Robert Spence

Robert Spence received his B.A. from the University of Alabama in 1982, and his J.D. from the University of Alabama School of Law in December, 1984. He also holds an LL.M. from the University of Notre Dame School of Law. After law school, he served as a law clerk to the Honorable Richard L. Jones, Associate Justice of the Alabama Supreme Court, and as a staff attorney to the Honorable Janie L. Shores, Associate Justice of the Alabama Supreme Court.

Mr. Spence served as an Assistant District Attorney for the Sixth Judicial Circuit of Alabama, and later served as the Chief Assistant District Attorney in that office. He is admitted to practice in all of the state and federal courts in Alabama, as well as the United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit, and the United States Supreme Court. He is a member of the Alabama State and Tuscaloosa County Bar Associations, the International Municipal Lawyers Association, and is a past-president of the National Association of County Civil Attorneys. He is an active member of the National Sheriffs’ Association Legal Advisors Committee, and the International Association of Chiefs of Police Legal Officers Section, and currently serves on the Board of Directors for the National Association of Counties. He has been active with a number of local service organizations, and has served on the boards of United Cerebral Palsy of West Alabama, the Phoenix House, and Tuscaloosa Family Resource Center/Tuscaloosa’s One Place.

Mr. Spence's areas of practice are:

• Municipal Law Litigation
• Appellate Practice
• Civil Rights Litigation