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Address
4th Floor, 109 North 20th Street, P.O. Box 11405
Birmingham, Alabama 35203 (Jefferson & Shelby Cos.)
Website
http://www.ehjlaw.com
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(Main Office) The firm that is now Engel, Hairston & Johanson, P.C. was established in 1950 with a concentration in creditor's rights and commercial collections. To meet the needs of an expanding client base within the financial community this concentration was expanded to include bankruptcy, commercial and patent litigation; structuring and documenting asset based loans; structuring and documenting Small Business loans; and liquidations. It services all parts of Alabama from its office in Birmingham. One or more of its members is admitted to practice in Alabama, Georgia and Florida and before all of the State and Federal Courts in Alabama, the Fifth and Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals in Alabama and the U.S. Supreme Court. In addition to filling the needs of its clients the firm has taken an active and responsible role within the legal community both at the local, state and national level. Statement of PracticeGeneral Civil Practice. Trials in all Courts. Commercial, Corporate, Collection, Probate and Bankruptcy Law. Year Established: 1950
Firm Size: 6
Representative Clients:AmSouth Bank
Colonial Bank
SouthTrust Bank
Compass Bank
Heritage Bank, The Bank
AmSouth Leasing Corporation
Central Leasing Corporation
Citicapital
Alabama Commercial Finance Company
Alabama Community Development Corporation
Birmingham City Wide Local Development Company
Southern Development Council, Inc.
Moore Oil Company, Inc.
McDevitt & Street Company
Gray International
Triton Insurance Company
Resolution Trust Corporation
Bell Atlantic Tricon Leasing Corporation
Voyager Insurance Companies
American Health & Life Insurance Co.
Finova Capital Corporation
AT&T Capital
Birmingham Community Development Corporation
Porter Capital Corporation
Fleet Finance.
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Address4th Floor, 109 North 20th Street P.O. Box 11405
Birmingham, AL 35203, (Jefferson & Shelby Cos.)
PhonePhone: 205-328-4600
Fax: 205-328-4698
Websitehttp://www.ehjlaw.com
Ben A. Engel (1913-1993).
William B. Hairston, Jr. (Member) born Birmingham, Alabama, December 14, 1924; admitted to bar, 1950, Alabama. Education: University of Alabama (B.S., 1949; LL.B., 1950). Phi Delta Phi; Omicron Delta Kappa. Author: "Detinue, Executions and Mechanics' Liens," Harrison & Company, 1980. Instructor, Commercial Paper, Birmingham School of Law, 1965-1970. Lecturer, Continuing Legal Education Program, University of Alabama, 1969. Member, Judicial Inquiry Commission, 1979-1999, Chairman, 1986. Member, Judicial Conference, State of Alabama, 1972-1976. Alabama Editor, Compendium of Commercial Finance Law, 1978. Chairman, Merit Selection Committee Bankruptcy Judges, 1979-1984. Member, Honorary Faculty AIA Judicial College, 1980. Special Assistant Attorney General, Personnel Department, State of Alabama, 1981-1983. Special Attorney, State of Alabama Department of Revenue, 1985, 1991. Named Lawyer of the Year by the Birmingham Legal Secretaries Association, 1982. Charter Member, Alabama Bar Foundation. Member, Advisory Counsel, The Cumberland School of Law of Samford University, 1986-1990. Distinguished Alumnus Award, University of Alabama School of Law, 2001. Member: Birmingham (Secretary, 1967; Vice President, 1969; President, 1970, Lawyer of the Year 