District Attorney Bill Adair, Jr.
Bill Adair, Jr. is a graduate of both the University of Alabama and the University of Alabama School of Law. He served in Walker County as an Assistant District Attorney for two years and later as a Chief Deputy District Attorney for 14 years before being elected Walker County District Attorney in 2010. During his time with the District Attorney's Office, Mr. Adair prosecuted multiple capital murder cases and the County's first DUI homicide case.
Mr. Adair is an active member of the Alabama District Attorney's Association and has served as it's Vice-President and President. He also served as President of the Walker County Bar Association. He served as a former member of the Walker County Fundraising Committee for United Way. Mr. Adair served as an adjuct Professor at Walker College, which later became the University of Alabama at Birmingham, and is now Bevill State Community College. In addition to his other civic engagements, Mr. Adair was the first Project Director for Daybreak, a local non-profit dedicated to serving victims of domestic violence, as well as a former President of its Board of Directors. He also served on the Board of Directors of V.O.C.A.L., a state wide organization dedicated to establishing and protecting the rights of crime victims in the State of Alabama and he is the founder and President of the Board of Directors for the Walker County Children's Advocacy Center. Additionally, Mr. Adair started the Deferred Prosecution Program in Walker County with an integrated citizens board for review of cases and taught Traffic Homicide for the Alabama State Trooper Academy. Mr. Adair currently serves on the Alabama Supreme Court Criminal Procedures Committee.
As a prosecutor, Mr. Adair has seen firsthand the victimization of our elderly citizens. In an effort not only to educate them, but also the public, law enforcement, care providers and family members, Mr. Adair has worked in concert with the M4A and the Walker County Chamber of Commerce in 2014 and again in 2016 to host Elder Protection seminars. Not only were these seminars free to the public and provided much needed education and information to our elderly, but they also provided continuing education credits to all those medical, law enforcement and attorneys who participated.