Birmingham Bar Association Bulletin Summer 2019

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Brandy Robertson and Phillip McCallum enjoying the February Business Breakfast

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Brandon Blankenship, Steve Shaw, Jessica Drennan, Robin Burrell at the Domestic Relations Coffee

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