Judge Madeline Haikala

US District Court - Northern District of Alabama

President Barack Obama appointed Judge Madeline Hughes Haikala to the United States District Court for the Northern District of Alabama in 2013.  Prior to her appointment to the district court, Judge Haikala served as a Magistrate Judge for the Northern District of Alabama for one year.  Before taking the bench, Judge Haikala practiced law for more than two decades with the Birmingham, Alabama law firm of Lightfoot, Franklin & White, where she specialized in trial and appellate work.  Judge Haikala has served as an adjunct professor at Cumberland School of Law, and she has held leadership roles in a variety of professional and community organizations.  Judge Haikala graduated from Williams College in 1986 with a bachelor of arts degree in psychology.  She received her juris doctor degree in 1989 from Tulane University Law School, where she graduated magna cum laude.