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Mo Brooks built a solid "tough-on-crime" reputation in the Tuscaloosa District Attorney's office. While there, he obtained guilty verdicts in every one of the 20+ jury trials he prosecuted. Mo also organized and managed the grand jury.
Mo Brooks left the Tuscaloosa District Attorney's office in 1980 to return to Huntsville as a law clerk for presiding Circuit Court Judge John David Snodgrass.
In 1982, in an election in which 25% of the voting machines (11 of 45) were rigged to prevent citizens from voting for Mo Brooks, Mo was elected to the Alabama House of Representatives and became one of eleven Republican legislators (out of 140 total) and the only elected Republican legislator north of Birmingham.
Mo Brooks was reelected to the Alabama House in 1983, 1986 and 1990. While in the legislature, Mo was elected Republican House Caucus Chairman three times, was ranked #1 (out of 140 legislators) by the Alabama Taxpayers' Defense Fund in the fight to protect family incomes from higher taxes, was ranked in the top 20% by Alabama Alliance of Business & Industry on pro-jobs, tort reform and free enterprise issues, and was recognized as one of the legislature's most effective legislators by Alabama Magazine.
In 1991, Mo Brooks was appointed Madison County District Attorney. In 1992, Mo lost to popular Democrat Tim Morgan in his bid to become Madison County's first elected Republican District Attorney since Confederate soldiers' voting rights were restored.
In 1996, Mo Brooks ran for the Madison County Commission and unseated an 8-year incumbent Republican. Mo Brooks was reelected to the Commission in 2000, 2004 and 2008.
During every year except when he was serving as a prosecutor or court clerk, Mo Brooks held a second job in private practice. Mo Brooks maintains a national practice that specializes in commercial litigation (business versus business).
In 1995-1996, Mo Brooks was appointed special assistant attorney general for then Attorney General Jeff Sessions and, from 1996-2002, was appointed special assistant attorney general for then Attorney General Bill Pryor.
In 1990, before becoming Madison County District Attorney, Mo Brooks "pinch-hit" as a fill-in radio talk show host for WVNN until the new host arrived . . . a skinny kid named Sean Hannity.
Mo was born in 1954 in Charleston, SC and moved in 1963 to Huntsville, AL. Mo's father, Jack Brooks, retired from Redstone Arsenal's Metrology Center. Mo's mother, Betty Brooks taught Economics and Government for over 20 years at Lee High School. They still live in Madison County. Mo's sister, Suzetta Jones is retired from CrimeStoppers and lives in Monrovia. Mo's brother, Tim Brooks, is a dentist who lives in Huntsville.
Mo's parents were children of the Depression and taught him early on that study and hard work were expected and required. They also taught the importance of honesty and to never be shy about speaking up and fighting for important principles.
Mo Brooks graduated from Grissom High School in 1972 (where he was all-city in baseball and an active member on two state championship debate teams). Mo graduated from Duke University in three years with a double major in political science and economics (highest honors in economics). Mo graduated from the University of Alabama Law School in 1978.
Mo met Martha Jenkins of Toledo, Ohio at Duke University. They were married in 1976. Martha graduated from the University of Alabama with an accounting degree.
After graduation, Mo worked as a prosecutor in the Tuscaloosa District Attorney's office and Martha worked as an accountant. They moved back to Huntsville in 1980.
Martha later retired as a certified public accountant to become a full-time mother to four children. Martha obtained a math and education major from the University of Alabama in Huntsville in 2005 and teaches math at Whitesburg Middle School.
Three of Martha & Mo's four children have earned college degrees (two in elementary education and one in engineering) and their youngest son is at Auburn majoring in engineering.
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Mail: 7610 Foxfire Drive Huntsville, Al 35802
Phone: 256-881-3779
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