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August 30, 2018
Cabaniss Johnston is pleased to announce that Reid Harris has joined the firm as an associate. Mr. Harris recently completed a clerkship with the Honorable W. Harold Albritton of the United States District Court for the Middle District of Alabama.
August 15, 2018
Congratulations to Melanie Merkle Atha, who has been selected as Birmingham’s “Lawyer of the Year” in Medical Malpractice Law – Defendants.
We are also pleased to announce the following lawyers have been recognized in the 2019 edition of The Best Lawyers in America. The Best Lawyers in America list is based on a rigorous national survey involving more than 4 million detailed evaluations of lawyers by other lawyers.
Melanie Merkle Atha (2010) [5]
Nancy Ball (2018)
Steven A. Benefield (2007) [10]
F. Gerald Burnett (2009) [10]
Roy J. Crawford (1989) [30]
C. Fred Daniels (1993) [25]
Carolyn L. Duncan (2007) [10]
Sydney F. Frazier, Jr. (1995) [20]
John M. Graham (2010) [5]
James F. Henry (2012) [5]
Crawford S. McGivaren, Jr. (1987) [30]
R. Carlton Smyly (2007) [10]
G. Thomas Sullivan (2012) [5]
Steve A. Tucker (2007) [10]
Michael Turner (2018)
Herbert H. West (2013) [5]
R. Boyd Miller (1995) [20]
Sandy G. Robinson (1995) [20]
Benjamen T. Rowe (1999) [20]
Patrick H. Sims (2008) [10]
Donald J. Stewart (1991) [25]
(Year) First year the lawyer was listed in Best Lawyers
(*) Lawyers who are listed for the first time in Best Lawyers
[#] Anniversary plaque for which lawyer is eligible (5, 10, 15, 20, 25, or 30 years)
August 13, 2018
Cabaniss Johnston is pleased to announce that Courtney Adams has joined the firm as an associate. Ms. Adams’ practice focuses on estates and trusts, including estate planning, estate administration, taxation, real estate and corporate law.
August 2, 2018
James F. Henry was quoted in the article Lawyers Talk on Birmingham’s Most Pressing Health Care Issues, published by the Birmingham Business Journal on July 31, 2018. In the article, Mr. Henry provided his perspective on trends in the local health care industry and how the political climate has impacted the firm’s health care focus.
July 25, 2018
Cabaniss Johnston is pleased to announce that Lance W. Parmer has been selected to be a member of the 2018 class of the Birmingham Bar Association’s Future Leaders Forum.
The Forum is designed to cultivate leaders from among a group of motivated attorneys who have been in practice for three to eight years. The annual program begins in July and runs through December. Participants attend monthly sessions focused on cultivating and maximizing leadership skills and professional development in the legal profession and in the community in general.
Mr. Parmer joined Cabaniss Johnston in 2013 after earning his Juris Doctor from Cumberland School of Law, with honors. During law school, he served on the Honor Court and was a member of the Cumberland Law Review.
Mr. Parmer is a member of the Alabama State Bar, the Alabama Defense Lawyers Association (ADLA), the Defense Research Institute (DRI), and the Birmingham Bar Association, where he was appointed to serve on the Medical Liaison Committee for 2018. Mr. Parmer’s practice focuses primarily on medical malpractice, employment, and general business litigation, and he has successfully defended doctors, hospitals, and employers across the State of Alabama.
July 24, 2018
Melanie Merkle Atha will be teaching collaborative law again this fall. From September 20-22, 2018, she will be part of the faculty for the Global Collaborative Law Council’s Annual Civil Collaborative Law Conference at Cili at Bali Hai Golf Resort in Las Vegas, NV. On November 16, she will be presenting “Introduction to the Basics of Collaborative Practice” to the Mobile Bar Association at the Admiral Hotel in Mobile, AL from 1:30 pm until 4:30 pm. On December 7, 2018, at noon, she will be featured as the final speaker for the four-part webinar “Collaborative Law Practice Series” sponsored by the Alabama Center for Dispute Resolution, lecturing on informed consent and civil collaboration.
May 25, 2018
Hayley Scheer contributed an article to the Birmingham Medical News on May 16. To read her article, ePHI Safeguards Requirements and Small Practices: What Physicians Need to Know, visit the BMN Blog here.
May 25, 2018
Cabaniss Johnston congratulates our Attorneys recognized as Top Attorneys by Birmingham Magazine:
G. Thomas Sullivan (Healthcare)
Nancy W. Ball (Trust/Estates)
Jason W. Bobo (Insurance Defense)
R. Carlton Smyly (Construction)
F. Gerald Burnett (Commercial Real Estate)
Michael E. Turner (Labor Unemployment)
David S. Dunkle (ERISA)
Roy J. Crawford* (Tax)
*not pictured
May 25, 2018
Congratulations to Melanie Atha, Gerald Burnett, Roy Crawford, Fred Daniels, David Dunkle, Sydney Frazier, Annette Kinderman, Diane Maughan, Crawford McGivaren, Carl Smyly, and Hal West for being recognized by B-Metro Magazine as Top Flight Attorneys.
May 24, 2018
Gerald Burnett will be speaking on two current topics of interest at the continuing legal education program for lawyers to be held on November 7, 2018, entitled “LLCs From Start to Finish.” The two topics of Gerald’s presentation will be (i) How to Draft the LLC Operating Agreement and (ii) LLCs or S Corporations: Tax Considerations.