Law Firm Overview
Tommy Spina is a criminal defense lawyer in private practice in Birmingham, Alabama. His practice is limited to criminal defense on a Federal, State and Municipal Court level. His practice focuses on representation of criminal defendants at all stages of criminal proceedings including pre-indictment, trial, appeal and post-conviction.
Honors and Awards
- American Board of Criminal Lawyers – President (2008-2009), President-Elect (2007-2008), Treasurer (2005-2006) and previously served as Vice-President and on Board of Governors.
- President of the Alabama Municipal Judges Association (2006).
- Advisory Committee on Municipal Courts appointed by the Supreme Court of Alabama (2007-2008).
- Member and former President of the Birmingham Criminal Defense Lawyers Association (2001-2002).
- National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers (N.A.C.D.L.).
- Alabama Criminal Defense Lawyers Association.
- American Bar Association.
- Federal Bar Association.
- Alabama Bar Association.
- Birmingham Bar Association.
- Criminal Procedures Committee and the Public Relations Committee (1997) with the Birmingham Bar Association.
- Chairman of Criminal Procedures Committee, Birmingham Bar Association, 1998.
- Merit Selection Committee for the reappointment of Magistrate Judge Robert R. Armstrong, Jr. (Summer 2006.)
He has taught Criminal Law and Criminal Procedure at the Birmingham School of Law (2000, 2001, 2008) and has served as Special Circuit Court Judge by appointment of the State of Alabama Supreme Court on a number of occasions in Jefferson County. He was on the Committee that studied and implemented the current Drug Court Program presently in operation in Jefferson County District Court and presided over by Judge Pete Johnson. He is presently the Municipal Court Judge for the City of Vestavia Hills, Alabama (2002-present). In addition to Alabama, he has represented clients in Federal and State cases in Arizona, Texas, Mississippi, Florida, Georgia & Louisiana. He is admitted to practice in the U.S. Supreme Court and the U.S. Courts of Appeals for the Eleventh and Fifth Circuits.
Classes and Seminars
Has taught Criminal Law and Procedure at the Birmingham School of Law. Currently teaching Municipal Courts Practice and Procedure during the Summer Term.
Also, currently serves as Vestavia Hills Municipal Court Judge, an appointed part-time position, since 2002