Melinda Lee Maddox

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Silver Spring, Maryland 20906

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LEGAL EXPERIENCE

MELINDA LEE MADDOX, ATTORNEY AT LAW, BREWTON AND MOBILE, AL: 1993 – PRESENT Represent clients at every stage of civil and criminal litigation, including federal and state criminal defense, §1983 civil rights litigation, immigration, employment discrimination, domestic relations, estate planning, federal and state appeals. Practice focused on indigent defense in city, state and federal courts; bringing federal and state appeals and writing appellate briefs for other firms. MOBILE MUNICIPAL COURT: 2010 – 2011

Appointed by Presiding Judge to manage courthouse compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act.

LEGAL SERVICES OF ALABAMA: 1993 - PRESENT

REFERRAL ATTORNEY: 1993 - PRESENT

Represent clients who are victims of domestic violence. CONSULTING ATTORNEY: 2004 - 2005

Retained under a grant to do outreach and represent women in domestic violence shelters. BREWTON MUNICIPAL COURT, BREWTON, AL: 1994

SPECIAL MUNICIPAL COURT JUDGE. Presided over criminal trials. TEACHING EXPERIENCE

TRTCLE, NEW YORK, NY: 2018 – PRESENT

INSTRUCTOR. Teach continuing legal education on various legal topics. UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH ALABAMA, MOBILE, AL: 2007 - 2013 ADJUNCT PROFESSOR. Taught courses in criminal procedure, criminal investigations, constitutional law, legal writing and paralegal studies.

FAULKNER UNIVERSITY, MONTGOMERY, AL: 1994 - 2011

ADJUNCT PROFESSOR. Taught courses in criminal justice for pre-law students and government. VIRGINIA COLLEGE, MOBILE, AL: 2003 - 2008

ADJUNCT PROFESSOR. Taught courses in paralegal studies. GETTYSBURG COLLEGE, GETTYSBURG, PA: SUMMER 2002

VISITING PROFESSOR. Taught a course on the First Amendment, with a special focus on the religion clauses.

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PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES

UNITED STATES COMMISSION ON CIVIL RIGHTS

MEMBER, MARYLAND STATE ADVISORY COMMITTEE: 2020 – PRESENT AMERICAN CONSTITUTION SOCIETY – WASHINGTON D.C. CHAPTER CHAIR, CONSTITUTION IN THE CLASSROOM COMMITTEE: 2020 – 2022 FAULKNER UNIVERSITY, CRIMINAL AND LEGAL DIVISION, MOBILE, AL MEMBER, BOARD OF ADVISORS: 2010 – 2012

ALABAMA STATE BAR ASSOCIATION ETHICS COMMITTEE

MEMBER: 2004 - 2013

Investigate, hear and rule on attorney disciplinary cases. ALABAMA STATE BAR ASSOCIATION ETHICS EDUCATION COMMITTEE MEMBER: 2004 - PRESENT

AMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION OF ALABAMA, MONTGOMERY, AL CHAIR, LEGAL COMMITTEE: 2000 - 2001

MEMBER, LEGAL COMMITTEE: 1999 – 2004

ALABAMA COALITION AGAINST DOMESTIC VIOLENCE

MEMBER: 1999-2000

Coauthor of Alabama Domestic Violence Statute. Act 2000-266, p. 411, §3. Became Alabama Code

§3A-6-132.

ALABAMA STATE BAR ASSOCIATION COMMITTEE ON ALTERNATIVE DISPUTE RESOLUTION VOLUNTEER MEDIATOR: 1998 – PRESENT

Mediate cases, educate judges and practitioners in A.D.R. and advise the Alabama courts on A.D.R. policies and practices.

SIGNIFICANT CASES

MADDOX ET. AL. V. MOORE: 2001

Plaintiff and co-counsel in successful First Amendment challenge to the placement of a 2.5 ton monument of the Ten Commandments in the rotunda in the Alabama State Judicial Building by Alabama Chief Justice Roy Moore. Consolidated with: Glassroth v. Moore, 335 F.3d 1282 (11th Cir. (Ala.) 2003). Was the coordinating attorney for the American Civil Liberties Union in similar cases in Texas, Kentucky, Georgia and Florida.

MUNFORD MIDDLE SCHOOL, TALLADEGA COUNTY, AL: 2007

School compelled students to watch religious films under threat of suspension and allowed local ministers to enter school property for the purpose of recruiting students to attend church in violation of the Establishment Clause of the First Amendment. Persuaded school to stop illegal activity. MELINDA LEE MADDOX

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T.R. MILLER HIGH SCHOOL, BREWTON, AL: 2001

Represented a member of the school’s honor society who became pregnant. She was expelled from the honor society, but the young man who impregnated her was not, in violation of gender discrimination laws and the Equal Protection Clause of the 14 th

Amendment. Won reinstatement of

the student to the honor society.

CONECUH, MONROE, ESCAMBIA, AND COVINGTON COUNTIES, AL: 1993-95 County jails were dilapidated, unsanitary, leaking water, and infested with vermin, resulting in injuries, illnesses, and infections among the inmates, in violation of the Eighth Amendment. In each case, the county agreed to build a new jail or do substantial renovation to cure the violation. EDUCATION

CUMBERLAND SCHOOL OF LAW, BIRMINGHAM, AL

Degree: J.D.: 1992

UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA, TUSCALOOSA, AL

Degree: B.S., Psychology: 1987

BAR ADMISSIONS AND PROFESSIONAL CERTIFICATIONS

SUPREME COURT OF THE UNITED STATES: 2014

ALABAMA STATE BAR: 1993

U.S. DISTRICT COURTS FOR THE NORTHERN, MIDDLE, AND SOUTHERN DISTRICTS OF ALABAMA: 1995 U.S. COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE 11TH

CIRCUIT: 2011

ALABAMA CENTER FOR DISPUTE RESOLUTION, CERTIFIED MEDIATOR: 1997 GEORGIA COMMISSION ON DISPUTE RESOLUTION, CERTIFIED MEDIATOR: 1997 ALABAMA PROBATE AND DOMESTIC RELATIONS COURTS, CERTIFIED GUARDIAN AD LITEM: 2007

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