AL HR214

Commends Bill Baxley, former two-term Alabama Attorney General (elected at age 28 in 1970, youngest in state history) and 24th Lieutenant Governor (1983-1987)

Recognizes Baxley's reopening and successful 1977 prosecution of Robert Chambliss for the 1963 16th Street Baptist Church bombing, resulting in a life sentence

Acknowledges Baxley hired Myron Thompson as Alabama's first Black assistant attorney general; Thompson has served on the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Alabama for 45 years

Notes Baxley's military service in the Alabama Army National Reserve from 1962-2001, retiring as a colonel in the Judge Advocate General Corps

Honors Baxley's continued private law practice in Birmingham and recognition including the 2013 Order of the Samaritan from the University of Alabama School of Law and Fellowship in the International Academy of Trial Lawyers