Birmingham’s Demus Copeland Wants to Help Local Veterans — A Degree at a Time

By Jordyn Davis | For the Birmingham Times After eight years of service in the Marine Corps, earning a real estate license, practicing real estate law, and running for Shelby County Tax Commissioner, Demus Copeland is now finishing his 17th degree and beginning medical school. As a man of many interests, Copeland keeps advocacy at the forefront of everything he does — whether it be supporting his clients in real estate or standing up for his fellow veterans. Born and raised in the Woodlawn community, Copeland saw early on the need for advocacy in his community. After two years at Birmingham Southern College, he knew his life needed direction and discipline. He decided to enlist in the Marine Corps. “Being in the military was a culture shock for me, but it taught me a lot of things,” Copeland told the Birmingham Times. “During my deployment in Djibouti, which was a non-combat deployment, we focused on community and building relationships with a foreign country.

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