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  Hon. Laura W. Hamilton   

                    Circuit Judge

  
     Judge Hamilton has been a circuit court judge since 1999.  She served as a Presiding and Juvenile Judge from 1995 to 1999, a District and Juvenile Judge since 1991, an Assistant District Attorney for Madison County from 1981 to 1990, and a sole practitioner from 1976 to 1981.  Judge Hamilton received her Bachelor of the Arts degree from Birmingham Southern College and her Juris Doctorate from University of Alabama School of Law.  She is a member of the Alabama Circuit Judges Association, the Alabama Bar Association, and the  Huntsville-Madison County Bar Association.  She is the recipient of many honors and awards, including the Boy Scouts of America community Service Award, the Unity Award from Alpha Phi Alpha,  and the Citizen of the year Award from the National Association of Social Workers, Madison County.  Judge Hamilton is active in the community participating in associations such as Girl Scouts of North Alabama

CASA, Hospital Hospitality House of Huntsville, Community Ballet Association, and the Historic Huntsville Foundation.  Judge Hamilton is also a Founding Member of H.O.P.E. Place, a domestic violence shelter for Northeast Alabama and has been on the Board of Directors of the Ruth Hindman Foundation since 1983.