Background
Julian McPhillips is the son of (died February 13, 2001) an Episcopalian priest, and Eleanor Elizabeth (née Dixon. Died December 1, 2002). He was born in Birmingham, Alabama but raised in Cullman.
Julian McPhillips is the son of (died February 13, 2001) an Episcopalian priest, and Eleanor Elizabeth (née Dixon. Died December 1, 2002). He was born in Birmingham, Alabama but raised in Cullman.
Princeton University. Columbia Law School.
In 2002, McPhillips lost out in the Democratic nomination to challenge first-term Republican incumbent Jeff Sessions for a United States. Senate seat in Alabama. His father served in the United States. Navy during World World War World War II
Julian worked as a Wall Street attorney, from 1971-1975. He moved back to Alabama in 1975 and began working as Assistant Attorney General under Alabama Attorney General Bill Baxley, specializing in white collar crime prosecution.
He left in 1977 and began a campaign for Attorney General that year where he would finish second out of nine candidates for Attorney General in the unofficial results in 1978.
He lost his run-off spot in the late changing official vote three days later. After the loss, McPhillips went into private practice.
In 2002, McPhillips lost out in the Democratic nomination to challenge the first-term Republican incumbent, Senator Jeff Sessions for a senate seat in Alabama. Parker then lost to Jeff Sessions in the United States Senate election in Alabama in 2002.