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| | Address | | First Commercial Bank Building, Suite 400, 800 Shades Creek Parkway | | Birmingham, Alabama 35209 | | (Jefferson & Shelby Cos.) | | Mailing Address: P.O. Box 530910, Birmingham, AL, 35253 | | | |
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| Wallace, Jordan, Ratliff & Brandt, LLC practices in the following areas of law:
General Civil Practice including Alternative Dispute Resolution; Appellate Litigation; Banking and Finance; Bankruptcy, Workouts and Creditor's Rights; Church, Religious, and Non-Profit Organizations; Commercial Litigation; Commercial Transactions; Constitutional Litigation; Construction Law; Corporate and Business Organizations; Drug and Alcohol Testing Law; E-Commerce and Cyberlaw; Election Law; Emerging Companies; Employment and Labor Law; Estate Planning; Healthcare Law; Insurance Law; Intellectual Property; Local Governments; Mass Tort Litigation; Mergers and Acquisitions; Real Estate Law; Subrogation; Taxation; Trusts and Estates. | | Year Established: 1987 | | Firm Size: 25 | Representative Clients:
AIG; Alabama Baptist Children's Homes and Family Ministries; Alabama Conference of Educators; Greater Alabama Health Network, Inc.; Alabama Housing Authority; Alabama Insurance Guaranty Association; All-South Subcontractors, Inc.; American WallZone Supply, L.L.C.; Associated Builders & Contractors-Alabama; Associated General Contractors; Auburn University Foundation; Bancorp South Bank; Bank of Walker County; Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Alabama; Blue Cross and Blue Shield of California; Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Florida, Inc.; Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Louisiana; Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Massachusetts; Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Michigan; Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Minnesota; Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Mississippi; Blue Cross and Blue Shield of New Jersey; Blue Cross and Blue Shield of North Carolina; Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Tennessee; Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Wisconsin; Books-A-Million; Brigham-Williams, Inc.; Capital Growth Properties, Inc.; Capstone Health Services Foundation, P.C.; Capstone Building Corp.; Chubb Insurance Company; Church Communication Network, Inc.; Cincinnati Insurance Co.; Clarendon National Insurance Co.; Grandbridge Real Estate Capital LLC; Colony Insurance Company; Combatel Manufacturing, Inc.; Commercial Printing Company; Compass Bank; Communication Associates, Inc.; Cooper Construction Company; Duraweld, Inc.; Empire Blue Cross and Blue Shield; Federal Insurance Company; First Commercial Bank; First Mercury Insurance Company; Fulcrum Insurance Company; Gallagher-Bassett Services, Inc.; Gibson & Anderson Construction, Inc.; Harbert Corporation; Harbert Realty Services, Inc.; Highland Capital Holding Corporation; Insurance Management; Hoover Toyota, L.L.C.; Judson College; Komatsu Financial; Maxus Construction Company; MEGA Life and Health Insurance Company; Methodist Home for the Aging Corporation; Mid-Continent Insurance Company; Molton, Allen & Williams Corp.; Newcastle Construction, Inc.; New South Federal Savings Bank; Nixon Electric Co., Inc.; Northeast Alabama Regional Medical Center; Premera Blue Cross; Prudential Property & Casualty; RealtySouth; RE Grills Construction Co.; Red Mountain Bank, N.A.; Reno Construction Company, LLC; R&M Equipment Rentals, Inc.; Riverside Refractories, Inc.; Royal Automotive, Inc.; Samford University; The Sanders Trust, L.L.C.; Serra Automotive Group; Simon-Williamson Clinic, P.C.; Southeastern Property Management; SouthPoint Bank; Strategos, Inc.; Student Life, Inc.; Transamerica Insurance Group; TruWood Cabinets, Inc.; Twin Construction, Inc.; Wadsworth Electric, Inc.; Wellborn Forest Products, Inc.; Wellchoice, Inc.; Wellington Specialty Insurance Company; Women's Missionary Union, Auxiliary to Southern Baptist Convention; W.P.C.I. | | R. Dale Wallace, Jr. (Member) born Birmingham, Alabama, 1954; admitted to bar, 1979, Alabama. Education: University of Alabama (B.A., 1976; J.D., 1979). President, Student