HJR340 Summary

• Celebrates the life and mourns the death of Perry Oliver Hooper, Sr., former Alabama Chief Justice who died on April 24, 2016, at age 91.

• Hooper was the first Republican in Alabama history elected as Chief Justice, serving on the Alabama Supreme Court after his election on November 8, 1994.

• Hooper's judicial career included service as the first elected Republican probate judge of Montgomery County (1965-1970) and Circuit Judge of the 15th Judicial Circuit (1974-1983).

• Hooper held leadership positions with the National Center for State Courts, Association of Chief Justices, and various Alabama judicial committees; received the Thomas Goode Jones School of Law Mediation Award and Howell Heflin Award.

• Resolution was adopted by the House on April 28, 2016, and the Senate on May 4, 2016.