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Address
Lakeview Center
2660 EastChase Lane, Suite 300
Montgomery, Alabama 36117 (Montgomery Co.)
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4.9
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(Main Office) A business aligned firm, Kaufman Gilpin McKenzie Thomas Weiss, PC was founded in Montgomery, Alabama in May, 1983. Our primary objective is to provide quality legal services to our clients. With a diverse and far ranging practice, we represent both individual entrepreneurs and large corporations. Our clients employ the entire firm, not just one attorney; thus, the resources, skills and efforts of all attorneys are available to each client. Kaufman Gilpin McKenzie Thomas Weiss, P.C. is privileged to represent clients in every major field of business endeavor. Our clients include organizations involved in real estate development, finance, banking, venture capital, manufacturing, agriculture, insurance, international trade, nation-wide common carriers, communications, private utilities, retailing, health care, education and professionals of all types. Many of our clients are nationally recognized as leaders in their field. Statement of PracticeAdministrative, Bankruptcy, Business Organizations, Construction, Corporations, Employee Benefits, Employment Discrimination, Environmental, Estate Planning, Litigation, Municipal and Corporate Finance, Probate and Trusts, Real Estate, Taxation, Tax-Exempt Organizations, Tax Litigation, Transportation, Health Law, Forest and Timber Products. Year Established: 1983
Firm Size: 16
Representative Clients:Banking: Colonial Bank
Sterling Bank
Aliant Bank
Aliant National Corporation
AmeriFirst Bank
Regions Bank
Wachovia Bank. Construction: Rhodes Construction Company
Alfa Builders, Inc.
Ozark Striping Company, Inc.
Cagle & Luster Construction, Inc. Food Services: Priester Pecan Company, Inc.
Jim 'n' Nicks BBQ
Whitfield Foods. Forest & Timber Products: Linden Lumber Company, Inc.
Tolleson Lumber Company, Inc.
Gulf Lumber Company
T&S Hardwood, Inc.
Buchanan Lumber Company, Inc.
Alabama Forestry Association
Southeast Wood Treating, Inc. Health Care: Dale Medical Center
Evergreen Medical Center
Russell Medical Center
Tombigbee Health Care Authority
Community Health Systems, Inc. Improvement Districts: Taylor-Ryan Improvement District
EastChase, LLC
The Grangemoor Improvement District. Investment Banking: Merchant Capital, L.L.C.
Stern, Agee
The Frazier Lanier Company. Manufacturing: Fulgham Fibres, Inc.
Municipalities: City of Montgomery, Alabama
City of Millbrook, Alabama
City of Troy, Alabama
Town of Pike Road. Real Estate: Alfa Mutual Insurance Co.
Southern Boulevard Corporation
Alfa Properties, Inc.
Aronov Realty Company, Inc.
Jim Wilson and Associates. Title Insurance: First American Title Insurance Co.
Lawyers Title Insurance Co. Transportation: Evergreen Transportation
Boyd Brothers Transportation, Inc. Other: Auburn University Alumni Association
Huntingdon College
Tuskegee University
Ropir Industries, Inc.
Union Springs Telephone Company
Fast Phones, Inc.
Alabama Roadbuilder Association Worker's Compensation Fund
Alabama Nursing Home Association Worker's Compensation Fund.
ClientsAPPROVED ATTORNEYS FOR: Compass Bank
Regions Bank
Colonial Bank
Aliant Bank
Sterling Bank
Regions Mortgage, Inc.
Anchor Mortgage Services, Inc.
Residential Mortgage
Aliant Mortgage
Colonial Mortgage
G.E. Capital Mortgage Services, Inc.
BankTrust
AmeriFirst Bank
Wachovia Bank
Wells Fargo Home Mortgage
Whitney National Bank
USAA Federal Savings Bank
Synovus Mortgage Corp.
SunTrust Mortgage Corp.
Quicken Loans, Inc.
Bank of America
Navy Federal Credit Union
Max Federal Credit Union
JP Morgan Chase Bank, N.A.
CitiMortgage, Inc.
Chase Manhatten Mortgage.
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AddressLakeview Center
2660 EastChase Lane, Suite 300
Montgomery, AL 36117, (Montgomery Co.)
