She was one of the first African-American women to pass the Kentucky bar and the first woman appointed city attorney in Jefferson County.

Upon graduating, she had several interviews in Washington and Senator John Sherman Cooper offered his office as a study space for the bar exam.

As she explained to the Courier Journal, "This girl I know asked me four years ago - when she separated from her husband - to handle her divorce.

"[4] In 1960, She eventually took on a prominent client early in her career, a young boxer who later changed his name from Cassius Clay to Muhammed Ali, introducing him to trainer Archie Moore of California.

[8] The investigation determined that she had been beaten unconscious with a brick and witnesses recalled seeing a body tossed by three unidentified men from the bridge, where her purse was later found.

[10] Professor and attorney Lee Remington, who was doing research for a biography, found clues to the murder and sent a letter to the Louisville police, who agreed to reopen the case.

[7] In October 2022, Louisville Central High School presented the first ever Alberta O. Jones award to Laura Rothstein, a retired University of Louisville law professor who helped start the high school's law and government magnet program.