Unique Senate Nod: LaCour Becomes Alabama Federal Judge
The U.S. Senate has confirmed Edmund “Eddie” LaCour Jr. as a federal judge for the Northern District of Alabama. The 51-47 vote fills the vacancy created by the retirement of Chief Judge L. Scott Coogler. LaCour served as Alabama’s Solicitor General beginning in 2019. In that role, he led significant appellate litigation, including the *Allen…