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| | Location: One Federal Place, 1819 5th Avenue North, Birmingham, Alabama 35203-2119, (Jefferson & Shelby Cos.) | | |
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| Reviser of the Alabama Law Digest for this Directory. | Bradley Arant Rose & White LLP practices in the following areas of law:
Alternative Dispute Resolution; Antitrust and Trade Regulation; Appellate Practice; Banking and Financial Services; Bankruptcy; Business Law; Complex and Multi-District Litigation; Compliance; Computers and Software; Construction and Procurement; Corporate Law; Corporate Governance; Energy; Environmental Law; Environmental Litigation; ERISA; ERISA Litigation; Government Contracts; Governmental Affairs; Health Care Fraud; Health Care Law; Intellectual Property; Copyrights; Patents; Trademarks; Trade Secrets; International Transactions; Labor and Employment; Land Use; Leasing; Life Sciences; Litigation; Media Law; Mergers and Acquisitions; Partnership Law; Private Equity and Investment Funds; Products Liability; Public Finance; Public Utility Law; Real Estate Finance and Development; Real Estate Law; Reorganization, Restructuring and Insolvency; Securities; Securities Litigation; State and Local Taxation; Tax Exempt Facilities; Tax Litigation; Taxation; Technology and Science; Trusts and Estates; Venture Capital; White Collar Crime; Workouts. | | Year Established: 1871 | Firm Profile:
Founded in 1871, Bradley Arant Rose & White LLP is a client-driven law firm. With more than 240 lawyers, we are the largest law firm headquartered in Alabama and one of the largest in the South. The firm maintains offices in Birmingham, Huntsville, and Montgomery, Alabama; Jackson, Mississippi; Charlotte, North Carolina; and Washington, D.C. We serve clients in numerous industries including accounting, automotive, banking and finance, biotechnology, construction, education, emerging business, energy, equipment leasing, forest products, health care, insurance, manufacturing, materials and aggregate production, media and communications, mining, municipal and public finance, oil and gas, pharmaceuticals and medical devices, public utilities, real estate development and finance, retail, steel, technology, telecommunications, textiles, transportation, and venture capital. From the boardroom to the courtroom, we combine the talent and expertise of our lawyers into multi-disciplinary client and industry teams. These teams are comprised of seasoned legal professionals from a variety of disciplines who are trained to identify the legal and business needs of the client and develop client-focused service strategies that provide unparalleled support. We represent a diverse client base that ranges from individuals to emerging business enterprises to established regional, national, and international companies, including nearly 100 of the Fortune 500 companies. Whether we are helping our clients acquire real property, defend lawsuits, raise capital, comply with regulatory requirements, enter new markets, obtain and defend intellectual property rights, develop and distribute products and services, or merge or divest businesses, we treat our clients' goals as if they were our own. When our clients are faced with disputes, we assist them in identifying and pursuing the fastest and most effective solutions. Our firm's 135-year history is one of lasting alliances with our clients. Our client partnerships are based on quality legal work, superior value, outstanding service, and responsiveness. Firm Activities: All attorneys are members of the American and Alabama Bar Associations. One is a recent past president of the Alabama State Bar; six are Fellows of the American College of Trial Lawyers; six are Fellows of the American College of Tax Counsel; five are members of the American Law Institute; three are Fellows of the American College of Trust and Estate Counsel; two are Fellows of the American College of Construction Lawyers; one is a Fellow of the American College of Bankruptcy; two are Fellows of the American College of Mortgage Attorneys; three are Fellows of the American College of Bond Counsel; two are Fellows of the College of Labor and Employment Lawyers; and one is a recent past president of the Birmingham Bar Association. Partners are also members of or are affiliated with the National Association of Bond Lawyers, the Alabama Association of School Board Attorneys, the International Association of Defense Counsel, the National Association of Railroad Trial Counsel, the American Association of Real Estate Lawyers, the American and Alabama Law Institutes, the American Association of Tax Counsel, and the International Bar Association. Partners also serve as adjunct faculty at the University of Alabama School of Law and the Cumberland School of Law. | | Firm Size: 240 | Clients:
FINANCIAL SERVICE COMPANIES: Aliant Bank; Bank of Alabama; AmSouth Bank; Bryant Bank; CapitalSouth Bank; CapitalSouth Bancorp; Colonial Bank; First Commercial Bank; First National Bank of Jasper; Heritage Bank; Household International, Inc.; New South Federal Savings Bank; Regions Bank; Renasant Bank; Retirement Systems of Alabama; Robertson Banking Company; SOUTHBank; Southpoint Bank; Synovus Financial Corp.; The Bancorporation; Traders and Farmers Bank; Wachovia Bank, N.A. |
CONSTRUCTION AND ENGINEERING: A.G. Gaston Construction Co., Inc.; Aker Kvaerner Engineering & Construction; BE&K, Inc.; B. L. Harbert International, LLC; Brasfield & Gorrie, LLC; CH2M HILL Companies, Ltd.; Caddell Construction Co., Inc.; Capstone Development; Centex Construction Group, Inc.; Chicago Bridge & Iron Company; Clark Construction Group; Hoar Construction LLC; InDyne, Inc.; Insituform Technologies, Inc.; John J. Kirlin, Inc.; Lockwood Greene Engineers, Inc.; McCrory Building Company, Inc.; Midasco, Inc.; Norment Security Group, Inc.; Parsons Corp.; Shaw Group, Inc.; The Robins & Morton Group; Tompkins Builders, Inc.; Turner Construction Company; Wunderlich-Malec Engineering. |
EDUCATION: Auburn University; University of Alabama; University of Alabama-Birmingham; University of Montevallo; University of South Alabama. |
ENVIRONMENTAL: Alabama Gas Corporation; Chevron Corporation; Chevron U.S.A., Inc; Ciba Specialty Chemicals; Daiken Corporation; Energen Corporation; The Elliott Company; Hanna Steel Corporation; Hunt Refining Co.; Monsanto Company; National Cement Company of Alabama, Inc.; Oak Grove Resources LLC; Pneumo-Abex; Rock Wool Manufacturing Company; Russell Corporation; Sherwin-Williams; The Valspar Corporation; Vulcan Materials Company. |
ENERGY: AES Corporation; Alabama Gas Corporation; Alabama Municipal Electric Authority; Calhoun Power Company L.L.C.; Calpine Corporation; Calpine Construction Finance Company, L.P.; Chevron USA, Inc.; Crosstex Energy Services, L.P.; DTE Energy Services, Inc.; Electric Cities of Alabama; Energen Corporation; Energen Resources Corporation; GenPower Kelly, L.L.C.; Hunt Refining Company; Huntsville Utilities; L.S. Power Development LLC; Tenaska Energy, Inc.; Tenaska Alabama Partners, L.P.; Tenaska Alabama Partners II, L.P.; Tractebel Power, Inc.; Vericor Power Systems, L.L.C. |
FOOD AND BEVERAGE: Associated Grocers of the South, Inc.; Coca-Cola Bottling Company United, Inc.; Shoney's, Inc.; Shop-A-Snack Food Mart, Inc. |
HEALTH CARE: Alacare Home Health Services, Inc.; Alabama Psychiatric Services, P.C.; Callahan Eye Foundation Hospital; The Children's Health System of Alabama; The Colbert County - Northwest Alabama Health Care Authority (Helen Keller Hospital and Red Bay Hospital); DCH Health Care Authority (DCH Regional Medical Center, DCH-Northport Medical Center, and Fayette Medical Center and Nursing Home); DST Systems, Inc.; Gadsden Regional Medical Center; HealthSouth Corporation; Jackson County Health Care Authority; Madison Surgery Center; Pharmacy Care Associates, LLC; Oncology Specialties, P.C./Comprehensive Cancer Institute; Open MRI of Alabama, LLC; Reliant Healthcare, LLC; Southern Imaging Specialists, LLC; University of Alabama Health Services Foundation, P.C. (The Kirklin Clinic); University of South Alabama Medical Center; VIVA Health, Inc. |
INSURANCE: AIG Insurance Company; Great American Financial Group; Liberty National Life Insurance Company; MONY Life Insurance Company; Principal Life Insurance Co.; Seaboard/St. Paul Surety Company; State Farm Insurance Company; The Chubb Group; Torchmark Corporation. |
MANUFACTURING: 3M; American Axle; Bayer Corporation; Blount Inc.; Bridgestone/Firestone, Inc.; Cavalier Homes, Inc.; Centex Construction Products, Inc.; Ciba Specialty Chemicals; Cooper Tire & Rubber Company; Cosco; EBSCO Industries, Inc.; Ford Motor Co.; Fruit of the Loom, Inc.; Ineos Americas L.L.C.; Kenworth Truck Company and Peterbilt; Merck; Michelin Tire Corp.; Neptune Technology Group, Inc.; Novartis Corp.; Pfizer; Russell Corporation; The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co.; ThyssenKrupp Elevator Corporation; United States Pipe and Foundry Co., LLC; United Technologies Corporation; WMX Corporation. |
MEDIA/PUBLICATIONS/COMMUNICATIONS: EBSCO Industries, Inc.; Southern Progress Corporation; The Birmingham News; The Huntsville Times; The New York Times Co.; Time Warner Cable. |
MINING, MINERALS, NATURAL RESOURCES: Ashland Oil; Alabama Gas Corporation; Champion International Corp.; Georgia-Pacific Corporation; Hunt Refining Company; Jim Walter Resources, Inc.; Nelson Brothers, Inc.; Shell Oil Company; Vulcan Materials Company. |
REAL ESTATE: Alabama Association of Homebuilders; Campus Crest Development, LLC; Daniel Realty Corporation; EBSCO Realty; Equity Resources, LLC; Graham & Company; Jim Wilson & Associates, Inc.; Sloss Development Group; Stonegate Realty Company, LLC; The Hays Group; Torchmark Corporation; USX Realty Development. |
RETAIL GASOLINE DISTRIBUTION: BP Amoco; Chevron U.S.A., Inc. |
TECHNOLOGY AND BIOTECHNOLOGY: BioCryst Pharmaceuticals, Inc.; Bioelastics Research, Ltd.; ComFrame Software Corporation; EVault, Inc.; Galenica Pharmaceuticals; Hudson Alpha Institute for Biotechnology; PNP Therapeutics, Inc.; Regional Nuclear Pharmaceuticals; Southern Applied Technologies, Inc.; Southern BioSystems, Inc. |
TELECOMMUNICATIONS: ADTRAN, Inc.; AT&T; Sprint Corporation. |
TRADE ASSOCIATIONS: Associated Builders and Contractors, Inc.; Ductile Iron Pipe Research Association. |
TRANSPORTATION: Boyd Bros. Transportation, Inc. |
Other Office Locations of Bradley Arant Rose & White LLP
Huntsville, Alabama, U.S.A.
