Meet our attorney, J. Ross Self

Ross has been practicing law since September 2005. As a partner in the firm of Leonard & Self, Ross’s primary practice focus was on family law and civil litigation. In his thirteen years of private practice, his experience includes a broad range of general practice areas including family law, personal injury, civil litigation, and probate law.

Ross was born and raised in Warrior in north Jefferson County, Alabama where he graduated Salutatorian of the Corner High School class of 1994. He earned a Bachelor of Business Administration – Finance from the University of Montevallo in August 1998 and graduated first in his class. After several years of entrepreneurship, operating his own systems integration business in Birmingham, Alabama, Ross decided to seek his law degree from the Birmingham School of Law. Ross attended classes at night while continuing to run his consulting business and graduated with honors in May 2005. Ross received his license to practice law in the State of Alabama in September 2005.

Ross has practiced in over half of the sixty-seven counties in the state of Alabama as well as in the Federal Northern District of Alabama. He has experience in both the trial and appellate courts of Alabama. His reported decisions include:

K.C.G. v. S.J.R., 46 So.3d 499 (Ala.Civ.App. 2010)

Currently, Ross serves as the public defender in the following courts:
City of Warrior, Alabama Municipal Court
City of Mountain Brook, Alabama Municipal Court

Email Ross at jrself@theselflawfirm.com
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