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UPDATED @ 9:07 PM One Of Attorney General Prosecutors Withdraws From Mike Hubbard Case Today at 5:55 PM

Rickey Stokes

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Posted by: RStokes
Date: May 13 2016 7:05 PM

LEE COUNTY:      In a filing with Lee County Circuit Clerk in the case of Speaker of the House Mike Hubbard, filed at 5:55 PM this evening,  one of the State of Alabama prosecutors has withdrawn from the case.


Withdrawing from the prosecution case is Andrew L. Brasher, Solicitor General – Division Chief. The withdrawal notice reads “the court has denied the pretrial motions that the undersigned ( Brasher ) was principally involved in litigating, and the undersigned ( Brasher ) will not be representing the State in the upcoming trial” 


What this means? I don’t know.


UPDATED @ 9:07 PM 


This attorney entered his appearance when the defense started issuing subpoenas for staff in the Attorney Generals Office. Also, from my understanding from sources within the Attorney General's inner circle, this person's expertise is in appellate procedures and  matters and not the actual trial procedures.


The main prosecutor, Matt Hart, is still on the case.



Brasher, Andrew L.


Solicitor General, Division Chief


Education




    • Harvard Law School, J.D., 2006, cum laude





    • Samford University, B.A. with honors, International Relations and French Literature, 2002, summa cum laude



Clerkships




    • Honorable William H. Pryor Jr., United States Court of Appeals, 11th Circuit, 2006-2007



Admissions




    • Alabama State Bar





    • United States Court of Appeals, 4th Circuit





    • United States Court of Appeals, 5th Circuit





    • United States Court of Appeals, 6th Circuit





    • United States Court of Appeals, 9th Circuit





    • United States Court of Appeals, 11th Circuit





    • United States District Court, Middle District of Alabama





    • United States District Court, Northern District of Alabama



Experience




    • Solicitor General, State of Alabama Office of the Attorney General, Executive Division, 2014 - Present





    • Deputy Attorney General, State of Alabama Office of the Attorney General, Executive Division, 2011 - 2014





    • Associate, Bradley Arant Boult Cummings, LLP, 2007-2011



Memberships and Affiliations




    • Young Lawyer Liaison, Appellate Committee of Defense Research Institute



Distinctions




    • Harvard Law Review, 2005-2006





    • Winner, Victor Brudney Prize, 2006





    • SuperLawyers Rising Star, Appellate Litigation, 2011



Publications




    • Class Action Lessons from Wal-Mart v. Dukes, The Corporate Counselor (August 2011)





    • If You Wouldn’t Say It, Why Write It? Tips for More Conversational and Effective Writing, For the Defense, (Jan. 2011)





    • Basics of Certiorari Practice in the Alabama Supreme Court, The Alabama Lawyer (May 2009)





    • Amendments Rejected, Encyclopedia of the Supreme Court of the United States (5th Ed. Gale 2008)



 




  • Overview




  • The Solicitor General serves as the chief appellate lawyer for Alabama’s state government.  The Solicitor General is responsible for all appeals in which the State is a party before the U.S. Supreme Court, the Alabama Supreme Court, and the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit.




 


§  Services this Division Provides




  • The Solicitor General supervises the drafting and submission of all briefs the State files in the U.S. Supreme Court, the Alabama Supreme Court, and the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit.  The Solicitor General is responsible for ensuring that the State takes consistent positions in these courts and produces well-written briefs that set out a reasoned view of the law.  In some cases, the Solicitor General and his staff are directly responsible for drafting briefs.  In others, the Solicitor General supervises the work of other attorneys who have taken primary responsibility for drafting the briefs.  The Solicitor General also presents oral argument in these courts.  In some matters of great importance, the Solicitor General represents the State at the trial level.  In addition to supervising appellate cases in which the State is a party, the Solicitor General also supervises the State’s submission of amicus briefs supporting other parties, such as other states, in cases where Alabama is not a party.




 


§  Sections of the Division




  • Constitutional Defense Section In September 1998, Attorney General Bill Pryor established the Constitutional Defense Division.  Since then, the Division has handled complex civil lawsuits filed against the State of Alabama, its agencies, and its officials.  Division attorneys litigate cases in state and federal courts at both the trial and appellate levels.  In addition, Division attorneys submit statewide changes in voting practices and procedures to the United States Department of Justice for preclearance under Section 5 of the Voting Rights Act.  Among its goals, the section seeks to preserve the State’s ability to conduct its business in a fair and constitutional manner, free from interference by federal agencies and private litigants.  Litigation assigned to the Section has included class actions and institutional reform litigation, as well as cases presenting complex issues of employment law, state and federal constitutional law, civil rights, and voting rights. 


     




  • Opinions Section is the primary section that gives advice to public officials on various states laws such as the Open Meetings Act, the Competitive Bid and Public Works Laws, the Fair Campaign Practices Act, and other laws on voting.The Code of Alabama specifically calls upon the Attorney General to issue official opinions about state law. Often state law can be confusing; therefore, public officials may request that the Attorney General give his legal interpretation of the law in understandable terms. Upon written request, the Attorney General furnishes written opinions on questions of law to state departments, agencies, boards and commissions; the Chairman of the Judiciary Committee (Committee) of either House upon a matter under consideration by the Committee; legislators, if there is some nexus between the question posed and a perceived legislative duty; and to certain other public officials and political subdivisions.  




 



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