Mo Brooks
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| Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Alabama's 5th district |
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Assumed office January 3, 2011 |
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| Preceded by | Parker Griffith |
| Member of the Madison County Commission from the 5th district |
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In office 2000–2011 |
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| Preceded by | Rob Colson |
| Succeeded by | Phil Riddick |
| Member of the Alabama House of Representatives from the 10th district |
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In office 1984–1992 |
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| Preceded by | James Haney |
| Succeeded by | Tom Drake |
| Member of the Alabama House of Representatives from the 18th district |
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In office 1982–1984 |
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| Preceded by | Charlie Britnell |
| Succeeded by | Frank Riddick |
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Morris Jackson Brooks, Jr. April 29, 1954 Charleston, South Carolina, U.S. |
| Political party | Republican |
| Spouse(s) | Martha Jenkins (1976–present) |
| Children | 4 |
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Duke University (BA) University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa (JD) |
| Website | House website |
Morris Jackson "Mo" Brooks, Jr. (born April 29, 1954) is an American politician who has been the U.S. Representative for Alabama's 5th congressional district since 2011. He is a member of the Republican Party.
Brooks was born in 1954 in Charleston, South Carolina, and moved to Huntsville, Alabama, in 1963. His mother, Betty J. (Noland) Brooks, taught economics and government for over twenty years at Lee High School, while he attended Grissom High School. His father, Morris Jackson "Jack" Brooks, was raised in Chattanooga, Tennessee, and worked as an electrical engineer before retiring from Redstone Arsenal's Meteorology Center. They still live in Madison County, Alabama.
Brooks graduated from Grissom High School in 1972. He graduated from Duke University in three years with a double major in political science and economics, with highest honors in economics. Brooks later received his J.D. degree from the University of Alabama School of Law in 1978.
Brooks started his legal career with the Tuscaloosa district attorney's office. Brooks left the Tuscaloosa district attorney's office in 1980 to return to Huntsville as a law clerk for presiding circuit court judge John David Snodgrass. During every year except when he was serving as a prosecutor or court clerk, Brooks was a practicing lawyer. In 1993, he became of counsel to the firm of Leo and Associates, a business law firm with a national focus, founded by Karl W. Leo. He became a partner in the firm which was reorganized as Leo & Brooks, LLC. He maintained a national practice that specialized in commercial litigation.
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