PhonePhone: 334-244-1111
Fax: 334-244-1969
Website
http://www.kgmlegal.com
Office HoursMonday: 08:00 AM - 05:00 PM
Tuesday: 08:00 AM - 05:00 PM
Wednesday: 08:00 AM - 05:00 PM
Thursday: 08:00 AM - 05:00 PM
Friday: 08:00 AM - 05:00 PM
Firm/Affiliate OfficesBirmingham, Alabama Office: 2100 Southbridge Parkway, Suite 650, 35209. Telephone: 205-414-7456.
Robert E. L. Gilpin (Shareholder) born Montgomery, Alabama, July 24, 1957; admitted to bar, 1982, Alabama. Education: University of Alabama (B.S., 1979; J.D., 1982); New York University (LL.M. in Taxation, 1983). Article Editor, American Journal of Tax Policy, 1981-1982. Editor, Alabama Bar Association Tax Section Newsletter, 1989-1991. Member, University of Alabama Law Society, 1980-1981. Member: Alabama State Bar. Practice Areas: Business Organizations; Taxation; Corporations; Commercial Transactions; Forest and Timber Products; International Trade; Improvement Districts.Email: Robert E. L. Gilpin
Richardson B. McKenzie III (Shareholder) born Salina, Kansas, March 19, 1954; admitted to bar, 1979, Alabama; 1980, U.S. District Court, Middle District of Alabama; 1981, U.S. Tax Court. Education: Davidson College (B.A., Economics, 1976); University of Alabama (J.D., 1979); University of Miami (LL.M. in Taxation, 1980). Member: Montgomery County and American (Member, Sections on: Taxation and Real Property, Probate and Trust Law) Bar Associations; Alabama State Bar (Member, Sections on: Taxation and Real Property, Probate and Trust Law). Practice Areas: Estate Planning; Trusts and Estates; Probate; Partnership Law; Qualified Retirement Plans.Email: Richardson B. McKenzie III
George W. Thomas (Shareholder) born Montgomery Alabama, April 21, 1952; admitted to bar, 1977, Alabama. Education: Auburn University (B.S., 1974); University of Virginia (J.D., 1977). Phi Eta Sigma; Omicron Delta Epsilon; Omicron Delta Kappa. Member: Montgomery County (Member, Grievance Panel) and American Bar Associations; Alabama State Bar. Practice Areas: Real Estate; Commercial Real Estate; Bankruptcy; Probate and Trusts.Email: George W. Thomas
John Ward Weiss (Shareholder) born Montgomery, Alabama, December 23, 1954; admitted to bar, 1980, Alabama; 1981, U.S. District Court, Middle District of Alabama; 1987, U.S. Tax Court. Education: Presbyterian College (B.A., History, 1977); University of Alabama Law School (J.D., 1980); New York University School of Law (LL.M. in Taxation, 1985). Phi Delta Phi. Member: Bench and Bar; Order of the Barristers. Adjunct Professor in Taxation, Jones School of Law, Montgomery, Alabama, 1985-1989. Law Clerk, Hon. Robert E. Varner, Chief Judge, U.S. District Court, Middle District of Alabama, 1980-1981. Member: Montgomery County and American (Member, Section on Taxation, Business Law and Health Law Section) Bar Associations; Alabama State Bar; American Health Lawyers Association; National Association of Bond Lawyers. Practice Areas: Health Law; Taxation; Business Law; Health Care; Commercial Transactions; Partnership Law.Email: John Ward Weiss
Robert M. Ritchey (Shareholder) born Birmingham, Alabama, August 2, 1960; admitted to bar, 1985, Alabama. Education: University of Alabama at Birmingham (B.S., Accounting, 1982); Cumberland School of Law of Samford University (J.D., magna cum laude, 1985); New York University (LL.M. in Taxation, 1986). Phi Delta Phi. Recipient, Curia Honoris Award. Member and Associate Editor, Cumberland Law Review, 1984-1985. Member: Montgomery County and American (Member, Sections on Taxation, Real Property, Probate and Trust Law) Bar Associations; Alabama State Bar (Member, Alabama Board of Bar Examiners, 1996-2000). Practice Areas: Taxation; Commercial Transactions; Estate Planning; Probate and Trust; Corporations and Business Organizations including Tax-Exempt.Email: Robert M. Ritchey
