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| | Address | | 444 South Perry Street, P.O. Box 347 | | Montgomery, Alabama 36101-0347 | | (Montgomery Co.) | | | |
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| Copeland, Franco, Screws & Gill, P.A. practices in the following areas of law:
General Civil Practice in all Courts. Trials and Appeals, Class Action Litigation, Corporate, Personal and Products Injury, Commercial, Environmental, Administrative, Utility, Motor Carrier, Probate, Family Law. | | Year Established: 1947 | Firm Profile:
The firm was founded in 1947 by Hon. Richard T. Rives, who was joined by John C. Godbold, as a general civil trial and business firm. Three of its senior partners have become members of the federal judiciary and one is currently a Judge of the 15th Judicial Circuit of Alabama (Montgomery) (Hon. Richard T. Rives, former Chief Judge, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit; Hon. John C. Godbold, former Chief Judge of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth and Eleventh Circuits; and Hon. Truman M. Hobbs, former Chief Judge of the U.S. Middle District of Alabama), Truman M. Hobb, Jr. as Circuit Judge. The firm has participated in over 400 published cases during the past 60 years and practices regionally in all areas of civil trial and business law. Its members participate extensively in local and state bar activities and as faculty for Continuing Education in Trial Practice, Civil and Appellate Procedure, Products Liability, Environmental Law, Trust Law, Domestic Relations Law, and Real Estate Law. | | Firm Size: 16 | Representative Clients:
Financial, Insurance and Investment Groups: Wachovia Bank, N.A.; Compass Bank; Bank Trust; Superior Bank; Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner and Smith, Inc.; The New England Life Insurance Company; Associates First Capital Corp.; Associates Financial Services; First Family Financial Services; TranSouth Financial Corp.; American National Bank; AVCO Financial. Real Estate, Construction and Development: Walter Industries, Inc.; Jim Wilson and Associates, Inc.; Wynlakes Development Co.; Andrew & Dawson Contractors; J.P. King Auction Co., Inc.; Aronov Realty Company, Inc. Industrial: Martin Marietta Materials, Inc.; U.S. Pipe & Foundry Co., Inc.; Sanders Lead Co., Inc.; KW Plastics; Porter Properties, Inc.; PHD Hotels, Inc. Associations: Alabama Education Association; Alabama Optometric Association; Alabama Retail Association; Alabama Retired State Employee Association. Transportations: Foshee Trucking; Riverside Trucking Co., Inc.; Wiley Sanders Truck Lines, Inc.; Montgomery Area Association of Realtors. Telecommunications: WinStar Communications, Inc.; Level 3 Communications; Hyperion Communications of Alabama; AFC Enterprises. | Other Representative Clients:
Montgomery City-County Personnel Board; Hatton, Brown Publishers; Huntingdon College; Continental Grain Co.; General Electric Co.; Schering Plough Corp.; Wyeth-Ayerst Laboratories; IBP, Inc.; Jefferson-Smurfit Corp.; Walter Industries; Merrill Lynch, Inc.; Elmore Sand & Gravel, Inc.; The MEGA Life and Health Insurance Co.; MBC-United Wholesale, LLC. |
APPROVED ATTORNEYS FOR: Chicago Title Insurance Co.; Ticor Title Insurance Co.; First American Title Insurance Co.; Lawyers Title Insurance Corporation. | Reference:
