HR 297 Summary

• Mourns the death of Dr. Paul O'Leary of Homewood, Alabama, who died on May 12, 2021, at age 45.

• Dr. O'Leary was a respected psychiatrist who owned and operated SHKO Medicine and served multiple medical institutions including the University of Alabama at Birmingham, Children's Hospital of Alabama, and Cooper Green Hospital.

• He held leadership positions in six professional organizations, including becoming the youngest Assembly Speaker of the American Psychological Association and President-Elect of the Southern Psychiatric Association.

• He served as an expert witness in over 15 court-martial cases for the United States Air Force, Navy, and Army, and specialized in forensic psychiatry cases involving life without parole and death penalty cases.

• The resolution extends condolences to his surviving wife Malinda Blair O'Leary, daughters Sophia and Sylvia, and other family members and colleagues.