Governor Kay Ivey appointed Will Parker on Monday to serve on the Alabama Supreme Court.
Parker comes to the bench after serving as general counsel for Ivey.
He fills the vacancy left by Bill Lewis. Ivey previously appointed Lewis to the Alabama Supreme Court before President Donald Trump selected him for a federal judgeship.
Since December 2019, Parker has served as Ivey’s general counsel. He joined the Governor’s Office in June 2017, just a short time after Ivey was sworn in as governor.
“Will Parker is the exact kind of person you want serving on the Alabama Supreme Court. He is not only highly capable and dedicated to the rule of law, but he is a truly good man with the utmost integrity,” Ivey said. “He has been an outstanding General Counsel, easily explaining the complexities of the law and constitution in understandable verbiage. That will no doubt serve the Court well. While I will miss having him as General Counsel, I am thrilled for the people of Alabama, as well as for Will and his family, as he takes on this new role.”
Prior to serving in the Governor’s Office, Parker worked for nearly ten years as Assistant Attorney General in the Constitutional Defense Division of the Office of the Attorney General.
“I am grateful to Governor Ivey for the opportunity to serve the people of Alabama in this new role, and I will do everything I can as a member of the Alabama Supreme Court to live up to the high standards set by her and embodied by all of Team Ivey,” said Parker. “Over her remarkable eight and a half years in office, Governor Ivey has provided steady leadership for our great state, always faithfully fulfilling her duties and serving the people. This is the example I hope to follow on the Court each and every day as I work to uphold the Constitution and preserve the rule of law.”
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