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2011 News Items

December 14, 2011: Congratulations to Crawford S. McGivaren, Jr., who was chosen as Best Lawyers' 2012 Lawyer of the Year in Railroad Law.

December 2, 2011: J. Wesley Fain published the article Expansive Capabilities Of 'Mother Hubbard Clause' Key For Resource Play Leases as an Exclusive Story on the American Oil and Gas Reporter website. The "Better Business" publication of the exploration, drilling and production industry, The American Oil & Gas Reporter is an independent industrial trade publication that also serves as the Official Publication for 28 associations of independent oil and gas producers and operators.

November 1, 2011: Cabaniss Johnston was once again named in the Best Law Firms rankings for 2011-2012. Best Lawyers has partnered with U.S. News & World Report, the leading rankings publication in the United States, to esablish the U.S. News - Best Lawyers "Best Law Firm" rankings, marking the second annual publication of this highly-anticipated annual analysis. These rankings, which are presented in tiers, showcase 9,633 different law firms ranked nationally in one or more of 75 major legal practice areas and in metropolitan or state rankings in one or more of 119 major legal practice areas.

Cabaniss Johnston was ranked in the following national categories: Tier 1 for Railroad Law and Tier 3 for Commercial Litigation.

Our Birmingham office was ranked in the following metropolitan categories: Tier 1 for Corporate Law, Employee Benefits (ERISA) Law, Health Care Law, Land Use & Zoning Law, Litigation - Tax, Railroad Law, Tax Law, Trusts & Estates Law, Workers' Compensation Law - Employers; Tier 2 for Banking & Finance Law, Commercial Litigation, Construction Law, Employment Law - Management, Labor Law - Management, Litigation - Antitrust, Litigation - Banking & Finance, Litigation - Construction, Litigation - Securities, Litigation - Trusts & Estates, Medical Malpractice Law - Defendants, Personal Injury LItigation - Defendants, Securities/Capital Markets Law; and Tier 3 for Securities Regulation.

Our Mobile office was ranked in the following metropolitan categories: Tier 1 for Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights/Insolvency and Reorganization Law, Commercial Litigation, Employment Law - Management, Insurance Law, Land Use & Zoning Law, Litigation - Bank & Finance, Litigation - Labor & Employment, Municipal Law, Personal Injury Litigation - Defendants, Product Liability Litigation - Defendants, Workers' Compensation Law - Employers; and Tier 2 for Litigation - Construction.

September 28, 2011: On September 15, 16 and 17, 2011, Melanie Merkle Atha’s collaborative practice group, the Birmingham Collaborative Alliance (BCA), sponsored Alabama’s first-ever collaborative practice training in Birmingham.   The event was co-sponsored by the Alabama State Bar Family Law Section.  Anna Funderburk Buckner attended the training.

Collaborative practice provides a private, voluntary, no-court option for resolving civil and domestic relations disputes that is utilized by parties who prefer to avoid the costs and stress of litigation.  The collaborative process provides a method for respectful and open discussion of issues designed to generate creative solutions and compromise in the interests of all concerned.  Everyone involved – both clients and their attorneys – pledge not to litigate, but to work together to settle the case by agreement.  The collaborative process is client-centered, more predictable and allows the parties to have more control of the cost.  In addition, parties can engage the services of specially-trained neutral financial analysts, child specialists or coaches to work with them and their attorneys in coming to a resolution.

There is a growing demand for collaborative practice in Alabama, and BCA members, including Melanie Atha and Anna Buckner, have already begun accepting collaborative cases.  Collaborative practice is often an attractive alternative to traditional litigation to resolve disputes involving will contests and other probate issues, elder care issues, domestic relations disputes and employment issues. 

