Background
Bright, Stephen Brooks was born on December 30, 1948 in Danville, Kentucky, United States. Son of Robert Harding Junior and Patricia Maroni (Brooks) Bright.
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Stephen Brooks Bright
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Bachelor, U. Kentucky, 1971; Juris Doctor, U. Kentucky, 1974.
Career
Trial attorney, Appalachian Research and Defense Fund, Lexington, Kentucky, 1975-1976;
trial attorney, Public Defender Svc., Washington, 1976-1979;
clinical teacher, criminal trial supervisor, District of Columbia Law Students in Court Program, Washington, 1979-1981;
director, District of Columbia Law Students in Court Program, Washington, 1981-1982;
director, Southern Center for Human Rights, Atlanta, since 1982. Lecturer at national, state and regional programs on capital punishment issues, since 1982. Tobias Simon scholar Florida State University Law School, 1992.
Member American Bar Association Task Force on Review of State Capital Cases, Washington, 1988-1989. J.Skelly Wright fellow Yale Law School, 1993, 94, 96, 98. Visiting lecturer Harvard Law School, 1994, 97, 98.
Visiting professor Georgetown University Law Center, 1997. Visiting lecturer Emory L. School, 1997, Northeastern Law School, 1997. Lecturer Institute on World Legal Problems of St. Mary's U., 1996.
Achievements
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Field coordinator, press assistant George Mcgovern for President campaign, 1972. Board directors Stepping Stones Alcohol Program, Washington, 1980-1982, Texas Capital Punishment Respurce Center, Austin, 1988-1997, National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers, since 1996. Member Georgia Association Criminal Defense Attorneys, American Civil Liberties Union, National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, Southern Christian Leadership Conference, National Association Criminal Defense Lawyers.
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Married Katherine Ransel, August 6, 1977 (divorced July 1983).
