Luther Strange

Luther Johnson Strange, III (born March 1, 1953), is the 49th Attorney General of the U.S. state of Alabama. Strange was a candidate for public office in both 2006 and 2010. In 2006, Strange ran for Lieutenant Governor of Alabama and defeated George Wallace, Jr. in the Republican primary. Strange then lost the general election to Democrat Jim Folsom, Jr.. In 2010, Strange defeated incumbent Attorney General Troy King in the Republican primary, before going on to win the general election on November 2, 2010, against Democrat James Anderson. On Dec 6, 2016 Strange announced his candidacy to follow Jeff Sessions (who is nominated to be the next Attorney General of the United States) as Alabama's next US Senator.

Luther Strange was born in Birmingham, Alabama, and lived in Sylacauga until the age of six, when his family moved to Homewood.

An Eagle Scout since he was 13 and a recipient of the Distinguished Eagle Scout Award from the Boy Scouts of America in 2011, General Strange is passionate about encouraging young people in Alabama to become involved in public service. In December 2011, Strange was honored as a Distinguished Eagle Scout, by the Boy Scouts of America.

Strange graduated from Shades Valley High School in 1970. General Strange received both his undergraduate and law degrees from Tulane University. He was a scholarship basketball player while earning his undergraduate degree at Tulane. In June 2016, he was inducted into the Tulane University Law School Hall of Fame. Strange was admitted to the Alabama State Bar in 1981.

Prior to being elected Attorney General, Strange was the founder of the law firm Strange LLC., based in Birmingham. U.S. News-Best Lawyers "Best Law Firms" gave his firm a first-tier ranking, and the firm was named as one of the Top Ten Law Firms that Understand Economic Development by Southern Business & Development magazine.

Before establishing his own law firm, General Strange was a partner with Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP. During his time in private practice, he was recognized in Best Lawyers in America® , named Best of the Bar by the Birmingham Business Journal, and called one of the "Best Lawyers" in Alabama by Birmingham magazine.

General Strange and his wife Melissa have been married for 34 years and reside in reside in Homewood, Alabama. They are the proud parents of two sons and grandparents to a fine grandson.

General Strange's tenure in office has been marked by a strong emphasis on fighting public corruption, including the conviction and removal from office of the Alabama House Speaker in June 2016. He was a leader in opposing costly overregulation and the expansion of the federal government at the expense of the states.

Attorney General Luther Strange served as the court-appointed Coordinating Counsel for the Gulf Coast States in the historic Deepwater Horizon Oil spill litigation. General Strange was actively involved in trying the case, which led to a landmark settlement agreement to compensate Alabama for both economic and environmental damages as a result of that disaster. He also argued a successful 1st Amendment case before the United States Supreme Court in Lane v. Franks. (2014) Among many civic commitments, he has served on the Advisory Board of the United States Merchant Marine Academy and as a Trustee of Talladega College, Alabama’s oldest historically black college.

In March 2014, Strange brought Alabama into a lawsuit filed by Missouri Attorney General Chris Koster against California's egg production standards as embodied in Prop 2. In October 2014, a federal judge dismissed the lawsuit, rejecting the states' challenge to Proposition 2, California's prohibition on the sale of eggs laid by caged hens kept in conditions more restrictive than those approved by California voters in a 2008 ballot initiative. Judge Kimberly Mueller ruled that Alabama and the other states lacked legal standing to sue on behalf of their residents and that the plaintiffs were representing solely the interests of egg farmers, not "a substantial statement of their populations."

General Strange is the Chairman-Elect (2016-2017) of the Republican Attorneys General Association.