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  Houston, J. Gorman
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NameJ. Gorman Houston
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, Alabama , United States
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InfoJ. Gorman Houston, Jr., son of the late Gorman Houston and the late Mildred Vance Houston, attended the public schools of Eufaula. He received his B.S. degree from Auburn University and his LL.B. from the University of Alabama School of Law, where, among other things, he was a member of Farrah Order of Jurisprudence. He served as law clerk for Chief Justice J. Ed Livingston, and as a judge advocate in the United States Air Force. After practicing law in Eufaula for 25 years, he was appointed to the position of Associate Justice of the Alabama Supreme Court in 1985, and was elected to that position in 1986, and was reelected in 1992.

Active in various legal organizations, he served as president of the Barbour County Bar Association, as Bar Commissioner for the Third Judicial Circuit; as a Bar Examiner; and as one of three members of the Alabama State Bar Disciplinary Commission. He is also active in civic matters in Eufaula, and served as attorney for the Barbour County Commission for 18 years. He was named Eufaula Citizen of the Year in 1979.

Additionally, Justice Houston is a Fellow of the American Bar Foundation and a Fellow of the Alabama Bar Foundation. He also serves as a member of the Alabama Commission on Uniform State Laws and is a Distinguished Eagle Scout.



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