The BCA Collaborative Training was held at First Church in downtown Birmingham and was led by Pauline Tesler, MA, JD, a specialist in family law, certified by the State Bar of California Board of Legal Specialization since 1984, and a fellow of the American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers.  Tesler co-founded the International Academy of Collaborative Professionals (IACP) in the late 1990’s, served as its first President and authored Collaborative Law: Achieving Effective Resolution in Divorce Without Litigation (published in 2001 by the American Bar Association), the first book-length treatise for collaborative lawyers.  Psychologist Peggy Thompson, also a trainer, was instrumental in development of the use of mental health professionals in the collaborative divorce process more than fifteen years ago and has been teaching and training collaborative professionals ever since. Thompson co-authored with Tesler Collaborative Divorce:  The Revolutionary New Way to Restructure Your Family, Resolve Legal Issues, and Move on With Your Life (Harper Collins, 2006).  Lisa Schneider, CDFP, another trainer, has devoted her practice to Collaborative Divorce since 2000.  This was the first basic training to be offered by Tesler and Thompson in almost five years.

The Birmingham Collaborative Alliance was recently formed to serve as a training and development group for local collaborative professionals.   Melanie Atha is a founding member of BCA and serves as its Recruiting, Membership and Compliance officer.  For more information, visit the BCA website at www.birminghamcollaborative.com.  Additional information about collaborative practice is available at www.collaborativepractice.com.

September 19, 2011: In addition to obtaining a national first-tier ranking in Railroad Law, Cabaniss Johnston continues to be well represented in the 2012 edition of The Best Lawyers in America.  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.  We extend congratulations to our nineteen lawyers who are recognized in 36 different practice areas.

Crawford S. McGivaren, Jr. (1987) (25)             Bet-the-Company Litigation             Commercial Litigation             Land Use & Zoning Law             Litigation - Antitrust             Litigation - Banking & Finance             Litigation - Securities             Personal Injury Litigation - Defendants             Professional Malpractice Law             Railroad Law Sydney F. Frazier, Jr. (1995) (10)             Employment Law - Management             Labor Law - Management             Workers' Compensation Law - Employers Benjamen T. Rowe (1999) (10)             Bet-the-Company Litigation             Commercial Litigation             Insurance Law             Litigation - Construction             Personal Injury Litigation - Defendants             Product Liability Litigation - Defendants Patrick H. Sims (2008)             Employment Law - Management             Litigation - Labor & Employment Donald J. Stewart (1991) (20)             Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights /                      Insolvency and Reorganization Law             Land Use & Zoning Law             Litigation - Banking & Finance             Litigation - Bankruptcy             Municipal Law Roy J. Crawford (1989) (20)             Corporate Law             Health Care Law             Tax Law F. Gerald Burnett (2009)             Corporate Law             Tax Law David S. Dunkle (1987) (25)             Employee Benefits (ERISA) Law Ian D. Rosenthal (2003)             Workers' Compensation Law - Employers

C. Fred Daniels (1993) (10)             Corporate Law             Employee Benefits (ERISA) Law             Litigation & Controversy - Tax             Litigation - Trusts & Estates             Tax Law             Trusts and Estates G. Thomas Sullivan*             Health Care Law Carolyn L. Duncan (2007)             Banking and Finance Law             Financial Services Regulation Law             Securities / Capital Markets Law             Securities Regulation       Leonard Wertheimer III (1987) (25)             Litigation - Trusts & Estates             Trusts and Estates R. Boyd Miller (1995) (10)             Personal Injury Litigation - Defendants             Workers' Compensation Law - Employers R. Carlton Smyly (2007)             Construction Law             Litigation - Construction Steve A. Tucker (2007)             Personal Injury Litigation - Defendants             Railroad Law Sandy G. Robinson (1995) (10)             Bet-the-Company Litigation             Commercial Litigation             Litigation - Banking & Finance             Litigation - Environmental             Litigation - Labor & Employment             Workers' Compensation Law - Employers Melanie Merkle Atha (2010)             Medical Malpractice Law - Defendants             Product Liability Litigation             Professional Malpractice Law - Defendants      John Mark Graham (2010)             Personal Injury Litigation             Railroad Law

On January 13, 2012, Melanie Merkle Atha will present "Fundamentals of Interdisciplinary Collaborative Practice"  at the Birmingham Bar Association's "Brown Bag" Luncheon.  Her talk will be held at the Birmingham Bar Center, 2021 Second Avenue North, Birmingham, at noon.

