John Amari | |
State House2: | Alabama |
District2: | 34th |
Term Start2: | November 8, 1978 |
Term End2: | November 3, 1982 |
Preceded2: | Richard R. Andrews |
Succeeded2: | George Layton |
Office1: | Member of the Alabama Senate |
Term Start1: | November 3, 1982 |
Term End1: | November 4, 1998 |
Preceded1: | Paschal P. Vacca |
Succeeded1: | Steve French |
Office: | Judge of the 10th Judicial Circuit Court of Alabama |
Term Start: | 2009 |
Term End: | February 2019 |
Preceded: | Norman Winston |
Succeeded: | Martha Cook |
Birth Date: | 7 August 1948 |
Birth Place: | Jefferson County, Alabama, U.S. |
Spouse: | Terri Parker |
Children: | 5 |
Residence: | Trussville, Alabama |
Party: | Republican (1990–2008, 2018–present)[1] Democratic (until 1990, 2008–2018) |
Education: | University of Montevallo (BS) Samford University (JD) |
John E. Amari (born August 7, 1948) is an American lawyer, politician and judge from Alabama.
Born in Roebuck in Jefferson County, Alabama, he received a B.A. from the University of Montevallo, followed by a J.D. from the Cumberland School of Law at Samford University in Birmingham.[2]
He was elected to terms in both the Alabama House and the Alabama Senate.[3] In 2006, he unsuccessfully sought election to the Alabama Public Service Commission,[4] but he was elected to a seat on the Alabama District 10 Circuit Court in 2008.[5]
He retired as a judge in 2019 and was replaced by Martha Cook.[6] [7]