Douglas H. Scofield
Many Law Firms hand off their work to an inexperienced paralegal or associate. Not at Alabama Post-Conviction Legal Services. Our attorney, Douglas H. Scofield, prides himself in doing his own research and writing. Engaged in the practice of law for over 35 years, Mr. Scofield focuses on a variety of post-conviction issues including criminal appeals, sentence modifications, expungements, pardons and paroles, Rule 32 and Federal habeas petitions, and much more.
A native of Sparta NJ, Mr. Scofield is a graduate of Wake Forest University in Winston-Salem NC, and Samford University Cumberland School of Law, where he was a Member of the Christian Legal Society, and the Cumberland Law Review.
After graduating from law school with high honors, he began his legal career as an associate attorney with the law firm of Redden, Mills & Clark, where he trained under two of the State’s premiere Criminal Defense lawyers.
In 1991, Mr. Scofield co-founded the law firm of Scofield, West & French. In 1997, he left his Firm for solo practice until joining the Revill Law Firm, where he continues to practice “of counsel” in the areas of Criminal and Constitutional Law, with an emphasis on post-conviction remedies.
While not practicing law, Mr. Scofield enjoys spending time at church, with his family, and teaching Criminal and Constitutional law at Jefferson State Community College.
He is admitted to practice before the Supreme Court of Alabama, the U.S. District Court for the Northern and Middle Districts of Alabama, the Seventh and Eleventh Circuit Courts of Appeal, and the United States Supreme Court.