Leitman, Siegal & Payne, P.C.

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Law Firm in Birmingham, Alabama
 
Address
Suite 400
The Land Title Building, 600 North 20th Street
Birmingham, Alabama 35203
(Jefferson & Shelby Cos.)
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Contact Information
Phone: 1-866-487-6369  
Telecopier: 205-323-2098
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http://www.lsppc.com
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Leitman, Siegal & Payne, P.C. practices in the following areas of law:
General Civil and Appellate Practice. Litigation, Corporations, Taxation, Antitrust, Business and Estate Planning, Employee Benefits, Probate and Trusts, Real Estate Finance, Real Estate Development, Landlord and Tenant Law, Administrative Proceedings, Natural Resources, Employment Discrimination, Intellectual Property, Bankruptcy, Mediation and Arbitrations. Trials in all State and Federal Courts.
Year Established: 1976
Firm Profile:
Founded in 1976, Leitman, Siegal & Payne, P.C. provides a wide variety of legal services to clients throughout Alabama and the Southeast. The firm's trial lawyers practice in federal and state courts with substantial expertise and experience in many different areas, including class actions, corporate and business litigation, employment relations, tax and ERISA. Since its inception, the firm also has specialized in corporate tax and business transactions, commercial real estate, and mergers and acquisitions. Leitman, Siegal & Payne, P.C. is committed to the highest standards of professionalism and quality in the delivery of legal services and to active service in the Bar and the community.
Firm Size: 14
Clients:
COUNSEL TO: Alaco Discount Pharmacies, Inc.; Regions Bank; ATAP, Inc.; Birmingham Radiological Group, P.C.; Bodine, Inc.; Brookwood Village Mall (Birmingham); CFB Investment Co., LLC; Cahaba Pathology Associates, P.C.; Cahaba Valley Surgical, P.C.; Charles & Vinzant Construction; Chicago Title Insurance Company; Coastal Insurance Risk Retention Group, Inc.; Colonial Bank of Birmingham; Colonial Properties Trust (REIT); Coosa Millwork & Components, Inc.; Craftsman Printing, Inc.; CRS Engineering, Inc.; Cullman Primary Care, P.C.; Cytopath, P.C.; DataHouse, Inc.; Dixon & Murphy Construction Co., Inc.; Federal Land Bank Association of North Alabama; G & R Mineral Services, Inc.; International Expeditions, Inc.; Irondale Industrial Contractors, Inc.; Kane Steel & Iron, L.L.C.; Land Title Company of Alabama, Inc.; LBDY, Inc.; Lawley Oil Company, Inc.; Lawley Construction Company, Inc.; Lawyer's Title Insurance Company; Lowder Construction Company, Inc.; Marvin's Home Improvement Centers; MortgageAmerica, Inc.; Neilsen & Hiebert System, Inc.; Red Mountain Bank, N.A.; Retail Specialist, Inc.; Paul B. Krebs & Associates, Inc.; Polar-BEK Development Co.; Premier Medical P.C.; RTM, Inc. (Arby's); Shiland Metal Brokerage Co., Inc.; Spur Medical Laboratory, Inc.; Stewart Title Insurance Company; Wachovia Bank, N.A.; The Colonial Company; Unicor Medical, Inc.; Southern Pharmaceutical Services, Inc.
References:
Regions Bank; Colonial Bank; Wachovia Bank.
F. Don Siegal (Member) born Tuscaloosa, Alabama, November 11, 1941; admitted to bar, 1967, Alabama. Education: University of Alabama (B.A., 1964; LL.B., 1967). Phi Beta Kappa; Omicron Delta Kappa. President, University of Alabama Student Body, 1964-1965. Member, Editorial Board, Alabama Law Review, 1965-1966. Author: "Planning a Lifetime Gift Program," Taxation for Lawyers, March/April, 1979; "Gifts in Trust," Taxation for Accountants, May, 1983. Lecturer in Law: Commercial Real Estate Transactions, 1982-1992 at Cumberland School of Law. Law Clerk to Judge Walter P. Gewin, United States Court of Appeals, 1967-1968. Member, Alabama Supreme Court Standing Committee on Appellate Practice, 1984-1992. Member: Alabama Law Institute. Fellow: In the American College of Mortgage Attorneys; Listed in Best Lawyers of America; Selected as an Outstanding Real Estate Lawyer in Alabama by Chambers USA. Practice Areas: Real Estate Development Law; Real Estate Finance; Corporate Acquisitions, Divestitures and Mergers Law; Federal Income, Estate and Gift Tax Law. Email: F. Don Siegal