August 16, 2011: Melanie Merkle Atha has been appointed to serve on the Alabama Law Institute's committee to study the Collaborative Law Act.

April 28, 2011: Congratulations to the following Cabaniss Johnston lawyers who have been selected for inclusion on the Alabama Super Lawyers 2011 list: Roy J. Crawford (Tax) , C. Fred Daniels (Estate Planning and Probate), David S. Dunkle (Employee Benefits/ERISA), Sydney F. Frazier, Jr. (Employment & Labor), Crawford S. McGivaren, Jr. (Business Litigation), Sandy G. Robinson (Workers' Compensation), Benjamen T. Rowe (Business Litigation), Patrick H. Sims (General Litigation), Steve A. Tucker (Transportation/Maritime) and Leonard Wertheimer, III (Estate Planning and Probate). Diane Babb Maughan and Michael E. Turner have been selected for inclusion on the Alabama Rising Stars 2011 list. The selection for both awards involves a statewide nomination process, peer review by practice area, and independent research.

March 24, 2011: Congratulations to Anna Buckner, who was recently invited to become a Fellow in the American College of Trust and Estate Counsel. The American College of Trust and Estate Counsel (ACTEC) is a national association of lawyers established in 1949. Its members are elected to the College by demonstrating the highest level of integrity, commitment to the profession, competence and experience as trust and estate counselors. Membership in ACTEC is by invitation from the Regents of the College. Cabaniss Johnston is proud to have three partners in its estate planning practice elected to this elite College including C. Fred Daniels, Leonard Wertheimer, III, and Ms. Buckner.

March 10, 2011: Cabaniss Johnston has been selected again as a "Go-To Law Firm" nominated by our clients International Paper and Norfolk Southern.

March 4, 2011: Congratulations to Roy J. Crawford who was listed in the current Birmingham Magazine as a top attorney in tax.

February 26, 2011: Melanie Merkle Atha completed three days of Basic Training in Collaborative Practice in Phoenix, AZ. Ms. Atha is a member of the International Academy of Collaborative Practitioners (IACP), a consortium of lawyers, financial professionals and mental health professionals who are committed to helping resolve civil and domestic relations disputes in a collaborative manner outside traditional legal forums. For more information about Collaborative Practice, see www.collaborativepractice.com.

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2010 News Items

November 1, 2010: Congratulations to David S. Dunkle on being inducted as a Fellow in The American College of Employee Benefits Counsel. Mr. Dunkle is the only Fellow representing the state of Alabama. The American College advances public understanding of employee benefits and fosters excellence in the practice of employee benefits.

October 25, 2010: Congratulations to Donald J. Stewart for being named the Best Lawyers' 2011 Mobile Banking Lawyer of the Year and Benjamen T. Rowe for being named Mobile Bet-the-Company Litigator of the Year. Only a single lawyer in each specialty in each community is being honored as the "Lawyer of the Year."

September 30, 2010: C. Fred Daniels made a presentation on estate taxation to the 54th Southern Federal Tax Institute held in Atlanta, Georgia on September 30. The title was To Deduct or Not to Deduct: What is a Return Preparer to Do? It addressed the deduction of claims against estates in light of final regulations recently issued by the Department of the Treasury.

September 15, 2010: Cabaniss, Johnston is pleased to announce its inclusion in the Best Law Firms rankings for 2010. Best Lawyers has partnered with U.S. News & World Report, the leading rankings publication in the United States, to establish the U.S. News - Best Lawyers "Best Law Firm" rankings, marking the inaugural publication of this highly-anticipated annual analysis. These inagural rankings, which are presented in tiers both nationally and by metropolitan area, showcase 8,782 different law firms ranked in one or more of 81 major practice areas. Achieving a high ranking is a special distinction that signals a unique combination of excellence and breadth of expertise.

