Drayton Nabers

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This article is about the attorney and former chief justice of the Alabama Supreme Court. For other individuals of the same name see Drayton Nabers (disambiguation)

Drayton Nabers (born December 2, 1940) is a Birmingham native and former chief justice of the Alabama Supreme Court. He joined the firm of Cabaniss, Johnston, Gardner, Dumas & O'Neal in 1967 and became parter in 1971. In 1979 he joined Protective Life Corporation as general counsel and become the company's chief executive officer in 1992.

On June 22, 2004, Governor Bob Riley appointed Nabers to fill the unexperied term of Roy Moore as the chief justice of Alabama. He served until January 17, 2007.

In January 2014, Nabers became director of the Frances Marlin Mann Center for Ethics and Leadership at Samford University. He served in that position through 2018.

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