February 16, 2010: Donald J. Stewart will be featured in the Super Lawyers, Corporate Counsel Edition in July in the area of Bankruptcy & Creditor/Debtor Rights. |
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February 11, 2010: David S. Dunkle, a partner in our firm who practices in the areas of tax and employee benefits, will speak at the Pensions & Investments Defined Contribution Conference held at the Fairmont Turnberry Isle Resort in Miami, FL on March 7-9, 2010.
Mr. Dunkle will address the Plan Sponsor Round Table for defined contribution plans that are under $1 billion in assets. Topics will include self-directed investment and brokerage accounts, the use of plan annuity options, qualified directed investment accounts, plan litigation, and Washington's proposed legislation. Sponsors of the Conference include Russell Investments, Prudential, Fidelity Investments, and Bank of America Merrill Lynch.
February 4, 2010: C. Fred Daniels spoke to the Estate Planning Council of Birmingham. The seminar was entitled: "Now You See It, Now You Don't--Practical Magic Using Grantor Trusts".
January 12, 2010: Sandy G. Robinson was
elected to serve as chairman for the Federal Practice Committee of the Mobile Bar Association.
November 16, 2009: Congratulations to Roy J. Crawford and C. Fred Daniels who have been named Best Lawyers’ 2010 Lawyers of the Year. Only a single lawyer in each specialty in each community is being honored as the “Lawyer of the Year.” Best Lawyers compiles its lists of outstanding attorneys by conducting exhaustive peer-review surveys in which thousands of leading lawyers confidentially evaluate their professional peers. The current, 16th edition of Best Lawyers in America, is based on more than 2.8 million detailed evaluations of lawyers by other lawyers.
November 12, 2009: Cabaniss Johnston was chosen as a 2010 "Go To" Law Firm in an annual survey of Fortune 500 general counsel. They are listed in Corporate Counsel Magazine’s In House Law Departments at the Top 500 Companies.
November, 2009: K. W. Michael Chambers published the article A Preliminary Hearing is Not Enough: Tips for a Well-Managed Arbitration for the November issue of the Alternative Dispute Resolution Journal, the lead publication for the American Arbitration Association.
November 2-3, 2009:
G. Thomas Sullivan will conduct a seminar entitled
Alternative Dispute Resolution and the Most Effective Use of Legal
Services for the American College of Healthcare Executives in
San Antonio, Texas. He will conduct the same seminar again next year
in St. Petersburg, Florida and Seattle, Washington.
The seminar will focus on alternative dispute resolution and how the
healthcare executive can be a more efficient utilizer of legal
services.
October 22, 2009: The 3rd edition of Benchmark Litigation recommended Cabaniss Johnston as one of America's Leading Litigation Firms |
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September 9, 2009:
G. Thomas Sullivan has been selected as a member of the faculty
of the American College
of Healthcare Executives. He was also appointed as a member of
the Alternative Dispute Resolution Task Force, the six person
governing body for the
American Health Lawyers Association Alternative Dispute
Resolution Service.
August 26, 2009:
Jarrod J. White was
selected inclusion in the
Leadership Mobile Class of 2010.
The mission of Leadership Mobile is to seek, train and empower
leaders who are committed to supporting and leading community growth
and progress through networking and collaborative problem solving.
July
30, 2009:
The
2010 Best Lawyers in America ranked Cabaniss Johnston:
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#1 in Alabama
for: Municipal Law, Railroad Law, Timber Law, and Workers'
Compensation
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#1 in
Birmingham, AL for Railroad Law and Timber Law
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#1 in Mobile,
AL for Bankruptcy and Creditor-Debtor Rights Law, Labor and
Employment Law, Land Use & Zoning Law, and Municipal Law
Birmingham:
Melanie
Merkle Atha
(*)--Medical Malpractice Law, Professional Malpractice Law;
F. Gerald Burnett --Corporate Law, Tax Law, Timber Law;
Roy J. Crawford (20)--Corporate Law;
Health Care Law; Tax Law;
C. Fred Daniels (10)--Corporate Law, Employee Benefits Law, Tax
Law, Trust and Estates;
Carolyn Duncan--Banking Law, Securities Law;
David S. Dunkle (20)--Employee Benefits Law;
Sydney F. Frazier, Jr. (10)--Labor and Employment Law, Workers'
Compensation Law; John M. Graham
(*)--Railroad Law;
Crawford S. McGivaren, Jr.
