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Cabaniss, Johnston, Gardner, Dumas
& O'Neal LLP

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Location: Park Place Tower, 2001 Park Place North, Suite 700, Birmingham, Alabama 35203, (Jefferson & Shelby Cos.), Mailing Address: P.O. Box 830612, Birmingham, AL, 35283-0612

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Cabaniss, Johnston, Gardner, Dumas
& O'Neal LLP practices in the following areas of law:
General Civil, Trial and Appellate Practice in all State and Federal Courts, Antitrust, Banking Law, Bankruptcy, Business Law, Civil Litigation, Commercial Law, Commercial Litigation, Commercial Real Estate, Consumer Finance, Construction Law, Corporate Law, Corporate Finance, Employee Benefits Law, Employment Law, Environmental Law, Executive Compensation, ERISA, Estates and Trusts, Estate Planning, Executive Compensation, General Practice, Health Care Law, Insurance, Insurance Litigation, Intellectual Property, Labor and Employment, Labor Law, Litigation, Maritime Law, Medical Malpractice Defense, Mergers and Acquisitions, Municipal Law, Patents, Personal Injury, Products Liability, Professional Liability Defense, Real Estate, Real Property, Securities Law, Tax Law, Taxation, Timber and Logging Law, Trust Law, Trusts and Estates, Wills and Workers Compensation Law.
Year Established: 1887
Firm Profile:
The firm maintains full-service law offices in Birmingham and Mobile, the two largest cities and economic centers in Alabama. The strategic north-south location of our offices and their respective spheres of practice give us an ongoing statewide presence.

Recognized as the oldest continuous law practice in Birmingham and one of the oldest continuous practices in Alabama, the firm of Cabaniss, Johnston, Gardner, Dumas & O'Neal LLP has a distinguished history. The origins of the firm, which began in Birmingham in 1887, can be traced back to the firm's first lawyer, E.H. Cabaniss, who left the small Alabama town of Union Springs to travel to Birmingham to capitalize on the growth of industry and business in the rapidly growing southern town. There he formed Cabaniss & Banks. A merger in 1920 produced Cabaniss, Johnston, Cocke & Cabaniss. "Cabaniss, Johnston" has been a familiar and respected name in Alabama legal circles ever since.

The firm has one of the oldest continual law practices in Alabama, tracing its origins to Cabaniss & Banks, which began the practice of law in Birmingham in 1887. A merger in 1920 produced Cabaniss, Johnston, Cocke & Cabaniss, and "Cabaniss, Johnston" has been a familiar and respected name in Alabama legal circles ever since.

Firm Size: 33
Representative Clients:
AAA Cooper Transportation; ABB Environmental Systems; Air Ambulance Card, LLC; Alabama Maternity, Inc.; Alabama Poultry & Egg Association; Alabama Orthopedic, Spine & Sports Medicine Associates; Alcoa, Inc.; Allied Worldwide; Amsher Financial Services; Auburn University; Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Alabama; Boehringer Ingelheim Pharmaceuticals, Inc.; Boise Cascade Corporation; Books-A-Million; BP America, Inc.; Castrol Industrial North America Inc.; CBI Services, Inc.; Cemex, Inc.; City of Mobile, Alabama; The Coca-Cola Company; Colsa Corporation; Coregis Insurance Company; DataBank Business Services, Inc.; Dillard Department Stores; Diolen Industrial Fibers Europe, Inc.; The Doctors' Company; Doster Construction Company, Inc.; Dun & Bradstreet, Inc.; Eastern Health System, Inc.; Employers Reinsurance Corporation; First Commercial Bank; First Specialty