Government Association. Governor, District 6860, Rotary International, 1993-1994. Member: Birmingham and American Bar Associations; Alabama State Bar. Practice Areas: Insurance Defense; Construction Law; Alternative Dispute Resolution; Emerging Growth Companies. Email: R. Dale Wallace, Jr. | | J. Birch Bowdre (Member) born Macon, Georgia, 1954; admitted to bar, 1979, Georgia and Alabama. Education: Furman University (B.A., 1976); Cumberland School of Law of Samford University (J.D., cum laude, 1979); University of Alabama (LL.M. in Taxation, 1985). Member, The Order of Barristers. Accredited Estate Planner, National Association of Estate Planning Councils, 1996—. Member, Estate Planning Council of Birmingham, Inc. Member: Birmingham and American Bar Associations (Member, Sections on: Taxation Law; Real Property, Probate and Trust Law); Alabama State Bar; State Bar of Georgia. Practice Areas: Estate Planning; Tax Law; Real Estate Law; Commercial Law. Email: J. Birch Bowdre | | Glenn E. Estess, Jr. (Member) born Birmingham, Alabama, 1954; admitted to bar, 1979, Alabama. Education: Auburn University (B.S., in Finance, 1976); Cumberland School of Law of Samford University (J.D., cum laude, 1979); New York University School of Law (LL.M. in Taxation, 1980). Omicron Delta Kappa. Estate Planning Council of Birmingham, Inc., Former Director. Alabama Planned Giving Council, Inc., Former Director. Member: Birmingham Bar Association; Alabama State Bar. Practice Areas: Taxation; Estate and Gift Taxation; Charitable Giving; Probate; Trusts; Corporate Law. Email: Glenn E. Estess, Jr. | | Albert L. Jordan (Member) born Atlanta, Georgia, 1956; admitted to bar, 1980, Alabama. Education: Hillsdale College (B.A., summa cum laude, 1977); University of Virginia (J.D., 1980). Member, Alabama Supreme Court's Standing Committee on Rules of Conduct and Canons of Judicial Ethics, 2002-2004. Member: Birmingham and American Bar Associations; Alabama State Bar. Practice Areas: Corporate Law; Commercial Law; Constitutional Law; Litigation; Appellate Practice; Election Law. Email: Albert L. Jordan | | Oscar M. Price III (Member) born Birmingham, Alabama, 1955; admitted to bar, 1980, Alabama. Education: University of Alabama (B.A., 1977); Vanderbilt University (J.D., 1980). Member: Birmingham and American Bar Associations; Alabama State Bar. Practice Areas: Construction Law; Business Law. Email: Oscar M. Price III | | William A. Ratliff (Member) born Birmingham, Alabama, 1956; admitted to bar, 1981, Alabama. Education: University of Alabama (B.S., 1978); Cumberland School of Law of Samford University (J.D., 1981). Member: Birmingham and American Bar Associations; Alabama State Bar. Practice Areas: Alternative Dispute Resolution; Commercial Litigation; Insurance Defense; Bankruptcy. Email: William A. Ratliff | | Kimberly R. West (Member) born Huntsville, Alabama, 1957; admitted to bar, 1984, Alabama. Education: University of Alabama (B.A., 1979; J.D., 1983). Order of the Coif. Hugo Black Scholar. Member, Alabama Law Review. Law Clerk to the Hon. Frank M. Johnson, Jr. U.S. Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit, 1983-1984. Member: Birmingham Bar Association; Alabama State Bar. Practice Areas: Mass Torts; Constitutional Law; ERISA; Insurance Subrogation; Appellate Practice. Email: Kimberly R. West | | Michael J. Brandt (Member) born San Antonio, Texas, 1952; admitted to bar, 1985, Alabama; 1989, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit. Education: University of Alabama (B.S., 1976; J.D., 1985). Order of the Coif. Hugo L. Black Scholar; Dean M. Leigh Harrison Scholar. Member, Managing Board, Alabama Law Review, 1984-1985. Member: Birmingham and American Bar Associations; Alabama State Bar. Practice Areas: Banking; Real Estate; Commercial Law. Email: Michael J. Brandt | | Cecil H. Macoy, Jr. (Member) born Birmingham, Alabama, 1963; admitted to bar, 1989, Alabama. Education: Georgia Institute of Technology (B.S., Mech. Engr., 1986); University of Alabama (J.D., 1989). Tau Beta Pi; Order of the Coif; Hugo Black Scholar; Senior Editor, Alabama Law Review. Member: Birmingham and American Bar Associations; Alabama State Bar. Practice Areas: Civil Litigation; Insurance Law; Construction