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Richard
Keith Elected as President of ACDLA for 2008-2009
Richard Keith,
a criminal defense lawyer from Montgomery, was
recently elected President of the Alabama Criminal
Defense Lawyers Association at ACDLA's Summer Seminar
in Pensacola, Florida.
Keith
was admitted to the practice of law in 1990 after graduating from Jones School of Law in 1989. He has been a solo practitioner since 1990 and is the managing partner of the law firm of Keith & Dubin, P.C. in Montgomery. His primary focus of practice is criminal defense. Mr. Keith has represented more than 60 defendants charged with capital murder. He is Past President of the Montgomery County Trial Lawyers Association, a member of the Montgomery County Bar Association, National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers, and serves as a CJA Panel Attorney for the Montgomery Federal Defenders Office.
New
Board Members Elected
Other board members named last week in Pensacola include:
Bill Blanchard, Montgomery, AL
Immediate Past President
Melinda Morgan Austin, Florence, AL
Next Past President
Kathryn King, Cullman, AL – President-Elect
Don Colee, Birmingham, AL – Vice President
Patrick Tuten, Huntsville, AL - Secretary
Jeff Duffey, Montgomery, AL – Treasurer
District
Vice Presidents
District Vice Presidents elected were:
District I – Linda Coats, Huntsville, AL & Brian White, Decatur, AL
District II – Dani Bone, Gadsden, AL, Bill Broome, Anniston, AL & Amber Ladner, Birmingham, AL
District III – Jeremy Armstrong, Phenix City, AL & Mike Winter, Montgomery, AL
District IV – Michel Nicrosi, Mobile, AL & John Beck, Fairhope, AL
District V – Paul Young, Enterprise, AL
District VI – Hays Webb, Tuscaloosa, AL
Kevin Butler was re-elected to serve as the association’s Public Defenders
Representative. Mr. Butler is headquartered at the Federal Defenders Office for the Middle District of Alabama, in Montgomery.
The Alabama Criminal Defense Lawyers Association (ACDLA) represents nearly 600 criminal defense lawyers from around the state and is dedicated to providing programs and events aimed at strengthening the defense of the accused.
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