2004) and American (Member, Committee on Commercial Financing) Bar Associations; Alabama State Bar (Member, Board of Commissioners, 1973-1979; Second Vice President, 1978; Chairman, Disciplinary Commission, 1978-1979; Recipient, Award of Merit, 1977; President-Elect, 1982; President, 1983-1984). Alabama Law Institute (Member, Committee to Revise Article IX, 1977; Committee to Revise Real Estate Mortgage Laws, 1990; Article 2A Committee, 1991). Chairman, District Court Rules Committee 1976-1990; Member, Real Estate Review Committee, 1985); Eleventh Circuit Historical Society (Trustee, 1981; President, 1986-1990); Southern Conference of Bar Presidents; National Conference of Bar Presidents. Fellow: American College of Trial Lawyers; Life Fellow: American Bar Foundation (State Chair, 1997-2000); Life Fellow: Alabama Bar Foundation. [WWII, Sergeant, 69th Infantry Division, European Theater, Combat Infantry Badge, Bronze Star]. Reported Cases: 804 So.2d 191 (Ala. 2001); Estate of Henderson v. Henderson 744 So.2d 890 (Ala. 1999); Commercial Credit Corp. v. Leggett 732 So.2d 300 (Ala. Civ. App. 1999); Henderson v. Henderson 732 So.2d 295 (Ala. 1999); Henderson v. Henderson 703 So.2d 944 (Ala. 1997); Voyager Life Insurance Co., Inc. v. Whitson 669 So.2d 198 (Ala. Civ. App. 1995); Ex Parte Voyager Guaranty Insurance Company and Albert Benjamin Sprouse, Jr. 631 So.2d 848 (Ala. 1993); Voyager Guaranty Ins. Co. Inc. v. Brown 628 So.2d 337 (Ala. 1993); Pate v. Rollison Logging Equip., Inc. 613 So.2d 336 (Ala. 1993); C.O. Kidd v. Kilpatrick Chevrolet, Inc. 608 So.2d 375 (Ala. 1992); TransAmerica Comm. Finance Corp. v. AmSouth Bank, N.A. 576 So.2d 188 (Ala. 1991); Southern Ready Mix, Inc. v. AmSouth Bank, N.A. 563 So.2d 1028 (Ala. 1990); Sanwa Business Credit Corp. v. G.B. 554 So.2d 989 (Ala. 1989); Christian Tele. Corp. of Alabama v. RCH Broadcasting, Inc. 548 So.2d 1336 (Ala. 1989); Sanwa Business Credit Corp. v. G.B. 536 So.2d 55 (Ala. 1988); Jim Davis and Co. v. Albuquerque Fed. Savings & Loan Assoc. 540 So.2d 683 (Ala 1988); Cook v. Trailmobile 533 So.2d 206 (Ala. 1988); Roper v. Assocs. Financial Services of Alabama, Inc. 530 So.2d 834 (Ala. Civ. App. 1988); First Natl. Bank of Birmingham v. Young 514 So.2d 1326 (Ala. 1987); International Surplus Lines Insurance Co. v. Associates Commercial Corp. 496 So.2d 717 (Ala. 1986); Associates Commercial Corp. v. Coffer 491 So.2d 236 (Ala. 1986); In re World Omni Financial Corp. 476 So.2d 94 (Ala. 1985); Kimbrel v. Mercedes-Benz Credit Corp. 469 So.2d 565 (Ala. 1985); Town of Uniontown v. Landmark Development Co., Inc. 456 So.2d 1069 (Ala. 1984); Chrysler Credit Corp. v. McKinney 441 So.2d 928 (Ala. Civ. App. 1983); Adventure Travel Agency v. Flakenburg 423 So.2d 195 (Ala. 1982); Sanders v. Assocs. Commercial Corp. 418 So.2d 145 (Ala. Civ. App. 1982); Wyatt v. State Building Comm. 413 So.2d 1091 (Ala. 1982); Bank of the Southeast v. Jackson 384 So.2d 616 (Ala. 1980); Centennial Associates et al v. Clark 389 So.2d 506 (Ala. 1980); Fuller v. Associates Commercial Corp. 380 So.2d 865 (Ala. Civ. App. 1979); City Car Sales, Inc. v. McAlpin 369 So.2d 786 (Ala. 1979); Walker v. Amason 368 So.2d 1 (Ala. 1979); McKesson Robbins v. Bruno's Inc. 321 So.2d 216 (Ala. Civ. App. 1975); Jefferson v. Mitchell Select Furniture 323 So.2d 360 (Ala. Civ. App. 1975); Speigle v. Chrysler Credit Corp et al 300 So.2d 106 (Ala. 1974); State v. Johnson Practice Areas: Commercial Litigation; Loan Documentation; Loan Liquidation; Creditor's Rights; Appellate Review; Bankruptcy.
