Lowe Mobley Lowe & LeDuke
PO Box 819
Hamilton, AL 35570
(205)921-5296 / 

Matthew “Matt” graduated from the University of Alabama School of Law in 2006. During his time at UA, he served as Alabama Law Review editor. He also studied at Mississippi College School of Law from 2003-2004 where he was in the top 20% of his class. Matt received a BS in Commerce and Business Administration in 1993 from the UA as well as his Masters of Arts in Human Resource Management degree in 1994. He is partner of Lowe Mobley Lowe & LeDuke where he practices in Employment Law, Insurance Defense, Workers Compensation, Family Law, Property Law, and general Civil Litigation. Matt is also a part-time Municipal Judge for the City of Guin.

Matt worked at NTN-Bower in Hamilton, Alabama as the Human Resources Manager then HR Supervisor from 1999 until he enrolled in Mississippi College School of Law in 2003.His professional affiliations include Alabama Governor’s Labor/Management Conference, Society for Human Resources Management (SHRM), an instructor at Faulkner University, and past-president of NW Alabama SHRM. His honors and activities include Community Development Foundation of Marion County, AL., Inc – past Board of Director, Industrial Development Board of Guin, AL – past chairperson, Hamilton Civitan Club, president-elect, Marion County Leadership – Class of 1997, United Way of Guin, past-president, Marion County Habitat for Humanity – Volunteer, and Santa’s Workshop of Guin. He also serves as the Finance Committee Chairperson at Guin First United Methodist Church, and was previously the Administrative Board Chairperson for the church.

The Circuit Judge who recommended Matt says, “There is no attorney in this circuit more deserving of participation in the Alabama State Bar Leadership Forum than Mr. Matt LeDuke. He is a person of impeccable character, vast erudition, eloquence of diction in both spoken and written word; but, most important, he is already a very gifted ‘servant-leader.’ Since working with Matt in his last year of law school when he served without pay as my law clerk, I have been impressed and awed at his inimitable work ethic and dedication to the legal profession. Since becoming licensed, he is always prepared and prompt for every court appearance. He is always courteous to the Court as well as to opposing counsel. Though a gifted polemicist, Matt is a straight shooter whose word is his bond. His mercurial personality and quick wit make him the type of individual that places others at ease. Simply stated, he is a delight to be around. I greatly admire this young man. He is a lawyer who brings character and honor to our profession.”

In his own words Matt says, “In my second year of practice, I was made aware of the Alabama State Bar’s Leadership Forum by my bar commissioner, Mr. Wyatt Howell, and have looked forward to the opportunity to apply since that time. In the interim, I have spoken with others who have completed the program and they have further heightened my desire to participate. My appreciation for the concept and advantages of servant leadership best justify my selection for the Leadership Forum. My studies of modern management principles and the incredible competitive advantages enjoyed by entities employing empowerment techniques led me to this topic. My belief that people are inherently motivated through empowerment is at the heart of the servant leader model. Following my business graduate studies, I had the opportunity to work in human resources for a Japanese bearing manufacturer. While the facility was more than two decades old at the time of my arrival, the traditional management techniques that had been brought from Detroit were being replaced by work teams. The shop was divided into teams and the employees were trained on the team concept. More importantly, they were empowered to make decisions at the lowest level on the organizational chart. My experience in the transformation of a manufacturing operation employing more than five hundred (500) employees through the use of servant leadership principles provides me with a useful, firsthand experience in the value of the system. Although my experience with servant leadership principles has been primarily outside the legal profession, those experiences, both academic and in a manufacturing environment, provide me with a unique background with regard to the application of these principles within our profession. My academic experience provides the theoretical background that will enhance my understanding of the principles of servant leadership. Simultaneously, my real world application of those same principles provides me with an appreciation for the challenges in implementing the theory and the resolve that may be required to make organizational change. My practice is located in northwest Alabama with offices in Hamilton, Marion County, Alabama and Haleyville, Winston County, Alabama. Although the bar is certainly heavily weighted in our state’s metropolitan areas, the experiences of f rural practice will enrich the experience through the diversity of the class’s membership. As a second career lawyer who began practicing at age thirty-five (35), I had the blessing of experiencing a career in business prior to practicing law. Through my role as a manager of the organization’s human resources, I was allowed the opportunity to learn of the day-to-day challenges and opportunities faced by individuals outside the legal profession. Through those experiences, I have been allowed to share insight into situations that would otherwise have been impossible. My civic involvement pre-dates my entry into the legal profession and includes stints in leadership positions in a variety of organizations. I believe creating jobs is a key challenge throughout our state, but in particular in rural Alabama. My ambition to participate in the Leadership Forum is based on my desire to heighten my understanding of servant leadership, and more particularly, to do so in the context of the legal profession. I believe that the Leadership Forum will provide me with the confidence to be a leader in my community and beyond as a lawyer. Furthermore, I hope to deepen my understanding of the principles of servant leadership so as to be better positioned to give back to a community, county, and state that have so richly blessed me with a wonderful childhood, an excellent education, and an economy in which to provide for my family. I will bring to Class 8 the geographical diversity of a rural practice located along the newly created I-22 corridor approximately eighty (80) minutes northwest of Birmingham.”