Alabama Appellate Courts
Voter Guide 2010
Nonpartisan information about the Alabama Courts of Appeal and the
candidates running in those elections in 2010.


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Deborah Bell Paseur
Democratic Party Candidate for
Judge,
Alabama Court of Civil Appeals

General Election
November 2, 2010

Candidate Biography

The following biographical information was provided by the candidate. It is published here verbatim up to a limit of 250 words for each biographical line item.


Place of Residence:                                                                                   
Florence, AL
                                                                                                                                               
Family:                                                                                   
Daughter, Son-in-Law, and Grandson
                                                                                                                                               
Education:                                                                                   
BS Social Welfare, University of Alabama - 1973
JD Law-University of Alabama - 1976
MS Criminal Justice, University of Alabama - 1985
                                                                                                                                               
Occupation:                                                                                   
Attorney & retired state trial court judge in active judicial service                                                                                                                                               
Employer:                                                                                   
Partner in the law firm of Johnson, Paseur, and Medley, LLC                                                                                                                                               
Bar Admission(s) &
Date(s) of Admission:                                                                                   
Alabama, 1977; US Supreme Court, 1993
                                                                                                                                               
Legal / Judicial
Experience:                                                                                   
Law Clerk, Robert Bryan, Birmingham, AL 1976-1977

Attorney, Law Office of Marvin Wilson (General Practitioner), Florence, AL 1979-1980

Elected District Judge in 1980 (Term began January 1981)-Served for more than 27 years                                                                                                                                               
Other Experience:                                                                                   
Vista Volunteer: Tuscaloosa Police Department, Juvenile Division (assisted 2 officers to establish the first juvenile division in the Tuscaloosa Police Department: helped write protocol, developed forms, and worked alongside the officers on patrol): Tuscaloosa, AL 1972-1973

Police Officer, Virginia Beach, Virginia: Summer, 1977 and 1978
                                                                                                                                               
Honors & Awards:                                                                                   
Outstanding Young Woman of the Year, Alabama Jaycees 1985

Member, Leadership Alabama, Class 11

Henry Toll Fellow, 2009