Montgomery, Alabama, U.S.A.
Washington, District of Columbia, U.S.A.
Jackson, Mississippi, U.S.A.
Charlotte, North Carolina, U.S.A.
| | MEMBERS OF FIRM | | Scott E. Adams (Member) born Jacksonville, Florida, November 22, 1974; admitted to bar, 2000, Alabama. Education: Florida State University (B.S., Accounting and Finance, summa cum laude, 1997); University of Virginia School of Law (J.D., 2000). Articles Review Board, Virginia Tax Review, 1999-2000. Dillard Fellow - Legal Research and Writing, 1998-1999. Member, Birmingham Estate Planning Council. Member: Birmingham and American Bar Associations; Alabama State Bar. Practice Areas: Estate Planning; Trust Planning; Tax Law; Probate; Trusts and Estates; Wills. Email: Scott E. Adams | | Mary Louise Ahearn (1934-1985). | | William Harold Albritton IV (Member) born Tuscaloosa, Alabama, March 21, 1960; admitted to bar, 1985, Alabama. Education: Davidson College; University of Alabama (B.A., 1982; J.D., 1985). Phi Delta Phi. Judge, City of Andalusia Municipal Court, 1989-2000. Member: Jefferson County and American Bar Associations; Alabama State Bar (Chair, Character and Fitness Committee, 1990-1997); Alabama Defense Lawyers Association; International Association of Defense Counsel; Defense Research Institute. Practice Areas: Litigation; Medical Malpractice; Personal Injury; Construction; Insurance; Product Liability. Email: William Harold Albritton IV | | F. Wendall Allen (Member) born Huntsville, Alabama, November 19, 1972; admitted to bar, 1998, Alabama. Education: Tulane University (B.A., cum laude, 1995); University of Alabama (J.D., cum laude, 1998). Member: Alabama State Bar; American Bar Association; Defense Research Institute. Reported Cases: Russell Corp. v. American Home Assur. Co., 264 F.3d 1040 (11th Cir. 2001); Sankey v. Sears, Roebuck & Co., 100 F.Supp. 1290 (M.D. Ala. 200); Bowdoin Square L.L.C. v. Winn-Dixie Montgomery, Inc. 2003 WL 21297353 (Ala. June 6, 2003); Keck v. Dryvit Systems, Inc. 830 So.2d 1 (Ala. 2002). Practice Areas: Litigation; Construction Law. Email: F. Wendall Allen | | Douglas Arant (1897-1987). | | James F. Archibald III (Member) born New Rochelle, New York, March 14, 1968; admitted to bar, 1993, Alabama, U.S. District Court, Northern District of Alabama, U.S. Court of Appeals, Third, Fifth, Ninth and Eleventh Circuits and U.S. Supreme Court. Education: Emory University (B.A., summa cum laude, 1990); University of Virginia (J.D., 1993). Phi Beta Kappa; Order of the Coif. Member, Virginia Law Review, 1991-1993. Author: Note, "Reintroducing 'Fraud' to the Doctrine of Fraudulent Joinder," 78 Virginia Law Review 1377, 1992. Co-Author: "The Supreme Court's Decision on Terminix Reaffirms the Scope of the FAA," Dispute Resolution Journal, April 1995 at 8. Adjunct Professor: University of Alabama School of Law. Member: Birmingham and American Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Construction Law; Civil Trial Practice. Email: James F. Archibald III | | Kay K. Bains (Partner) born Birmingham, Alabama, February 2, 1948; admitted to bar, 1980, Alabama. Education: Auburn University (B.A., magna cum laude, 1969); Cumberland School of Law of Samford University (J.D., summa cum laude, 1980). Phi Kappa Phi. Listed in Best Lawyers in America annually since 1995. Articles Editor, Cumberland Law Review, 1979-1980. Listed in Chambers USA. Member: Birmingham and American Bar Associations; Alabama State Bar (Chairman, Probate and Real Property Section, 1994-1995); American College of Mortgage Attorneys. Practice Areas: Commercial Loans; Lending Law; Construction Finance; Real Estate Lending; Health Care Finance; Banking; Real Estate. Email: Kay K. Bains | | Charles A. J. Beavers Jr. (Member) born Birmingham, Alabama, June 19, 1952; admitted to bar, 1977, Alabama. Education: University of Alabama (B.A., 1974; J.D., 1977). Member, National Moot Court Team. Member: Birmingham and American Bar Associations; Alabama State Bar (Chairman, Real Property, Probate and Trust Section, 1990-1991); American College of Mortgage Attorneys; Alabama Law Institute. Practice Areas: Real Estate; Municipal and Zoning; Land Use Law. Email: Charles A. J. Beavers Jr. | | Jay R. Bender (Member) born Minneapolis, Minnesota, October 1, 1963; admitted to bar, 1993, Alabama and U.S. District Court, Northern, Middle and Southern Districts of Alabama. Education: Duke University (B.A., magna cum laude, 1986); University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (J.D., 1993). Editorial Board, North Carolina Journal of International Law & Commercial Regul., 1992-1993. Member: Alabama State Bar (Member, Bankruptcy and Commercial Law Section); American Bar Association; American Bankruptcy Institute; Turnaround Management Association. Practice Areas: Bankruptcy; Reorganization; Creditor's Rights. Email: Jay R. Bender | | Joseph S. Bird III (Member) born Madison, Florida, October 27, 1957; admitted to bar, 1982, Alabama; registered to practice before U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. Education: Auburn University (B.A., with highest honors, 1979); University of Alabama (J.D., 1982). Phi Kappa Phi. Member, Editorial Board, Alabama Law Review, 1980-1982. Author: "Cognitive Neuroscience as a Model for Neural Software Patent Examination," AIPLA Law Quarterly, Summer, 2003. Member: Birmingham and American Bar Associations; Alabama State Bar. Practice Areas: Civil Trial Practice; Patent Law. Email: Joseph S. Bird III | | Dylan C. Black (Member) born Lincoln, Nebraska, May 15, 1968; admitted to bar, 1997, Alabama; 1998, U.S. Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit and U.S. District Court, Northern, Middle and Southern Districts of Alabama; 1999, U.S. Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit. Education: Harvard University (A.B., cum laude, 1990); Université de Toulouse I (1990-1991); University of Virginia (J.D., 1997). Rotary International Scholar, 1990-1991. Margaret G. Hyde Award, 1997. Research and Projects Editor, Virginia Environmental Law Journal, 1996-1997. Law Clerk to the Honorable Harry W. Wellford, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit, 1997-1998. Practice Areas: Class Actions; Securities; Litigation. Email: Dylan C. Black | | Paul P. Bolus (Partner) born Birmingham, Alabama; admitted to bar, 1988, Alabama; 2004, Tennessee and Texas. Education: Birmingham-Southern College (B.A., magna cum laude, 1985); Tulane University (J.D., magna cum laude, 1988). Omicron Delta Kappa; Order of the Coif. Managing Editor, Tulane Law Review, 1986-1988. Recognized as one of the Best Lawyers in America for his work in Insurance. Voted as one of the Birmingham Bar's Best Lawyers in the Insurance Field. Listed in Alabama Super Lawyers 2008 in the Insurance Coverage Section. Actively with: America's Health Insurance Plans (AHIP); American Council of Life Insurers (ACLI). Member: Birmingham and American Bar Associations; Alabama State Bar; State Bar of Texas. Practice Areas: Litigation; Commercial Litigation; Insurance; Torts. Email: Paul P. Bolus | | Axel Bolvig III (Partner) born Birmingham, Alabama; admitted to bar, 1987, Alabama. Education: Duke University (B.S.E., magna cum laude, 1984; J.D., 1987). Tau Beta Pi; Chi Epsilon. Co-Editor: Fifty State Public Construction Contracting (2 volumes) (Wiley, 1995). Co-Author: Chapter, "Alabama," State-By-State Guide to Architect, Engineer and Contractor Licensing (Aspen, 1999); Chapter, "Alabama," Fifty State Construction Lien & Bond Law, (Wiley, 1992). Member: Birmingham and American (Member, Forum Committee on the Construction Industry; Member, Fidelity and Surety Law Committee, Tort and Insurance Practice Section; Member, Public Contract Law Section) Bar Associations; Alabama State Bar; Board of Contract Appeals Bar Association; Associated Builders and Contractors; Construction Specifications Institute; American Segmental Bridge Institute. Practice Areas: Construction Law; Civil Trial Practice. Email: Axel Bolvig III | | Lee C. Bradley Jr. (1897-1999). | | Joel E. Brown (Member) admitted to bar, 1997, Alabama, U.S. District Court, Northern, Middle and Southern Districts of Alabama, U.S. Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit and U.S. Court of Federal Claims. Education: United States Coast Guard Academy (B.S., Civil Engineering, first in class, 1990); Georgetown University Law Center (J.D., magna cum laude, 1997). Order of the Coif. Articles Editor, Law and Policy in International Business. Author: "Claims Handling in the Construction Industry," in Construction Business Handbook (Aspen 2004); Alabama Chapter of The Design/Build Deskbook 3d (ABA 2004). [Lt., U.S Coast Guard, 1990-1996]. Reported Cases: The Clark Construction Group, Inc. v. Department of Veteran Affairs, 99-1 BCA 30,128 (VABCA 1998); In re C&C Excavating, Inc. 288 B.R. 251 (N.D. Ala. 2002). Transactions: State and Federal Trials, Appellate Work, Alternative Dispute Resolution, Complex Contract Negotiations; Multi-million dollar recoveries for government contractors on numerous State Department projects, VA projects, and DoD projects; Successful Federal bid protests; Successful defense of TINA and FCA investigations; Resolution of litigation involving construction of half-billion dollar plant; Preparation of proposal for 4 billion dollar plant; Advice concerning compliance with FAR and DFAR. Practice Areas: Construction Law; Government Contracts; Civil Litigation. Email: Joel E. Brown | | T. Michael Brown (Member) born New Orleans, Louisiana, August 17, 1964; admitted to bar, 1989, Alabama, U.S. Supreme Court, U.S. Court of Appeals, 11th Circuit and U.S. District Court, Northern, Middle and Southern Districts of Alabama. Education: Auburn University (B.A., magna cum laude, 1986) Phi Kappa Phi; Vanderbilt University (J.D., 1989). Moot Court Board. Vanderbilt University Law Review, 1988-1989. Member: Birmingham and American Bar Associations; Alabama State Bar; Alabama Defense Lawyers Association; Defense Research Institute. Reported Cases: Keck v. Dryvit Systems, Inc., 830 So.2d 1 (Ala. 2002); BIC v. Bean, 669 So.2d 840 (Ala. 1995); Barber v. Business Products Center, Inc., 677 So.2d 223 (Ala. 1996); Bean v. BIC, 597 So.2d 1350 (Ala. 1992); In Re Birmingham Asbestos 619 So.2d 1360 (Ala. 1993); Ford Motor Company v. Rice 726 So.2d 626 (Ala. 1998); Martin v. Drummond Company, Inc., 663 So.2d 937 (Ala. 1995); McGowan v. Chrysler Corporation, 631 So.2d 842 (Ala. 1993). Practice Areas: Real Property Litigation(40%); Environmental Law(15%); Land Use Law(20%); Civil Trial Practice(25%); Class Actions; Product Liability. Email: T. Michael Brown | | William C. "Beau" Byrd, II (Member) born Memphis, Tennessee; admitted to bar, 1992, Georgia, Alabama and U.S. District Court, Middle District of Georgia; 1994, U.S. District Court, Northern, Middle and Southern Districts of Alabama and U.S. District Court, Northern District of Georgia. Education: Auburn University (B.S., 1989); Cumberland School of Law (J.D., 1992). Law Clerk to the Honorable John T. Laney, III, U.S. Bankruptcy, 1992-1994. Adjunct Professor, Cumberland School of Law (Fall 2008). Legislative Chairperson, Alabama Chapter of NAIOP, 2006-2008. President: Greater Birmingham Auburn Club, 2008; Alabama Chapter, Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation, 2005-2006. Mortar Board; Omicron Delta Kappa; Spades. Member: Alabama State Bar (Council Member, Real Property, Probate and Trust Section, 2008-2009); State Bar of Georgia (Member, Real Property Section). Practice Areas: Real Estate Law; Commercial Real Estate Financing; Corporate and Industrial Financing. Email: William C. "Beau" Byrd, II | | Robert J. Campbell (Partner) born Indianapolis, Indiana, December 5, 1967; admitted to bar, 1998, California; 1999, Alabama; U.S. District Court, Southern, Middle and Northern Districts of Alabama and Southern District of California; U.S. Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit. Education: University of South Florida (B.S., 1991); University of Texas at Austin (M.P.A., 1992); Vanderbilt University Law School (J.D., 1997). Member: State Bar of California; Alabama State Bar. Practice Areas: Complex Litigation(30%); Class Action Litigation(70%). Email: Robert J. Campbell | | Hope T. Cannon (Partner) born December 10, 1975; admitted to bar, 1999, Alabama. Education: University of South Alabama (B.S., cum laude, 1996); University of Alabama School of Law (J.D., magna cum laude, 1999). Senior Editor, Alabama Law Review, 1997-1999. Hugo Black Scholar. John Campbell Moot Court Board. Member: Birmingham and American Bar Associations; Alabama State Bar; Defense Research Institute. Practice Areas: Litigation. Email: Hope T. Cannon | | Philip J. Carroll III (Managing Partner) born New Orleans, Louisiana, July 1, 1961; admitted to bar, 1988, Alabama, U.S. Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit and U.S. District Court, Northern, Middle and Southern Districts of Alabama. Education: Louisiana State University (B.S., 1984); University of Texas at Austin (J.D., with honors, 1987). Member and Associate Editor, Texas Law Review, 1985-1987. Adjunct Faculty Member, Appellate Advocacy, University of Alabama School of Law, 2001-2008. Law Clerk to the Honorable Robert S. Vance, Circuit Judge, U.S. Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit, 1987-1988. Member: Birmingham and American Bar Associations; Alabama State Bar; Defense Research Institute; Alabama Defense Lawyers Association. Reported Cases: Jim Walter Resources, Inc. v. Riles, 920 So. 2d 1093 (Ala. Civ. App. 2004); Davant v. United Land Corp., 896 So. 2d 475 (Ala. 2004); Ex parte Walter Indus., Inc., 874 So. 2nd 547 (Ala. 2003); Massey v. Congress Life Insurance Company, 116 F.3d 1414 (11th Circuit, 1997); Pitts v. Beasley, 706 So.2d 711 (Ala., 1997). Practice Areas: Litigation; Appellate Practice. Email: Philip J. Carroll III | | Thomas Neely Carruthers (Member) born Columbia, Tennessee, October 11, 1928; admitted to bar, 1955, Alabama; U.S. Court of Appeals, 11th Circuit; U.S. District Court, Northern District and Middle District of Alabama. Education: Princeton University (A.B., magna cum laude, 1950); Yale University (LL.B., 1955). Trustee, 1968-1995, President, 1971 and Chairman, 1972, 1995 Southern Federal Tax Institute. Trustee, American Tax Policy Institute. Chairman, Governor's Tax Reform Task Force, 1991-1992. Executive Secretary, Governor's Tax Reform Development Committee, 1992-1993. Named Outstanding Lawyer for 2001 by the Birmingham Bar Association. Chair, Alabama Academy of Honor. Rotary, Spain-Hickman Award, 2003. Recipient: Medal of Honor Birmingham-Southern College; Alabama Appleseed Center for Law and Justice, Brewer-Torbert Public Service Award, 2007. Member: Board of Trustees Children's Hospital; Board of Trustees, Birmingham Museum of Art; Birmingham Legal Aid, 2006; Executive Committee Lakeshore Foundation. Alabama Co-Chair, Princeton Annual Giving. Leadership Birmingham and Leadership Alabama Board Member. Member: Birmingham and American Bar Associations; Alabama State Bar; International Law Association (American Branch); American Law Institute. Fellow: American College of Tax Counsel; American Bar Foundation. Practice Areas: Business Law; Tax Law; International Business Law; Estate Planning; Corporate Law; Mergers, Acquisitions and Divestitures; Taxation. Email: Thomas Neely Carruthers | | James W. Childs, Jr. (Member) born Greenville, South Carolina, September 30, 1969; admitted to bar, 1997, Alabama. Education: Presbyterian College (B.S., 1992); Baylor University (M.B.A., 1993); Cumberland School of Law of Samford University (J.D., summa cum laude, 1997). Phi Kappa Phi; Phi Delta Phi; Curia Honoris; Omicron Delta Epsilon; FMA Honor Society. Managing Editor, Cumberland Law Review, 1995-1997. Judicial Extern to Associate Justice Harold See of the Supreme Court of Alabama, 1997. Practice Areas: Business Law; Private Equity; Mergers and Acquisitions; Securities; Technology Law. Email: James W. Childs, Jr. | | J.S. "Chris" Christie, Jr. (Co-Chair, Financial Services and Insurance Group; Chair, Pro Bono Committee) born Birmingham, Alabama, April 28, 1959; admitted to bar, 1988, Alabama, U.S. Court of Appeals, 11th Circuit and U.S. District Court, Northern, Middle and Southern Districts of Alabama; 2008, U.S. Supreme Court. Education: Rhodes College (B.A., with honors, 1981); Duke University (M.A., 1985; J.D., 1985). Phi Beta Kappa; Omicron Delta Kappa. Law Clerk, Honorable Seybourn H. Lynne, Senior Judge, U.S. District Court, N.D. Ala., 1987-1988. Lecturer, Yaounde University School of Law and Economics, Yaounde, Cameroon, 1986-1987. Author: "Federal Mandates for Health Plans: What is COBRA?" 3(2) HMOs & Health Plans (Winter 2000); "Federal Mandates for Health Plans: What is HIPAA?" 4(8) HMOs & Health Plans 1 (Spring 2001); "The HIPAA Privacy Rules from a Litigation Perspective," 64(2) The Ala. Law. 126 (March 2003); "Aetna Health Inc. v. Davila: ERISA's Impact on Healthcare," 27(2) Health Law. Wkly. (July 9, 2004), 8(9) Health Law News (Sept. 2004); "How to Arbitrate," DRI Trial Tactics Def. Litig. Manual (2006); "Final HIPAA Nondiscrimination Regulations," DRI Life, Health & Dis. News (Spring 2007); "Seven Steps to Defend an Arbitration," For the Def. (July 2008). Member: Birmingham and American Bar Associations; Alabama State Bar; American Health Lawyers Association; Defense Research Institute; Alabama Defense Lawyers Association. Practice Areas: Employee Benefits; Health Care; Insurance; Labor and Employment; Litigation; Class Actions. Email: J.S. "Chris" Christie, Jr. | | Brittin Turner Coleman (Member) born Tuscaloosa, Alabama, December 12, 1942; admitted to bar, 1967, Alabama, U.S. Court of Appeals, 11th and 5th Circuits and U.S. District Court, Northern, Middle and Southern Districts of Alabama. Education: University of Alabama (A.B., 1964; LL.B., 1967). Recipient: Bronze Star Medal w/ First Oak Leaf Cluster; Army Commendation Medal w/ First Oak Leaf Cluster; Vietnam Cross of Gallantry w/ Palm; Vietnam Civil Action Honor Medal; Vietnam Service Medal; Vietnam Campaign Medal w/60 Device. President: Birmingham Bar Association, 1999; Alabama Law School Foundation, 1994-1996. Executive Committee, Alabama