Insurance Corporation; Four Seasons Solar Products LLC; Gallagher Bassett Services, Inc.; GE Insurance Solutions; Gorrie Regan & Associates; Hillcrest Behavioral Health Systems; Holmes Oil Company, Inc.; Howard Miller Clock Company; International Paper Company; Jasper Lumber Company; JP Morgan Chase Bank; Lamont Trading Advisor, Inc.; Liberty Mutual Insurance Company; Liberty National Life Insurance Company; Lyondell Chemical Company, Inc.; McElroy Truck Lines, Inc.; McWane, Inc.; Medical Center Blount; Medical Center East; Miller and Company; The Mitchell Company; MP3 Fibre, Inc.; Noland Health Services, Inc.; Norfolk Southern Corporation; Northrop Grumman Corporation; Norwood Clinic, Inc.; O'Neal Steel, Inc.; Parade Homebuilders, Inc.; PetroNova, LLC; Providence Hospital; Research Solvents and Chemicals, Inc.; Resting S. Ranch, Inc.; Rex Alabama, Inc.; Rheem Manufacturing Company; Russo Corporation; Saks, Inc; Sodexho Services, Inc; Southeast Wood Treating, Inc.; Southern Energy Homes, Inc.; Southern ENT & Sinus Center, P.C.; Southside Surgical Specialists; St. Clair Regional Hospital; St. Vincent's Hospital; SunTrust Banks, Inc.; Superior Bank; Swiss Re; Troy University; UAB Medical West; University of Montevallo; VF Corporation; West Ellis Investment Management, Inc.; West Oil, Inc.; Westport Insurance Corporation; Weyerhaeuser Packaging, Inc.
Former Names:
Cabaniss & Banks 1887-1888 Cabaniss & Weakley 1889-1906 Leadbetter & Johnston 1901-1907 Campbell & Johnston 1908-1913 Cabaniss & Bowie 1907-1918 Forney Johnston 1914-1917 Johnston & Cocke 1918-1919 Cabaniss & Cabaniss 1919 Cabaniss, Johnston, Cocke & Cabaniss 1920-1929 Cabaniss & Johnston 1930-1963 Cabaniss, Johnston, Gardner & Clark 1964-1973 Cabaniss, Johnston, Gardner, Dumas & O'Neal 1974—
MEMBERS OF FIRM
Crawford S. McGivaren, Jr. (Member) born Clarksdale, Mississippi, April 10, 1943; admitted to bar, 1968, Alabama. Education: Vanderbilt University (A.B., magna cum laude, 1965); Harvard University (LL.B., 1968). Phi Beta Kappa; Omicron Delta Kappa. Listed, International Who's Who of Commercial Litigators, 2008. Recognized by Litigation as one of the Top Lawyers, A Supplement to The American Lawyer and Corporate Counsel, 2007. Division Counsel for Norfolk-Southern Corporation for Alabama, 1982—. Member: Birmingham and American (Member, Tort and Insurance Practice and Health Law Sections) Bar Associations; Alabama State Bar; National Association of Railroad Trial Counsel (Member, Executive Committee); Defense Research Institute; Alabama Defense Lawyers Association. Fellow: American College of Trial Lawyers. Practice Areas: Corporate Litigation; Commercial Litigation; Professional Liability Defense; Business Litigation; Securities Litigation; Personal Injury Defense; Employment Litigation; Litigation. Email: Crawford S. McGivaren, Jr.
Sydney F. Frazier, Jr. (Member) born Birmingham, Alabama, May 31, 1942; admitted to bar, 1972, Alabama. Education: University of Alabama (B.A., 1969; J.D., 1972). Omicron Delta Kappa; Jasons; Phi Delta Phi. Member, Bench and Bar. Editor-in-Chief, Alabama Law Review, 1971-1972. Member: Birmingham and American Bar Associations; Alabama State Bar (Secretary-Treasurer, 1981-1982, Vice Chairman, 1982-1983, Chairman, 1983-1984, Employment Law Section); Alabama Bar Institute (Member, Continuing Legal Education, Employment Law Committee and Faculty, 1988—). Practice Areas: General Practice; Civil Litigation; Workers Compensation; Litigation; Labor and Employment; Employment Litigation; Labor Law; Labor Relations. Email: Sydney F. Frazier, Jr.
