MARSHALL COUNTY, Ala. (WHNT) — An Albertville woman was arrested for unlawfully practicing law, the Marshall County District Attorney’s Office told News 19.
According to jail records, Heather Lynn Jones was arrested on August 21. She was released the next day on a $6,000 bond. Court records state that on or about July 28, Jones practiced law knowing that she did not have a license, whether it be by expiration, disbarment, or failure to pay her license fee within 30 days of it becoming due.
The Marshall County DA’s office provided News 19 a statement about why the charge was brought against Jones.
The office said that Jones practiced law when she filed a written motion to the court, despite signing it ‘Advocate/Law Student,” and did it again when she appeared in court by arguing as an attorney to the judge.
You can read the statement below.
“Our office is prosecuting Ms. Jones for Practicing Law without a License, which is a Class A misdemeanor. The maximum punishment for a Class A misdemeanor is up to one year in the county jail and up to a $6,000 fine. The complaint alleges that Ms. Jones practiced law without a license when she filed a written motion with the court in the case of Kasey Cormier, who is on probation and in our Phase 2 Drug Court Program. She filed this motion and signed it as a ‘Advocate/Law Student.’ By filing a written motion to the court she engaged in practicing law and is not a licensed attorney. Further, she was ordered to appear in court on the motion she filed on August 21, 2025. When she appeared in court, she continued to practice law without a license by arguing as an attorney to the judge. Thus, a magistrate in Marshall County issued a warrant for Ms. Jones’s arrest for Practicing Law without a License and she was served with the warrant and placed in the county jail that same date. Originally Judge Abel set her bond at $1,000 and ordered she be drug tested. However, when she refused to be drug tested by the court, her bond was increased to $6,000. She posted the bond and was released from jail the next day. Her case is set October 22, 2025 at 9:00 a.m. for a bench trial in front of Judge Floyd on the misdemeanor charge.”
Marshall County District Attorney’s Office
According to the Alabama State Bar website’s member search, there are no records of a Heather Lynn Jones holding an Alabama Law License.
In July, Jones claimed Father Bob Sullivan, of Our Lady of Sorrow in Homewood, gave her financial support in exchange for a “private companionship” that included sex. Jones claimed their relationship started when she was 17 years old, in 2009. Sullivan announced on August 2 that he was taking a personal leave from his duties while this is being investigated.
The Guardian reported that Jones said she met Sullivan while she was dancing at a strip club, which he visited.
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