Judge Lee Loder

Judge Lee Wendell Loder graduated from Morehouse College in Atlanta, GA; Samford University’s Cumberland School of Law in Birmingham, Alabama; and Emory University’s Candler School of Religion in Atlanta, GA. He is currently enrolled at Emory Law and working toward completion of an LLM (Master of Laws). He has also done further study at Case Western Reserve’s Weatherhead School of Management in Cleveland and at Birmingham-Southern College.
He serves as a Municipal (Special) Judge on the City of Birmingham's Municipal Court. Through his practice, he has handled a number of significant cases involving consumer and civil rights, including an often cited bankruptcy case establishing homeowner’s rights to notice before foreclosure; a case making it easier for elderly Jefferson County residents to claim property tax homestead exemptions; and a heavily relied on local case establishing property exemption rights for land owned by churches and religious entities. He served as President of the Birmingham City Council in early 2004. His service was featured in Black Enterprise magazine’s top ten municipality edition. He also served as an ambassador for the American Council of Young Political Leaders on its delegation to Tanzania/Zanzibar and he has hosted a Birmingham delegation of policy and business leaders from South Africa on behalf of ACYPL.
He is Lead Pastor of the Gifted City Church and co-founder of Bestow Schools. He is married to Adrianne Ragland-Loder. He has two children, Kimya Adrianne Imara Loder and Kamaya Adrianne Amadi Loder, and one granddaughter, Kailani.