Roy J. Crawford (Member) born Selma, Alabama, September 29, 1949; admitted to bar, 1977, Alabama. Education: Troy State University (B.S., summa cum laude, 1971); University of Alabama (J.D., 1977); New York University (LL.M., Taxation, 1980). Omicron Delta Kappa; Order of the Coif; Jasons. Member, Bench and Bar. Managing Editor, Alabama Law Review, 1976-1977. Member: Birmingham and American Bar Associations; Alabama State Bar (Past Chairman, Section of Taxation); American Bar Foundation (Fellow, 2000—); Alabama Law Foundation (Trustee, 1987-1993; President, 1993-1995; Fellow, 1998—). Practice Areas: Taxation; Corporate Law; Health Care; Federal Taxation; State Taxation. Email: Roy J. Crawford
F. Gerald Burnett (Member) born Meridian, Mississippi, May 9, 1946; admitted to bar, 1972, Mississippi; 1979, District of Columbia and Alabama. Education: University of Mississippi (B.B.A., 1968; J.D., with distinction, 1972); Georgetown University (LL.M., Taxation, 1977). Phi Alpha Delta; Omicron Delta Kappa. Special Projects Editor, Mississippi Law Journal, 1971-1972. Recipient, Tax Division Outstanding Attorney Award, 1977. Co-Author: Treatise, Litigation of Federal Tax Controversies, Shepard's/McGraw Hill, 1986. Trial Attorney, Tax Division, United States Department of Justice, 1974-1978. Special Tax Advisor, Tax Management, Inc., 1983—. Member: Birmingham, Federal and American (Member: Sections of: Litigation; Taxation; Real Property, Probate and Trust Law) Bar Associations; The District of Columbia Bar; Mississippi State Bar; Alabama State Bar. Practice Areas: Tax Law; Real Estate; Timber and Logging Law; Taxation; Tax Controversies; Corporate Law. Email: F. Gerald Burnett
David S. Dunkle (Member) born Erie, Pennsylvania, January 5, 1945; admitted to bar, 1969, North Carolina; 1980, Alabama. Education: Virginia Military Institute (B.A., with honors, 1966); University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (J.D., 1969); Georgetown University (LL.M., Taxation, 1970). Member, North Carolina Law Review, 1967-1969. Author: Treatise, Guide To Pension and Profit Sharing Plans, Shephard's/McGraw-Hill, 1984. Lecturer on Tax, Accounting Department, University of North Carolina, 1976-1979. Special Tax Advisor, Tax Management, Inc., 1973-1998. Member: Birmingham and American (Member, Committee on Employee Benefits, Section of Taxation, 1980—) Bar Associations; Alabama State Bar; North Carolina State Bar. Practice Areas: ERISA; Executive Compensation; Estate Planning; Taxation; Estate and Gift Taxation; Trusts and Estates Taxation; Employee Benefits; Employee Benefit Taxation; Pension Plans; Profit Sharing; 401(k) Plans; Non-Qualified Benefits; Deferred Compensation; Employee Compensation. Email: David S. Dunkle
C. Fred Daniels (Member) born Birmingham, Alabama, October 9, 1947; admitted to bar, 1973, Alabama; 1974, U.S. Tax Court. Education: Auburn University (B.S., 1970); University of Alabama (J.D., 1973); New York University (LL.M., Taxation, 1974). Listed in Best Lawyers in America in Taxation, Estate and Employee Benefits. Co-Author: Daniels and Markstein, "Planning for Beneficiaries of IRAs and Qualified Plans, Essential Concepts and Useful Forms," 22 ACTEC Notes 125, 1996. Member: Birmingham and American (Member, Sections on: Taxation; Business Law; Real Property, Probate and Trust Law) Bar Associations; Alabama State Bar (Chairman, Tax Section, 1984-1985). Fellow, American College of Trust and Estate Council; Alabama Law Institute. Practice Areas: Trusts and Estates; Taxation; Corporate Law; Wills; Estate Planning; Estate and Gift Taxation. Email: C. Fred Daniels
