Julian L. McPhillips

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Julian L. McPhillips Jr.
Personal details
Born Julian Lenwood McPhillips Jr.
November 13, 1946
Birmingham, Alabama raised in Cullman, Alabama
Political party Democratic
Spouse(s) Leslie Burton
Relations Frank Dixon McPhillips (brother), Sandra McPhillips Pitre (sister)
Children Rachel Plucker, Grace Lunsford, David McPhillips
Alma mater Princeton University cum laude with honors in history in 1968
Columbia Law School in 1971
Profession Attorney
Religion Christian
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Julian L. McPhillips Jr (born November 13, 1946 in Birmingham, Alabama) is a U.S. Lawyer and was a candidate for Attorney General of Alabama in 1978. In 2002, McPhillips lost out in the Democratic nomination to challenge first-term Republican incumbent Jeff Sessions for a U.S. Senate seat in Alabama.

Early life

Julian McPhillips is the son of Rev. Julian L. McPhillips Snr. (died February 13, 2001)[1] an Episcopal Priest and Eleanor Elizabeth (née Dixon died December 1, 2002).[2] His father served in the U.S. Navy during World War II. Julian was an All-American collegiate wrestler at Princeton, twice Eastern AAU heavyweight wrestling champion, and a finalist in the 1972 Olympic Tryouts.[3][4]

Political and law career

Julian worked as a Wall Street attorney, from 1971 to 1975. He moved back to Alabama in 1975 and began working as Assistant Attorney General under Alabama Attorney General Bill Baxley, specializing in white collar crime prosecution. He left in 1977 and began a campaign for Attorney General that year where he would finish second out of nine candidates for Attorney General in the unofficial results in 1978. He lost his run-off spot in the late changing official vote three days later. After the loss, McPhillips went into private practice.[5][6][7][8][9][10]

In 2002, McPhillips lost out in the Democratic nomination to challenge first-term Republican Incumbent Senator Jeff Sessions for a senate seat in Alabama. He won many counties in the southern part of the state, but Susan Parker won the most counties and Wayne Sowell endorsed Parker for the run off. Parker then lost to Jeff Sessions in the United States Senate election in Alabama in 2002. McPhillips opposes abortion.

His brother, Frank D. McPhillips is also an Attorney in Birmingham, Alabama. He is involved with the US Democratic Party and he was a delegate to Democratic National Convention in Alabama, in 2008.[11]

References

  1. ↑ Fathers obituary
  2. ↑ Mothers Obituary
  3. ↑ Princeton profile
  4. ↑ Candidate profile
  5. ↑ Candidate profile
  6. ↑ Princeton profile
  7. ↑ http://www.mcphillipsshinbaum.com/mcphillips.htm
  8. ↑ http://www.fitzgeraldmuseum.net/j_mcphillips.html
  9. ↑ Candidate profile
  10. ↑ The People's Lawyer: The Colorful Life and Times of Julian L. McPhillips, Jr. by Carroll Dale Short, Published by John F Blair, 2006. ISBN 1-58838-004-1 / 9781588380043 / 1-58838-004-1
  11. ↑ Political graveyard
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