Sue Bell Cobb

Who is Sue Bell Cobb?

Sue Bell Cobb is an American jurist and the 29th Chief Justice of the Alabama Supreme Court. She served from 2007 until her resignation in August 2011. Cobb was the first woman elected as Alabama's Chief Justice and had previously served from 1995 to 2007 as a judge on the Alabama Court of Criminal Appeals, the state court for criminal intermediate appeals. Before 1995, Cobb had served as a trial judge in state district court for many years.

Cobb, a Democrat, was the only member of her party to serve on the Alabama Supreme Court during her tenure on the bench. Elected in 2006, she unseated Judge Drayton Nabers, Jr., a Republican who in 2003 had succeeded Justice Roy Moore after Moore had been removed from the bench regarding his role in the display of the Ten Commandments in the courthouse.

Cobb announced her intention to resign from office to devote more time to her family. Cobb denied that her decision to step down was connected with a potential bid for governor in 2014.