Law. Email: Cecil H. Macoy, Jr. | | William B. Stewart (Member) born Anniston, Alabama, 1956; admitted to bar, 1990, Alabama. Education: University of Alabama (B.S., 1978); University of Alabama at Birmingham (M.S., 1980); Cumberland School of Law of Samford University (J.D., 1990). Associate Editor, Cumberland Law Review, 1989-1990. Recipient, American Jurisprudence Award in Contracts. Author: "Vicarious Liability of a Health Maintenance Organization for Acts of Independent Contractor Physicians," 2 Med. Malpractice Reports 114 (1989). Co-Author: "Labor and Employment Law Issues," The Alabama Hospital Law Manual (1992). Member: American Bar Association (Member, Sections on: Health; Intellectual Property); American Health Lawyers Association. Practice Areas: Health Care; Corporate Law; Business Transactions; Intellectual Property; International Law. Email: William B. Stewart | | Jay H. Clark (Member) born Prattville, Alabama, 1964; admitted to bar, 1992, Alabama. Education: Harding University (B.B.A., 1986); Cumberland School of Law of Samford University (J.D., magna cum laude, 1992). Associate Editor, Cumberland Law Review, 1991-1992. Certified Public Accountant, Alabama, 1989. Member: Birmingham Bar Association; Alabama State Bar. Practice Areas: General and Commercial Litigation; Insurance Defense; Bankruptcy; Landlord and Tenant Law. Email: Jay H. Clark | | Larry S. Logsdon (Member) born Lake Charles, Louisiana, 1965; admitted to bar, 1992, Alabama. Education: University of Alabama (B.S., 1987; J.D., 1992). Order of the Coif. Senior Editor, Alabama Law Review, 1991-1992. Member: Alabama State Bar. Practice Areas: Insurance Defense; Estate Planning; Construction Law; Litigation. Email: Larry S. Logsdon | | Michael L. Jackson (Member) born Birmingham, Alabama, 1968; admitted to bar, 1993, Alabama; U.S District Court, Northern, Middle and Southern Districts of Alabama; U.S Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit; U.S. Supreme Court. Education: Auburn University (B.A., summa cum laude, 1990) University of Texas (J.D., with Honors, 1993). Member, Texas Law Review, 1991-1992. Law Clerk to Hugh Maddox, Alabama Supreme Court, 1993-1994. Author: "Fatherhood and the Law: Reproductive Rights and Responsibilities of Men," 9 Texas Journal of Woman and the Law 53 (1996). Member: Birmingham Bar Association; Alabama State Bar. Practice Areas: Appellate Practice; Labor and Employment; Commercial Litigation; Insurance Defense; Constitutional Litigation; ERISA; Election Law. Email: Michael L. Jackson | | Mark M. Hogewood (Member) born Charlotte, North Carolina, 1968; admitted to bar, 1993, Alabama. Education: Wake Forest University (B.A., cum laude, 1990); Vanderbilt University (J.D., 1993). Member: Birmingham and American Bar Associations; Alabama State Bar. Practice Areas: Insurance Law; Personal Injury; Commercial Litigation; Products Liability. Email: Mark M. Hogewood | | Stephen P. Leara (Member) born St. Louis, Missouri, 1963; admitted to bar, 1994, Alabama; 1996, Georgia. Education: Brown University (B.S., 1986); Cumberland School of Law of Samford University (J.D., magna cum laude, 1994). Member, Cumberland Law Review, 1992-1994. Associate Editor, Harvard Journal Law and Public Policy, 1994. Member: Alabama State Bar; State Bar of Georgia; American Bankruptcy Institute. Practice Areas: Banking Law; Bankruptcy; Business Transactions; Commercial Law; Commercial Litigation; Real Estate; Mergers and Acquisitions. Email: Stephen P. Leara | | Phillip D. Corley, Jr. (Member) born Birmingham, Alabama, 1969; admitted to bar, 1994, Alabama. Education: University of Alabama (B.A., 1991; J.D., 1994). Member: Birmingham and American Bar Associations; Alabama State Bar. Practice Areas: Commercial Lending; Real Estate; Adoption Law; Estate Planning. Email: Phillip D. Corley, Jr. | | Michael J. Velezis (Member) born Waterbury, Connecticut, 1969; admitted to bar, 1995, Alabama. Education: Bentley College (B.S., Finance, 1991); Cumberland School of Law of Samford University (J.D., cum laude, 1995). Phi Alpha Delta. Curia Honoris; Cordell Hull Teaching Fellow; Dean Parham H. Williams Scholar; H. Hobart Grooms Scholar. Recipient, American Jurisprudence Award. Comment Editor, Cumberland Law