A Cherokee County native currently who is serving as the Special Deputy Attorney General for the State of Alabama may soon move to a spot on the world stage

Corey L. Maze, who grew up in Centre, has been nominated by President Donald Trump for a federal judgeship position.  If confirmed, he will serve as District Judge on the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Alabama

Since 2011, Maze has served as Chief of the Attorney General’s Special Litigation Unit and has acted as the State’s primary counsel in complex civil matters such as the 2010 oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico and the on-going opioid crisis.  From 2008 to 2011, he served as the Solicitor General of Alabama – and during that period he argued three cases in the Supreme Court of the United States and won three “Best Brief Awards” from the National Association of Attorneys General. Prior to his appointment as Solicitor General, he prosecuted criminal trials and appeals for five years as Assistant Attorney General.

Maze is a graduate of Auburn University and Georgetown University Law Center.

He is the son of O’Neal and Sharon Maze of Centre.

ATTORNEY GENERAL STEVE MARSHALL RESPONDS TO PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP’S NOMINATION OF ALABAMA SPECIAL DEPUTY ATTORNEY GENERAL COREY MAZE FOR FEDERAL JUDGESHIP

(MONTGOMERY) – Alabama Attorney General Steve Marshall issued the following statement in response to the White House’s announcement Thursday morning that President Donald Trump has nominated Alabama Special Deputy Attorney General Corey Maze to serve as a District Judge on the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Alabama. 

“Corey Maze is a very talented and experienced lawyer who would be an outstanding addition to the Northern District Court bench.  He possesses a broad base of legal experience from the prosecution of criminal trials and appeals as an Alabama Assistant Attorney General, to arguing cases before the U.S. Supreme Court as former Alabama Solicitor General, to successfully representing Alabama in the landmark BP oil spill case.  An Auburn University alumnus and cum laude graduate of Georgetown University Law Center, Corey Maze is a man of the highest integrity and would be a great credit to the U.S. District Court.  I wholeheartedly support his nomination.”

(WSFA/www.wsfa.com)