Past Presidents

ALA Salutes our Past Presidents!

2020 – Current

Christen Butler
2025-2026

Aigner Kolom
2024-2025

Samuel K. Ford
2023-2024

Angela E. Kennedy
2022-2023

Angeline Jackson Sperling
2021-2022

Leon Hampton
2020-2021

1972-1990

Justice Oscar W. Adams, Jr.
1972-1973 (deceased)

J. Cooper
1973-1974

Hank Sanders
1974-1975

Fred Gray, Sr.
1975-1976

Senator Michael A. Figures
1976-1977 (deceased)

Retired U. S. Northern District of Alabama Chief Judge U. W. Clemon
1977-1979

Henry L. Thompson
1979-1980

Judge Vanzetta Penn McPherson
1980-1981

L. Chestnut, Jr.
1981-1983 (deceased)

Jock Smith
1983-1984 (deceased)

Judge David Barnes
1984-1985 (deceased)

Brenda Montgomery Pompey
1985-1986

Rose Sanders
1986-1987

Robert Turner
1987-1988

Former Justice John H. England Jr.
1988-1989

Judge Eugene R. Verin
1989-1990

1990-2010

LaVeeda Morgan Battle
1990-1991

Judge M. Lynn Sherrod
1991-1992

Former Justice Ralph Cook
1992-1993

Deborah B. Walker
1993-1994

Gerrilyn V. Grant
1994-1995

Yvonne A. H. Saxon
1995-1996

Torri Adams Burks
1996-1997

Fred D. Gray Jr.
1997-1998

Launice P. Sills
1998-1999

Daisy M. Holder
1999-2000

Sandra H. Lewis
2000-2001

Robert A. Jones, Jr.
2001-2002 (deceased)

LaBarron N. Boone
2002-2003

Karen Mastin Laneaux
2003-2004

Janet M. Akers
2004-2005

Charles Brooks
2005-2006

Kendall C. Dunson
2006-2007

Judge Elisabeth French
2007-2008

Rodney F. Barganier
2008-2009

Tamula Yelling
2009-2010

2010-2020

Larry Golston
2010-2011

Navan Ward, Jr.
2011-2012

Kimberly Kelley
2012-2013

Carthenia Jefferson
2013-2014

Mark Debro
2014-2015

Danielle Ward Mason
2015-2016

Latisha Rhodes Davis
2016-2017

Stephanie A. Hunter
2017-2018

Marcus Maples
2018-2019

Glenda Freeman
2019-2020