Review, 1994-1995. Member: Defense Lawyers Association; Defense Research Institute; American Inn of Court. Languages: Greek. Practice Areas: ERISA; Complex Litigation; Banking Litigation; Commercial Litigation; Products Liability; Personal Injury; Insurance Defense; Bad Faith and Fraud; Civil Litigation; Mass Torts; Drug and Medical Device Litigation; Insurance Subrogation. Email: Michael J. Velezis | | Julie Bonner DeArman (Member) born Alabama; admitted to bar, 2000, Alabama and U.S. District Court, Middle District of Alabama; 2001, U.S. District Court, Northern and Southern Districts of Alabama. Education: Auburn University (B.A., 1997); Cumberland School of Law of Samford University (J.D., 2000). Phi Lambda Sigma; Pi Alpha Delta. Dean's List. Associate Editor, Cumberland Law Review, 1999-2000. Member: Estate Planning Council of Birmingham, 2000-2004; Alabama Planned Giving Council, 2001-2004. Member: Birmingham and American Bar Associations; Alabama State Bar. Practice Areas: Estate Planning; Probate; Corporate Law; Insurance Defense Litigation; Charitable Giving. Email: Julie Bonner DeArman | | Atley A. Kitchings, Jr. (Distinguished Senior Member) admitted to bar, 1950, Alabama; 1961, Mississippi. Education: Mississippi College; University of Virginia Law School (J.D.). Member: Montgomery County, Birmingham, Federal and American Bar Associations; Alabama State Bar; The Mississippi Bar. Practice Areas: Public Utility Law; Education Law; Civil Litigation. Email: Atley A. Kitchings, Jr. | | —————————— | | F. Brady Rigdon (Associate) born Atlanta, Georgia, 1974; admitted to bar, 2001, Alabama; 2003, U.S. District Court, Northern, Middle and Southern Districts of Alabama; 2006, U.S. Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit. Education: Auburn University (B.S.B.A., 1998); Cumberland School of Law of Samford University (J.D., 2001). Member: Birmingham and Shelby County Bar Associations; Alabama State Bar; Alabama Defense Lawyers Association; Christian Legal Society. Practice Areas: Civil Practice; Insurance Defense. Email: F. Brady Rigdon | | Audrey R. Channell (Associate) born St. Petersburg, 1975; admitted to bar, 2001, Alabama; U.S. District Court Middle and Northern Districts of Alabama; U.S. Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit. Education: Catawba College (B.A., Political Science, 1997); Cumberland School of Law of Samford University (J.D., 2000). Member: Birmingham (Member, Public Service Committee) and American Bar Associations; Alabama State Bar. Practice Areas: Insurance Subrogation; Civil Litigation; Employment Law. | | Laura M. Jackman (Associate) born Andalusia, Alabama; admitted to bar, 2002, Alabama. Education: Auburn University (B.S., 1999); University of Alabama School of Law (J.D., 2002). Alabama Law Review, 2000-2002. Member: Birmingham and American Bar Associations; Alabama State Bar; American Health Lawyers Association. Practice Areas: Health Care; Corporate Law; Commercial Law; Business Transactions. Email: Laura M. Jackman | | Thomas A. McKnight, Jr. (Associate) born February 20, 1977; admitted to bar, 2002, Alabama. Education: University of Virginia (B.A. 1999); University of Mississippi School of Law (J.D. 2002). Member: Birmingham and American Bar Associations; Alabama State Bar. Practice Areas: Labor and Employment; Construction Law; Insurance Defense. Email: Thomas A. McKnight, Jr. | | Eric G. Peterson (Associate) born Ridgewood, New Jersey, 1977; admitted to bar, 2004, Alabama. Education: Vanderbilt University (B.A. in Economics, 2000); William and Mary Law School (J.D., 2004). Phi Delta Phi; Sigma Chi; Christian Legal Society. Member: Birmingham and American Bar Associations; Alabama State Bar. Practice Areas: Banking Law; Real Estate; Commercial Transactions. Email: Eric G. Peterson | | OF COUNSEL | | Annemarie C. Axon (Of Counsel) born Winter Park, Florida; admitted to bar, 1999, Alabama. Education: University of Alabama (B.A., 1995; J.D., 1999). Member: Birmingham Bar Association; Alabama State Bar; Estate Planning Council. Practice Areas: Taxation; Estate and Gift Taxation; Environmental Law. Email: Annemarie C. Axon | | 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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