Cabaniss, Johnston was ranked in the following national categories: Tier 1 for Railroad Law and Tier 3 for Corporate Law, Employment Law - Management, and General Commercial Litigation.

Our Birmingham office was ranked in the following metropolitan categories: Tier 1 for Corporate Law, Employee Benefits (ERISA) Law, Health Care Law, Professional Malpractice Law – Defendants, Railroad Law, Tax Law, Trusts & Estates Law, Workers’ Compensation Law – Employers, Tier 2 for Antitrust Law, Construction Law, Employment Law – Management, Labor Law – Management, Medical Malpractice Law – Defendants, Personal Injury Litigation – Defendants, Securities/Capital Markets Law, and Tier 3 for Banking & Finance Law and General Commercial Litigation.

Our Mobile office was ranked in the following metropolitan categories: Tier 1 for Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights/Insolvency and Reorganization Law, Employment Law – Management, General Commercial Litigation, Insurance Law, Labor Law – Management, Land Use & Zoning Law, Municipal Law, Personal Injury Litigation – Defendants, Product Liability Litigation – Defendants, Worker’s Compensation Law – Employers and Tier 2 for Banking & Finance Law.

July, 2010: Congratulations to Anna F. Buckner, Carolyn L. Duncan and Leonard Wertheimer III, who were re-elected to the Alabama Law Institute for the term ending in 2016. The membership of the Alabama Law Institute is limited to 150 members of the Alabama State Bar Association who are elected for fixed terms, along with the judges of the Alabama Supreme Court, courts of appeals and circuit courts, federal judges domiciled in Alabama, full-time law faculty members of Cumberland Law School and the University of Alabama School of Law, members of the Institute Council and lawyer members of the Legislature.

June 21, 2010: We are pleased to announce that Leonard Wertheimer III has joined our firm.  Leonard is a graduate of the University of Virginia (B.A. 1969) and Emory University School of Law (J.D. 1972). Leonard's practice focuses primarily in the areas of estate planning and administration; wills, trusts and estates; tax planning for individuals and businesses; and business law. Other practice areas consist of deferred compensation planning and administration; executive compensation; limited liability entity formation and operation; corporate formation and transactions/real estate transactions; wealth preservation and asset protection. Leonard is a frequent speaker at professional seminars presenting topics relating to estate planning, estate administration, business succession planning, generation-skipping tax planning and distributions from IRAs and qualified plans. He is a former Adjunct Professor of the Masters in Tax Accounting Program at the University of Alabama School of Business as well as a former Adjunct Professor of the Birmingham Southern College School of Business.

March 8, 2010: Congratulations to Crawford S. McGivaren, Jr. (Business Litigation), Roy J. Crawford (Tax), David S. Dunkle (ERISA), and C. Fred Daniels (Trusts & Estates) who are listed in this month's Birmingham magazine as "Top Attorneys". The top five attorneys in each practice area were selected by a peer survey of Birmingham area attorneys.

March 5, 2010: Congratulations to K.W. Michael Chambers, who along with James L. Davis, was elected to the Board of Directors for ProUroCare Medical, Inc., a provider of proprietary medical imaging products. Rick Carlson, ProUroCare's CEO, stated "We are very pleased to have these two individuals join our Board because of their proven success in building and creating value for early stage growth companies. They each have strong entrepreneurial and strategic planning backgrounds and previous board experience. They will assist us in building relationships with distribution companies in the U.S. and throughout the world."

March, 2010: Cabaniss Johnston has been ranked by Chambers in the area of Litigation, General Commercial. Congratulations to Crawford S. McGivaren, Jr. (Litigation, General Commercial), Sydney F. Frazier, Jr. (Labor & Employment) and Roy J. Crawford (Corporate/Commercial) for being selected by Chambers as "Leaders In Their Field".
March, 2010: Cabaniss Johnston has been chosen as a Go-To Law Firm for 2010 in the areas of Labor & Employment and Litigation. They will appear in the Fortune 500 issue of Fortune magazine in the Annual Guide to the Go-To Law Firms of the World's Leading Companies.
February 25, 2010: Sydney F. Frazier, Jr., Sandy G. Robinson and Patrick H. Sims will be featured in Best Lawyers' Annual Guide, Labor & Employment 2010.
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.	Donald J. Stewart online at visit superlawyers.com

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 10, 2010: Congratulations to Crawford S. McGivaren, Jr., who will be featured in the Birmingham Business Journal's Who's Who in Law and Accounting 2010.

