Judge Scott Vowell honored with Legal Aid Society’s 2021 Livingston Award Each year, the Legal Aid Society of Birmingham’s Board of Trustees bestows the honor of the Susan Bevill Livingston Award to someone in the legal profession who has provided extraordinary advocacy and council in the areas of indigent defense and pro bono legal representation. The 2021 recipient needs no lengthy introduction, and his service to the community stands far above most: The Honorable J. Scott Vowell. Judge Vowell practiced law in Birmingham for approximately 30 years as a general practitioner and litigator. In 1994, he was elected to the Circuit Court in the Birmingham Division of Jefferson County, where he served in the Civil Division for three, six-year terms. He was elected to serve as Presiding Judge from 2003 until his retirement from the bench in 2013. Since retiring, Judge Vowell has engaged in a full-time ADR practice in Birmingham, conducting mediations, arbitrations and private judging. The Livingston Award was established in 2014 to honor the life and memory of Susan Bevill Livingston, a wonderful wife, mother, friend, lawyer, leader, public servant, mentor and law colleague who, at the time of her death, served as the vice-chair of the Board of Trustees for the Legal Aid Society of Birmingham. Legal Aid Board President Charles Fry Jr. presented the award to Judge Vowell at the Birmingham Bar Association Annual Membership Meeting in December.
Past Recipients ○ William N. Clark (2015) ○ Lisa W. Borden (2016) ○ Hon. Sandra Storm (2017) ○ Hon. Raymond Chambliss (2018) ○ Joyce W. Vance (2019) ○ Nick Gaede (2020)
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2021 Legal Aid Society President Charles Fry and Judge Scott Vowell, the recipient of the Society’s 2021 Susan B. Livingston Award.
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