About Douglas McElvy

Background History
For more than 30 years J. Douglas McElvy has pursued truth, honor, and dignity in his practice of law. He has served as the Alabama State Bar President (2004-2005), he is a certified mediator by the American Academy of Attorney Mediators, and he is a graduate of and has also been an adjunct professor at the University of Alabama School of Law. McElvy is admitted to practice before all Alabama courts, all Alabama Federal District Courts, the 11th Circuit Court of Appeals, and the U.S. Supreme Court.

Awards and Accolades
Active in many community affairs, McElvy was a graduate of Leadership Tuscaloosa, and has also served on the Steering and Planning Committee of Leadership Tuscaloosa. He was elected to the Board of Directors of the Chamber of Commerce of West Alabama and also served as vice president, chairing the Governmental Affairs Division. He was awarded the Distinguished Service Award by the West Alabama Chamber of Commerce in 1989 and was named the Member of the Year in 1990. For ten years he served as the vice chairman of the Zoning Board of Adjustment for the City of Tuscaloosa. He serves on the Board of Directors for Legal Services Corporation of Alabama. He supported the West Alabama Area American Cancer Society by chairing its Cancer Crusade and sitting on its Board of Directors and was formerly on the Board of Directors for Big Brothers/Big Sisters of Tuscaloosa County. McElvy also helped initiate the Tuscaloosa Coalition for Character and was appointed by the mayor of the City of Tuscaloosa as the chairman of the City of Tuscaloosa Coalition for Character. This initiative has been responsible for many public projects, promoting good character among citizens of Tuscaloosa, as well as initiating character education in the public school system in Tuscaloosa. He currently serves on the Board of Directors for the Character at Heart “Kiwani Club” in Montgomery, AL. He is an active member at First Baptist Church Montgomery, serving both as a deacon and a board member of FBC Community Ministries. McElvy practiced in Tuscaloosa, Alabama, for 25 years with the firm of McElvy & Ford, PC, which he co-founded in 1977. The McElvy family relocated to Montgomery, Alabama, in December 2002, where he now practices law.