You can
often discern where a person is going, how he will get there, and what he will
do when he arrives by observing where he has been. Mo Brooks biography is given to help you learn more about Mo
Brooks.
MORRIS J. "MO"
BROOKS, JR. BIOGRAPHY:
PERSONAL AND
FAMILY
Birth: Charleston, South
Carolina
Marriage: Martha Elizabeth Jenkins of Toledo, Ohio (1976)
Martha and Mo met at Duke
University. Martha transferred
to the University of Alabama after her marriage to Mo, graduated with a degree
in accounting "beta gamma sigma" (the accounting department's phi
beta kappa equivalent). Martha later retired from certified public accounting to become a full-time mother to
four children. Martha earned a second degree in 2005 in math from the University of Alabama in Huntsville and is presently a middle school math teacher.
Children:
Rachel Brooks Olsen
Grissom High
School (Huntsville, Alabama, 2001 graduate)
Married to
Walter Olsen of California (2003).
Brigham Young
University, elementary education major.
Rachel is a teacher in Los Angeles.
Rachel and Walter plan to move back to Alabama once Walter finishes earning his chiropractic degree.
Jay
Grissom
High School (2003 graduate)
National Merit
Scholarship finalist and scholarship recipient.
Georgia Tech
student majoring in nuclear and radiological engineering
Chelsie
Grissom High School (Class of 2005 - where she was the Grissom Tiger mascot)
Chelsie is at Brigham Young University where she plans on majoring in education.
Thomas
Grissom
High Sophomore (Class of 2007).
Cross-country
Thomas wants to be an engineer or architect and is trying to determine where he will go to college.
Parents:
Morris
J. Brooks, Sr. (electrical engineer, U.S. Metrology Center, RSA, AL, retired)
Betty
Noland Brooks (Lee High School teacher, Huntsville, AL, retired)
Business: Leo
& Brooks, LLC
200 Randolph Ave.,
Suite 200
Huntsville,
AL 35801
Phone number: 256-539-6000 (Mo Brooks' law office)
E-mail Address: Will be provided upon request. Mo Brooks' e-mail address is not published to minimize junk mail receipt and to ensure that important e-mail
messages are actually seen by him.
EDUCATION
University
of Alabama School of Law (1975-1978)
Juris Doctoris (Top 50% of class)
Vice-President, Environmental Law
Society
Smithsonian Institute Scholarship
recipient for ALI-ABA's Environmental Law
Workshop in San
Francisco (1976)
Duke
University (1972-1975)
Graduated in three years
B.A.; Double Majors: Economics and Political Science
Graduated with Distinction in
Economics (Duke's highest honors in a major)
Dean's List (2nd &
3rd years at Duke)
Debate Team (1973-1974)
Theta Chi Fraternity
Grissom High
School (1969-1972)
National Honor Society
Active Member, State Championship
Debate Team (1970-1972)
Offered debate scholarship to
University of Alabama
Mu Alpha Theta (Math Honorary)
Basketball (1969-1970)
Baseball (1970-1972; All-City
1971)
Winner, Huntsville Jaycees/Chamber
of Commerce Essay Contest on Environmental Pollution (1971)
EMPLOYMENT AND
PUBLIC SERVICE HISTORY
1993 to present:
Private attorney; Leo & Brooks, LLC (f/k/a Leo & Associates)
Concentration Areas: Civil Litigation (Commercial, contracts,
employment law, real estate, zoning, etc.); Wills & estate probate. The majority of Mo Brooks' litigation is
out-of-state. Mo Brooks has litigated
nation-wide (from Florida to New York to Wisconsin to California to Arizona to
Texas to Mississippi and back to Alabama)
1996 to present:
Madison County Commissioner, District 5
2003: Helped lead the fight against the 2003
Amendment One $1.4 billion tax increase.
Represented the "anti-tax" side in one of the two Alabama
Public Television debates on Amendment One (broadcast state-wide).
1996-2002: Special
Assistant Attorney General to Alabama Attorney General Bill Pryor
1995-1996: Special
Assistant Attorney General to Alabama Attorney General Jeff Sessions
1990+: Professional talk show host - a
"pinch hitter" when primary host is unavailable or before new host is
hired. For example, hosted two weeks
before Sean Hannity was hired at WVNN in 1990.
1991-1993: Madison County District Attorney (Capital
murder, vehicular homicide, murder, theft in the first degree jury trials: all guilty verdicts)
1981-1991: Private
Attorney, General Practice, solo practice and partnerships
1982-1991: Alabama
House of Representatives (Districts 10 & 18)
Elected three times, Republican
House Caucus Chairman
Ranked
#1 (out of 140 legislators) in the fight against higher taxes by the Alabama Taxpayers' Defense Fund
Consistently
ranked in the top 20% of all Alabama House members by the Alabama Alliance of
Business & Industry on pro-jobs/pro-free enterprise votes.