G. Thomas Sullivan (Member) born Ashland, Kentucky, September 2, 1952; admitted to bar, 1977, Alabama; 1980, U.S. District Court, Northern District of Alabama; 1981, U.S. District Court, Southern District of Alabama; 1983, U.S. Supreme Court; 1996, U.S. Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit. Education: Emory University (B.A., 1974); Cumberland School of Law of Samford University (J.D., 1977); University of Alabama (LL.M., Taxation, 1996). Deputy District Attorney, Jefferson County, 1977-1980. Speaker, Villanova University Law School, 1991. Assistant Attorney General, State of Alabama, 1995—. Member: Birmingham (Member: Grievance Committee; Ethics Committee; Fee Arbitration Committee) and American Bar Associations; Alabama State Bar (Member, Taxation Section); American Arbitration Association (Member: Panel of Arbitrators; Alabama Advisory Council); American Health Lawyers Association. Practice Areas: Health Care; Corporate Law; Contract Litigation; Taxation. Email: G. Thomas Sullivan
Amy Bell Nelson (Member) born Elizabethtown, Kentucky, May 16, 1976; admitted to bar, 2001, Alabama and U.S. District Court, Middle District of Alabama. Education: Auburn University (B.S., magna cum laude, 1998); Samford University (M.B.A./J.D., 2001). Phi Kappa Phi; Phi Alpha Delta. Member, 1999-2000, Associate Editor, 2000-2001, Cumberland Law Review. Member, Curia Honoris. Cordell Hull Teaching Fellow, 1999-2000. Member: Birmingham and American Bar Associations; Alabama State Bar. Practice Areas: Corporate Law; Taxation. Email: Amy Bell Nelson
Carolyn L. Duncan (Member) born 1949; admitted to bar, 1978, Alabama. Education: University of Montevallo (B.M., 1971; M.M.E., 1975); Cumberland School of Law of Samford University (J.D., 1978). Member: Alabama State Bar. Practice Areas: Securities; Corporate Law; Mergers and Acquisitions. Email: Carolyn L. Duncan
R. Carlton Smyly (Member) born Andalusia, Alabama, July 27, 1957; admitted to bar, 1982, Alabama. Education: Birmingham-Southern College (B.A., summa cum laude, 1979); University of Virginia (J.D., 1982). Phi Beta Kappa; Omicron Delta Kappa. Member: Birmingham and American Bar Associations; Alabama State Bar. Practice Areas: Commercial Litigation; Construction Law; Construction Litigation; Litigation; Civil Litigation; Consumer Finance. Email: R. Carlton Smyly
Steve A. Tucker (Member) born Decatur, Alabama, August 22, 1952; admitted to bar, 1984, Alabama. Education: Samford University (B.A., cum laude, 1974); Southern Baptist Theological Seminary (M. Div., 1979); University of Kentucky (J.D., with distinction, 1984);. Order of the Coif. Member, 1982-1984 and Editor in Chief, 1983-1984, Kentucky Law Journal. Member: Birmingham and American Bar Associations; Alabama State Bar. Practice Areas: Litigation; Civil Litigation; Personal Injury Defense; Commercial Litigation. Email: Steve A. Tucker
Herbert H. West, Jr. (Member) born Winfield, Alabama, October 27, 1961; admitted to bar, 1987, Alabama. Education: University of Alabama (B.S., summa cum laude, 1984); Vanderbilt University (J.D., 1987). Beta Gamma Sigma. Member: Birmingham and American Bar Associations; Alabama State Bar (President, Young Lawyers Section, 1995; Bar Examiner, 2000-2004). Practice Areas: Corporate Law; Health Care; Real Estate; Taxation. Email: Herbert H. West, Jr.
