Judy Harrison Barganier

Born Birmingham, Alabama,
September 30, 1947
Admitted to practice law April 24, 1992

Education:
Auburn University at Montgomery, B.S., 1978
Thomas Goode Jones School of Law, J.D., magnum cum laude, 1991

Professional:
Private practice of law, 1992-1993
Deputy District Attorney, Montgomery County, Alabama, 1993-1998
Vertical Prosecutor - Domestic Violence and Sexual Assaults (children and adults victims) 1995-1998
Private practice of law, 1998 - present

Honors and Professional Service:
Editor, Alabama Case Notes, 1993- 1995
Co-founder - Montgomery County Task Force against
Domestic Violence, 1994
Co-founder - Montgomery County Sexual Assault Response Team, 1995
Public Citizen of the Year - Montgomery Unit NASW 1996
Justice for Victims - Sunshine Center 1997
Leadership Montgomery, Class XIV, 1998
Alabama Law Institute
Alabama Administrative Office of Courts Judicial Study Commissions:
     Protection from Abuse Legislation Revision;
     Development of Bench Manual on Domestic Violence; and
     Alabama Model Code on Domestic Violence Project

Faculty of numerous state and federal seminars and presentations for attorneys, law enforcement, social workers on domestic violence policies and procedures and prosecution of sexual assaults, including faculty of American Prosecutors’ Research Institute’s National Center for Protection of Child Abuse, CHILDPROOF, Tulsa, Oklahoma; Stopping Violence against Women Conference, Monroe Louisiana; and Law Enforcement Coordinating Committee Programs for the United States Department of Justice

Memberships:
Alabama State Bar  
United States District Court, Middle District of Alabama
Association of Family and Conciliation Courts
Family Guidance Center of Alabama, Inc., Board of Directors 1993 - 1997
Columbia Regional Medical Center Board of Directors, 1997
Montgomery Unit, American Cancer Society, 1997
Kiwanis Club of Montgomery, 1994 - present
Junior League of Montgomery - Sustaining Member