Eddie Leitman (Member) born Birmingham, Alabama, May 15, 1941; admitted to bar, 1966, Alabama. Education: University of Alabama (B.S., 1963; LL.B., 1966). Omicron Delta Kappa (President, 1964-1965); Phi Alpha Delta; Beta Gamma Sigma. Vice President, University of Alabama Student Body, 1962-1963. Editor: "Effective Motion Practice Manual, a Handbook for the Alabama Attorney,: Alabama Bar Institute for Continuing Legal Education. Lecturer Law: "Effective Motion Practice," Alabama Bar Institute for Continuing Legal Education, 1988-2000. Special Assistant Attorney General for the State of Alabama, 1980—. Treasurer, 1983-1984 and Chairman, 1984-1985, Business Torts and Antitrust Section, Alabama State Bar. Member: Alabama Trial Lawyers Association (Member, Board of Governors, 1981—); The Association of Trial Lawyers of America; Alabama Defense Lawyers Association (Lecturer, Alabama Institute of Continuing Legal Education and Cumberland School of Law). Practice Areas: Business Litigation; Class Actions; Securities Law; Employment Law; Trial Practice; Mediation; Arbitration. Email: Eddie Leitman
Jackson M. Payne (Member) born Birmingham, Alabama, September 20, 1945; admitted to bar, 1971, Alabama. Education: Auburn University (B.S., 1967); Cumberland School of Law (J.D., 1971). Member of Staff, Cumberland-Samford Law Review, 1970-1971. Author: "Major Changes in 1981 Economic Recovery Tax Act Requires Revision of Nearly All Estate Plans," The Alabama Lawyer, Volume 43, No. 3, July, 1982; "An Inflation-Proof Rent Adjustment Clause for Commercial Leases," The Practical Lawyer, Volume 29, No. 6, September, 1983; "Planning for the Purchase and Sale of a Business Operated as a C Corporation," The Birmingham Bar Association Bulletin, Volume 22, No. 2, Summer, 2001. Adjunct Professor of Decedents' Trusts and Estates, 1972-1973; Business Planning, 1979-1980; Commercial Real Estate Transactions, 1981-1982; Contemporary Estate Planning, 1984-1986, at Cumberland School of Law. Chairman of Continuing Legal Education Committee of the Birmingham Bar Association, 1984, 1991; Member, Executive Committee of the Birmingham Bar Association, 1985-1987; Chairman, Long Range Planning Committee, Birmingham Bar Association, 1987-1988. Secretary/Treasurer, Birmingham Bar Association, 1988-1989. President, National Alumni Association of Cumberland School of Law, 1987-1989. Member: Advisory Board of Trustees of Cumberland School of Law, 1987-1992; Advisory Board of the School of Accountancy of Auburn University; Advisory Board of Planned Giving, Samford University. Listed in Best Lawyers in America, Taxation. Member: Birmingham Estate Planning Council. Fellow, American College of Trust and Estate Counsel. Practice Areas: Corporate; Corporate Taxation; Employee Benefits; Estate Planning. Email: Jackson M. Payne
Lynne Stephens O'Neal (Member) born Anniston, Alabama, May 6, 1961; admitted to bar, 1985, Alabama. Education: Samford University (B.A., summa cum laude, 1982); Cumberland School of Law of Samford University (J.D., magna cum laude, 1985). Phi Alpha Theta; Omicron Delta Kappa; Phi Kappa Phi. Member, Curia Honoris. Comments Editor, Cumberland Law Review, 1984-1985. Author: "Use of Sex-Based Actuarial Tables in Pension Plans to Determine Benefits is Constitutionally Impermissible," 14 Cumberland Law Review 223, 1983. Deputy Attorney General, State of Alabama, 1993—. Member, Alabama Standing Committee on Appellate Practice. Member: American Bar Association (Member, Sections on: Litigation; Antitrust; Labor and Employment). Practice Areas: Business Litigation; Securities Litigation; Class Actions; Employment Law; Appellate Practice. Email: Lynne Stephens O'Neal
Phillip G. Stutts (Member) born Dothan, Alabama, November 4, 1959; admitted to bar, 1985, Alabama. Education: University of South Alabama (B.S., cum laude, 1981); Cumberland School of Law at Samford University (J.D., 1985). Associate Editor, Cumberland Law Review, 1985. Certified Public Accountant, Alabama, 1987. Author: "Fifth Circuit Changes Standard of Review of Trial Court's Characterization of Gains from Sale of Real Estate," Vol. 14:2, Cumberland Law Review, 1984. Practice Areas: Real Estate Development Law; Real Estate Finance; Taxation Law; Corporate Law. Email: Phillip G. Stutts
Bradley G. Siegal (Member) born Birmingham, Alabama, November 11, 1963; admitted to bar, 1989, Alabama and U.S. District Court, Northern District of Alabama. Education: University of Alabama (B.S., magna cum laude, 1986); Vanderbilt University (J.D., 1989). Beta Gamma Sigma; Golden Key. Executive Research Editor, Vanderbilt Journal of Transnational Law, 1988-1989. Listed in Chambers USA, America's Leading Lawyer in Real Estate, 2003-2007. Practice Areas: Commercial Real Estate Development; Real Estate Finance; Corporate Law; Partnership Law; Taxation; General Business Law. Email: Bradley G. Siegal
