Overview
- Parker was sworn in Monday at the governor’s office, making the appointment effective immediately.
- He succeeds Bill Lewis, who was confirmed by the U.S. Senate last month as a U.S. district judge for Alabama’s Middle District after a nomination by President Donald Trump.
- Parker has served as Gov. Kay Ivey’s general counsel since 2019 and joined her staff in 2017.
- His background includes nearly a decade in the Attorney General’s Constitutional Defense Division with oral arguments before the Alabama Supreme Court and the Eleventh Circuit.
- As general counsel, he oversaw drafting of legislation on school cell-phone bans, veterans agency changes, paid parental leave for educators and state employees, and the Safe Alabama public-safety package.