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| | Address | | 2121 Highland Avenue | | Birmingham, Alabama 35205 | | (Jefferson & Shelby Cos.) | |  | Accepts Credit Cards |
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| | Contact Information | | Phone: 205-939-0033 | | Facsimile: 205-933-6133 | | Visit Our Website | | http://www.dfy.com | | | | Send Us Email |  |
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(Main Office)
| Dominick, Fletcher, Yeilding, Wood
& Lloyd, P.A. practices in the following areas of law:
General Civil and Trial Practice. Real Estate and Probate Law. Corporation and Taxation Law, Estate Planning, Insurance, Family Law, Commercial, Criminal. | | Year Established: 1943 | Firm Profile:
Dominick, Fletcher, Yeilding, Wood & Lloyd, P.A. was founded in 1943 with a practice focused heavily on real estate. Today, the firm engages in a general civil practice, while maintaining its service-oriented roots. Although many of its clients are corporations and health care providers, Dominick-Fletcher is proud of the substantial number of individuals and closely held businesses it continues to represent. The firm has been listed in Martindale-Hubbell's Bar Register of Preeminent Lawyers since 1990. | | Firm Size: 22 | Clients:
COUNSEL FOR: St. Vincent's Hospital; Castle Mortgage Corp.; United States Health and Housing Foundation, Inc.; Integrated Health Services, Inc.; Mount Royal Towers; Birmingham-Southern College; United Methodist Children's Home; Birmingham Regional Planning Commission; Kappler, Inc.; Watts Realty Co., Inc.; Taylor Properties, L.L.C.; Thornton Construction Co., Inc.; Hygia Health Services, Inc.; Group 8760, LLC; Tieco, Inc.; St. Paul Fire & Marine Ins. Co.; Zurich US; Victoria Ins. Co.; Horace Mann Ins. Co.; Commercial Underwriters; AIG Aviation, Inc. | Office Hours:
Monday: 08:30 AM - 05:00 PM
Tuesday: 08:30 AM - 05:00 PM
Wednesday: 08:30 AM - 05:00 PM
Thursday: 08:30 AM - 05:00 PM
Friday: 08:30 AM - 05:00 PM
| Rate Information:
Fixed Hourly Rates
Accepts Major Credit Cards
 Visa
MasterCard | | Frank Dominick (Member) born Birmingham, Alabama, July 21, 1920; admitted to bar, 1948, Alabama. Education: Birmingham-Southern College (A.B., 1941); University of Alabama (LL.B., 1948). Phi Beta Kappa; Phi Delta Phi; Omicron Delta Kappa. Member: Birmingham (Secretary, 1961-1963) and American Bar Associations; Alabama State Bar. Practice Areas: Real Estate; Estate Planning; Estate Administration; Trust Administration. | | Walter Fletcher (Member) born Birmingham, Alabama, September 24, 1923; admitted to bar, 1949, Alabama. Education: Birmingham-Southern College; University of Alabama (LL.B., 1949). Phi Delta Phi. Member: Birmingham (Member, Executive Committee, 1958-1959; Secretary, 1968-1969) and American Bar Associations; Alabama State Bar. Practice Areas: Real Estate; Civil Litigation. | | J. Fred Wood, Jr. (Member) born Tuscaloosa, Alabama, April 16, 1938; admitted to bar, 1972, Alabama. Education: University of Alabama (B.S., 1960); Cumberland School of Law of Samford University (J.D., cum laude, 1972). Phi Alpha Delta. Member: Birmingham and American Bar Associations; Alabama State Bar; Alabama Defense Lawyers Association; Defense Research Institute; International Association of Defense Counsel. [Col., JAGC, USAR, Ret.]