Melanie Merkle Atha (Member) born Birmingham, Alabama, December 4, 1965; admitted to bar, 1990, Alabama. Education: Birmingham-Southern College (B.A., magna cum laude, 1986); Vanderbilt University (J.D., 1990). Phi Delta Phi. Member, Mortar Board. Member: Birmingham and American Bar Associations; Alabama State Bar. Practice Areas: Medical Malpractice Defense; Litigation; Personal Injury Defense; Business Litigation; Probate Litigation; Workers Compensation; Products Liability Defense; Employment Litigation. Email: Melanie Merkle Atha
John M. Graham (Member) born Birmingham, Alabama, May 26, 1967; admitted to bar, 1992, Alabama. Education: University of Alabama (B.S., magna cum laude, 1989; J.D., 1992). Phi Beta Kappa; Order of the Coif. Recipient, M. Leigh Harrison Award. Member, Alabama Law Review, 1990-1992. Member: Birmingham and American Bar Associations; Alabama State Bar; Defense Research Institute; Alabama Defense Lawyers Association; National Association of Railroad Trial Counsel. Practice Areas: Litigation; Personal Injury; Civil Litigation; Business Litigation; Commercial Litigation. Email: John M. Graham
Michael E. Turner (Member) born Shelby, North Carolina, June 12, 1971; admitted to bar, 1996, Alabama. Education: University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (B.A., 1993); Wake Forest University (J.D., cum laude, 1996). Order of the Coif. Member: Wake Forest Law Review, 1994-1996; Wake Forest Moot Court Board, 1994-1996. Member: Birmingham and American Bar Associations; Alabama State Bar. Practice Areas: Workers Compensation; Civil Litigation; Labor and Employment; Business Litigation; Commercial Litigation; Employment Litigation; Labor Law; Labor Relations. Email: Michael E. Turner
Anna Funderburk Buckner (Member) born Opelika, Alabama, September 8, 1969; admitted to bar, 1999, Alabama. Education: Auburn University (B.S., magna cum laude, 1993; M.B.A., cum laude, 1995); Cumberland School of Law of Samford University (J.D., magna cum laude, 1999). Omicron Delta Kappa; Phi Alpha Delta; Mortar Board; Scholar of Merit. Sports and Entertainment Law Society. Member, Curia Honoris. Member, Cumberland Law Review, 1997-1999. Licensed Real Estate Agent, Alabama, 1995. Member: Birmingham and American (Member, Sections on Business Law; Real Property, Probate and Trust Law; Taxation, Section of Estate and Gift Tax Committee; Young Lawyers Division) Bar Associations; Alabama State Bar; Alabama Law Institute (Prudent Investor Act Committee and Uniform Trust Code Committee). Practice Areas: Corporate Law; Real Estate; Trusts and Estates; Taxation; Estate and Gift Taxation; Trusts and Estates Taxation; Estate Planning. Email: Anna Funderburk Buckner
Phillip B. Walker (Member) born Clarksville, Tennessee, September 23, 1970; admitted to bar, 1999, Alabama; 2000, U.S. District Court, Northern District of Alabama and U.S. Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit; 2001, U.S. Tax Court. Education: University of Kentucky (B.S., with high distinction, 1992); Samford University (M.B.A., 1999); Cumberland School of Law of Samford University (J.D., cum laude, 1999). Beta Alpha Psi; Member, Curia Honoris. Member, Cumberland Law Review, 1997-1999. Certified Public Accountant: Tennessee, 1996 (inactive); Alabama, 2001 (inactive). Member: Birmingham Bar Association (Member, Community Education Committee); American Bar Association; Alabama State Bar. Practice Areas: Taxation; Corporate Law; Trust Litigation; Tax Litigation; Business Entity Litigation; Business Litigation. Email: Phillip B. Walker
