Tommy Elias Bryan (born May 16, 1956) is an associate justice of the

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, who was first elected in 2012 and re-elected in 2018. He was previously elected to the Alabama Court of Civil Appeals in 2004 and 2010.

Education

Bryan graduated from Brantley High School in 1974. He received a

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and

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in Education from

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. He graduated with a

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from Jones School of Law in 1983.

Career

In 1987 Bryan became an assistant attorney general in Alabama. His position was in the Alabama environmental department. In 2005, he was sworn in for his seat as Judge on the Alabama Court of Civil Appeals. In 2010 was reelected for the same seat on the Alabama Court of Civil Appeals. In 2012 he was elected to the

Personal life

Bryan was raised by his parents Elias Daniel Bryan and Margie Spivey Bryan the family farm in

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* 1956 births Living people 20th-century American lawyers 21st-century American state court judges 21st-century American lawyers Alabama lawyers Alabama Republicans People from Crenshaw County, Alabama Justices of the Supreme Court of Alabama Thomas Goode Jones School of Law alumni Troy University alumni {{Alabama-politician-stub