INTRODUCTIONS

Constitution Day, Sept. 17, 2009‐American Democracy Project Panel on the 4th Amendment

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Following graduation from law school, Mr. Jones served as Staff Counselor to U.S. Senator Howell Heflin on the Senate Judiciary Committee

Mr. Jones also served as the US Attorney for the Northern District of from 1997 to 2001. As U.S. Attorney, Mr. Jones led the team of prosecutors and investigators in the re‐ opened case of the 1963 bombing of the 16th Street Baptist Church in Birmingham. Mr. Jones and his team successfully prosecuted two former Ku Klux Klansmen for the murder of the four young girls killed in the bombing. He also coordinated the federal and state task force that led to the indictment of fugitive Eric Robert Rudolph, who would later plead guilty to four terrorist bombings and is serving a life sentence.

Upon leaving the US Attorney’s office, Mr. Jones practiced law in a Birmingham litigation specialty firm. Mr. Jones joined the firm of Haskell Slaughter and Young in Birmingham in 2008.

Judge Sam Monk II

Judge Monk earned his B.A. in Political Science from JSU in 1969. After graduation, he was commissioned a 2nd Lieutenant and served on active duty as an Armor Officer and Army Aviation Officer, separating in 1972 as a Captain. While on active duty he served as an Assault Helicopter Pilot, and Aviation Test Pilot, and an instructor. He served in the Republic of Vietnam from 1970‐1971.

Judge Monk received his law degree from the University Of Alabama School Of Law in 1975, where he was also named a scholar. He returned to Anniston and entered private practice. Judge Monk was first appointed to the bench in 1978 by Gov. George C. Wallace and then re‐appointed in 1979 by Governor Fob James. Judge Monk was elected 4 times and retired in 2007.

Judge Monk has served as an adjunct member of the faculty at JSU for several years; teaching courses in the School of Business and the Department of Criminal Justice.

Chief Assistant District Attorney Brian McVeigh

Mr. McVeigh earned his B.A. in political science from Birmingham Southern College in 1992. He earned his law degree from Cumberland School of Law in 1996 and entered private practice in Anniston. After three years of private practice handling civil and criminal matters, Mr. McVeigh made a career move and decided to serve as an assistant district attorney for the 7th Judicial Circuit, which includes Calhoun and Cleburne Counties. He has served as the chief assistant D.A. for the past year.

Mr. McVeigh has tried over 100 jury trials, either alone or with co‐counsel including 6 capital murder cases. Mr. McVeigh has successfully pursued the death penalty, most recently in Feb 2009 in the case of State of AL v. Mark Brown, which was the first death penalty verdict in Cleburne County in the modern era.

Mr. McVeigh also prosecuted one of the first murder cases for the murder of a fetus under the Brody Act in the case of State of AL v. Robert Abbott, Jr.

William Randy Payne

Mr. Payne earned his B.S. in Industrial Management from Auburn University. Following his graduation from AU, Mr. Payne worked for 13 years in a family owned business as an independent insurance claims adjuster. He obtained his law degree from Birmingham School of Law and began practicing law in Calhoun County in 1998. Mr. Payne opened his current law office in Anniston in 2004, and formed the law firm of Payne and Crow in 2006 when Retired District Judge Allen Crow joined the practice. The firm of Payne and Crow concentrates primarily in the areas of criminal defense and family law.