Belinda Ann Weldon

About Belinda A. Weldon

Belinda has been a criminal defense attorney since 1998.  She has devoted her career to aggressively defending people charged with crimes and protecting their constitutional rights. She has represented individuals in a broad variety of criminal matters, which has provided her with an in-depth understanding of Alabama criminal law and procedure.

Belinda worked as a police officer for 15 years including twelve years in criminal investigations and forensics before becoming a criminal defense attorney. As a former police investigator, she understands the criminal justice system from both sides. Her experience and unique background enable her to work with clients through the toughest cases.

She knows the criminal justice system and gets excellent results for clients utilizing her experience both as a police investigator and forensic crime scene investigator which has made her an aggressive and successful criminal defense attorney.  Her ability to conduct criminal investigations for the defense as well as her unique understanding of forensic evidence is invaluable when defending her clients.

She can anticipate how your case may be handled and take steps to prevent complications. She knows the judges, prosecutors, police and the way the system works. She understands police procedure, prosecutorial tactics and the court process. She will fight for you every step of the way.

Belinda has successfully handled hundreds of criminal cases and jury trials from the most serious crimes such as capital murder to traffic violations like DUI.  She has experience in all aspects of criminal courts from bond hearings to jury trials where she has successfully won NOT GUITY verdicts from capital murder cases to DUI cases.     

In 1991, Belinda was a homicide detective with Birmingham Police when she re-investigated a double murder case from 1972.  Belinda proved the man convicted of the case did not commit the murders.  Because of Belinda’s investigation, the State of Alabama awarded the convicted man, Freddie Lee Gaines, one million dollars for wrongful conviction.  After the Gaines case, Belinda realized other innocent people needed her help.  She went to law school to become a criminal defense attorney and has been defending people since 1998.  Belinda is committed to seeing justice carried out in the lives of her clients just like she did with Freddie Lee Gaines by providing aggressive and quality representation as well as by conducting a thorough criminal defense investigation in every case she handles.

She is a member of a number of professional organizations such as: National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers; the Alabama Criminal Defense Lawyers Association; and the Greater Birmingham Criminal Defense Lawyers Association.  She is one of a handful of Alabama criminal defense attorneys who graduated from the National Criminal Defense College (NCDC).