Blog: Alabama Lawyers Hall of Fame Inducts Unjustly Disbarred Black Lawyer
This past month I had a gratifying but shocking experience down in my native state of Alabama. I traveled to the state capital of Montgomery, havin...
This past month I had a gratifying but shocking experience down in my native state of Alabama. I traveled to the state capital of Montgomery, having been invited to attend the induction of my great-great-grandfather, James Taylor Jones (1832-1895), into the Alabama Lawyers Hall of Fame. This organization is chaired by the Chief Justice of the Alabama Supreme Court, and has honored over 90 Alabama attorneys since it was begun in 2004. I was familiar with the Hall of Fame, since my great-great-great-great (!) grandfather, Judge Harry Toulmin (1766-1823), a founding father of Alabama, was the first state co-founder inducted, back in 2005.