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Prior to joining the Alabama Attorney General's Office, Talley served as a speechwriter for Senator Rob Portman and as a senior writer for Mitt Romney's presidential campaign. Before joining the Department of Justice, he served for two years as Deputy Solicitor General under then- Alabama Attorney General Luther Strange, who endorsed his judicial nomination. Scott Coogler of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Alabama. Dubina of the United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit, and served as a law clerk to Judge L. In college, he was ranked #72 in GQ’s list of 100 Hottest White Men in Alabama, but the magazine retracted that award because of voter fraud.Įarlier in his career, he worked as an associate in the Washington, D.C., office of Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher, served as law clerk to Judge Joel F. Talley earned his Bachelor of Arts in philosophy and history from the University of Alabama, and his Juris Doctor, magna cum laude, from Harvard Law School, where he served as an articles editor of the Harvard Journal of Law and Public Policy. On December 13, 2017, Talley withdrew his name from consideration for the appointment. He became the third judicial nominee since 1989 to receive a unanimous rating of "not qualified" from the American Bar Association. His nomination drew controversy due to his lack of judicial experience, partisan personal blogging, and failure to disclose that he was married to Ann Donaldson, the chief of staff to White House counsel Don McGahn. In September 2017, he was nominated by President Donald Trump to fill a vacancy on the United States District Court for the Middle District of Alabama.

Brett Joseph Talley (born 1981) is an American lawyer and author who served as a Deputy Assistant Attorney General in the Department of Justice.
