Brady Eutaw Mendheim Jr. (born July 26, 1968) is an American jurist who serves as an associate justice of the

Supreme Court of Alabama The Supreme Court of Alabama is the highest court in the state of Alabama. The court consists of a chief justice and eight associate justices. Each justice is elected in partisan elections for staggered six-year terms. The Supreme Court is house ...

Biography

Mendheim earned his

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from Auburn University and his

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from

Cumberland School of Law Cumberland School of Law is an ABA accredited law school at Samford University in Birmingham, Alabama, United States. It was founded in 1847 at Cumberland University in Lebanon, Tennessee and is the 11th oldest law school in the United States an ...

. In law school, he was a member of the law review ''American Journal of Trial Advocacy'' and also served as a legal-research and writing instructor to first-year law students. Before becoming a judge in 2001, he was an assistant district attorney for the 20th Judicial Circuit for almost seven years. During that time he served on the board of directors of the Southeast Alabama Child Advocacy Center. Before becoming an assistant district attorney, he worked with a general-practice law firm in Dothan with a focus on defense in civil litigation. He served as a circuit judge for the 20th Judicial Circuit, a position he had held since 2009. From 2001 until 2009, he served as a district judge in Houston County. From 2001 until his appointment as an Associate Justice, he was appointed specially by various Chief Justices to preside over more than 250 cases in more than 40 Alabama counties.

Service on Supreme Court

Mendheim was appointed to the

on January 19, 2018, by Governor

Kay Ivey Kay Ellen Ivey (born October 15, 1944) is an American politician serving as the 54th and incumbent governor of Alabama since 2017. Originally a conservative Southern Democrat, Ivey became a member of the Republican Party in 2002. She was the 38th ...

to replace Justice

Glenn Murdock Glenn Murdock (born June 25, 1956) is a former justice of the Alabama Supreme Court The Supreme Court of Alabama is the highest court in the state of Alabama. The court consists of a chief justice and eight associate justices. Each justice is ...

who resigned. He took office on January 23, 2018 Justice Mendheim was defeated for nomination for a full term in the June, 2018 Republican Primary by Circuit Judge

Sarah Hicks Stewart Sarah Hicks Stewart (born April 26, 1963) is an associate justice of the Supreme Court of Alabama. Education Stewart received both a Bachelor of Arts and Master of Arts in communications from the University of Arkansas. She went on to receiv ...

. On December 28, 2018, Mendheim was once again appointed to the Supreme Court, this time for the seat being vacated by Tom Parker who would become chief justice.

Personal life

Mendheim's parents are the late Brady and Nancy Mendheim. He and his wife, Michelle, who is from Piedmont, Alabama, have been married for more than 23 years, and they have 3 sons.

References

External links

Official Supreme Court Bio
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