Montgomery, AL – Troy University will hold two commencement ceremonies at its Montgomery Campus on Thursday, Dec. 15, with Attorney General Troy King delivering the keynote addresses.

Attorney General King was born in Elba and graduated Summa Cum Laude with a Bachelor of Science in History and Social Sciences from Troy University in 1990 and from The University of Alabama School of Law in 1994.  He is now in his second year of service as Alabama’s Attorney General and his 11th year of government service, four of those years as an Assistant Attorney General and five years in top-level positions in the administrations of former Governor Fob James and Governor Bob Riley.

Immediately after taking office, General King created his Family Protection Unit to serve as a clearinghouse for crime and prevention issues, focusing on child abuse and exploitation, elder abuse and exploitation, consumer protection and welfare fraud.

Attorney General King has worked hard in the legislative arena, achieving passage of new laws, including the successful passage of a new Alabama Open Meetings Law. He wrote and fought for the successful passage of a new law to fight the methamphetamine crisis in Alabama. King also wrote Alabama’s new Community Notification Act, substantially strengthening the law to punish sex offenders and providing comprehensive and strict monitoring of sex offenders, including GPS (global positioning satellite) technology.

General and Mrs. King are the parents of three young children.  They are members at First Baptist Church in Montgomery, where General King teaches three-year-olds Sunday School.