Sidney T. Philips (Member) born Mobile, Alabama, April 18, 1961; admitted to bar, 1986, Alabama; 1993, U.S. Tax Court; U.S. District Court, Northern District of Alabama. Education: University of Alabama-Tuscaloosa (B.S., 1983); Cumberland School of Law of Samford University (J.D., 1986); University of Florida (LL.M., Taxation, 1987). Phi Delta Phi. Listed in Best Lawyers in America, Taxation. Member: Birmingham Tax Forum; Birmingham Estate Planning Council. Practice Areas: Estate and Gift Taxation Law; Probate Law; Pension and Profit Sharing Law; Corporate Law; Corporate Taxation. Email: Sidney T. Philips
Suzanne D. Paulson (Member) born Detroit Michigan, December 17, 1950; admitted to bar, 1976, Alabama. Education: Michigan State University (B.S., 1973); Cumberland School of Law (J.D., 1976). Law Clerk, Estate and Gift Division, I.R.S., 1974-1976. Estate Tax Attorney, Estate and Gift Division, I.R.S., 1976-2000. Senior Estate Tax Attorney, Estate and Gift Division, 1980-2000. Member, Birmingham Estate Planning Council; Women's Section of the Birmingham Bar; Tax Forum; Alabama Planned Giving Council; Samford University Professional Advisors Council. Practice Areas: Estate Planning; Estate and Gift Taxation; Probate; Estate Administration; Mediation. Email: Suzanne D. Paulson
Christopher R. Hood (Member) born Birmingham, Alabama, September 17, 1965; admitted to bar, 1992, Alabama; U.S. District Court, Northern and Middle Districts of Alabama. Education: Auburn University (B.A., 1988); Cumberland School of Law of Samford University (J.D., 1992). Winner, Judge James O. Haley Federal Court Competition; Trial Advocacy Board. Member: Birmingham and American Bar Associations; Alabama State Bar. Practice Areas: Business Litigation; Employment Law; Contract Disputes. Email: Christopher R. Hood
R. Link Loegler (Member) born Cullman, Alabama, April 17, 1969; admitted to bar, 1996, Alabama; U.S. District Court, Northern and Middle Districts of Alabama. Education: Spring Hill College (B.S., Accounting, 1991); University of Alabama (J.D., cum laude, 1996). Member: Birmingham and American Bar Associations; Alabama State Bar. Practice Areas: Commercial Real Estate; Business Law; Corporate Law; Partnership Law; Contract Law; Labor and Employment Law; Intellectual Property Law. Email: R. Link Loegler
W. Harold Parrish, Jr. (Member) born Montgomery, Alabama, October 9, 1960; admitted to bar, 1986, Alabama. Education: University of Alabama (B.S., 1983); Cumberland School of Law, Samford University (J.D., 1986). Member: Birmingham Bar Association; Alabama State Bar. Practice Areas: Commercial Real Estate; Commercial Leasing; Commercial Finance. Email: W. Harold Parrish, Jr.
James Herbert Wilson (Member) born Birmingham, Alabama, September 8, 1967; admitted to bar, 1996, Georgia and Alabama. Education: The University of Alabama (B.A., 1989; M.A., 1994; J.D., 1996). Member, Bench and Bar, 1995-1996. Student Works Editor, Law & Psychology Review, 1995-1996. Member: Birmingham and American Bar Associations; Alabama State Bar; State Bar of Georgia. Practice Areas: Business Litigation; Corporate Law; Corporate Litigation; Employment Litigation; Contract Litigation. Email: James Herbert Wilson
Hubert Glosser Taylor (Member) born Gadsden, Alabama, July 16, 1973; admitted to bar, 1999, Alabama and U.S. District Court, Northern and Middle Districts of Alabama. Education: Birmingham Southern College (B.A., cum laude, 1995); University of Alabama (J.D., 1999). Member, National Moot Court Team; Moot Court Board. Recipient, Excellence for Future Award. Member: National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers. Practice Areas: Business Litigation; Contracts; Criminal Law; White Collar Criminal Defense; Constitutional Law. Email: Hubert Glosser Taylor
R. Mike Conley (Member) born Birmingham, Alabama, September 3, 1951; admitted to bar, 1988, Alabama. Education: University of Alabama (B.A., 1973); Birmingham-Southern College (B.A., 1980); Cumberland School of Law of Samford University (J.D., 1984). Member: Birmingham and American Bar Associations; Alabama State Bar. Practice Areas: Commercial Real Estate; Commercial Leasing; Corporate Law. Email: R. Mike Conley

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