Alabama Forestry Association endorses Robertson for AG
“We are proud to support her as she seeks to be Alabama’s next Attorney General”— Chris Isaacson, AFA President & CEO
The Alabama Forestry Association (AFA) has officially endorsed Katherine Robertson in her campaign for Attorney General of Alabama.
Robertson currently serves as Chief Counsel in the office of Attorney General Steve Marshall and has held that post for nearly a decade. Previously, she served as Vice President at the Alabama Policy Institute and as clerk and counsel to Jeff Sessions on the U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee.
Chris Isaacson, President & CEO of the AFA, praised Robertson’s longstanding ties to rural Alabama and the forestry sector. “I have known Katherine since early on in her career when she worked with Senator Sessions and over the course of that friendship, I have come to deeply respect her intellect and tenacity and commitment to the integrity of the values she learned from growing up in rural Alabama,” Isaacson said. He added: “Our members have had the pleasure of watching and participating in her career and recognize that her understanding of issues critical to forestry makes her uniquely qualified for this important next step. Her participation in the state’s fight to reign in the overreach of the Federal Government, whether it was the proposed listing of the dusky gopher frog or curbing the onslaught of COVID mandates, is appreciated and we are proud to support her as she seeks to be Alabama’s next Attorney General.”
Robertson responded to the endorsement by underscoring her background and commitment to property rights. “I couldn’t be prouder to receive the endorsement of the Alabama Forestry Association in my campaign for Attorney General,” she said. “As a daughter of the Black Belt and with family roots in forestry, my relationship with foresters has always been extra special. But it’s not just our shared love of the woods that is meaningful, it’s our shared commitment to protecting the private property rights of Alabamians and further ensuring that government does not deprive landowners here—like my family—from utilizing their forestland the way that they see fit. During my tenure at the Alabama Attorney General’s Office, we have played a consequential role in thwarting federal overreach into private property use. The Alabama Forestry Association knows what they’re getting with my leadership—they know that I have no plans of slowing down.”
A native of Selma and an eighth-generation Dallas County resident, Robertson earned her bachelor’s degree from Auburn University and a Juris Doctor from the University of Alabama School of Law. She and her husband, Ryan, live in Birmingham with their two children.
Robertson will face Jay Mitchell, former Alabama Supreme Court Justice, and Pamela Casey, Blount County District Attorney, in the Republican primary on May 19, 2026.
For more information, Robertson’s campaign website is KatherineforAG.com.
Founded in 1949, the Alabama Forestry Association is the leading Statewide advocacy group for forest products companies, landowners, loggers, and allied businesses. Its political arm, ForestPAC, supports candidates who align with the Association’s goals in forestry and rural development.