Diane Babb Maughan (Member) born Macon, Georgia, June 12, 1974; admitted to bar, 1999, Alabama; 2001, U.S. Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit; U.S. District Court, Northern District of Alabama. Education: Baylor University (B.A., magna cum laude, 1996); University of Alabama (J.D., summa cum laude, 1999). Phi Beta Kappa; Order of the Coif. Recipient, Dean M. Leigh Harrison Award. Hugo L. Black Scholar. Member, Bench and Bar. Member, 1997-1998 and Articles Editor, 1998-1999, Alabama Law Review. Author: "Take Caution When Representing Clients Across State Lines: The Services Provided May Constitute The Unauthorized Practice of Law," 50 Alabama Law Review 535, 1999. Law Clerk to the Honorable Perry O. Hooper, Sr., Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Alabama, 1999-2000. Member: Birmingham and American Bar Associations; Alabama State Bar. Practice Areas: Litigation; Civil Litigation; Business Litigation; Commercial Litigation; Health Care. Email: Diane Babb Maughan
COUNSEL
L. Murray Alley (Counsel) born Birmingham, Alabama, December 28, 1931; admitted to bar, 1959, Alabama. Education: University of Alabama (A.B., 1956; LL.B., 1959). Omicron Delta Kappa; Phi Delta Phi. Farrah Order of Jurisprudence. Case Note Editor, Alabama Law Review, 1958-1959. Member: Birmingham and American Bar Associations; Alabama State Bar. Fellow, American College of Trial Lawyers.
ASSOCIATES
Annette Lanning Kinderman (Associate) admitted to bar, 1996, Alabama. Education: Amherst College (B.A., 1991); Washington & Lee University (J.D., magna cum laude, 1996). Order of the Coif. Notes and Comments Editor, Washington and Lee University Law Review, 1995-1996. Law Clerk to the Honorable Sam C. Pointer, Jr., Chief Judge, Northern District of Alabama, 1996-1997. Author: "Thermal Surveillance: Do Infrared Eyes in the Sky Violate the Fourth Amendment?" 52 Washington & Lee Law Review 1771, 1997. Member: Birmingham and American Bar Associations; Alabama State Bar. Practice Areas: Litigation; Medical Malpractice; Personal Injury Defense. Email: Annette Lanning Kinderman
John Allen Roberts (Associate) born Birmingham, Alabama, April 6, 1975; admitted to bar, 2003, Alabama. Education: University of Virginia (B.A., 1997); Universidad de Antonio de Nebrija, Madrid, Spain (M.A., 1999); University of South Carolina (M.I.B.S., 2003; J.D., 2003). Member: Birmingham and American Bar Associations; Alabama State Bar. Languages: Spanish. Practice Areas: Corporate Law; Civil Litigation; Litigation; Personal Injury Defense. Email: John Allen Roberts
Brian G. Wilson (Associate) born Mobile, Alabama, 1967; admitted to bar, 2005, Alabama. Education: Rostovskii Gosudarstvenyii Universitet, Russia (Certificate in Russian Linguistics, 1992); University of South Alabama (B.A., 1993); New York University Stern School of Business (Certificate in Graduate Business Education, 2005); University of Alabama (J.D., cum laude, 2004); New York University (LL.M. in Taxation, 2005). Member, Bench and Bar Honor Society. Editor, Alabama Law Review, 2003-2004. Member: Alabama State Bar. [Intelligence Officer, U.S. Navy]. Languages: Russian. Practice Areas: Corporate Law; Business Law; Taxation. Email: Brian G. Wilson
George L. Morris, IV (Associate) born Birmingham, Alabama, April 18, 1975; admitted to bar, 2005, Alabama and U.S. District Court, Northern, Middle and Southern Districts of Alabama. Education: Millsaps College (B.S., cum laude, 1997); Cumberland School of Law of Samford University (J.D., magna cum laude, 2005). Phi Delta Phi. Cordell Hull Teaching Fellow. Recipient: George M. Stewart Banking Award; Presidential Scholarship. Member: Birmingham and American Bar Associations; Alabama State Bar. Practice Areas: Medical Malpractice Defense; Personal Injury Defense; Civil Litigation; Litigation. Email: George L. Morris, IV
Anthony L. Watkins, Jr. (Associate) admitted to bar, 2005, Alabama. Education: Auburn University (B.S., 1991); Cumberland School of Law of Samford University (J.D., cum laude, 2005). Carruthers Teaching Fellow. Junior Editor, 2003-2004 and Writing Editor, 2004-2005, Cumberland Law Review. Member: Birmingham and American Bar Associations; Alabama State Bar. [U.S. Air Force, 1991-1998, Captain; Tennessee National Guard, 2000-2004, Major]. Practice Areas: Personal Injury Defense; Medical Malpractice Defense; Civil Litigation; Litigation. Email: Anthony L. Watkins, Jr.
