Meredith D. Rucker has been a resident of Baldwin County, Alabama for most of her life.  Meredith graduated from Fairhope High School in 1991, and then attended Troy State University. While at Troy, Meredith interned in the foster care unit at the Baldwin County Department of Human Resources. 

 

Upon her graduation from Troy in 1995, Meredith worked as a children's case manager for the Baldwin County Mental Health Center and as a case manager in the Medicaid Waiver program of the Mobile County Health Department. 

 

Meredith graduated from Thomas Goode Jones School of Law in December of 1999. Upon passing the Alabama State Bar, Meredith then began her legal career as a Baldwin County Assistant District Attorney in May of 2000. 

 

As an Assistant District Attorney, Ms. Rucker solely prosecuted hundreds of cases on a weekly basis in matters involving child support, juvenile delinquency and domestic violence. Following her employment with the Baldwin County District Attorney's Office, Meredith was employed on a contractual basis as an Assistant Attorney General for the Baldwin County Department of Human Resources where she litigated all matters relating to custody and termination of parental rights cases. In August of 2005, Meredith opened her own practice.  

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Throughout Meredith's career, she has worked in areas involving family law and probate matters. She has extensive courtroom experience and appears weekly in court. Most of all, she has a passion for helping people dealing with emotional and difficult situations. 

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Meredith is an avid college football fan (War Eagle), and also enjoys kayaking, finding good reads and spending time with her two dogs Sully and Lola.