James Gregory Shaw (born March 21, 1957) is an American lawyer and an associate justice of the

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. He is a member of the

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. He was elected in 2008 to the seat of retiring Justice Harold See. He was sworn into office in 2009. He was re-elected in 2014. Prior to his election to the Supreme Court he served on the Alabama Court of Criminal Appeals from 2001 to 2009. He is married to former Alabama State Auditor

Samantha Shaw Samantha Slimp Shaw (born February 10, 1957) is an American politician. She is a Republican who served as State Auditor of Alabama from 2007 to 2015. She was also a member of the Executive Committee of the Alabama Republican Party. Biography Sh ...

. He has a Bachelor of Science degree from

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and a

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from Cumberland School of Law and a Master of Laws from the

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. Earlier in his career he worked for two other members of the

, serving as Staff Attorney for Justice

Janie L. Shores Janie Ledlow Shores (April 30, 1932 – August 9, 2017) was a judge on the Supreme Court of Alabama who was the first woman to ever serve on that court. Shores also was considered by President Bill Clinton in 1993 as a possible nominee to the U ...

in 1984 and then joining the staff of Justice Gorman Houston in 1985.

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