Edmund G. LaCour Jr.

Edmund Gerald LaCour Jr. is an American lawyer and Solicitor General of Alabama and is a nominee to be a United States District Judge of the United States District Court for the Middle District of Alabama.

Edmund G. LaCour Jr.
Solicitor General of Alabama
Incumbent
Assumed office May 3, 2019
Attorney General	Steve Marshall
Preceded by	Andrew L. Brasher
Personal details
Education	Birmingham-Southern College (BA) Trinity College Dublin (MA) Yale Law School (JD)

Biography

LaCour received a Bachelor of Arts, summa cum laude, from Birmingham-Southern College, a Master of Arts from Trinity College Dublin, and a Juris Doctor from Yale Law School. After law school, LaCour served as a law clerk to Judge William H. Pryor Jr. of the United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit. He then worked at Baker Botts and Bancroft PLLC. He later became a partner at Kirkland & Ellis, before being appointed Solicitor General of Alabama in May 2019.[1]

Nomination to district court under Trump

On May 20, 2020, President Trump announced his intent to nominate LaCour to serve as a United States District Judge of the United States District Court for the Middle District of Alabama.[1] On June 2, 2020, his nomination was sent to the Senate. President Trump nominated LaCour to the seat vacated by Judge Andrew L. Brasher, who was elevated to the United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit.[2] His nomination is currently pending before the Senate Judiciary Committee.

References

1. "President Donald J. Trump Announces Judicial Nominee". whitehouse.gov. May 20, 2020. Retrieved May 20, 2020. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
2. "Ten Nominations and One Withdrawal Sent to the Senate", White House, June 2, 2020

Legal offices
Preceded by Andrew L. Brasher	Solicitor General of Alabama 2019–present	Incumbent