Zeb Little
Zebulon Peyton "Zeb" Little (born August 24, 1968 in Cullman) is an attorney and the Majority Leader and Floor Leader of the Alabama Senate. He was first elected to the Senate in 2002, defeating former Republican Governor Guy Hunt for the seat representing Senate District 4 (Cullman, Lawrence and Winston Counties)
Little is a graduate of UAB and earned his juris doctorate at Samford University's Cumberland School of Law. He is a member of the Alabama State Bar, the Cullman County Bar Association and the Bar Associations of the U. S. District Court for the Northern and Middle Districts of Alabama.
Little was appointed Senate Floor Leader by the President Pro Tempore of the Senate in 2002. He was re-elected to the Senate in 2006 and kept his position as Floor Leader. As such he serves on all Senate standing committees, except those pertaining to local legislation outside of his district. He does chair the Committee on Local Legislation No. 1.
On April 3, 2009 Little was arrested by Alabama State Troopers for driving under the influence of alcohol, driving with an open container, driving with an expired license, and failure to yield to an emergency vehicle after a witness reported his 2008 GMC Sierra leaving the scene of an accident on I-65 North near Vestavia Hills.
Little subsequently resigned his position as prosecutor for the city of Hanceville. He pleaded guilty and was given a fine, a 30-day suspended sentence, and a 1 year probation. Little is married to the former Deanna Smith of Cullman and has two children, Zeb Jr and Emily. The family attends St. John's Evangelical Protestant Church in Cullman.
References
- Taylor, Kelli Hewett (April 4, 2009) "State Sen. Zeb Little, Alabama senate majority leader, arrested for DUI." Birmingham News
- Velasco, Eric (May 18, 2009) "Alabama state Sen. Zeb Little of Cullman pleads guilty to DUI." Birmingham News
External links
- Zeb Little profile at legislature.state.al.us
- Zeb Little profile at Project Vote Smart
- Follow the Money - Zeb Little