Jennifer M. Anderson (Associate) born Columbus, Georgia, February 20, 1972; admitted to bar, 1999, Georgia; 2000, Montana; 2002, Alabama; U.S. District Court, Middle District of Georgia and U.S. Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit. Education: Mercer University (B.A., 1994; J.D., cum laude, 1999). Member, Brainerd Currie Honor Society. Member, Georgia Intrastate Moot Court Team. Recipient, Faculty Award for Outstanding Senior. Lead Articles Editor, Mercer Law Review, 1998-1999. Member: State Bar of Montana; State Bar of Georgia; Alabama State Bar. Practice Areas: Corporate Law; Civil Litigation; Trusts and Estates. Email: Jennifer M. Anderson
Joey A. Chbeir (Associate) born Beirut, Lebanon, March 19, 1974; admitted to bar, 2006, Alabama. Education: Université La Sagesse (LL.B., 1998); University of Minnesota School of Law (LL.M., 1999); University of Alabama School of Law (LL.M., 2005). Member: Alabama State Bar. Languages: Arabic and French. Practice Areas: Civil Litigation; Personal Injury Defense. Email: Joey A. Chbeir
John T. Howard (Associate) born Huntsville, Alabama, 1982; admitted to bar, 2007, Alabama, U.S. Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit and U.S. District Court, Northern, Southern and Middle District of Alabama.. Education: University of Alabama (B.A., in History and Political Science, summa cum laude, 2004); Cumberland School of Law of Samford University (J.D., magna cum laude, 2007). (B.A.—Mr. and Mrs. John S. Hendricks Scholarship, Phi Kappa Phi, Pi Sigma Alpha, Phi Alpha Theta, Outstanding History Undergraduate), (J.D.- —Cumberland Law Review Member, 2005-2007, Cumberland Law Review Outstanding Junior Member, 2005-2006, Senior Class Treasurer, 2006-2007, Judge Abraham Caruthers Fellow, 2006-2007, Frank M. Young, Jr., Presidential and Cumberland Law Review Scholarships, Phi Kappa Phi). Member: Alabama State Bar, American Bar Association, and Birmingham Bar Association. Practice Areas: Personal Injury Defense; Commercial Litigation.
Nancy K. Williams (Associate) born 1982; admitted to bar, 2007, Alabama and U.S. District Court, Northern, Southern and Middle District of Alabama. Education: Birmingham-Southern College (B.S., cum laude, 2004); University of Mississippi (J.D., summa cum laude, 2007). Phi Delta Phi. Executive Articles Editor, University of Mississippi Law Journal, 2006-2007. Recipient: Robert C. Khayat Scholarship Award for Outstanding Service and Contribution to the Mississippi Law Journal; Outstanding Student Award in Civil Procedure I, Torts I, Employment Discrimination, and Environmental Law; Academic Excellence Program Instructor for Torts I and II. Member, Mortar Board. Member: Birmingham, Alabama and American Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Civil Litigation. Email: Nancy K. Williams
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