James Allen Main

James Allen Main (born April 8, 1945, in Troy, Alabama) is a former associate justice of the Alabama Supreme Court who was initially appointed on January 14, 2011, by Governor Bob Riley and elected to a six-year term in November, 2012. He did not seek reelection in 2018 and retired from the court in January 2019. Prior to his appointment, he served on the Alabama Court of Criminal Appeals. Education Main earned his undergraduate degree in pharmacy from Auburn University and his Juris Doctor from the University of Alabama. Career Main currently serves as a justice of the Supreme Court of Alabama, having previously served as a judge on the Alabama Court of Criminal Appeals. He also served as director of finance for the State of Alabama. The finance director is the chief financial officer (CFO) of the state, as well as policy advisor to the governor. Prior to becoming finance director in 2004, Main served as senior counsel to Governor Bob Riley and chief of staff and legal advisor to Governor Fob James. Other public service includes terms as city attorney for Anniston, Alabama, city judge for Lineville, Alabama, and city attorney for Oxford, Alabama. Main was in private law practice in Anniston (beginning in 1972) and Montgomery, Alabama (beginning in 1989). During Main's 30 plus years of active practice of law, he was counsel in numerous precedent-setting cases before the Alabama Supreme Court and the United States Supreme Court.