President-Elect Profile, 0513 ALBJ, 74 The Alabama Lawyer 160 (2013)

• Author: Richard J.R. Raleigh, Jr.

PRESIDENT-ELECT PROFILE

Vol. 74 No. 3 Pg. 160

Alabama Bar Lawyer

May 2013

\xA0\xA0\xA0\xA0\xA0\xA0\xA0\xA0\xA0 Richard J.R. Raleigh, Jr.

\xA0\xA0\xA0\xA0\xA0\xA0\xA0\xA0\xA0Pursuant to the Alabama State Bar’s Rules Governing the Election of President-elect, the following biographical sketch is provided of Richard J.R. Raleigh, Jr.

\xA0\xA0\xA0\xA0\xA0\xA0\xA0\xA0\xA0Raleigh was the sole qualifying candidate for the position of president elect of the Alabama State Bar for the 2013-14 term and he will assume the presidency in July 2014.

\xA0\xA0\xA0\xA0\xA0\xA0\xA0\xA0\xA0Huntsville attorney Richard J.R. Raleigh, Jr. is a shareholder in Wilmer & Lee PA. Rich was born in Griffin, Georgia and graduated from the University of Alabama in 1992 and the University of Alabama School of Law in 1995.

\xA0\xA0\xA0\xA0\xA0\xA0\xA0\xA0\xA0He is admitted to practice in Tennessee and Alabama, and focuses his practice on litigation, including employment litigation, government contract litigation, trade secret litigation and general corporate litigation. He is also the managing shareholder of Wilmer & Lee, which has offices in Huntsville, Decatur, Athens and Birmingham, and represents businesses, governmental entities and individuals throughout Alabama and the Southeast.

\xA0\xA0\xA0\xA0\xA0\xA0\xA0\xA0\xA0Rich is currently serving in his ninth year (third consecutive term) as a bar commissioner for the 23^rd Judicial Circuit.

\xA0\xA0\xA0\xA0\xA0\xA0\xA0\xA0\xA0After graduating from law school, Rich, who was a Distinguished Military Graduate and U.S. Army ROTC Scholarship Graduate at the University of Alabama, entered the United States Army Judge Advocate General’s Corps. He served in Germany, Bosnia-Herzegovina and Macedonia. While deployed, Rich acted as an operational law attorney, advising commanders on the law of war, rules of engagement and requirements related to the Geneva Convention and Hague Conventions. In Bad Kreuznach, Germany, with the 1st Armored Division, he served as a trial counsel (criminal prosecutor) and trial defense counsel (criminal defense attorney).

\xA0\xA0\xA0\xA0\xA0\xA0\xA0\xA0\xA0After serving his active duty military commitment, Rich returned to Alabama in 2000, to join Wilmer & Lee. His service to the Alabama State Bar began soon after. Then, in 2004, the last Alabama State Bar President from north Alabama, Dag Rowe, also a shareholder at Wilmer & Lee, encouraged Rich to run for bar commissioner. Since then, in...