The idea for an Alabama Lawyers’ Hall of Fame in various forms had been explored for several years. In 2000, Terry Brown of Montgomery wrote Sam Rumore, then Alabama State Bar president, with a suggestion to convert the old supreme court building into a museum honoring the great lawyers of Alabama. Although the concept of a lawyers’ hail of fame was studied, the next bar president, Fred Gray, appointed a task force to implement a hall of fame. The Alabama Lawyers’ Hall of Fame is the culmination of that idea and many meetings.