Greg Shaw
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James Gregory "Greg" Shaw (b. 1957) was elected to a six-year term on the Alabama Supreme Court on November 4, 2008 in a partisan election. He ran as a Republican against Deborah Bell Paseur for the seat that became open as the result of the retirement of Harold See. His term will expire in 2014.
Biography
Judge Shaw is married to S. Samantha Shaw, who was elected Alabama's State Auditor in 2006, and they have two sons. He is from Birmingham, Alabama.[1]
Education
Judge Shaw graduated from Auburn University in 1979, receiving a B.S. degree with a major in chemistry. In 1982, Judge Shaw earned his J.D., graduating in the top 10% of his class from Samford University's Cumberland School of Law. While at Cumberland, he received the American Jurisprudence Award for excellence in the study of evidence under Professor Charles Gamble, the author of the preeminent evidence treatise in Alabama. Judge Shaw attended the Graduate Program for Judges at the University of Virginia School of Law. He graduated in 2004 with an LL.M. (Master of Laws degree) in Judicial Process.[1]
Legal career
After his admission to the Alabama State Bar in 1982, Judge Shaw worked with a small law firm in St. Clair County. He later started his own general law practice in Birmingham. In the fall of 1984, Judge Shaw became the staff attorney of Supreme Court Associate Justice Janie L. Shores. In 1985, after one year of working with Shores, he joined the staff of Supreme Court Associate Justice James Gorman Houston, Jr. He served as Houston's Senior Staff Attorney for 15 years. Judge Shaw was elected to the Alabama Court of Criminal Appeals in 2000 and was reelected to the court in 2006. On March 16, 2007, Judge Shaw was appointed Chief Judge of the Alabama Court of the Judiciary.[1]
Awards and Assoociations
- Member, Chief Justice's Commission on Professionalism
- Honorary Master of the Bench, Hugh Maddox Inn of Court in Montgomery
- Member, Advisory Committee on Criminal Procedure
- Member, Alabama State Bar's Committee on Archives and History
- Member, Alabama State Bar's Judicial Liaison Committee[1]
2008 Election
2008 general election results
The race between Paseur and Shaw was very close, and with all the precincts being certified on November 25, 2008, Shaw defeated Paseur with a 12,892 vote advantage. The final count was 1,021,371 for Shaw and 1,008,379 for Paseur.[2]
While waiting out for certification for the election, the Paseur Campaign was hoping for an automatic recount during the certification process.[3][4]
Despite Alabama's laws mandating an automatic recount if the election results are close to less than one percentage point, it was certified on November 25, 2009 that a recount would not happen as the apparent margin of victory is over one percent[5].
Video
(Narrated by former United States Presidential Candidate Fred Thompson)
See also
External links
- Office of State Auditor Samantha Shaw
- Alabama Supreme Court campaign hitting full stride as two vie for open seat
- Judge Shaw's bio from Alabama Judicial system website
- Washington Times: Alabama Election Schedule
- Exxon decision may re-emerge in court contest
- Profile from AL GOP website
- Shaw announces run for Supreme Court
- Birmingham's Wiki page on Greg Shaw
- Contribution laws should be more clear on disclosure
- Appointed judges would better serve Alabama
- alabama.com,"Former member of Court of Criminal Appeals seeks position on Alabama Supreme Court", July 18, 2008
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