Wachovia Bank, N.A. | | Albert W. Copeland (1927-1983). | | Dexter C. Hobbs (1955-1990). | | Richard H. Gill (Member) born Montgomery, Alabama, April 9, 1940; admitted to bar, 1965, Alabama. Education: Vanderbilt University (A.B., magna cum laude, 1962); University of Virginia (LL.B., 1965). Phi Beta Kappa; Phi Eta Sigma. Member: Alabama State Bar (Disciplinary Hearing Officer; Member, Disciplinary Committee; Alabama Board of Bar Commissioners, 1983, 1986-1995); American Bar Association; American Association for Justice; Alabama Trial Lawyers Association. Fellow, American College of Trial Lawyers. Fellow, American Academy of Appellate Lawyers. Listed in: The Best Lawyers in America; Who's Who in America. Author: "The Proposed Alabama Appellate Rules, An Overview," 26 Alabama Law Review 639; "Uninsured Motorist Coverage: An Alabama Success Story," Alabama Trial Lawyers Journal, April 1973; "Proving Attorney's Fees in Alabama," 45 Alabama Lawyer, No. 3, May, 1984. Member, 1972-1991, Alabama Supreme Court Advisory Committee on Appellate Rules (Vice Chairman, 1985-1991). Senior Associate Special Counsel, U.S. House of Representatives Committee on the Judiciary, Impeachment Inquiry, 1974. Life Fellow, American Bar Foundation. Fellow, Alabama Bar Institute. Practice Areas: Civil Litigation; Commercial Litigation; Trust Law; Corporate Litigation; Securities Litigation; Banking Litigation; Personal Injury. Email: Richard H. Gill | | Robert D. Segall (Member) born Chicago, Illinois, December 8, 1946; admitted to bar, 1971, Alabama. Education: Vanderbilt University (B.A., 1968); University of Alabama (J.D., 1971); Harvard University (LL.M., 1973). Omicron Delta Kappa; Order of the Coif; Bench and Bar. Student Work Editor, Alabama Law Review, 1970-1971. Author: "Civil Commitment in Alabama," 26 Alabama Law Review 215, 1974. Law Clerk to Judge Frank M. Johnson, Jr., U.S. District Court, Middle District of Alabama, 1971-1972. Member: Montgomery County (President, 1989) and American Bar Associations; Alabama State Bar (President, 2005-2006); Montgomery County Trial Lawyers Association (President, 1983); Legal Services Corporation of Alabama (Board President, 1990-1996); American Inns of Court (President, Hugh Maddox Chapter, 1998-1999); Alabama Commission on Access to Justice; American Board of Trial Advocates. Fellow, American College of Trial Lawyers. Named in Best Lawyers in America, 1987—. Life Fellow, Alabama Law Foundation. Fellow, American Bar Foundation. Practice Areas: Civil Litigation; Personal Injury Law; Business Litigation; First Amendment Law. Email: Robert D. Segall | | John A. Henig, Jr. (Member) born Louisville, Kentucky, July 28, 1949; admitted to bar, 1977, Alabama. Education: Auburn University (B.A., 1972); Jones Law School (J.D., 1975). Listed: Best Lawyers in America, 1996—; Top Lawyers in Alabama, 2007; The Best of the U.S., 2008; Alabama Super Lawyers, 2008; Who's Who in American Law. Member: Montgomery County Bar Association (Secretary-Treasurer, 1979 and President, 1980, Young Lawyers Section; Member, Board of Directors, 1980); Alabama Trial Lawyers Association (Member, Board of Governors, 1981-1983). Practice Areas: Civil Litigation; Personal Injury Litigation; Corporate; Business Litigation; Insurance Litigation; Family Law. Email: John A. Henig, Jr. | | Lee H. Copeland (Member) born Montgomery, Alabama, November 8, 1956; admitted to bar, 1982, Alabama. Education: University of Alabama (B.A., 1979; J.D., 1982). Phi Delta Phi. Named: Best Lawyers in America; Alabama Super Lawyers, 2008. Law Clerk to Judge Truman M. Hobbs, U.S. District Court, Middle District of Alabama, 1982-1983. Member: Montgomery County (President, 1995-1996) and American Bar Associations; Alabama State Bar (Member and Commissioner, 15th Judicial Circuit, 2006—; Character and Fitness Panel); Alabama Trial Lawyers Association; American Inns of Court, 1993-1998; Leadership Montgomery. Practice Areas: Commercial Litigation; Insurance Coverage; Civil Litigation; Corporate Litigation. Email: Lee H. Copeland | | George Walton Walker, III (Member) born Gadsden, Alabama, July 15, 1964; admitted to bar, 1989, Alabama. Education: Auburn University (B.S.B.A., 1986); Cumberland School of Law of Samford University (J.D., magna cum laude, 1989). Phi Kappa Phi. Curia Honoris. Member, Cumberland Law Review. Listed in The Best Lawyers of America. Law Clerk to Judge Robert Varner, U.S. District Court, Middle District of Alabama, 1989-1990. Member, American Inns of Court, 1993-2002. Practice Areas: Litigation. Email: George Walton Walker, III | | James David Martin (Member) born Butler, Alabama, September 23, 1972; admitted to bar, 1997, Alabama. Education: Auburn University (B.S., summa cum laude, 1994); University of North Carolina (J.D. with honors, 1997). Member, North Carolina Journal of International Law and Commercial Regulation. Member: American Inns of Court; Montgomery County (Member, Grievance Committee) and American Bar Associations; Alabama State Bar (Leadership Forum, 2008). Practice Areas: Civil Litigation; Administrative Law; Insurance Coverage Litigation. Email: James David Martin | | Shannon L. Holliday (Member) born Honolulu, Hawaii, April 30, 1967; admitted to bar, 1996, Alabama. Education: Princeton University (A.B., with honors, 1989); Yale University (J.D., 1994). Member, Yale Law Journal. Recipient, Skadden Arps Public Interest Fellowship, 1996-1998. Law Clerk to Judge R. Lanier Anderson III, U.S. Circuit Court, Eleventh Circuit, 1994-1995 and to Judge Phyllis A. Kravitch, U.S. Circuit Court, Eleventh Circuit, 1995-1996. Member: American Inns of Court; American Bar Association; Alabama State Bar. Practice Areas: General Civil Litigation; Constitutional Law; Employment Law; Personal Injury; Corporate Litigation. Email: Shannon L. Holliday | | Alan E. Rothfeder (Member) born Newark, New Jersey, November 1, 1938; admitted to bar, 1963, Georgia; 1965, Alabama. Education: Emory University (B.B.A., 1960; LL.B., 1963; M.B.A., 1964). Member: Montgomery County and American (Member, Taxation Section) Bar Associations; State Bar of Georgia; Alabama State Bar. Reported Cases: Fleming G. Brooks v. Commissioner, T.C. Memo 2005-204. Practice Areas: Taxation; Business Organizations; Corporations; Forest and Timber Products; Tax Litigation. | | Jo Karen Parr (Member) born Anadarko, Oklahoma, July 12, 1946; admitted to bar, 1976, Alabama; 1978, U.S. Tax Court. Education: University of Oklahoma (B.B.A., 1967); Jones Law Institute (J.D., 1976). Certified Public Accountant, Alabama, 1974. Member: Montgomery County and American (Member, Sections on Taxation, Real Property, Probate and Trust Law; Corporation, Banking and Business Law) Bar Associations; Alabama State Bar; Alabama Society of Certified Public Accountants; American Institute of Certified Public Accountants. Reported Cases: Estate of Goree v. Commissioner, T.C. Memo, 1994-331; Brooks v. Commissioner, T.C. Memo 2005-204. Practice Areas: Tax Controversies; Estate Planning; Estates; Trusts. Email: Jo Karen Parr | | Mark A. Franco (Member) born Montgomery, Alabama February 3, 1955; admitted to bar, 1980, Alabama. Education: University of Alabama (B.S., magna cum laude, 1977; J.D., 1980). Beta Gamma Sigma; Omicron Delta Kappa; Jasons. Member: Montgomery County and American (Member, Real Property, Probate and Trust Law Section) Bar Associations; Alabama State Bar. Practice Areas: Corporate Law; Commercial Law; Real Estate Law; Banking Law. Email: Mark A. Franco | | C. Nelson Gill (Associate) born Montgomery, Alabama, August 1, 1972; admitted to bar, 2001, Alabama. Education: Auburn University (B.A., 1997); University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa (J.D., 2001). Law Clerk, Hon. W. Harold Albritton, U.S. District Court, Middle District of Alabama. Member: Alabama State Bar; American Bar Association. Practice Areas: Commercial Litigation; Securities Litigation; Civil Litigation; Employment