Jean Brown (judge)

Jean Williams Brown (born c. 1952) is a former justice of the Supreme Court of Alabama, serving from 1999 to 2005.

[1] During her legal career, she served as an assistant district attorney in Montgomery, Alabama and also serving as a judge of the Alabama Court of Criminal Appeals.

[2][3] In 1999, Brown was elected as a justice of the Supreme Court of Alabama.

[4][5] She was defeated for reelection in a 2005 campaign directed in part at her participation in a ruling requiring the removal of a statue of the Ten Commandments from state property.

[6] In 2019, Brown was appointed as a commissioner for the Alabama Department of Senior Services.