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 14, 2010 : Cabaniss Johnston is listed in the 2010 edition of Best's Recommended Insurance Attorneys.

January 12, 2010: Sandy G. Robinson was elected to serve as chairman for the Federal Practice Committee of the Mobile Bar Association.

2009 News Items

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.

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:

• #1 in Alabama for: Municipal Law, Railroad Law, Timber Law, and Workers' Compensation

• #1 in Birmingham, AL for Railroad Law and Timber Law

• #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.

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.

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.

2008 News Items

December 10, 2008: C. Fred Daniels presented a program at the 2008 Tennessee Federal Tax Conference in Nashville, Tennessee entitled "Now You See It, Now You Don't--Practical Magic Using Grantor Trusts".

December 5, 2008: C. Fred Daniels conducted a presentation for the Alabama Bar Institute on Continuing Legal Education on the Alabama Uniform Estate Tax Apportionment Act.

December 2, 2008 : Michael E. Turner has been appointed to serve on the 2009 Medical Liaison Committee for the Birmingham Bar Association. September 16, 2008: The 2009 Best Lawyers in America ranked Cabaniss Johnston #1 in Alabama for Workers' Compensation Law, Municipal Law, Professional Malpractice Law, and Railroad Law. The attorneys listed in the 2009 Best Lawyers in America are:

2006 News Items

2005 News Items

Roy J. Crawford has been named one of Troy University's four distinguished alumni of the year for 2005.  He was honored during a special Homecoming ceremony on November 5, 2005.

David S. Dunkle is listed in the Birmingham Business Journal as The Best of the Bar honorees.   David Dunkle is honored in the area of Employee Benefits & Executive Compensation and Richard Davis in Environmental Law.

Sydney F. Frazier, Jr. , William F. Gardner, and Crawford S. McGivaren, Jr. are all listed in the 2005 Chambers USA.  The qualities on which rankings are assessed include specialized legal ability, professional demeanor, client service, intelligence, thoroughness, dedication, and other qualities most valued by the client.

Anna F. Buckner was selected as a member of the initial 2005 State Leadership Forum Class of the Alabama Bar Association.

Roy J. Crawford, C. Fred Daniels, David S. Dunkle, Sydney F. Frazier, Jr., William F. Gardner, Crawford S. McGivaren, Jr., R. Boyd Miller, Sandy G. Robinson, Ian D. Rosenthal, Benjamen T. Rowe and Donald J. Stewart are all listed in the 2005-2006 The Best Lawyers in America.

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2004 News Items

Bonnie G. Moore has earned the designation of  Certified Legal Manager through the credentialing body of the Association of Legal Administrators.  Bonnie is the first in Alabama to earn this designation which is awarded to those who meet strict work requirements, professional education requirements, and pass a comprehensive examination which covers all areas of legal management.

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2003 News Items

Crawford S. McGivaren, Jr. was named as a 2003 fellow on the Alabama Law Foundation.  The program was established in 1995 to honor Alabama bar members who have made a significant contribution to their profession and community. There are 15 lawyers that were named, including seven from Birmingham.

Sandy G. Robinson has been appointed to the Lawyers' Advisory Committee for the 11th Circuit Court of Appeals for a three-year term.

C. Fred Daniels has been elected State Chair of the American College of Trust Counsel.

David S. Dunkle and Phillip B. Walker spoke at a conference on the topic of "Administration And Design of 401(k) And Cafeteria Plans in Alabama".

E. T. Brown received the first William D. (Bill) Scruggs award for service to the Alabama State Bar Association.

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