Local Lawyers Named CJA Attorneys Of The Year

According to the Mobile Bar Association (MBA), the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Alabama, in conjunction with the Federal Defender Organization and Defender Services Training Branch, hosted a luncheon at The Battle House Renaissance Mobile Hotel & Spa in Mobile in appreciation of the Criminal Justice Act (CJA) panel attorneys who represent indigent criminal defendants in federal court. At the luncheon, four local attorneys were honored as CJA Attorneys of the Year for 2020-2022: MBA members Arthur Madden and Gordon Armstrong, III (2022); Mobile lawyer Jan Jones (2021); and MBA member Fred Helmsing, Jr. (2020).