Elizabeth Ezell Glasscox

A native of Tuscaloosa, Elizabeth literally grew up two blocks from Bryant Denny Stadium, playing hide and seek with her friends thorough out campus and attending all of the sports and cultural events that the University of Alabama has to offer. After graduating from the Alabama School of Fine Arts, Elizabeth attended Stephens College and La Sorbonne earning degrees in Theatre and French. Her first job following college was as a receptionist at the Tuscaloosa County Public Defender’s office which spring boarded her to earning a Juris Doctorate from the University of Alabama School of Law in 1995. While there, she was selected into membership of the Bench and Bar Legal Honor Society, the Farrah Law Society, and was one of the recipients of the George Peach Taylor award for trial advocacy. Elizabeth dedicated the first 22 years of her professional career to indigent defense, working first for the Davidson County (Nashville, TN) Office of the Public Defender, then at the Tuscaloosa County Public Defender’s office, before retiring as the Deputy Public Defender for Jefferson County (Birmingham Division).