Drayton Nabers Jr. (born December 2, 1940) is an American lawyer and former chief justice of the Alabama Supreme Court.
He was appointed to the court in 2003 by Governor Bob Riley following Chief Justice Roy Moore's removal as a result of his refusal to remove his Ten Commandments Monument from the State Judicial Building despite a federal court order to do so, an event that attracted national media attention.
[2] Alabama Governor Bob Riley, a close associate of Naber,[5] appointed Drayton to the post of state finance director.
[6] On June 22, 2004, Riley appointed Nabers to fill the unexpired term of Roy Moore as chief justice of Alabama.
[2] In early 2009, Alabama Governor Riley appointed Nabers to oversee the distribution to state-controlled agencies of federal stimulus funds.
[11] Nabers has spoken publicly in support of a new trial for Alabama death row prisoner Toforest Johnson.