The U.S. Senate on Wednesday confirmed Alabama Solicitor General Edmund “Eddie” LaCour Jr. as a federal judge for the Northern District of Alabama.

The 51-47 vote fell along party lines and fills the vacancy left by Chief Judge L. Scott Coogler, who retired earlier this year, Yellowhammer News reported.

LaCour’s confirmation caps a string of judicial victories for Alabama’s Senate delegation, following the recent confirmations of former Alabama Supreme Court Justice Bill Lewis and Huntsville attorney Hal Mooty.

LaCour has served as Solicitor General under Alabama Attorney General Steve Marshall since 2019, leading many of the state’s most high-profile appellate cases. Continues…