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Perkins was a campaign manager for [[Richard Arrington, Jr]] in the [[1995 Birmingham mayoral election]]. He led the state Democratic party from [[1997]] to [[1999]]. In the [[2010 primary elections|2010 Democratic primary]] he qualified to run for [[Alabama Attorney General]]. | Perkins was a campaign manager for [[Richard Arrington, Jr]] in the [[1995 Birmingham mayoral election]]. He led the state Democratic party from [[1997]] to [[1999]]. In the [[2010 primary elections|2010 Democratic primary]] he qualified to run for [[Alabama Attorney General]]. | ||
Perkins and his wife Hillery have three children: Barton, Hugh and Beverly. They attend [[St Mary's-on-the-Highlands Episcopal Church]]. | Perkins and his wife Hillery have three children: Barton, Hugh and Beverly. They attend [[St Mary's-on-the-Highlands Episcopal Church]]. Perkins was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer in [[2015]]. | ||
==References== | ==References== | ||
* White, David (May 19, 2010) "Campaign 2010: Democrats facing off for chance to be Alabama's attorney general." | * White, David (May 19, 2010) "Campaign 2010: Democrats facing off for chance to be Alabama's attorney general." {{BN}} | ||
* Jordan, Phillip (December 15, 2005) "Railroad Reservations: Why FoRRd is slowing down the trains." ''Birmingham Weekly'' | * Jordan, Phillip (December 15, 2005) "Railroad Reservations: Why FoRRd is slowing down the trains." ''Birmingham Weekly'' | ||
* Archibald, John (August 25, 2017) "Confessions of a Railroad Park skeptic." {{BN}} | |||
==External links== | ==External links== | ||
Revision as of 10:19, 25 August 2017
Giles Perkins (born c. 1966 in Lufkin, Texas) is an attorney and former executive director of the Alabama Democratic Party.
Perkins has a bachelor's degree in English from Southern Methodist University in Dallas, Texas and a law degree from Washington and Lee University in Lexington, Virginia, where he served as student body president. He has been practicing law in Birmingham since 1992. He worked at Miller Hamilton Snider and Odom from 1999 to 2008 and currently heads his own firm, the Perkins Group, LLC.
Perkins was a founding member of Birmingham Zoo, Inc. when it was founded as a private for-profit operator of the Birmingham Zoo. In 2005 Perkins served as President of the Friends of the Railroad District in their efforts to establish funding for the Railroad Park. His argument that a private board would be more successful in securing private donations than the city provoked then-mayor Bernard Kincaid to lash out at what he called a "plantation mentality".
Perkins was a campaign manager for Richard Arrington, Jr in the 1995 Birmingham mayoral election. He led the state Democratic party from 1997 to 1999. In the 2010 Democratic primary he qualified to run for Alabama Attorney General.
Perkins and his wife Hillery have three children: Barton, Hugh and Beverly. They attend St Mary's-on-the-Highlands Episcopal Church. Perkins was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer in 2015.
References
- White, David (May 19, 2010) "Campaign 2010: Democrats facing off for chance to be Alabama's attorney general." The Birmingham News
- Jordan, Phillip (December 15, 2005) "Railroad Reservations: Why FoRRd is slowing down the trains." Birmingham Weekly
- Archibald, John (August 25, 2017) "Confessions of a Railroad Park skeptic." The Birmingham News
External links
- Giles Perkins campaign website