. Practice Areas: Insurance Law; Civil Litigation; Alternative Dispute Resolution. Email: J. Fred Wood, Jr. | | Susan Dominick Doughton (Member) born Birmingham, Alabama, August 24, 1952; admitted to bar, 1977, Alabama. Education: Birmingham Southern College (B.A., 1974); Vanderbilt University (J.D., 1977). Phi Beta Kappa. Member, Order of the Coif. Student Writing Editor, Vanderbilt Law Review, 1976-1977. Listed in: Best Lawyers in America, Health Law. Member: Alabama and American (Member, Health Law Section) Bar Associations; American Health Lawyers Association. Practice Areas: Hospital Law; Health Care. Email: Susan Dominick Doughton | | J. Terrell McElheny (Member) born Florence, Alabama, August 4, 1953; admitted to bar, 1978, Alabama; 1997, U.S. Supreme Court. Education: Birmingham-Southern College (B.A., 1975); University of Alabama (J.D., 1978). Omicron Delta Kappa; Phi Beta Kappa; Order of the Coif. Member, Editorial Board, Alabama Law Review, 1977-1978. Law Clerk to Hon. Sam C. Pointer, Jr., Chief Judge, U.S. District Court, Northern District of Alabama, 1978-1979. Member: Birmingham and American Bar Associations; Alabama State Bar. Practice Areas: Business Planning; Business Transactions; Employment Law; Appellate Practice. Email: J. Terrell McElheny | | Sammye Oden Kok (Member) born Gadsden, Alabama, July 25, 1950; admitted to bar, 1983, Alabama. Education: Auburn University (B.A., cum laude, 1974); Cumberland School of Law of Samford University (J.D., 1983). Managing Editor, The Pro Confesso, 1982-1983. Speaker for CLE Programs on various aspects of Adoption, Mediation, and Matrimonial Law. Member: Birmingham and American (Member, Sections on: Alternative Dispute Resolution; Family Law; Litigation) Bar Associations; Alabama State Bar; Alabama Law Institute (Member, Family Law & Adoption Provisions of Code of Alabama, 1988-2001; Executive Committee of State Family Law Section, 2004); American Arbitration Association (Domestic Law Mediator). Fellow, American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers (Past President, Alabama Section); Academy of Family Mediators; Alabama Academy of Attorney Mediators (Founding Member). [1 Lt. JAGC, USAR, 1986-1990]. Practice Areas: Family Law; Adoptions; Mediation. Email: Sammye Oden Kok | | Brian T. Williams (Member) born Birmingham, Alabama, June 28, 1954; admitted to bar, 1979, Alabama; 1980, U.S. District Court, Northern District of Alabama; 1981, U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth and Eleventh Circuits; 1987, U.S. Tax Court. Education: University of Alabama (B.S., cum laude, 1976; LL.M. in Taxation, with honors, 1985); Cumberland School of Law of Samford University (J.D., 1979). Beta Gamma Sigma. Listed in Best Lawyers in America. Member: Birmingham and American Bar Associations; Alabama State Bar (Chairman, Tax Section, 1999-2000). Fellow, American College of Trust and Estate Counsel. Practice Areas: Taxation; Estate Administration; Trust Administration; Estate Planning; Business Planning; Business Transactions; Employee Benefits Law. Email: Brian T. Williams | | C. Clark Collier (Member) born Birmingham, Alabama, July 28, 1947; admitted to bar, 1972, Alabama. Education: Birmingham-Southern College (B.A., with honors, 1969); University of Alabama (J.D., 1972). Member: Birmingham and American Bar Associations; Alabama State Bar. [Capt., JAGC, U.S. Army, 1972-1976]. Practice Areas: Business Planning; Business Transactions; Wills; Trusts and Estates. Email: C. Clark Collier | | Judy Bateman Shepura (Member) born Moultrie, Georgia, January 22, 1950; admitted to bar, 1989, Alabama. Education: University of Georgia (B.A., cum laude, 1972; M.A., 1973); Cumberland School of Law of Samford University (J.D., magna cum laude, 1989). Phi Beta Kappa. Associate Editor, Cumberland Law Review, 1987-1989. Member: Birmingham and American Bar Associations; Alabama State Bar; Alabama Planned Giving Council; Estate Planning Council of Birmingham. Practice Areas: Estate Planning; Estate Administration; Trust