The Town of Dauphin Island opened a search for a new municipal judge, drawing a dozen applicants in a contest that offered an early glimpse at the coming competition for a circuit judgeship in Mobile County.
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District Judge to Brief Young Republicans as a Circuit Seat Opens Up
Mobile County District Judge George Hardesty was set to address the Mobile County Young Republicans on judicial developments, with a circuit judgeship coming open after 40 years on the bench.
Citronelle
A Courthouse Reshuffle Looms: 40-Year Judge to Retire, Challengers Line Up
The pending retirement of Circuit Judge Ferrill D. McRae after four decades on the bench set off a scramble among Mobile attorneys, while other courthouse offices drew challengers for 2006.
Mobile
A Seat on the Federal Bench in Mobile Comes Open, and the Jockeying Begins
With U.S. District Judge Randy Butler set to take senior status, Mobile lawyers are quietly positioning for a lifetime appointment to the Southern District of Alabama bench.
Mobile
Former State GOP Chairman Quits Party Committees After Backing a Democrat for District Attorney
Roger McConnell, a former Alabama Republican Party chairman from Mobile, resigned from the state and county GOP executive committees in 2004 after co-hosting a fundraiser for Democratic District Attorney John Tyson Jr.