Judge J.C. Love III
Judge Love was born and raised in Montgomery, Alabama. He attended the Montgomery Public Schools and graduated from Jefferson Davis High School in 1997. Judge Love attended Morehouse College in Atlanta, Georgia, where he graduated cum laude with a bachelor’s degree in political science. While at Morehouse College, Judge Love served as Student Government Association President, member of the college’s Honor, Conduct & Review Board, charter member of Omicron Delta Kappa, and member of the college’s Board of Trustees.
Judge Love attended Boston College Law School, graduating in 2004. After law school, he moved to Atlanta, Georgia, where he began his legal career. In 2005, Judge Love was appointed by Atlanta Mayor Shirley Franklin to serve as a Hearing Officer for the Taxicabs and Vehicles for Hire Board, which heard violations brought against vehicles for hire in the City of Atlanta.
A year later, in 2006, Mayor Franklin appointed him as a Procurement Appeals Hearing Officer, where he was responsible for hearing and adjudicating the appeals of insidiously and businesses that had been denied a right to do business with the City of Atlanta.
In 2007, Mayor Franklin appointed Judge Love as the Attorney Member of the License Review Board, which governs the approval of liquor licenses and permits, other than work permits, issued under the city’s police power. He was reappointed to the Board by Atlanta Mayor Kasim Reed in 2011. For each of these appointments, Judge Love was the youngest appointee or member of the board.
In 2010, the Atlanta City Council appointed Judge Love to serve as its representative on the board of Invest Atlanta, the City of Atlanta’s economic development authority.
During his tenure on Invest Atlanta, he participated in programs that facilitated the creation of more than 23,000 jobs and nearly $2 billion in direct investment for the City of Atlanta. Some of the key projects in which Judge Love participated in was the recruiting of Porsche North America’s headquarters to relocate to Atlanta, Georgia, at the site of the old Ford automobile plan, Carter’s, a major American designer and marketer of children’s apparel, to relocate to Atlanta, and the new Mercedes-Benz Stadium.
He held all these appointments until he relocated back to Montgomery.
Judge Love formerly practiced with the law firm of Rushton, Stakely, Johnston & Garrett, P.A., one of the largest and oldest law firms in Montgomery, Alabama. Judge Love serves as president of the Mount Zion A.M.E. Zion Foundation, a member of the Red Tails Scholarship Foundation, past president of the Britton YMCA Board, and past member of the board of the Montgomery County Bar Foundation. Judge Love is a member of the Montgomery County Bar Association, the Alabama Lawyers Association, the Capital City Bar Association, the Montgomery – Tuskegee Chapter of the Morehouse College National Alumni Association, and the Montgomery Chapter of Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity, Inc.
Since his appointment, Judge Love has worked to make the Probate Court a leader, not only in Alabama, but also the country, in the way that the Probate Court utilizes new technology to improve the delivery of and quality of services to Montgomery residents. For example, Montgomery County is the first and only probate court in Alabama with a mobile app to place services at customers’ fingertips. Judge Love has also worked to take advantage of the Court’s location as the state’s capital to foster and strengthen relationships with state government agencies.
The Montgomery County Probate Court has been selected by the Alabama Supreme Court and the Alabama Administrative Office of the Courts to be the state’s first probate court included on the state’s electronic filing court system. The Court also partnered with the Secretary of State’s office to launch the Voter Registration Kiosk Project, whereby electronic kiosks were initially placed at each of the local colleges and universities and later added to each public high school in Montgomery County to encourage and facilitate voter registration. The project’s final phase is to add them to each of the county’s 10 public libraries. The Montgomery County Probate Court is among the first offices in the country to utilize electronic kiosks to facilitate voter registration.
Additionally, the Court was the first one in the state to offer text message and email notifications for driver’s license and automobile tag renewals and worked with the Alabama Department of Revenue to pass legislation to expand the use of electronic kiosks for automobile tag renewals. Judge Love also modernized operations to offer Montgomery County business owners the option to renew their county business licenses online. He also obtained a $771,000 grant that he utilized to purchase more modern, touchscreen voting machines, a new Election Center van, and other equipment to ensure Montgomery County had the cutting-edge equipment and the most modern election operation in the state.
He has worked to address the problem of mental health by adding a mental health therapist position to his staff and worked with the Montgomery Area Mental Health Authority towards the opening of the Crisis Diversion Center to add more observation beds and resources for those needing mental health services in Montgomery County. Additionally, he created the R.E.A.A.C.T. Program, a free service to Montgomery County residents to combat property fraud.
Judge Love is married to Dr. Porcia Bradford Love, a Montgomery dermatologist. They are the proud parents of three children – Caroline, Catherine, and James. Judge Love and his family attend Mt. Zion A.M.E. Zion Church and St. Jude Catholic Church.
