WASHINGTON — Huntsville attorney Harold D. Mooty III has been nominated by President Donald Trump for a judgeship in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Alabama.
Alabama Solicitor General Edmund LaCour was also nominated for judge for the Northern District and Alabama Supreme Court Associate Justice Bill Lewis was nominated for the Middle District. The three nominees were recommended by U.S. Sens. Katie Britt and Tommy Tuberville.
“As a member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, I have worked tirelessly to bring Alabama’s conservative values to the forefront of the committee’s work, especially when it comes to evaluating nominees for the federal judiciary,” said Britt (R-Montgomery). “In order to maintain the credibility of the judiciary, federal judges have a responsibility to faithfully interpret and apply the law in accordance with the Constitution and the laws that Congress has passed rather than seeking to legislate from the bench.
“I’m strongly supportive of President Trump’s nominees to fill three federal judicial vacancies in the great state of Alabama. I believe they will uphold the rule of law, honor the judicial oath, and keep Alabamians safe. I am confident they will serve our state well, and I look forward to their confirmations.”
Mooty is a partner at Bradley Arant Boult Cummings in Huntsville, specializing in business and commercial litigation. He was elected as the 2016-2017 president of the Alabama Defense Lawyers Association’s Young Lawyers Section and served on the Young Lawyers Executive Committee to the Alabama State Bar. He is originally from Montgomery and received his bachelor’s and law degrees from the University of Alabama.
Before assuming his role as solicitor general, LaCour served as deputy solicitor general. Prior to that, he worked in private practice in Washington. He was nominated to be a district judge by Trump at the end of the first administration, but his nomination was withdrawn by President Biden. A native of Dothan, LaCour attended Birmingham-Southern College for his undergraduate degree and Yale Law School for his J.D.
“President Trump could not have made a better choice than Edmund LaCour for the federal bench,” said Attorney General Marshall. “Eddie is one of the most brilliant and principled lawyers with whom I have ever worked. His deep understanding of the law, his integrity, and his steady temperament are exactly what we need in a federal judge.”
Lewis served as a judge on the Alabama Court of Civil Appeals and was the Presiding Circuit Judge on the 19th Judicial Circuit. Before his judicial service began, he was in private practice in Wetumpka. A life-long Alabama resident, having grown up in Wetumpka, Lewis graduated from the University of the South and received his J.D. from the Cumberland School of Law in Birmingham.
“The White House knocked it out of the park with these Alabama nominees,” said Tuberville (R-Auburn). “I am confident that these nominees will uphold the Constitution in every decision and refuse to allow the judicial system to be weaponized for political gain.”
Britt is a member of the Senate Judiciary, Appropriations, Banking, and Rules and Administration Committees.
Tuberville serves on the Senate Armed Services, Agriculture, Veterans’ Affairs, HELP and Aging Committees.
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