Legislative
Guardian of Small Business Award (1990)
1980-1981: Madison
County Circuit Court Law Clerk
1978-1980: Tuscaloosa County Assistant District
Attorney (20+ jury trials [murder, rape, robbery, theft, burglary, etc. - all
felony jury trials resulted in guilty verdicts]; Organized grand jury; Managed
welfare fraud unit)
1977-1978: Tuscaloosa County District Attorney's
Office (paid intern)
1976: Madison County District
Attorney's Office (paid intern)
1973: PPG
Industries (airplane window glass cleaner)
ELECTION
EXPERIENCE
1982: 57% Mo Brooks, 43% Eddie
Albright: Alabama House of
Representatives, District 18 (only Republican legislator elected north of
Birmingham)
1983: 82% Mo Brooks, 18% Dale
Steele: Alabama House of
Representatives, District 10 (only Republican legislator elected north of
Birmingham)
1986: 73% Mo Brooks, 27% David
Driscoll: Alabama House of
Representatives, District 10 (only Republican legislator elected in Tennessee
Valley)
1988: Elected Bob Dole Alternate
Delegate to Republican National Convention (New Orleans); 6th in
statewide balloting, 1st in 5th Congressional District, 1st
in Madison County
1990: Elected without opposition: Alabama House of Representatives, District
10
1992: 46% Mo Brooks, 54% Tim
Morgan: Madison County District
Attorney (highest percentage vote of any Republican candidate on the ballot in
Madison County but no Republican received a majority of the vote in Madison
County in 1992)
1996: 63% Mo Brooks, 37% Rob Colson (8
year incumbent): Republican Primary,
Madison County Commission, District 5
71% Mo Brooks, 29% David
Marks, General Election, Madison County Commission, District 5
2000: Elected without opposition: Madison County Commission, District 5
2000: Elected George Bush Delegate to
the Republican National Convention (Philadelphia), 5th Congressional
District
2004: November, 2004 election for
Madison County Commission, District 5. Unopposed.
Official
Capacities in Other Campaigns
1984: Ronald Reagan for President,
Madison County Spokesman (won 63%)
1986: Don Hale (R), Alabama Senate
District 4, Steering Committee (won with 55%)
1988: Senator Bob Dole for President,
Alabama Co-Chairman (with Ann Bedsole and Spencer Bachus)
Rob Colson (R), Madison
County Commission, Steering Committee (won with 61%)
Faye Dyer (R), Madison
County Commission, Steering Committee (won with 51%)
1989: Howard Sanderford (R), House
District 20, Steering Committee (won with 65%)
1990: Chuck Saunders (R), City Council,
Steering Committee (won with 72%)
1994: For James for Governor, Special
Events Speaker
1998: Jim Haney (R), House District 10,
Steering Committee (won with 58%)
ORGANIZATIONS AND ACTIVITIES
Professional:
Admitted to the Bars of:
Alabama Supreme
Court (1978)
U.S. Supreme Court
(1988)
U.S. Claims Court (1987)
U.S. District
Courts for the Middle (1995) and Northern (1981) Districts of
Alabama
U.S. Court of
Appeals for the 5th (2000) and 11th (1990) Circuits
Armed
Services Board of Contract Appeals
Admitted
Pro Hac Vice to litigate in:
United
States District Courts for:
California: Southern District (1993),
Central District (1999), Northern District (1999)
Eastern District (2004)
Illinois: Northern
District (1996)
Kentucky: Western District (1994)
Mississippi: Northern District (2000)
New
York: Southern District
(1999)
North
Carolina: Middle
District (2001)
Tennessee: Eastern District (1995),
Middle District (2003)
Texas: Western District
(1997)
Wisconsin: Western District (1999)
State
Courts:
Arizona: Maricopa County Superior
Court (2002)
California: California Court of
Appeals, 1st District (2000)
Sacramento
County Superior Court (1995)
Contra
Costa County Superior Court (1998)
Connecticut: Hartford Superior Court (2004)
Florida: Broward
County Circuit Court (1998)
Pinellas
County Circuit Court (2001)
Illinois: Cook
County Circuit Court (2002)
Ohio: Lucas County Circuit Court (2002)
Pennsylvania: Bucks County Court of Common Pleas (2000)
South Carolina: Horry
County Court of Common Pleas (2002)
Florence
County Court of Common Pleas (2003)
Tennessee: Davidson County Chancery Court (1997)
Lincoln
County Circuit Court (1999)
Sullivan
County Circuit Court (1994)
Wisconsin: Milwaukee County (2003)
Administrative Practice Areas:
United
States Equal Employment Opportunity Commission
United
States Merit System Protection Board
City
of Huntsville Board of Adjustments
City
of Madison Board of Adjustments
American
Arbitration Association
Madison County Bar Association
(1981 to present)
Alabama Bar Association (1978 to
present)
Civic:
Madison
County Indigent Defense Commission (2000-2002)
Crimestoppers
Board of Directors (1991 to present)
Sierra Club
(1988-1992; 1998-2000)
Huntsville
Canoe Club (1998-2002)
Madison
County Republican Men's Club (founding member; 1985 to present)
COHPAR
Huntsville American League Board of Directors (1994-1995)
Boy Scouts
of America, Webelos Den Leader (1994-1996)
Madison
County Mental Retardation Board (1993-1996)
Madison
County Juvenile Justice Coordinating Council (1991-1993)
National
Children Advocacy Center Board of Directors (1991-1993)
Victims of
Crime and Leniency (1991-1993)
others Against Drunk Driving
(1982-1992)
Madison County Drunk Driving Task
Force, 1983, Legislation Committee Co-Chairman
Coaching (33 seasons) Soccer: AYSO: 1981, 1989-1990, 1999, 2001
YMCA: 1989
COHPAR: 1990-1991, 1993-1996, 1998
Softball: YMCA: 1981-1982
COHPAR: 1990, 1997
Basketball: YMCA: 1981-1982
COHPAR: 1992-1999; 2001-2004
Baseball: COHPAR: 1991, 1995