Law. Email: C. Nelson Gill | | H. Neal Farmer (Associate) born Atlanta, Georgia, March 6, 1981; admitted to bar, 2007, Alabama. Education: Samford University (B.S., 2003); Georgia State University (Master of Taxation, 2004); Cumberland School of Law of Samford University (J.D., 2007). Scholar of Merit Award. Recipient, Dean's Merit Scholarship. Associate Editor, 2005-2006 and Copy Editor, 2006-2007, Editorial Board, Cumberland Law Review. Author: "RWIPA Does Not Violate First Amendment Religion Clauses," 36 Cumb. L. Rev. 653-664, 2006. Practice Areas: Trusts and Estates; Business Law; Corporate Law; Tax Law. Email: H. Neal Farmer | | Jared "Heath" Loftin (Associate) born Hartford, Alabama, April 6, 1982; admitted to bar, 2007, Alabama. Education: Auburn University (B.S., Finance, summa cum laude, 2003); Cumberland School of Law of Samford University (J.D., cum laude, 2007). Phi Kappa Phi Honor Society; Beta Gamma Sigma Honor Society; Phi Eta Sigma Honor Society; Golden Key Honor Society. Member, Curia Honoris. Judge Abraham Caruthers Fellow, Samford University, Cumberland School of Law, 2006-2007. Member, Cumberland Law Review. Author: "Secondary Liability for Copyright Infringement: Why the Courts May be Nearing the End of the Line for Imposing Further Liability on Peer-to-Peer Software Distributors," Cumberland Law Review, February 2007. Honor Court Justice, Cumberland School of Law, 2005-2007. President, Cumberland Christian Legal Society. Formerly with: Cochran, Cherry, Givens, Smith, Lane & Taylor, Dothan, Alabama; Southern Progress Corp., Birmingham, Alabama; Loftin, Loftin & Hal, Phoenix City, Alabama. Member: Montgomery County Bar Association (Member, Young Lawyers Section); Alabama State Bar. Practice Areas: Civil Litigation. Email: Jared "Heath" Loftin | | OF COUNSEL | | Herman B. Franco (Of Counsel) born Montgomery, Alabama, January 26, 1929; admitted to bar, 1956, Alabama. Education: University of Alabama (B.S., 1951; LL.B., 1956). Named in Steven Naifeh, The Best Lawyers In America, 1987-1997. Member: The Association of Trial Lawyers of America; Alabama Law Institute (Member, Committee on Land Title Acts, 1969-1974). Practice Areas: Real Estate Law; Shopping Centers Law; Commercial Law; Corporate and Business Law. Email: Herman B. Franco | | Euel A. Screws, Jr. (Of Counsel) born Opelika, Alabama, May 25, 1931; admitted to bar, 1958, Alabama. Education: University of Alabama (B.S., 1952; LL.B., 1958). Phi Delta Phi; Omicron Delta Kappa; Phi Eta Sigma. Charter Member, Bench and Bar Legal Honor Society. Editor-in-Chief, Alabama Law Review, 1957-1958. Law Clerk to Judge Richard T. Rives, U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit, 1958-1959. President, Young Lawyers Section, Alabama State Bar, 1963-1964. Member: Montgomery County Bar Association (Chairman, Executive Committee, 1968; President, 1983); American Inn of Court. Practice Areas: Commercial Litigation; General Corporate and Business Law; Environmental Law. Email: Euel A. Screws, Jr. | | James G. Hawthorne, Jr. (Of Counsel) born Montgomery, Alabama, January 25, 1944; admitted to bar, 1973, Alabama. Education: University of Alabama (B.S., 1967); Jones Law School (J.D., 1973). Author: "Law of Trusts in Alabama," Alabama Institute for Continuing Legal Education, 1982. Mediator, Uniform Trust Code, Probate, Estate and Trust, Administration, Alabama. Member: Alabama State Bar; Montgomery County Bar Association. Practice Areas: Estate Planning; Probate; Wills; Trust Law; Taxation. Email: James G. Hawthorne, Jr. | | All Attorneys in the Firm are Members of the Alabama State Bar and Montgomery County Bar Associations. | | 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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