19 Facts About Alice Martin

Alice Martin was nominated by President George W Bush in 2001.

In 2017, Alice Martin served as the acting Attorney General of Alabama for a short period of time.

Alice Martin tendered her resignation from office in June 2009, five months after the inauguration of Democratic President Barack Obama.

Alice Martin is a native of Sledge, Mississippi, and has lived in Alabama since 1988.

Alice Martin graduated with a Bachelor of Science in Nursing from Vanderbilt University and is a Registered Nurse.

Alice Martin worked as a nurse during law school and received her Juris Doctor in 1981 from the University of Mississippi.

Alice Martin began her legal career in Memphis, Tennessee in 1981 but soon entered a career of public service with the United States Attorney's Office for the Western District of Tennessee in 1983.

Alice Martin served as an Assistant US Attorney from 1983 to 1988, and as a Special Assistant US Attorney from 1988 to 1990.

Alice Martin focused on white collar prosecutions and medical malpractice defense for VA, military and Bureau of Prison hospitals.

Alice Martin entered the private legal sector upon moving to Alabama specializing in insurance defense work before being appointed as Lauderdale County Circuit Court Judge by Governor Fob James in 1997, to fill an unexpired judicial term.

Alice Martin is licensed to practice law in Alabama, Mississippi and Tennessee.

Alice Martin is a Certified Fraud Examiner, and certified in Healthcare Privacy, Healthcare Compliance, and civil and domestic relations mediation.

Alice Martin then returned to public service when nominated by President George W Bush as the first female United States Attorney for the Northern District of Alabama in September 2001, succeeding future US Senator Doug Jones.

Alice Martin led the prosecution of the $2.8B accounting fraud that occurred at HealthSouth, which netted the first conviction under Sarbanes-Oxley and 17 convictions of corporate officers for various frauds and FCPA violations.

Alice Martin oversaw the successful prosecution of Eric Robert Rudolph, the FBI's Most Wanted domestic terrorist for his bombing of a Birmingham abortion clinic.

Alice Martin then served as a healthcare compliance expert for various entities and returned to public service as Deputy Attorney General for the Alabama Department of Public Examiners, the financial watchdog agency for the State of Alabama.

Alice Martin was selected to serve as Chief Deputy Attorney General by Attorney General Luther Strange in April 2015 and oversaw the legal and administrative operation of the Office of the Attorney General for the State of Alabama.

Alice Martin oversaw the grand jury investigation into sitting Gov.

Alice Martin then resigned her office to run for Attorney General of Alabama.