center.   James has litigated class actions in federal and state courts addressing  disability, gender, and race discrimination as well as mental health,  foster care, education, employment, housing, voting, corrections, and  Medicaid issues.  He is a member of the Bar in Alabama, Florida  (inactive), and Georgia (inactive).  He has received numerous awards for  his disability advocacy work in Alabama.