ATTORNEY GENERAL
William Holcombe Pryor, Jr.
1997-2004

February 20, 2004 Bill Pryor resigned as Attorney General of Alabama to accept a recess appointment from President George W. Bush as a judge on the U.S. Court of Appeals, eleventh circuit.

photo of Bill Pryor, Ala. Atty General, 1997-2004

Work Experience:
ATTORNEY GENERAL JEFF SESSIONS
Montgomery, Alabama
Deputy Attorney General, 1995-
Special Civil Litigation, Executive Division
Lead Counsel for the State of Alabama in all major civil, constitutional, and voting rights litigation
WALSTON, STABLER, WELLS, ANDERSON & BAINS
Birmingham, Alabama
Associate Attorney, 1991-1995
Commercial and complex federal litigation
CABANISS, JOHNSTON, GARDNER, DUMAS & O'NEAL
Birmingham, Alabama
Associate Attorney, 1988-1991
Commercial and employment litigation
Education
TULANE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF LAW
J.D., magna cum laude, 1987
Class rank 4/220
Editor in Chief, Tulane Law Review
Order on the Coif
President and Founder, Tulane Federalist Society
NORTHEAST LOUISIANA UNIVERSITY
B.A., magna cum laude, Legal Studies 1984
Omnicron Delta Kappa
Phi Kappa Phi
President, Phi Eta Sigma
Mortor Board
Debate Team, Louisiana State Champion
Personal:
born, April 26, 1962, Mobile, Alabama
married to Kristan Wilson Pryor
two children, Caroline Elizabeth Pryor and Victoria Camille Pryor
Roman Catholic
graduated from McGill-Toolen High School (with honors) and St. Mary School, Mobile, Alabama.

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