With the presidential race too close to call, Republicans in Southwest Alabama were already trading names of possible candidates to become the next U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of Alabama.
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Local News
Graddick Names Thomas Stiles to Lead Mobile County’s Court Police
Presiding Mobile County Circuit Judge Charlie Graddick tapped court police lieutenant Thomas L. Stiles to become the next chief of the 13th Judicial Police Department, succeeding the retiring Bob Patterson.
Local News
Seventeen Attorneys Line Up for Mobile County District Court Vacancy
Seventeen Mobile attorneys applied to fill the Mobile County District Court seat being vacated by retiring Judge Mike McMaken, launching a selection process overseen by a five-member commission.
Local News
Former Mobile Judge Herman Thomas Disbarred in Florida
Former Mobile County Circuit Judge Herman Thomas was disbarred in Florida, another chapter in a saga that already cost him his judgeship and his Alabama law license after sensational allegations.
Local News
Mobile County’s Longest-Serving Judge, Mike McMaken, to Retire Oct. 1
District Judge Mike McMaken, the longest-serving judge in Mobile County, announced he will step down Oct. 1 after more than 25 years on the bench, setting off a scramble to fill his seat.
Local News
Mobile Bar Association Poll Favors Brooks and Graddick in Spring Races
A preference poll of the Mobile Bar Association gave state Sen. Ben Brooks the edge over Eaton Barnard for circuit judge and overwhelmingly backed Charlie Graddick for chief justice ahead of the March primary.
Local News
Poll From Graddick Camp Shows Mobile Judge Leading Chief Justice Race
A survey released by supporters of Mobile County Presiding Circuit Judge Charlie Graddick showed him with a commanding lead over Chuck Malone in the Republican race for chief justice, crediting an early television campaign.
Baldwin County
Courthouse Politics Heat Up in Mobile and Baldwin Judicial Races
A wave of maneuvering reshaped judicial politics across Mobile and Baldwin counties, with a Mobile attorney challenging a sitting judge and a contested probate race taking shape in Baldwin.
Local News
Bentley Names Malone Chief Justice, Setting Up a Statewide Contest
Gov. Robert Bentley appointed his chief of staff, Chuck Malone, to lead the state Supreme Court, but Mobile County’s Charlie Graddick and Baldwin native Lyn Stuart set up a potentially bruising 2012 campaign.
Mobile
Mobile Judge Says the ‘Revolving Jailhouse Door’ Is No Simple Matter
Mobile County District Judge Michael E. McMaken pushed back on criticism of a ‘revolving jailhouse door,’ arguing that preset bonds, jail overcrowding and shrinking court budgets were bound together in ways the public rarely saw.