Administration; Special Needs Trusts; Probate; Elder Law. Email: Judy Bateman Shepura | | Denise J. Pomeroy (Member) born Alexander City, Alabama, March 20, 1964; admitted to bar, 1989, Alabama. Education: Auburn University (B.A., 1985); Cumberland School of Law of Samford University (J.D., magna cum laude, 1989). Phi Kappa Phi; Phi Alpha Delta. Member, 1987-1989 and Writing Editor, 1988-1989, Cumberland Law Review. Member, Curia Honoris, Cumberland School of Law. Author: "Beyond Social Host Liability: Accomplice Liability," 19 Cumberland Law Review, 522 (1989) and West Publishing Company, Westlaw, 1989; "Breaking the Rules," Child Care and School Directory, Fall, 1998-1999. Member: Birmingham (Executive Committee, 2002; Member, 1996-2000 and Chairman, 1998, Continuing Legal Education Committee; Member, 1996-2004 and Member of Board, 1997-2004; Chair, 2002, Women's Section; Member, Executive Committee, Young Lawyers Section, 1992-1998; Lawyer of the Year, 1992; Family, Domestic and Juvenile Courts Procedures Committee. 1991-1993, 1996-1998; Public Relations Committee, 1992; Social Welfare Committee, YLS Representative, 1993) and American (Member: Sections on: Family Law; Young Lawyers) Bar Associations; Birmingham Bar Association Foundation (Board Member, 2003-2004); Alabama State Bar (Member, Family Law Section). Fellow, American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers. Practice Areas: Family Law; Adoption Law. Email: Denise J. Pomeroy | | Douglas L. McWhorter (Member) born Spokane, Washington, January 17, 1947; admitted to bar, 1973, Alabama; 1979, U.S. District Court, Northern District of Alabama. Education: Samford University (B.A., 1967; M.B.A., 1978); Cumberland School of Law of Samford University (J.D., 1973); University of Mississippi (LL.M., 1976). Adjunct Faculty, Professor of Business Law, Samford University 1977—. Member: Birmingham and American Bar Associations; Alabama State Bar. [1st Lt. INF., U.S. Army, 1968-1971]. Practice Areas: Estate Planning; Estate Administration; Trust Administration; Business Planning; Business Transactions. Email: Douglas L. McWhorter | | E. Ann McMahan (Member) born Gadsden, Alabama, August 28, 1948; admitted to bar, 1980, Alabama. Education: Jacksonville State University (B.A., 1970); Auburn University (M.A., 1976); University of Alabama (J.D., 1980). Member, Jefferson County Judicial Commission, 1997-2000. Member: Birmingham (Member, Executive Committee, 1996-1998) and American Bar Associations; Alabama State Bar (Chairman, Board of Disciplinary Appeals; Former Chairman, Legislative Liaison Committee; Vice Chairman, 1994-1995 and Chairman, 1995-2000, Bench and Bar Task Force); Defense Research Institute (Member, Employment Law Committee); Alabama Defense Lawyers Association (Vice-President, 1998-1999). Practice Areas: Civil Litigation; Insurance Coverage; Casualty Insurance Defense; Commercial Insurance Defense; Extra Contractual Insurance Claims; Discrimination; Construction Law; Surety Law. Email: E. Ann McMahan | | James P. Rea (Member) born Panama City, Florida, February 19, 1952; admitted to bar, 1982, Alabama, U.S. District Court, Northern, Middle and Southern Districts of Alabama, U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth and Eleventh Circuits and U.S. Supreme Court. Education: Huntingdon College (B.A., 1975); Cumberland School of Law of Samford University (J.D., 1982). Phi Alpha Delta. Member: Birmingham and American Bar Associations; Alabama State Bar; Alabama Defense Lawyers Association. Practice Areas: Litigation; Insurance Defense; Employment Law. Email: James P. Rea | | Thomas B. Hanes (Member) born Washington, D.C., January 25, 