Current Life
Baxley is presently an attorney in Birmingham with the firm of Baxley, Dillard, Dauphin, McKnight & James. He has five children: Louis, Robert, Richard, Evelyn, and Johnson. He is currently married to Marie (Prat) Baxley. His former wife, Lucy Baxley, was the Lieutenant Governor from 2003 to 2007. Baxley was a strong supporter of his ex-wife's campaign, giving political advice to her and contributed and raised over $250,000. Since 1962, Baxley has served in the Alabama Army National Guard, beginning as an enlisted clerk and rising through the ranks to retire as a colonel on May 29, 2001 (though he turned down the position of General), JAG Corps.
In 1979, Baxley founded the firm known today as Baxley, Dillard, Dauphin, McKnight & James. He primarily represents large business corporations, yet continues to represent individuals of modest means. Those efforts have earned him the distinction of being selected as a fellow in the International Academy of Trial Lawyers.
Baxley appeared in the Spike Lee documentary Four Little Girls.
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