The Alabama Ethics Commission convenes for its meeting on Wednesday, Aug. 6, 2025. Members unanimously voted to approve an advisory opinion allowing a former Alabama Department of Human Resources employee to represent foster parents in private practice. (Ralph Chapoco/Alabama Reflector)
The Alabama Ethics Commission Wednesday approved guidance allowing a former employee of the Alabama Department of Human Resources to represent foster parents in cases with the agency.
Members of the commission approved an advisory opinion that the “Revolving Door” provision of the Alabama Ethics Act does not prohibit Kimberly Dobbs, an attorney currently in private practice, from representing clients who are foster parents in adoption proceedings before the agency…