1951; admitted to bar, 1976, Alabama. Education: University of Alabama (B.A., 1972; J.D., 1976). Adjunct Faculty, Civil Procedure and Appellate Practice, Birmingham School of Law. Member: Birmingham and American Bar Associations; Alabama State Bar; National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers. [117th Air National Guard, 1972-1976]. Practice Areas: Civil Litigation; Criminal Defense; Appellate Practice. Email: Thomas B. Hanes | | Joseph W. Strickland (Member) born Montgomery, Alabama, August 24, 1961; admitted to bar, 1987, Alabama; 1989, U.S. District Court, Northern District of Alabama. Education: Auburn University (B.A., 1983); University of Alabama (J.D., 1987). Clerk, Justice Sam A. Betty, Alabama Supreme Court, 1987-1988. Member: Birmingham and American Bar Associations; Alabama State Bar. Practice Areas: Wills; Trusts and Estates. Email: Joseph W. Strickland | | Arthur J. Hanes, Jr. (Member) born El Paso, Texas, April 18, 1942; admitted to bar, 1967, Alabama; 1971, U.S. Supreme Court; U.S. Court of Appeals, 5th, 6th and 11th Circuits; U.S. District Court, Northern District of Alabama. Education: Princeton University (A.B., 1964); University of Alabama (J.D., 1967). Phi Alpha Delta; Order of the Coif. Member, Farrah Order of Jurisprudence, Bench and Bar Comment Editor, Alabama Law Review, 1965-1967. Recipient: Walter P. Gewin Award; Roscoe Pound Award (Two-Time National Nominee); Young Lawyer Section Drayton N. James Award. Member, Panel of Neutrals, U.S. District Court; Alabama State Court Mediator Roster; Alabama Appellate Mediator Roster; Alabama Academy of Attorneys Mediators. Circuit Judge 10th Judicial Circuit of Alabama, 1984-2002, Civil Division; Alabama Pattern Jury Instructions Committee. Chairperson Alabama Supreme Court Rules of Evidence Committee. Reporter, Alabama Criminal Code of Drafting Committee. University of Alabama, Adjunct Professor of Law; Member: National Institute of State Courts; Silicone Breast Implant Subcommittee; National Judicial College, Managing Masstorts Director; Certified NITA Trial Instructor. Practice Areas: Civil Litigation; Alternative Dispute Resolution. Email: Arthur J. Hanes, Jr. | | Ezra B. "Tim" Perry, Jr. (Member) born Newton, Massachusetts, December 28, 1947; admitted to bar, 1972, Alabama; 1974, Florida; 1975, U.S. Supreme Court; 1977, U.S. Court of Appeals, 5th and 11th Circuits; U.S. District Court, Northern and Middle Districts of Alabama. Education: Auburn University (B.S., 1969); University of Virginia (J.D., 1972). Phi Alpha Delta. Law Clerk, U.S. District Judge, Middle District of Alabama, 1972-1973. Certified Mediator, American Arbitration Association. Member, Panel of Neutrals, United States District Court, Northern District of Alabama, Alternative Dispute Resolution Program. Certified Appellate Mediator, Alabama Supreme Court. Member: Birmingham (Member, Executive Committee, 1983-1985) and American Bar Associations; The Florida Bar; Alabama State Bar; Alabama Defense Lawyers Association; Defense Research Institute; Alabama Academy of Attorney Mediators (Founding Member); Auburn University Bar Association (Founding Member). Practice Areas: Civil Litigation; Alternative Dispute Resolution. Email: Ezra B. "Tim" Perry, Jr. | | Kay S. Kelly (Member) born Birmingham, Alabama; admitted to bar, 1979, Alabama. Education: Auburn University (B.S., cum laude, 1973); Loyola University (J.D., 1979). Medical Technologist, American Society of Clinical Pathologists, 1974. Author: 24 Loyola Law Review, Vol. 1 & 2, 1978. Formerly with Rutledge and Associates; Rutledge and Yearout; Rutledge, Faye & Kelly; Rutledge and Kelly. Member: Birmingham, Indianapolis