Jean Brown (judge) explained

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

Brown was born around 1952 and raised in Birmingham, Alabama. She earned her bachelor's degree from Samford University in 1974 and a Juris Doctor from the University of Alabama School of Law in 1977.^[1] During her legal career, she served as an assistant district attorney in Montgomery, Alabama and also 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]

See also

• List of female state supreme court justices
• List of justices of the Alabama Supreme Court
• Supreme Court of Alabama

Notes and References

1. Web site: Spotlight On...Justice Jean Brown. Spring 2004. The Voice (Alabama Retail Association).
2. Book: The Federal Reporter. 1980. West Publishing Company. en.
3. Book: West's southern reporter. Appeals. Alabama Court of. Appeal. Louisiana Courts of. Appeals. Florida District Court of. 1998. West Publishing Company. en.
4. Web site: Alabama Judicial System. judicial.alabama.gov. 2019-09-07.
5. Book: The Martindale-Hubbell Law Directory. 2003. Martindale-Hubbell Law Directory, Incorporated. 9781561605514 . en.
6. Web site: Ex-Justice Jean Brown to attempt comeback. Rawls. Phillip. October 6, 2005. The Decatur Daily. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20111203003544/http://legacy.decaturdaily.com/decaturdaily/news/051006/brown.shtml. December 3, 2011.
7. Web site: Former Alabama Supreme Court justice tapped as new senior services commissioner. Brownlee. Chip. 2019-04-04. Alabama Political Reporter. en-US. 2019-09-07.