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Larry Waites, Chief Prosecutor for the Blount County District Attorney's Office.
Larry received his undergraduate degree in banking and finance from the University of Alabama in 1963. He was employed as a banker for a number of years while attending law school. In 1968, he earned the Doctor of Jurisprudence Degree from Birmingham School of Law and was admitted to the Alabama Bar that same year.
As a former prosecutor and defense lawyer, Larry specialized and served as lead counsel in many high-profile murder, violent crimes, "white collar" crimes and major drug cases.
Larry and wife Donna (a registered nurse), have resided in the Hayden/Smokerise area for more than 25 years and have 3 children.
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Sherry Burns, Assistant District Attorney for the Blount County District Attorney's Office.
Sherry first entered the legal field in 1990 working for the law firm of Barker and Bynon. In May of 1991, she received her undergraduate degree in History with a minor in Political Science from Samford University. Upon her graduation she entered law school and graduated from Birmingham School of Law in 1995. While in law school she worked for Jefferson County Circuit Judges Joe G. Barnard and John C. Calhoun for approximately 3 years until entering the private practice of law in January of 1996. Employed as an associate with Chamblee & Furr, LLC she practiced primarily in the field of domestic relations and family law. In November 2006 she joined our office as Assistant District Attorney.
Sherry and her husband Jeffery and their two children reside in West Blount County.
Ronnie Blackwood, Assistant District Attorney for the Blount County District Attorney's Office.
Ronnie graduated from the University of Alabama in Birmingham in 1981 with a major in Criminal Justice and a minor in Psychology. From 1984 until 2000 Ronnie was a police officer with the Vestavia Police Department. Since he entered the private practice of law in 1991, Ronnie has practiced law in Shelby, Jefferson and Blount counties. He joined our staff in the fall of 2007.
Ronnie is married to Donna, they have 4 children - Shay (Marc) Baugh, Stacey Poe, David Poe and Justin Blackwood.
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Susan Hallman, Administrative Assistant for the Blount County District Attorney's Office.
Susan attended Wallace State Community College in 2004 where she received an Associates Degree in applied science for Paralegal studies. While a student at Wallace she was also employed by the 32nd Judicial Circuit, the Office of the Cullman County District Attorney. In addition to her studies at Wallace, she was also honored to hold and receive numerous positions and awards: 2003 President, Lex Adjutor Majus (Paralegal Club); 2002-2004 served as chairperson for PHETA KAPPA (Honor Society); 2002-2004 The National Deans List of America's Outstanding College Students; 2002-2004 Member of Who's Who Among Students in America's Junior Colleges. In June, 2005 Susan joined our office as Administrative Assistant to Mr. Tommy Rountree.
Susan and husband Michael reside in Cleveland, AL.
Tommy Rountree, District Attorney for Blount County
In November of 2004, Tommy became the first elected District Attorney for the 41st Judicial Circuit of Alabama. Prior to that time, he practiced law in Blount County since 1966. In 1998, he became an Assistant District Attorney for Lee County, Alabama. In 1999 while his wife Martha was a graduate student at the University of Louisiana in Monroe, Louisiana, he served as an Assistant District Attorney for Ouachita Parish, Louisiana.
Tommy completed his undergraduate education at Samford University and received his law degree from Cumberland School of Law at Samford University.
Tommy Rountree is committed to protecting Blount County's most precious resources - families and children and aggressively prosecuting the guilty as well as protecting the rights of the innocent.
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Jan Denson, Secretary/Receptionist for the Blount County District Attorney's Office.
Jan brings to our office many years of experience in various capacities. She has worked as an executive administrative assistant for a large accounting firm, executive director for the Trussville Chamber of Commerce as well as varied sales positions. She joined our office in the fall of 2007.
Jan and husband Bill reside on Straight Mountain and have 2 boys and 1 grandson.
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Teresa Freda, Victim's Services Officer for the Blount County District Attorney's Office.
Teresa is an APOSTIC certified police officer having worked in that capacity for the Towns of Snead and Blountsville, Alabama. In addition to her certification she is also a trained K-9 narcotics and patrol handler.
Since joining the District Attorney's Office in 2005, Teresa has completed 268 training/classroom hours in the professional fields of: child exploitation and child abuse, interviewing child victims/witnesses and obscenity investigative techniques. In 2006 she graduated from the National Victims Assistance Academy at California State University, Fresno California.
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Catherine Foster, Officer
Worthless Check Unit
Robbie Kimbrough, Officer
Restitution Recovery
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Catherine Foster, Officer, Worthless Check Unit for the Blount County District Attorney's Office.
Catherine graduated from Farmington Hills High School in Michigan. She attended Roger's Vocational School and Wallace State Community College where she received training in office equipment, management and communications.
Catherine is married to Harley J. Foster of Taylor County, Georgia. They reside in Blountsville and attend World Outreach Center in Oneonta. Catherine is the mother of 3 and grandmother of 7.
Robbie Kimbrough, Officer - Restitution Recovery for the Blount County District Attorney's Office.
Robbie graduated from Calvary Temple Christian Academy in 1988. She worked in the Banking profession for approximately 15 years. In 1998 she attended Jefferson State Community College where she received a certificate in paralegal studies. In November 2006 Robbie joined our office as Restitution Recovery Officer.
Robbie has 2 children ages 13 and 5.
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Thomas Bonds, Assistant District Attorney for the Blount County District Attorney's Office.
Thomas graduated from Jacksonville State University where he earned a double major in Finance and Accounting. He began his career as a Federal Examiner in 1989 and continued in that capacity until 1998. As an examiner he worked in Knoxville, Atlanta and New York before returning home to Alabama. In 1988 Thomas left the federal government to become the Executive Vice President of Corporate America Credit Union. He was promoted to his current position of President and CEO in 2001. Thomas is a CPA and an attorney. He serves part-time with our office.
Thomas is married to Rhonda, they have 3 children.
Thomas Bonds
Assistant District Attorney
Special Friends of the District Attorney's Office:
Officers Pat Frachiseur and Dean (Deano) Tucker serve as Bailiffs and Courthouse Security. These dedicated officers provide security for the entire Courthouse including your District Attorney's Office. At any given time each day these officers, while always visible; are patrolling all areas of the Courthouse and moving prisoners who are required to be present in Court. Pat and Deano are usually the first to arrive every morning and the last to leave in the evenings. Your Courthouse, its personnel and the public are much safer because of their dedicated efforts. We commend Sheriff Morton, Judge King, Judge Dobson and Judge Standridge and the County Commission for appointing these good people to serve.
We would also like to take this opportunity to thank all our County and City Law Enforcement men and women for the outstanding job they do every day.
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Officer Pat Frachiseur
Officer Dean (Deano) Tucker
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