and American Bar Associations; Alabama State Bar. Practice Areas: Litigation(75%); Probate Administration(15%); Estate Planning(10%). Email: Kay S. Kelly | | Donna Knotts Byrd (Member) born Montgomery, Alabama, August 16, 1964; admitted to bar, 1990, Alabama; 1991, U.S. District Court, Middle District of Alabama; 1994, U.S. District Court, Northern and Southern Districts of Alabama. Education: Auburn University (B.A., 1986): University of Alabama (J.D., 1990; LL.M., 1996). Member: Birmingham Bar Association; Alabama State Bar. Practice Areas: Real Estate; Corporate Law; Commercial Law; Collections; Estate Administration; Estate Planning; Probate. Email: Donna Knotts Byrd | | LaTresia Lewis Kinnell (Member) born July 23, 1968; admitted to bar, 1993, Alabama. Education: Alabama A & M University (B.S., 1990); University of Alabama (J.D., 1993). Member, Tuscaloosa County Domestic Violence Task Force, 1994; Head Start Policy Council, West Alabama, 1993-1994. Listed in Strathmore's Who's Who. Member: Birmingham (Member, Sections on: Young Lawyers and Women; increased Minority Participation Committee; Committee Co-Chair, Family Domestic and Juvenile Court Procedures); and American (Member, Family Law Section) Bar Associations; Magic City Bar Association; Alabama Lawyers' Association; American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers (Member, Racial and Ethnic Diversity Committee); Institute for Training Family Law Associations Committee. Practice Areas: Family Law; Divorce. | | —————————— | | Lisa Hudson Dorough (Associate) born Rome, Georgia, January 23, 1973; admitted to bar, 1998, Alabama and U.S. District Court, Northern District of Alabama. Education: Auburn University (B.A., cum laude, 1995); Cumberland School of Law of Samford University (J.D., 1998). Member: Birmingham Bar Association; Alabama State Bar. Practice Areas: Real Estate; Commercial Law. Email: Lisa Hudson Dorough | | OF COUNSEL | | Manly Yeilding (Of Counsel) born Birmingham, Alabama, May 1, 1930; admitted to bar, 1954, Alabama; 1963, U.S. Supreme Court. Education: Birmingham-Southern College (A.B., 1951); Washington & Lee University; New York University (LL.B., 1954). Phi Beta Kappa. Member: Birmingham (Member, Executive Committee, 1977-1979) and American Bar Associations; Alabama State Bar (Chairman, Junior Bar Section, 1960-1961). Practice Areas: Estate Planning; Estate Administration; Trust Administration. Email: Manly Yeilding | | Lee B. Lloyd (Of Counsel) born Pine Apple, Alabama, January 29, 1921; admitted to bar, 1949, Alabama; 1951, U.S. Court of Military Appeals. Education: University of Alabama (B.S., 1943; LL.B., 1948). Phi Delta Phi. Member, Farrah Order of Jurisprudence. Member: Birmingham and American (Chairman, 1965-1967, Estate and Tax Planning Committee; Member of Council, Section of Real Property, Probate and Trust Law, 1967-1971) Bar Associations; Alabama State Bar (Chairman, Real Property, Probate and Trust Law Section, 1979-1980). Fellow, American College of Trust and Estate Counsel, 1981-1999. [Col., JAGC, USAR, Ret.]. Practice Areas: Estate Planning; Estate Administration; Trust Administration. | | No representation is made that the quality of the legal services to be performed is greater than the quality of legal services performed by other lawyers. This web site is designed for general information only. The information presented at this site should not be construed to be formal legal advice nor the formation of a lawyer/client relationship. Persons accessing this site are encouraged to seek independent counsel for advice regarding their individual legal issues. |
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