Law School Foundation, 1994—. Past President, Alumni of Alabama Farrah Order/Order of the Coif. Listed in: The Best Lawyers in America (Two categories: Product Liability Litigation and Personal Injury Litigation); Who's Who In American Law; Who's Who In America. Former Member, Alabama Pattern Jury Instructions Committee (Civil). Co-Author: Alabama Chapter, "Product Liability Desk Reference." Chair, Nominating Committee, Birmingham Bar Association, 2008. Former Director, Birmingham Bar Foundation. Coach, Cumberland School of Law National Mock Trial Teams, 1979-1982. Farrah Order of Jurisprudence. Member: Birmingham Bar Association (President, 1999); American Bar Association; Alabama State Bar; Product Liability Advisory Council (PLAC); American Board of Trial Advocates (ABOTA); Alabama Law Institute; Farrah Law Alumni Society; Defense Research Institute; Alabama Defense Lawyers Association; American Judicature Society. Fellow: American Bar Foundation; Alabama Law Foundation. [Distinguished Military Graduate, 1964; Commissioned 2d. Lieutenant, U.S. Army, 1964; Captain, U.S. Army, JAG Corps, 1967-1971]. Practice Areas: Litigation; Product Liability. Email: Brittin Turner Coleman | | J. Paul Compton Jr. (Member) born Greenville, Alabama; admitted to bar, 1989, Alabama; 2005, Georgia. Education: London School of Economics, London, U.K.; University of Alabama (B.S., summa cum laude, 1985); University of Virginia (J.D., 1989). Harry S Truman Scholar. Alabama Chairman, American Bar Association Forum on Affordable Housing and Community Development Law, 1999—. Counsel of Record, Alabama Consumer Finance Association, 2000—. Legal Advisor, Alabama Council on Affordable and Rural Housing, 2006—. Member: Birmingham and American Bar Associations; Alabama State Bar; State Bar of Georgia. Transactions: Formation of Bryant Bank, 2005; Bank investment in New Markets Tax Credits, 2008; Syndication of Georgia affordable housing tax credits, 2008; Restructuring of defaulted low income housing tax credit project portfolio, 2008. Practice Areas: Banking; Commercial Real Estate; Finance; Housing; Insurance; Mergers, Acquisitions and Divestitures; Partnership Law. Email: J. Paul Compton Jr. | | Julia Boaz Cooper (Member) born New York, N.Y., May 10, 1961; admitted to bar, 1990, California; 1994, Alabama. Education: Columbia University (B.A., summa cum laude, 1982); Yale University (J.D., 1989). Phi Beta Kappa. Articles Editor, Yale Law Journal, 1988-1989. Author: Article, "Summary Processes and the Rule of Law," 95 Yale Law Journal 349. Adjunct Professor, Cumberland School of Law, Birmingham, Alabama. Faculty: Alabama Defense Lawyers Association; Trial Advocacy Academy. Member: Birmingham and American (Member, Sections on: Litigation; Torts; Insurance Practice) Bar Associations; State Bar of California; Alabama State Bar; Alabama Defense Lawyers Association. Email: Julia Boaz Cooper | | Deane K. Corliss (Partner) born Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, October 18, 1945; admitted to bar, 1989, Alabama; 1992, District of Columbia. Education: Duke University (B.S.N., cum laude, 1967); Ohio State University (M.S., 1970); Cumberland School of Law of Samford University (J.D., summa cum laude, 1989). Sigma Theta Tau; Phi Kappa Phi. Curia Honoris (Chief Justice, 1990-1991). Member, Cumberland Law Review, 1987-1989. Listed in: Best Lawyers in America, 1999—; Who's Who in America, 2007; Who's Who of American Women, 2006; Who's Who in American Law, 2005—; Birmingham Business Journal "Who's Who in Health Care," 2002, 2007. Member: Birmingham (Member, Women Lawyers Section Executive Board) and American (Member, Sections on: Health Law; Antitrust Law) Bar Associations; Alabama State Bar (Board Member, Health Law Section); American Health Lawyers Association (Member, Practice Groups: Hospitals and Health Systems; Fraud and Abuse; Stark; Antitrust and Tax). Practice Areas: Health Law; Health Care Fraud and Abuse; Health Care Regulation; Transactions; Compliance; Business Law; Hospital Law; Medicare and Medicaid; Nonprofit and Charitable Organizations. Email: Deane K. Corliss | | Forrest K. Covington (Member) born Dothan, Alabama, February 23, 1962; admitted to bar, 1987, Alabama; 1988, U.S. District Court, Northern District of Alabama; 1989, U.S. District Court, Middle District of Alabama; 1990, U.S. District Court, Southern District of Alabama and U.S. Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit. Education: Auburn University (B.S., Mechanical Engineering, 1984); University of Alabama (J.D., 1987). Law Clerk, Hon. Sam C. Pointer, Jr., United States District Judge, Northern District of Alabama, 1987-1988. Member: Birmingham and American Bar Associations; Alabama State Bar. Reported Cases: BE&K Construction Co. v. Will & Grundy Counties Building Trades Council, et al., 156 F.3d 756 (7th Circuit, 1998); BE&K Construction Co. v. United Brotherhood of Carpenters, et. al., 90 F.3d 1318 (8th Circuit, 1996); BE&K Construction Co. v. United Brotherhood of Carpenters, et al., 688 So.2d 246 (Ala. Sup. Ct., 1997); Mitchell v. USBI Company, 186 F.3d 1352 (11th Circuit, 1999); Splunge v. Shoney's, Inc., 97 F.3d 488 (11th Circuit, 1996); Cork v. Marriott International, Inc. 426 F. Supp. 2d 1234 (N.D. Ala. 2006). Practice Areas: Litigation; Labor and Employment; Construction Law. Email: Forrest K. Covington | | Stewart M. Cox (Member) born Panama City, Florida, November 10, 1962; admitted to bar, 1987, Alabama. Education: Vanderbilt University (B.A., 1984); University of Alabama (J.D., 1987). Phi Delta Phi. Articles Editor, Alabama Law Review, 1986-1987. Member: Alabama State Bar; American Bar Association. Practice Areas: Civil Trial Practice; Civil Practice; Class Actions; Commercial Law; Litigation. Email: Stewart M. Cox | | J. Patrick Darby (Member) born Sheffield, Alabama, August 27, 1964; admitted to bar, 1989, Alabama; 1990, U.S. District Court, Northern, Southern and Middle Districts of Alabama; 1994, U.S. Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit; 2003, U.S. Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit. Education: Dartmouth College (A.B., 1986); Washington & Lee University (J.D., magna cum laude, 1989). Order of the Coif. Editor in Chief, Washington & Lee Law Review, 1988-1989. Judicial Clerk to Hon. E. A. Van Graafeiland, U.S. Court of Appeals, Second Circuit. Author: Note, "Tort Liability for Transmission of the AIDS Virus: Damages for Fear of AIDS and Prospective AIDS," 45 Wash. & Lee L. Rev. 185 (1987). Member: American Bar Association; Alabama State Bar; American Bankruptcy Institute; Association of Insolvency and Restructuring Advisors; Turnaround Management Association. Practice Areas: Bankruptcy Law; Civil Trial Practice. Email: J. Patrick Darby | | Paige Maddox Davis (Partner) born Springfield, Massachusetts, June 13, 1966; admitted to bar, 1992, Alabama. Education: Université de Rouen (Troisième Degré, 1987); St. Lawrence University (B.A., French and English Literature, summa cum laude, 1988); University of Virginia (J.D., 1992). Phi Beta Kappa. Faculty Scholar. Member: Birmingham and American Bar Associations; Alabama State Bar. Transactions: Advised financial institutions regarding delivery of products and services through traditional and alternative channels and federal and state regulatory issues, and negotiated outsourcing contracts and software licenses for various clients. Practice Areas: Banking; Emerging Business Law; Technology Law; Intellectual Property. Email: Paige Maddox Davis | | Michael S. Denniston (Member) born Mobile, Alabama, February 17, 1964; admitted to bar, 1989, Alabama and U.S. District Court, Northern and Middle Districts of Alabama; 1990, U.S. Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit; 2000, U.S. District Court, Southern District of Alabama. Education: University of Virginia (B.A., 1986; J.D., 1989). Order of the Coif. Listed in Best Lawyers in America (Antitrust). Author: "Residual Good Will in Unused Marks: The Case Against Abandonment," 90 Trademark Reporter 615, 2000. Member: Birmingham and American (Member, Antitrust; Intellectual Property and Litigation Sections) Bar Associations; Alabama State Bar. Practice Areas: Antitrust Law; Trademark; Copyright; Franchising; Unfair Competition. Email: Michael S. Denniston | | L. Susan Doss (Partner) born Birmingham, Alabama, October 23, 1963; admitted to bar, 1989, Alabama and U.S. District Court, Northern District of Alabama; 1991, District of Columbia. Education: University of Alabama (B.S., Corporate Finance and Investment Management, summa cum laude, 1986; J.D., 1989). Order of the Coif. Hugo Black Scholar. Recipient, Dean M. Leigh Harrison Award. Member, Managing Board/Lead Articles Editor, Alabama Law Review, 1988-1989. Practice Areas: Corporations; Banks and Banking; Business Law; Commercial Law; Contracts; Corporate Law; Finance; Mergers, Acquisitions and Divestitures. Email: L. Susan Doss | | J. David Dresher (Member) born Birmingham, Alabama, September 9, 1955; admitted to bar, 1983, Alabama. Education: Auburn University (B.S., 1977); Cumberland School of Law of Samford University (J.D., summa cum laude, 1983). Editor-in-Chief, Cumberland Law Review, 1982-1983. Listed in: Chambers Leading Lawyers, Real Estate and Banking Law; Best Lawyers in America, Banking Law. Practice Areas: Real Estate Law; Business Law; Banking Law. Email: J. David Dresher | | Jeffrey D. Dyess (Member) born Dothan, Alabama, September 17, 1968; admitted to bar, 1995, Alabama; 1996, U.S. District Court, Northern, Middle and Southern Districts of Alabama and U.S. Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit; registered to practice before U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. Education: Auburn University (Bachelor of Industrial Engineering, summa cum laude, 1990); Cumberland School of Law of Samford University (J.D., magna cum laude, 1995). Curia Honoris. Member, Cumberland Law Review. Law Clerk to the Hon. William M. Acker, Jr., U.S. District Court, Northern District of Alabama. Member: Alabama State Bar; Alabama Defense Lawyer Association; Defense Research Institute. Practice Areas: General Civil Litigation; Commercial Litigation; Competitive Practices Litigation; Products Liability; Intellectual Property; Patent Prosecution. Email: Jeffrey D. Dyess | | Julie S. Elmer (Member) born Corsicana, Texas, April 17, 1969; admitted to bar, 1994, Alabama and U.S. District Court, Northern, Middle and Southern Districts of Alabama; U.S. Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit. Education: University of Notre Dame (B.S., Economics, magna cum laude, 1991), Phi Beta Kappa; University of Virginia (J.D., 1994). Author: Publication: "A Fungus Among Us: The New Epidemic of Mold Claims," The Alabama Lawyer, March, 2003. Member: Alabama State Bar; American Bar Association; Alabama Defense Lawyers Association; Defense Research Institute (Member, Construction Law Committee). Practice Areas: Construction Defect Litigation; Products Liability Litigation; Professional Liability Litigation; Insurance Marketing Practices Litigation; General Commercial Litigation. Email: Julie S. Elmer | | Bruce P. Ely (Chairman, SALT Practice Group) born Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania; admitted to bar, 1980, Alabama, U.S. District Court, Southern and Northern Districts of Alabama, U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth and Eleventh Circuits, U.S. Tax Court and U.S. Supreme Court. Education: University of Alabama (B.S., Accounting, cum laude, 1977; J.D., 1980); New York University (LL.M. in Taxation, 1981). Listed in Best Lawyers in America, 1995—. Alabama Editor, State Tax Notes. State Tax Editor, "Journal of Business Entities". Co-Author, "Keatinge and Conaway on Choice of Business Entity," 2006—. Member: BNA/Tax Management, Inc., Multistate Tax Advisory Board, 1997—; Advisory Board, Vanderbilt University's Paul J. Hartman State and Local Tax Forum, 1994—. Chief Counsel, Governor's Commission on Existing Industries, 2003-2004. Frequent Speaker: Council On State Taxation (COST); New York University's Annual State and Local Tax Institute; Alabama Society of CPAs. Member: Alabama State Bar (Member, Section of Taxation and Chairman, 1988-1989); American Bar Association (Member, Sections on: Taxation; Business Law); Alabama Law Institute. Fellow: American College of Tax Counsel. Trustee, American Institute on Federal Taxation, 1993—. Practice Areas: Limited Liability Company Law(5%); State Taxation(45%); Tax Litigation(40%); Government Affairs(10%). Email: Bruce P. Ely | | J. Robert Fleenor (1930-2003). | | Denson Nauls Franklin III (Member) born Cedar Bluff, Alabama, March 28, 1963; admitted to bar, 1988, Alabama. Education: Birmingham-Southern College (B.A., magna cum laude, 1985); Vanderbilt University (J.D., 1988). Phi Beta Kappa. Member: Alabama State Bar. Practice Areas: Business Law; Corporate Law; Mergers, Acquisitions and Divestitures; Securities Law. Email: Denson Nauls Franklin III | | Stuart Joseph Frentz (Member) born Biloxi, Mississippi, September 18, 1949; admitted to bar, 1986, Alabama. Education: Spring Hill College (B.A., English, summa cum laude, 1970); University of Notre Dame Graduate School (1970-1975); Yale Law School (J.D., 1986). Director, Federal Tax Clinic, Inc., 2005-2007. President, Birmingham Tax Forum, 2007-2008. Lecturer, Business Planning, University of Alabama School of Law, 1990-1991. Co-Chair, Tax Law Institute Sponsored by Alabama Bar Institute for Continuing Legal Education, the University of Alabama School of Law and the Alabama State Bar, 1999-2001. Member: Birmingham and American Bar Associations; Alabama State Bar. Practice Areas: Tax Law; Taxation. Email: Stuart Joseph Frentz | | Linda Friedman (Member) born Cleveland, Ohio, October 6, 1952; admitted to bar, 1976, Alabama and U.S. District Court, Northern District of Alabama; 1982, U.S. Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit; 1995, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit. Education: Kenyon College (A.B., French, summa cum laude, 1973); Vanderbilt University (J.D., 1976). Vanderbilt Law Review, 1975-1976. Editor: State Antitrust Practice and Statutes (Alabama Chapter); State Trademark and Unfair Competition Law (Alabama Chapter). Law Clerk, U.S. District Judge Sam C. Pointer, Jr., Northern District of Alabama, 1976-1977. American Law Institute, 1992. Best Lawyers in America, Intellectual Property Section. Member: Alabama State Bar (Chair, Antitrust Section, 1989-1990); American Bar Association (Member, Sections on: Antitrust; Intellectual Property Law; Litigation). Reported Cases: Tidmore v. BP Oil Co., 932 F.2d 1384 (11th Cir. 1991); Hopkins v. BP Oil Co., 81 F.3d 1070 (11th Cir. 1996); Ramada Inns, Inc. v. Gadsden Motel Co., 804 F.2d 1562 (11th Cir. 1986). Practice Areas: Trademark; Copyright; Licensing; Commercial Litigation; Antitrust; Trade Secrets; Unfair Competition. Email: Linda Friedman | | James W. Gewin (Member) born Tuscaloosa, Alabama, November 9, 1940; admitted to bar, 1966, Alabama, U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth and Eleventh Circuits and U.S. District Court, Northern District of Alabama; U.S. District Court, Middle and Southern Districts of Alabama. Education: Princeton University (A.B., 1963); University of Alabama (LL.B., 1966). Phi Alpha Delta. Editor-in-Chief, Alabama Law Review, 1966. Law Clerk, U.S. District Judge Seybourn H. Lynne, Northern District of Alabama, 1966-1967. Member, Alabama Board of Bar Examiners, 1976-1978. Member, Board of Bar Commissioners, 1993—. Municipal Judge, City of Mountain Brook, 1999—. Member: Birmingham and American Bar Associations; Alabama State Bar; Alabama Law Institute. Fellow, American College of Trial Lawyers. The Best Lawyers in America (dual listing). Reported Cases: Adams v. Robertson & Liberty National, 676 So.2d 1265 (Ala., 1995); Pfizer v. Farsian, 682 So.2d 405 (Ala., 1996); Goldstein v. Ruttenberg, et al., 942 So.2d 356 (Ala., 2006); Herricks v. Mutual Life Ins. Co. of N.Y., 318 So.2d 683 (Ala., 1975); Central Bancshares v. Puckett, 584 So.2d 829 (Ala., 1991). Practice Areas: Personal Injury; Product Liability; Torts. Email: James W. Gewin | | Ray D. Gibbons (Partner) admitted to bar, 1979, Georgia and Alabama; 1980, U.S. Tax Court; U.S. Court of Appeals, 5th and 11th Circuits. Education: University of Alabama (B.S., 1976; LL.M., Taxation, 1981); Cumberland School of Law of Samford University (J.D., cum laude, 1979). Listed in: "The Best Lawyers in America"; "Chambers USA America's Leading Lawyers for Business". Member: Alabama State Bar; State Bar of Georgia; American Bar Association (Member, Sections of: Taxation; Business Law; Real Property, Probate and Trust Law; Member: Committee on Commercial Financial Services; Subcommittee on Loan Documentation; Title Insurance Committee; Mortgages and Other Debt Financing Committee); Alabama Real Estate Lawyers Association (Director/Officer). Practice Areas: Banking and Financial Services. Email: Ray D. Gibbons | | N. Christian Glenos (Member) born Birmingham, Alabama, April 1, 1967; admitted to bar, 1993, Alabama; U.S. District Court, Northern, Middle and Southern Districts of Alabama; U.S. Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit. Education: University of Alabama (B.S., 1989; J.D., 1993). Phi Alpha Phi; Omicron Delta Kappa. Member: Bench and Bar Legal Honor Society; John A. Campbell Moot Court Board; Jasons Honor Society. Listed, Best Lawyers in America. Member, Alabama Law Review. Member: Birmingham and American Bar Associations; Alabama State Bar; American Bankruptcy Institute; Turnaround Management Association. (Certified in Creditors' Rights Law by the American Board of Certification). Practice Areas: Commercial Litigation; Bankruptcy; Creditor's Rights; Real Estate Litigation. Email: N. Christian Glenos | | John E. Goodman (Member) born Farmville, Virginia, July 16, 1962; admitted to bar, 1988, Alabama. Education: University of Virginia (B.A., 1984; J.D., 1988). Member: Birmingham and American Bar Associations; Alabama State Bar. Reported Cases: Custer v. HomeSide Lending, 858 So.2d 233 (Ala. 2003)(class action); Ormco Corp. v. Johns, 869 So.2d 1109 (Ala. 2003)(noncompetition covenant); Smith v. UPS, 296 F.3d 1244 (11th Cir. 2003)(Carmack Amendment); Ex parte Pfizer Inc., 746 So.2d 960 (Ala. 1999)(products liability; medical device); Askew v. DCH Healthcare Authority, 995 F.2d 1033 (11th Cir. 1993)(antitrust). Practice Areas: Civil Trial Practice; Personal Injury; Antitrust Law. Email: John E. Goodman | | John B. Grenier (Member) born Nashville, Tennessee, April 28, 1956; admitted to bar, 1982, Alabama. Education: University of Virginia (B.A., with high distinction, 1978); Vanderbilt University (J.D., 1982). Phi Beta Kappa. Editor in Chief, Vanderbilt Law Review, 1981-1982. Chairman, Executive Committee. Member: Birmingham and American Bar Associations; Alabama State Bar. Practice Areas: Corporate Law; Securities Law; Mergers, Acquisitions and Divestitures. Email: John B. Grenier | | Christopher R. Grissom (Partner) born Russellville, Alabama, June 10, 1971; admitted to bar, 1997, Alabama; U.S. District Court, Northern and Middle Districts of Alabama; U.S. Tax Court. Education: University of Alabama (B.S., Accounting, cum laude, 1993; J.D., 1997). Member, Bench and Bar. Student Editor, American Journal of Tax Policy. Contributing Author: State Tax Notes, State Income Tax Alert, and Journal of Multistate Taxation. Member: Birmingham and American (Member, Sections on: Taxation; Business) Bar Associations; Alabama State Bar (Member, Taxation Section). Practice Areas: Corporate Law; Corporate Taxation; Industrial Development; State Taxation; Tax Litigation. Email: Christopher R. Grissom | | Christian W. Hancock (Partner) born Columbia, South Carolina, January 15, 1976; admitted to bar, 2001, Alabama; 2003, Florida; 2004, Mississippi; 2007, Tennessee; Alabama, Florida, Mississippi and Tennessee State Courts; U.S. District Court, Northern, Middle and Southern Districts of Alabama; U.S. District Court, Middle and Southern Districts of Florida; U.S. District Court, Northern and Southern Districts of Mississippi; U.S. District Court, Eastern, Western, and Middle Districts of Tennessee; U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth and Eleventh Circuits. Education: University of South Carolina Honors College (B.A., cum laude, 1998); University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (J.D., 2001). Author: "South Carolina Passes 'Ryan's Law,' Requiring Insurers to Cover Autism and Other Pervasive Developmental Disorders," Health and Disability Law Committee Newsletter, Fall/Winter 2007; "Class Action Fairness Act, 7th Circuit," American Bar Association Health and Disability Law Committee Newsletter, Winter 2006; "'Smallwood' creates Large Problems in Mississippi Removal cases: The Confusing Matter of 'Common Defenses'," published in the American Bar Association Life Insurance Law Committee Newsletter, Fall 2003; "The Growth of Internet-only Banks: Brick and Mortar Branches are Feeling the 'Byte'," 4 N.C. Banking Inst. 345 (Apr. 2000). Member: Alabama State Bar; The Florida Bar; The Mississippi Bar; Tennessee Bar Association. Practice Areas: Mortgages; Real Estate Litigation; Insurance Defense. Email: Christian W. Hancock | | John William Hargrove (Member) born Orlando, Florida, October 11, 1961; admitted to bar, 1986, Alabama and U.S. District Court, Northern, Middle and Southern Districts of Alabama; U.S. Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit; U.S. Supreme Court. Education: Auburn University (B.A., Philosophy/Political Science, summa cum laude, 1983); Vanderbilt University (J.D., 1986). Patrick Wilson Scholar, 1983-1986. Member, Vanderbilt Journal of Transnational Law, 1985-1986. Author: "Video Cameras, Tape Recorders and Sex Police," Birmingham Bar Bulletin, Fall 1998; "New Rights for the Disabled: the Rules and the Remedies," 53 Ala. Lawyer, 1992. Co-Author: "Drug Testing in Employment: a Legislative Proposal for Alabama," 50 Ala. Lawyer 70, 1989. Member: Alabama State Bar; American Bar Association (Member, Labor and Employment Law Sections). Practice Areas: Labor and Employment; Construction Law; Litigation. Email: John William Hargrove | | John G. Harrell (Member) born Enterprise, Alabama, September 16, 1941; admitted to bar, 1966, Alabama. Education: Emory University (A.B., History, 1963); Cumberland School of Law of Samford University (J.D., magna cum laude, 1966); Yale Law School (LL.M., 1967). Phi Alpha Delta. Associate Professor, Law, Cumberland School of Law of Samford University, 1967-1970. Professor, Civil Procedure and Commercial Transactions, Cumberland School of Law, 1970-1973. Member: Birmingham and American Bar Associations; Alabama State Bar. Reported Cases: Represented: the Governor of the State in the location of Mercedes Benz in Alabama, 1995; Trico Steel Company LLC in connection with the location and construction of a steel minimill in the Southeast, 1996; two Alabama cities in connection with privitizations suit of wastewater treatment facilities, 1997; the Southern Poverty Law Center in connection with financing and construction of a new facility, 1998. Counsel to the State in the creation of Alabama Water Pollution Central Authority. Practice Areas: Corporations; Corporate Law; Energy; Public Finance. Email: John G. Harrell | | F. M. (Tripp) Haston III (Partner) born New Orleans, Louisiana, May 14, 1968; admitted to bar, 1993, Alabama and U.S. District Court, Northern and Middle Districts of Alabama; 1994, U.S. District Court, Southern District of Alabama and U.S. Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit; 2003, U.S. Supreme Court; 2007, U.S. Court of Appeals, Third Circuit. Education: Auburn University (B.A., 1990); University of Alabama (J.D., summa cum laude, 1993). Omicron Delta Kappa. Mortar Board. Order of the Coif. Hugo Black Scholar. Listed in: The Best Lawyers in America; The International Who's Who of Product Liability Lawyers. Senior Editor, Alabama Law Review, 1991-1993. Author: Published Works: "An Update on FDA Preemption of State Claims," IADC Defense Counsel Journal, 2007; "Drug & Medical Device Litigation Under the A.E.M.L.D.," The Alabama Lawyer, May 2002; "Arbitration in Alabama Of Road Signs and Reality," The Alabama Lawyer, Jan. 2001. Law Clerk to Hon. Judge Emmett R. Cox, U.S. Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit, 1993-1994. Speaker: IADC (Rome, Italy; Whistler, BC; California; West Virginia); BIICL (London). Member: Birmingham and American Bar Associations; Alabama State Bar; Defense Research Institute; International Association of Defense Counsel; British Institute of International & Comparative Law. Reported Cases: Sykes v. GlaxoSmithKline, _F. Supp. 2d_, 484 F. Supp. 2d 289 (E.D. Pa. 2007); Embody v. Medtronic, Inc. 238 F. Supp. 2d 1291 (N.D. Ala. 2003); Hester v. Bayer Corporation, 206 F. R.D. 683 (M.D. Ala. 2001). Practice Areas: Pharmaceutical Products Liability; Antitrust and Competitive Torts; General Litigation. Email: F. M. (Tripp) Haston III | | Carleta Roberts Hawley (Member) born Gadsden, Alabama, December 5, 1954; admitted to bar, 1980, Alabama. Education: University of Alabama (B.S., 1977; J.D., 1980). Delta Theta Phi; Order of the Coif. Member, Editorial Board, Alabama Law Review, 1979-1980. Dean M. Leigh Harrison Scholar. Member: Birmingham and American Bar Associations; Alabama State Bar. Practice Areas: Banking Law; Business Law; Commercial Law. Email: Carleta Roberts Hawley | | Jonathan B. Head (Member) born Florence, Alabama, July 5, 1973; admitted to bar, 1998, Alabama; 2004, U.S. Court of Federal Claims; U.S. Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit; U.S. District Court, Northern, Middle and Southern Districts of Alabama. Education: University of Alabama at Tuscaloosa (B.S.C.E., 1994; J.D., 1998). Member: Birmingham and American Bar Associations (Member, Forum on the Construction Industry); Alabama State Bar. Practice Areas: Construction; Business Litigation. Email: Jonathan B. Head | | Kevin J. Henderson (Member) born Greenville, South Carolina, June 30, 1963; admitted to bar, 1989, Alabama; 1990, U.S. Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit. Education: Clemson University (B.S., 1985); Washington & Lee University (J.D., 1989). Phi Delta Phi; Beta Alpha Psi; Beta Gamma Sigma. Order of the Coif. Recipient, John W. Davis Prize. Managing Board, Washington & Lee Law Review, 1988-1989. Clerk to The Hon. William W. Wilkins, Jr., U.S. Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit, 1989-1990. Listed in The Best Lawyers in America. Member: Birmingham and American Bar Associations; Alabama State Bar. Practice Areas: Employment Benefits Law; Business Law. Email: Kevin J. Henderson | | James F. Henry (Member) admitted to bar, 1997, Alabama; 2004, Mississippi. Education: University of North Alabama (B.S., cum laude, 1978); Samford University (M.B.A., 1982); Cumberland School of Law of Samford University (J.D., cum laude, 1997). Member, Curia Honoris. Associate Editor, Cumberland Law Review. Practice Areas: Health Law; General Litigation; White Collar Criminal Defense. Email: James F. Henry | | K. Wood Herren (Member) born Birmingham, Alabama, May 25, 1963; admitted to bar, 1990, Alabama; 1993, U.S. Tax Court. Education: Auburn University (B.S., 1985); University of Alabama (J.D., 1990); New York University (LL.M., 1991). Law Clerk to Honorable Judge Theodore Tannenwald, Jr., United States Tax Court. Member: Birmingham and American (Member, Tax, Business Law and Health Care Sections) Bar Associations; Alabama State Bar (Member, Tax Section); American Health Lawyers Association. Practice Areas: Business Law; Mergers and Acquisitions; Venture Capital; Partnerships; Joint Ventures; Exempt Organizations; Health Care; Corporate Law; State Taxation; Federal Taxation Law; Tax Controversies. Email: K. Wood Herren | | William L. Hinds Jr. (Member) born Montgomery, Alabama, September 8, 1938; admitted to bar, 1965, Alabama. Education: The Citadel (A.B., with highest honors, 1960); University of Virginia (LL.B., 1965). Law Clerk, U.S. District Judge Seybourn H. Lynne, Northern District of Alabama, 1966. Lecturer, Alabama Federal Tax Clinic, 1980-1996. Member: Birmingham and American Bar Associations; Alabama State Bar (Chairman, Taxation Section, 1982-1983). Fellow, American College of Trust and Estate Counsel. [Officer, U.S. Army, 1960-1962]. Practice Areas: Estate and Trust Planning and Administration; Business Law. Email: William L. Hinds Jr. | | Gary Lane Howard (Partner) born Hartselle, Alabama; admitted to bar, 1993, Alabama; 1999, Florida; 2001, Georgia; 2004, Mississippi, Tennessee, Texas and District of Columbia; 2006, Montana and Kentucky; U.S. Court of Appeals, 5th, 7th and 11th Circuits; U.S. Supreme Court. Education: University of Alabama (B.A., 1989; J.D., summa cum laude, 1993). Order of the Coif. Hugo Black Scholar; Leigh M. Harrison Scholar. National Trial Team Member (National Finalist and Semi-Finalist). George Peach Taylor Honoree. Member, Alabama Law Review. Farrah Law Society. Member: American Bar Association (Member, Health & Disability Law Committee and Chair Life Insurance Law Committee); Defense Research Institute, DRI (Member, Life Health and Disability Committee); American Council of Life Insurers (ACLI). Practice Areas: Commercial Litigation; Life Insurance(30%); Health Insurance(30%); Disability Insurance(15%); Fraud; Bad Faith Litigation; Class Actions(25%). Email: Gary Lane Howard | | David Glenn Hymer (Member) born Huntsville, Alabama, October 30, 1959; admitted to bar, 1985, Alabama, U.S. Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit and U.S. District Court, Northern District of Alabama; 1987, U.S. District Court, Southern District of Alabama; 1988, U.S. Supreme Court; 1992, U.S. Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit; 1993, U.S. District Court, Middle District of Alabama; 1995, U.S. Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit; 2004, U.S. Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit. Education: University of Alabama (B.S., Finance, 1982; J.D., 1985). Order of the Coif; Omicron Delta Kappa; Jasons; Dean M. Leigh Harrison Scholar; Hugo L. Black Scholar. Member, Editorial Board, Alabama Law Review, 1984-1985. Member: Birmingham and American Bar Associations; Alabama State Bar. Reported Cases: Metric/Kvaerner Fayetteville v. Federal Ins. Co., 403 F.3d 188 (4th Circuit 2005); Russell Corp. v. Sullivan, 790 So.2d 940 (Ala. 2001); Coleman v. Cannon Oil Co., 911 F.Supp. 510 (M.D. Ala. 1995); Jones v. Preuit & Mauldin, 876 F.2d 1480 (11th Circuit 1989). Practice Areas: Civil Trial Practice; Appellate Practice; Construction Law; Products Liability. Email: David Glenn Hymer | | Andrew B. Johnson (Partner) born Radford, Virginia; admitted to bar, 2000, Alabama; 2001, Mississippi; 2008, Oklahoma; U.S. District Court, Northern, Middle and Southern Districts of Alabama; U.S. District Court, Northern and Southern Districts of Mississippi; U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit. Education: University of Virginia (B.A., Government and History, 1997); University of Virginia School of Law (J.D., 2000). Member, Journal of Law and Politics. Member: Alabama State Bar; The Mississippi Bar; Oklahoma Bar Association. Practice Areas: Litigation. Email: Andrew B. Johnson | | Nathan W. Johnson (Member) born Birmingham, Alabama, November 24, 1971; admitted to bar, 1998, Alabama and U.S. District Court, Northern, Middle and Southern Districts of Alabama; registered to practice before U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. Education: Vanderbilt University (B.A., 1994; J.D., 1998). Order of the Coif. Who's Who Legal - Trademarks. Professor, Copyright Law; and Trademarks and Unfair Competition, Cumberland School of Law. Member: Birmingham and American Bar Associations; Alabama State Bar; International Trademark Association (Membership Committee; Law Firm Subcommittee); American Intellectual Property Law Association; Copyright Society. Practice Areas: Licensing; Trademarks; Patents; Intellectual Property Litigation. Email: Nathan W. Johnson | | William W. Johnson Jr. (1943-1984). | | Abdul K. Kallon (Partner) born Freetown, Sierra Leone, April 5, 1969; admitted to bar, 1994, Pennsylvania; 1995, Alabama. Education: Dartmouth College (A.B., 1990); University of Pennsylvania (J.D., 1993). Articles Editor, University of Pennsylvania Journal of International Business Law, 1992-1993. Law Clerk, Honorable U.W. Clemon, U.S. District Judge, Northern District of Alabama, 1993-1994. Practice Areas: Labor and Employment; Litigation. Email: Abdul K. Kallon | | Ronald H. Kent Jr. (Member) born Norfolk, Virginia, December 5, 1963; admitted to bar, 1996, Alabama; 1997, U.S. District Court, Northern District of Alabama; 1998, U.S. Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit; 1999, U.S. District Court, Middle and Southern Districts of Alabama; 2003, U.S. Supreme Court. Education: University of Virginia (B.S., 1986); New York University (M.B.A., 1990); Cumberland School of Law (J.D., magna cum laude, 1996). Research Editor, Cumberland Law Review, 1995-1996. Member: Birmingham and American Bar Associations; Alabama State Bar. Practice Areas: Labor and Employment; Litigation. Email: Ronald H. Kent Jr. | | Jack J. Kubiszyn (Member) born Tuscaloosa, Alabama, October 23, 1964; admitted to bar, 1991, Tennessee; 1994, Alabama. Education: University of Alabama (B.S., 1989); Cumberland School of Law of Samford University (J.D., 1991). Email: Jack J. Kubiszyn | | Joel M. Kuehnert (Member) born Birmingham, Alabama, May 26, 1971; admitted to bar, 1998, Alabama; registered to practice before U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. Education: Vanderbilt University (B.E., Civil and Environmental Engineering, magna cum laude, 1993); University of Texas (J.D., with honors, 1998). Order of the Coif. Associate Editor, Texas Law Review, 1997-1998. Member: Alabama State Bar; American Bar Association. Practice Areas: Complex and Multi-District Litigation; Environmental Law; Intellectual Property; Litigation; Patents; Toxic Torts. Email: Joel M. Kuehnert | | Harold B. Kushner (Member) born Montgomery, Alabama; admitted to bar, 1971, Louisiana; 1975, Alabama. Education: University of Alabama (B.A., 1968); Tulane University (J.D., 1971); New York University (LL.M., 1974). Member: Committee Real Estate Foundation; Birmingham Jewish Federation. Past President, Entrepreneurial Center. Member: Birmingham, Louisiana State and American Bar Association; State Bar of Alabama. [First Lieutenant and Special Agent, Office of Special Investigations, U.S. Air Force, 1971-1972]. Practice Areas: Corporate; Mergers and Acquisitions; Taxation; Estate Planning. Email: Harold B. Kushner | | Bradley W. Lard (Member) born Florence, Alabama; admitted to bar, 1996, Alabama; 1997, Tennessee. Education: University of North Alabama (B.S., 1993); University of Alabama (J.D., 1996). Phi Kappa Phi. Student Editor, American Journal of Tax Policy, 1995-1996. Member, Taxation Section and Member, Real Property, Probate and Trust Law Section, American Bar Association. Member: Tennessee Bar Association. Practice Areas: Trusts and Estates; Tax Law; Corporate Law. Email: Bradley W. Lard | | Matthew H. Lembke (Partner) born Rochester, New York, June 5, 1966; admitted to bar, 1991, Alabama. Education: Rhodes College (B.A., summa cum laude, 1988); University of Virginia (J.D., 1991). Order of the Coif; Phi Beta Kappa; Omicron Delta Kappa; The Raven Society. Bellingrath Scholar. Articles Development Editor, Virginia Law Review, 1990-1991. Law Clerk to the Honorable Anthony M. Kennedy, Supreme Court of the U.S., 1992-1993. Law Clerk to Honorable J. Harvie Wilkinson III, U.S. Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit, 1991-1992. Temple Bar Scholar, 1993. Member, Alabama Standing Committee on Judicial Canons and Ethics. Member: Birmingham and American Bar Associations; Alabama State Bar; English Commercial Bar Association (Honorary Overseas Member). Practice Areas: Civil Trial Practice; Commercial Law; Appellate Practice; Complex and Multi-District Litigation; Constitutional Law; Election Law. Email: Matthew H. Lembke | | Arlan D. Lewis (Member) born Memphis, Tennessee, January 1, 1971; admitted to bar, 1996, Alabama. Education: Hampton University (B.Arch., 1993); Vanderbilt Law School (J.D., 1996). Member: Birmingham and American (Member, Forum on the Construction Industry) Bar Associations; Alabama State Bar. Practice Areas: Construction. Email: Arlan D. Lewis | | Shannon Barnhill Lisenby (Member) born Monterey, California; admitted to bar, 1997, Alabama. Education: Murray State University (B.S., 1994); University of Kent at Canterbury, England (L.L.M., candidate, 1995-1996); Cumberland School of Law of Samford University (J.D., 1997);. Recipient, Rotary Foundation International Ambassadorial Scholarship. Member, American Journal of Trial Advocacy. Cordell Hull Teaching Fellow. Advocate, European Law Moot Court Society. Legal Research and Writing Teaching Fellow 1996- 1997. Outstanding Senior Woman. Member: Birmingham and American (Co-Chair, Real Estate Section, Senior Housing Committee, 2002-2004) Bar Associations; Alabama State Bar. Practice Areas: Commercial Lending; Secured Lending; Commercial Real Estate. Email: Shannon Barnhill Lisenby | | Thad Gladden Long (Member) born Dothan, Alabama, March 9, 1938; admitted to bar, 1963, Alabama; 1970, U.S. Supreme Court; 1981, U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth and Eleventh Circuits; 1982, U.S. Court of Appeals, Federal Circuit; 1997, U.S. Tax Court; U.S. District Court, Northern, Southern and Middle Districts of Alabama; registered to practice before U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. Education: Columbia University (A.B., Physics, 1960); University of Virginia (J.D., 1963). Phi Delta Phi; Order of the Coif; Omicron Delta Kappa. Comments and Projects Editor, Virginia Law Review, 1962-1963. Adjunct Professor, Antitrust Law, University of Alabama, 1988-2001; Patent Law, Cumberland Law School, 1999-2001. Listed in: The Best Lawyers in America (Business Litigation, Antitrust, Intellectual Property, Land Use & Zoning Law and Alternative Dispute Resolution); Alabama Super Lawyers (Four Categories); Marquis Who's Who in America; Who's Who in the World. Member, Editorial Board, The Trade Mark Reporter, 1991-2006. Winner of National Law Journal's "Major Defense Victories in the Nation" in 1995. Recipient, INTA Great Communicator Award. Former Member, Panel of Arbitrators, American Arbitration Association. Member: Alabama State Bar (Chairman, Antitrust and Business Torts Sections, 1973-1974); American Bar Association; American Law Institute; Alabama Law Institute; Alabama Law Foundation. Reported Cases: Gas Pump, Inc. v. General Cinema, Eleventh Circuit, 12 F. 3d 181 (11th Cir. 1994), Dismissal of antitrust treble damage suit; Askew v. DCH Healthcare Authority, Eleventh Circuit, 995 F. 2d 1033 (11th Cir. 1993), Set aside antitrust injunction sought against hospital acquisition; Massey v. Disc Mfg. Inc., Ala. Sup. Ct., 601 So. 2d 449 (Ala. Sup. Ct. 1992), Seizure of corporate opportunity; State of Florida v. Industrial Chemical, Inc., Ala. Sup. Ct., 145 F. R.D. 585 (N.D. of Ala. 1991); BP Oil v. Jefferson County, Eleventh Circuit, 571 So. 2d 1026 (Ala. Sup. Ct. 1990), Property rezoning, landmark decision; Meadowcraft, Inc. v. B. I. Industries, 226 U.S. P.Q. 244 (N.D. of Ala. 1985), Piercing corporate veil - unsuccessful; Alabama Gas Corp. v. Wallace, 308 So. 2d 674 (Ala. 1975), Public Utility Rate Case; Jefferson Home Furniture Co. v. Jefferson Home Co., 349 So. 2d 5 (Ala. 1977), trade name infringement; Automatic Sprinkler v. B. F. Goodrich, 351 So. 2d 555 (Ala. 1977), Environmental Cleanup Case; Pizitz, Inc. v. Pizitz Mercantile Co., 467 F. Supp. 1089 (N.D. of Ala. 1979), trademark infringement; Precision American Corp. v. Leasing Serv. Corp., 505 So. 2d 380 (Ala. 1987), various warrant and state law claims; Humber v. B. F. Goodrich, 561 So. 2d 511 (Ala. 1990), won fraud case; Mashburn v. National Healthcare, 684 F. Supp. 679 (M.D. of Ala. 1988), Securities fraud case; Ramada Inns, Inc. v. Gadsden Motel Co., 804 F. 2d 1562 (11th Cir. 1986), trademark infringement claim; Draper v. Wheelabrator, Inc., 813 F. 2d 332 (11th Cir. 1987), won $1.7 million jury verdict; Dunnivant v. Bi-State, 851 F. 2d 1575 (11th Cir. 1988), Antitrust dealer termination case. Practice Areas: Patents and Trademarks(25%); Antitrust(20%); Appellate Practice; Complex and Multi-District Litigation(30%); Computers and Software(10%); Fraud and Deceit; Intellectual Property; Patents; Products Liability; Torts; Trade Secrets(15%); Unfair Competition; Utility Law; Business Litigation. Email: Thad Gladden Long | | Robert R. Maddox (Partner) born Birmingham, Alabama; admitted to bar, 2000, Alabama; 2004, Georgia; 2006, Tennessee and District of Columbia; 2007, Texas. Education: University of Alabama, Birmingham (B.A.; B.A.; M.A.); Cumberland School of Law of Samford University (J.D.). Recipient: Judge James O. Haley Scholarship; Cumberland School of Leadership Scholarship, Cumberland School of Law; Graduate Research Scholarship and Graduate Teaching Scholarship, University of Alabama. Vice-Chair and Editor, Title Insurance Litigation Newsletter. Editor, "TitleWave" Newsletter, Dixieland Title Insurance Association. Adjunct Professor: University of Alabama School of Law; University of Alabama at Birmingham; Cumberland School of Law of Samford University. Faculty Fellow, Mortgage Bankers Association. Member: Alabama State Bar; State Bar of Georgia; District of Columbia Bar; American Bar Association. Practice Areas: Mortgages; Real Estate Litigation; Real Estate; Insurance Defense. Email: Robert R. Maddox | | Joseph B. Mays Jr. (Member) born Birmingham, Alabama, December 15, 1945; admitted to bar, 1978, Alabama. Education: Tulane University (B.A., 1967); Cornell University (M.A., 1969); University of Alabama (J.D., 1978). Phi Beta Kappa. Author, "The Mens Rea Requirements in the Money Laundering Statutes," 44 Ala. L. Rev. 725 (Spring 1993). Member: Birmingham and American Bar Associations; Alabama State Bar; National Association of Railroad Trial Counsel; National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers. Practice Areas: Civil Trial Practice; Antitrust; White Collar Crime. Email: Joseph B. Mays Jr. | | Justin T. McDonald (Member) born Newport, Arkansas, July 14, 1968; admitted to bar, 1993, Alabama. Education: University of Virginia (B.A., 1990); Washington & Lee University (J.D., 1993). Phi Beta Kappa. Law Review. Member: Product Liability Advisory Council; Defense Research Institute. Practice Areas: Products Liability; Civil Trial Practice. Email: Justin T. McDonald | | Michael D. McKibben (Member) born Joplin, Missouri, May 10, 1960; admitted to bar, 1985, Alabama. Education: Spring Hill College (B.S., magna cum laude, 1981); Vanderbilt University (J.D., 1985). Patrick Wilson Scholar, 1982-1985. Listed in: The Best Lawyers in America, Commercial Litigation and Medical Malpractice; Chambers USA, Litigation. Associate Editor, Vanderbilt Law Review, 1984-1985. Author: "The Resale Price Maintenance Compromise: A Presumption of Illegality," 38 Vand. L. Rev. 163, 1985. Member: Birmingham and American Bar Associations; Alabama State Bar; International Association of Defense Counsel. Practice Areas: Civil Trial Practice; Professional Malpractice; Products Liability; Commercial Litigation. Email: Michael D. McKibben | | Hobart A. McWhorter Jr. (Member) born Birmingham, Alabama, December 24, 1931; admitted to bar, 1958, Alabama and U.S. District Court, Northern, Middle and Southern Districts of Alabama; 1960, U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit; 1970, U.S. Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit; 1978, U.S. Supreme Court; 1983, U.S. District Court, Western District of Washington; 1984, U.S. Court of Appeals, Tenth Circuit; 1990, District of Columbia. Education: Yale University (B.A., 1953); University of Virginia (LL.B., 1958). Phi Alpha Delta. Listed in Best Lawyers in America, 1987—. Member: Birmingham and American Bar Associations; Alabama State Bar; International Association of Defense Counsel; National Association of Railroad Trial Counsel; American Board of Trial Advocates. Fellow: American College of Trial Lawyers. Practice Areas: Class Actions; Insurance Defense Litigation; Personal Injury; Product Liability; Torts; Environmental; Securities; Complex Business Litigation. Email: Hobart A. McWhorter Jr. | | T. Matthew Miller (Member) born Huntsville, Alabama, April 5, 1969; admitted to bar, 1994, Alabama and U.S. District Court, Northern and Middle Districts of Alabama; 1995, U.S. Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit; 1998, U.S. District Court, Southern District of Alabama. Education: James Madison University (B.S., Political Science, summa cum laude, 1991) Omicron Delta Kappa; Mortar Board; University of Virginia (J.D., 1994) Moot Court Board. Member: Birmingham and American (Member: Labor and Employment Law Section, Equal Employment Opportunity Subcommittee; Federal Labor Standards Subcommittee; Litigation Section) Bar Associations; Alabama State Bar; Defense Research Institute. Reported Cases: Jim Walter Resources, Inc. v. The NLRB, 177 F.3d 961 (11th Circuit, 1999 |
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