Charles R. Johanson, III (Member) born Nashville, Tennessee, December 19, 1950; admitted to bar, 1975, Alabama. Education: Samford University (B.A., 1972); Cumberland School of Law (J.D., 1975). Omicron Delta Kappa; Delta Sigma Rho; Tau Kappa Alpha; Phi Alpha Theta. Associate Justice, Cumberland Moot Court Board, 1973-1975. Associate Editor, Cumberland Law Review, 1973-1975. Author: "Quasi-In-Rem Jurisdiction of Federal Courts," 5 Cumberland Law Review 150, 1974. Adjunct Professor, Uniform Commercial Code and Bankruptcy, The Cumberland School of Law, 1983-1986. Municipal Court Judge, City of Leeds, Alabama, 1979-1984. President, Municipal Judges Association, 1983-1984. Member: Birmingham Bar Association (Member, Executive Committee, 1995-1999); Alabama State Bar (Bar Commissioner; Member, Bankruptcy and Commercial Law Section); Commercial Law League of America (President, 1997-1998; Recording Secretary, 1991-1992; Creditor's Rights and Bankruptcy Section); American Board of Certification (Board Member). Practice Areas: Creditor's Rights; Commercial Litigation; Bankruptcy Litigation; Workouts.Email: Charles R. Johanson, III
William B. Hairston, III (Member) born Birmingham, Alabama, October 21, 1958; admitted to bar, 1983, Alabama; 1984, Florida; 1985, Georgia; practice before U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. Education: Cornell University (B.S., 1980); University of Alabama (J.D., 1983). Tau Beta Pi; Phi Delta Phi. Executive Editor, Journal of the Legal Profession, 1982-1983. Author: "The Ranking of Attorney Lien Against Other Liens in the United States," 7 Journal of Legal Profession, 1983, 1982; "Repossession and Disposition of Personal Property" section of Foreclosure and Repossession in Alabama, NBI, 1987, 1989, 1991; "How to Close SBA 504 Transaction; National Association of Development Co., 1992. Lecturer: CLE programs, University of Alabama; The Cumberland School of Law. Fellow of the American Bar Foundation, 1994. Member, Alabama Supreme Court Advisory Committee on Civil Rules of Practice and Procedure for District Courts, 1988. Member: Birmingham (Chair, Ethics Committee, 1994-1995; Member, Grievance Committee, 1987-1989, Fee Arbitration Committee, 1990-1991, Unauthorized Practice of Law Committee, 1996-1998; Professionalism Long Range Task Force, 1999) and American (Member, Committees on: Commercial Financial Services, 1987; Loan Documentation, 1988; Opinion Letters, 1990) Bar Associations; Alabama State Bar (Chairman, Committee on Rules of Professional Conduct, 1993-1998, Reporter, 1983-1993); The Florida Bar; State Bar of Georgia; Alabama Law Institute (Member: Committee of Article 2A of the UCC, 1990; Committee on Article 4A of the UCC, 1991; Committee of Article 3 & 4 of the UCC 1993-1996; Committee on Article 5 of the UCC, 1996-1997; Committee on Article 9 of the UCC, 1999-2001). Practice Areas: Commercial Finance; Loan Documentation; SBA Lending; Corporations; Real Estate; Patent Litigation.Email: William B. Hairston, III
——————————Alto Lee Teague, IV (Associate) born Birmingham, Alabama, May 23, 1974; admitted to bar, 2000, Alabama and U.S. District Court, Middle, Northern and Southern Districts of Alabama. Education: Samford University (B.A., International Relations, 1997); Cumberland School of Law (J.D., 2000). Member: Birmingham Bar Association (Bankruptcy and Commercial Law Section); Federalist Society; Christian Legal Society (Member, Young Lawyers Section). Practice Areas: Collections; Commercial Litigation; Creditor's Rights; Bankruptcy; Subrogation.Email: Alto Lee Teague, IV
Jonathan E. Raulston (Associate) born Chattanooga, Tennessee, July 11, 1975; admitted to bar, 2001, Alabama. Education: University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa (B.S., 1998; J.D., 2001). Phi Delta Phi, Beta Gamma Phi, Phi Alpha Delta. Author: "Foreclosure: Who, What, When, Where, Why...and How!" Foreclosure and Repossession, Lorman Educational Services, 2007. Member: Birmingham (member, Bankruptcy and Commercial Law Section, 2006; member, Speaker's Bureau Committee, 2007; member, Unauthorized Practice of Law Committee, 2004-2006; member, Public Service Committee, 2003-2004; member, Economics of Law Committee, 2002-2003) and American Bar Associations; Alabama State Bar; Commercial Law League of America (member, Creditor's Rights and Bankruptcy Section). Practice Areas: Collections; Commercial Litigation; Bankruptcy; Creditors Rights; Foreclosures; Probate.Email: Jonathan E. Raulston
William C. Brown (Associate) born Huntsville, Alabama, August 25, 1972; admitted to bar, 2004, Alabama and U.S. District Court, Northern and Middle Districts of Alabama. Education: David Lipscomb University (B.S., Chemistry, cum laude, 1994); University of Alabama, Birmingham (M.B.A., M.P.H., 2000); Cumberland School of Law (J.D., 2004). Member: Birmingham and American Bar Associations; Alabama State Bar. Practice Areas: Real Estate; Real Estate Finance; Real Estate Foreclosure; Real Property Finance; Commercial Transactions; Secured Transactions; Commercial Real Estate; Commercial Conveyancing; Commercial Real Estate Acquisitions; Commercial Real Estate Foreclosure; Commercial Real Estate Finance; Commercial Mortgages; U.S. Small Business Administration Loan Documentation.Email: William C. Brown
Wendy N. Hardegree (Associate) admitted to bar, 2009, Alabama and Tennessee. Education: University of Alabama (B.S., 2006); University of Alabama School of Law (J.D., 2009). Practice Areas: Business Law; Real Estate and Real Property Law; Banking Law; Creditors Rights.Email: Wendy N. Hardegree
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