Attorneys in the News

Tim Donahue of Donahue & Associates is pleased to announce that after a 40 plus year career as a litigator, he is transitioning into a full-time mediation practice in order to help meet the legal community’s needs for dispute resolution.

In early March, Baker Donelson moved from its home in the Shipt Tower to the Harbert Plaza Tower. The Firm will occupy the 24th and 25th floors while buildout is completed on its permanent space on the 26th and 27th floors of the building.

Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP is pleased to announce the publication of IP IQ, its latest blog covering intellectual property news and insights.

Frederick A. Erben, Jennifer K. Wales, and the law firm of Beddow, Erben, Bowen & Wales, have moved the location of their offices to the 3rd floor of the historic Gilbreath Building, located at 2019 Third Avenue North, Birmingham, AL 35203.

Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP is pleased to announce that Edward S. Sledge IV has been elected president of the board of the International Association of Defense Counsel Foundation for 2023-2024.

Dentons Sirote announces that Bill Averett has joined the Firm's Landlord's Rights practice as of counsel.

The Women’s Section of the Alabama State Bar is honored to award

Christian & Small welcomes Robert A. Cornell to the firm as an associate. Robert will represent clients in civil litigation with a focus on insurance defense, construction, construction defects, professional liability, and transportation and trucking defense.

Cayman L. Caven has joined Baker Donelson as an Associate in the firm’s Labor and Employment Practice Group.

Will Andress (graduate of WISE), Keith Andress, April Mason, Audie Woolley (President of WISE) and Helen Lee Miles (WISE audiologist) nated to the Woolley Institute for Spoken-Language Education (WISE), an organization dedicated to educating, supporting, and empowering parents of children who are deaf or hard of hearing. WISE will use the firm’s donation to fund a mobile truck unit that will deliver auditory-verbal therapy to children in rural communities across Alabama.

Stanley E. Blackmon of Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP has been selected as a 2023 Fellow of the Leadership Council on Legal Diversity.

Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP is pleased to announce that Robert Maddox has been elected as a Fellow of the American College of Real Estate Lawyers.

For the firm’s 2022 Holiday Gift, Burr & Forman LLP do-

Baker Donelson has named two of its shareholders to leadership roles: Marcus M. Maples has been named vice chair of the firm's Business Litigation Practice Group, and Jeffrey M. Pomeroy has been named vice chair of the firm's Real Estate Practice Group.

Hand Arendall Harrison Sale is proud to announce Dorissa S. Smith was named as a member of the State Farm Rising Star Academy Class of 2023. Through its Rising Star Academy, State Farm connects with diverse counsel to expand business relationships and support diverse attorneys who understand State Farm’s business and culture, which prioritizes DEI as central to its mission.

Watkins & Eager PLLC proudly announces that Karmen E. Gaines and Anthony R. Anello have joined the Birmingham office as associates.

Burr & Forman LLP has added Andrea Dorgan as a partner in its Lending and Real Estate Practice Groups.

Swift Currie McGhee & Hiers LLP has moved its office to 1901 Sixth Avenue North, Suite 1100 in the Harbert Plaza Tower.

Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP welcomes Delaney L. Beier to the firm’s Environmental Law Practice Group.

Dentons Sirote is pleased to announce the elevation of Sarah S. John- ston and Alyse N. Windsor to shareholder. Sarah was named a shareholder in the firm’s Trusts, Estates and Wealth Preservation Practice Group and Alyse was named a shareholder in the firm’s Litigation Practice Group.

Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP is pleased to announce that George D. Medlock, Jr., the firm’s director of inclusion and diversity, is the recipient of the 2023 Gail K. Johnson Award from the University of Alabama’s Black Law Students Association.

W. Patton Hahn has been named the managing shareholder of Baker Donelson's Birmingham office.

Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP is pleased to announce that Marc James Ayers has been elected to the Fellows of the American Academy of Appellate Lawyers.

Baker Donelson has added Brian Malcom as a shareholder in the Firm's Financial Services Litigation and Compliance Practice Group.

Dentons Sirote is pleased to share that Jim Vann and Benjamin Little have been selected as honorees in the Daily Report's inaugural Southeastern Legal Awards.

Bressler, Amery & Ross, P.C. is pleased to announce that Louis Mendez has been included on the list of attorneys “On the Rise” by The Daily Report’s first annual Southeastern Legal Awards.