(20)--Antitrust Law, Bet-the-Company Litigation, Commercial
Litigation, Personal Injury Litigation, Professional Malpractice
Law, Railroad Law; R. Carlton Smyly--Construction
Law; Steve A. Tucker --Personal Injury
Litigation and Railroad Law.
Mobile:
R. Boyd
Miller (10)--Personal Injury Litigation, Workers' Compensation
Law;
Sandy G. Robinson (10)—Bet-the-Company Litigation, Commercial
Litigation, Labor and Employment Law, Workers' Compensation Law;
Ian D. Rosenthal--Workers' Compensation Law;
Benjamen T. Rowe (10)--Bet-the-Company Litigation, Commercial
Litigation, Insurance Law, Personal Injury Litigation, Product
Liability Litigation; Patrick H. Sims--Labor
and Employment Law;
Donald J. Stewart (10)—Banking Law, Bankruptcy and
Creditor-Debtor Rights Law, Land Use & Zoning Law, and Municipal
Law.
July 22, 2009:
Ian D. Rosenthal and
John T. Howard have been appointed to the
Alabama State Bar
Disciplinary Rules and Enforcement Committee for 2009-2010.
May 20, 2009: Anna F. Buckner was selected as a member of the Board of Directors of the Alabama Planned Giving Council for 2010. The term will expire at the end of 2012.
May 20, 2009:
Anna F. Buckner
presented a seminar for the Chattanooga Tax Practitioners in
Chattanooga, TN for their membership on the topic of GRATS ~ grantor
retained annuity trusts ~ membership includes attorneys,
accountants, underwriters, trust officers and other fiduciaries and
tax practioners in the Chattanooga, TN area.
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May 11, 2009:
Crawford S. McGivaren, Jr.,
Sydney F. Frazier, Jr., Benjamen T. Rowe,
Donald J. Stewart, Roy J. Crawford,
David S. Dunkle, C. Fred Daniels,
Sandy G. Robinson and
Patrick H. Sims have been named by Alabama
Super Lawyers magazine as several of
the top attorneys in Alabama for 2009. Only five percent of the
lawyers in the state are named by
Super Lawyers. |
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The selections for
Super Lawyers are made by Law & Politics, a division of Key
Professional Media, Inc. of Minneapolis, Minnesota. Each year, Law &
Politics undertakes a rigorous multi-phase selection process that
includes a statewide survey of lawyers, independent evaluation of
candidates by Law & Politics' attorney-led research staff, a peer
review of candidates by practice area, and a good-standing and
disciplinary check.
Crawford S. McGivaren, Jr and
C. Fred Daniels were both in theTop
50 Alabama Super Lawyers 2009 who received the highest point
totals in the state based on the nomination, research and blue
ribbon review process.
May 5, 2009:
C. Fred Daniels
presented a program to the Birmingham Tax Forum entitled "Can You
Keep a Secret?--Attorney/Client and Other Privileges in Tax
Proceedings".
May 5, 2009:
John T. Howard has
been appointed to serve on the 2009 Personal Injury Seminar Planning
Committee for CLE Alabama.
American Bar Association CLE
May 4, 2009:
G. Thomas Sullivan conducted a seminar in Scottsdale, Arizona
for the American College
of Healthcare Executives. The seminar focused on alternative
dispute resolution and how the healthcare executive can be a more
efficient utilizer of legal services.
March 6, 2009:
C. Fred Daniels
was elected to serve as
Regent of the
American College of Trust & Estate Counsel for a three-year
term. He previously served as the Alabama State Chair and also the
Chair of the State Chairs Steering Committee.
March 5, 2009:
C. Fred Daniels
conducted a presentation to the Business Planning Committee of the
American College of Trust & Estate Counsel
in Rancho Mirage, California entitled "Joint Defense and Other
Common Interest Agreements".
February 23, 2009:
John T. Howard has
been appointed to serve on the 2009
Fee Arbitration Committee of the Birmingham Bar Association.
