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Sue Bell Cobb Biography
Sue Bell Cobb is one of the most popular and richest Lawyer who was born on March 1, 1956 in Louisville, Kentucky, United States. Sue Bell Cobb (born March 1st 1956) is an American jurist who was the chief justice of the Alabama Supreme Court, the first woman to be appointed to this position throughout Alabama’s past. In 2018, she failed to run to be the governor of Alabama losing the primaries to Tuscaloosa Mayor Walt Maddox only receiving 30 percent of the vote , compared with his 51 percent.
The 2nd of November the Alabama Supreme Court, in an 8-to-1 vote, ruled against the 2003 ruling of the circuit court in which ExxonMobil Corp owed the state $3.6 billion in punitive damages. The 8 Republican associate justices agreed the evidence in the case was not sufficient to provide evidence for a fraud conviction. Democratic Chief Justice Sue Bell Cobb dissented. She believes that greed of corporations shouldn’t outweigh the needs of the citizens of Alabama.
Cobb served as Alabama’s Chief Justice from 2007 until her resignation in August 2011. She was the first woman elected to this post and had previously served from 1995 to 2007 as a judge on the Alabama Court of Criminal Appeals, the state court for criminal intermediate appeals. Before 1995, she had served as a trial judge in state district court for many years.
Cobb was a critical champion and contributor to the passage of the 2008 Juvenile Justice Reform Act of 2008. Following passage of the bill, Juvenile crime decreased and number of imprisoned children was reduced by more than 60%.
As a judge in the trial court, Cobb received assignments from around 40 counties. As of 1997, Cobb had been appointed by Alabama Supreme Court to serve as the Chief Judge Alternate of the Court of the Judiciary.
| Name | Sue Bell Cobb |
| First Name | Sue |
| Last Name | Cobb |
| Occupation | Lawyer |
| Birthday | March 1 |
| Birth Year | 1956 |
| Place of Birth | Louisville |
| Home Town | Kentucky |
| Birth Country | United States |
| Birth Sign | Pisces |
| Full/Birth Name | |
| Father | Not Available |
| Mother | Not Available |
| Siblings | Not Available |
| Spouse | Not Known |
| Children(s) | Not Available |
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In 2004, Cobb served as an appellate court judge during the appeals case of Anthony Ray Hinton for his 1985 murder conviction. Though Hinton’s 2004 appeal was denied at the time, Cobb was one of the presiding judges that thought he deserved a new trial. Cobb noted “I had never been so convinced of someone’s innocence than I had in Mr. Hinton’s case after reviewing all of the evidence”, elaborating that “there were no fingerprints. … When you looked at the ballistics expert that the defense had hired, he was woefully inadequate.” Hinton’s conviction was eventually overturned and he was freed after 30 years in prison on April 3, 2015.
Sue Bell Cobb Net Worth
Sue Bell Cobb is one of the richest Lawyer from United States. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Sue Bell Cobb's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)
Cobb is a native of Louisville, Kentucky. Her graduation was from Sparta Academy and the University of Alabama with the degree of historian. She was awarded her Phi Alpha Theta Key to Scholarship. Cobb was a student at her studies at the University of Alabama School of Law and graduated with the degree of J.D. in 1981. When he was in law school Cobb was an active participant in The Bench and Bar Honor Society, Farrah Law Society, and Moot Court Board. Cobb is married William J. Cobb, the Executive Director for Governmental Affairs of Bell South (retired). They have three kids and four grandchildren.
Cobb was appointed an judge in the Conecuh County District Court immediately following her admission into the Bar. In the past, she was one of the state’s most youthful judges and judges, she was appointed by the court’s district in the year 1982. She was elected again in 1988.
Cobb, a Democrat, was the only member of her party to serve on the Alabama Supreme Court at that time. Elected in 2006, she unseated Judge Drayton Nabers, Jr., a Republican who in 2003 had succeeded Justice Roy Moore after Moore had been removed from the bench regarding his role in the display of the Ten Commandments in the courthouse. The race achieved notoriety for its cost; including the primary, the candidates raised over $8.3 million.
| Net Worth | $5 Million |
| Salary | Under Review |
| Source of Income | Lawyer |
| Cars | Not Available |
| House | Living in own house. |
On June 14, 2017 Cobb announced her candidacy for governor, declaring “I simply cannot stand by and watch as one more community hospital closes its doors. I cannot be still as so many bad decisions that affect us all continue to be made. As the head of Alabama’s judicial branch, and in the face of significant obstacles, I was able to work with amazing court leaders and state employees to make vast improvements in the lives of others. If given the opportunity, I would be honored to put my experience and skill set to work in the executive branch. I promise, I will work and I will not stop until there is light again on Alabama’s horizon.”
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| Height | Unknown |
| Weight | Not Known |
| Body Measurements | Under Review |
| Eye Color | Not Available |
| Hair Color | Not Available |
| Feet/Shoe Size | Not Available |
Cobb announced her intention to retire from office on June 30, 2011 to devote more time to her family. Cobb noted that she had also been wary of “the cost of running for office while maintaining judicial objectivity”. She denied that her decision to step down was connected with a potential bid for Governor of Alabama in the 2014 election, She considered it, but ultimately decided against running. After stepping down, she became “a national advocate for changing how judges are selected”, saying on her race against Nabers (said to be the second most expensive judicial race in American history), “Everything we did was legal and ethical, but that didn’t mean it was right”. In 2015, in an op-ed piece for Politico, she said she was ashamed of the amount of money she had to raise to win the election.
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