Simeon F. Penton (Shareholder) born Montgomery, Alabama, July 11, 1957; admitted to bar, 1984, Alabama; 1987, U.S. District Court, Middle District of Alabama; 2000, U.S. District Court, Northern and Southern Districts of Alabama and U.S. Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit and U.S. Tax Court. Education: Auburn University (B.A., 1980); Cumberland School of Law of Samford University (J.D., 1984). Phi Delta Phi. Member: Montgomery County and American Bar Associations; Alabama State Bar (Member, Board of Bar Commissioners, 2002); Alabama Trial Lawyers Association; Montgomery County Trial Lawyers Association (Member, Board of Directors, 1988); Montgomery County Young Lawyers Association (Member, Board of Directors, 1989). Hugh Maddox Inn of Court (Treasurer, 2001). Fellow: Alabama Law Foundation. Practice Areas: Business Litigation; Insurance Litigation; Employment Law.Email: Simeon F. Penton
Carla Cole Gilmore (Shareholder) born Dothan, Alabama, May 21, 1969; admitted to bar, 1995, Alabama, U.S. District Court, Middle District of Alabama and U.S. Tax Court; 1996, U.S. District Court, Southern District of Alabama; 1998, U.S. Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit; 2000, U.S. District Court, Northern District of Alabama. Education: University of Alabama (B.S., summa cum laude, 1991; J.D., 1995). Bench and Bar Legal Honor Society; Order of the Barristers; Jessup International Law Moot Court Team; John A. Campbell Moot Court Board. Secretary, Student Bar Association. Editor, Alabama Law Review. Member: Montgomery County and American Bar Associations; Alabama State Bar. Practice Areas: Business Litigation; Employment Law; Tax Controversies.Email: Carla Cole Gilmore
John Allen Howard, Jr. (Shareholder) born Atlanta, Georgia, May 23, 1974; admitted to bar, 2000, Alabama and U.S. District Court, Middle and Northern Districts of Alabama; U.S. Tax Court and U.S. Supreme Court. Education: Hampden-Sydney College (B.A., 1997); Cumberland School of Law (J.D., 2000). Articles Editor, The American Journal of Trial Advocacy. Honor Court Justice, Cumberland School of Law. Recipient, Scholar of Merit Awards, Cumberland School of Law. Street Law Volunteer, Cumberland School of Law. Author, "New Developments in Internet Law: The Anticybersquatting Consumer Protection Act (ACPA) and the ICAAA, Dispute Resolution Policy," American Journal of Trial Advocacy, Spring, 2000, Vol. 23:3. Emergency Medical Technician & Volunteer Firefighter, Hampden-Sydney, Virginia, 1994-1997. Member: Montgomery County, Alabama State and American Bar Associations; State Bar of Georgia. Languages: Spanish. Practice Areas: Real Estate; Corporate Law; Business Litigation; Aviation Law.Email: John Allen Howard, Jr.
Davis Houghton Smith (Shareholder) born Montgomery, Alabama, September 26, 1974; admitted to bar, 2000, Alabama. Education: Hampden-Sydney College (B.A., 1997); University of Alabama School of Law (J.D., 2000); New York University (LL.M., Taxation, 2001). John A. Campbell Moot Court Board, 1999-2000. Mugel Tax Moot Court Team, 1999-2000. Member: Montgomery County and American (Member, Tax and Business Law Section) Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Taxation; Business Organization; Corporate Law; Trusts and Estates; Real Estate.Email: Davis Houghton Smith
ASSOCIATE ATTORNEYSDavid B. Wills (Associate) born Atlanta, Georgia, June 6, 1972; admitted to bar, 1999, Alabama. Education: Auburn University (B.S., magna cum laude, 1995; M.S., 1996); Cumberland School of Law of Samford University (J.D., 1999); University of Florida (LL.M., Taxation, 2004). Phi Kappa Phi, Omicron Delta Kappa. Scholar of Merit, Constitutional Law. Research and Writing Editor, American Journal of Trial Advocacy. Cordell Hull Teaching Fellow. Member: Alabama Bar Association; American Bar Association (Member, Sections on: Taxation, Health Care, Real Property, Probate and Business Law); Montgomery County Bar Association; American Health Lawyers Association. Practice Areas: Tax Law; Corporate Law; Business Law; Health Care; Tax Exempt Organizations.Email: David B. Wills
Sarah Scogin Johnston (Associate) born Birmingham, Alabama, May 22, 1975; admitted to bar, 2001, Alabama and U.S. District Court, Middle District of Alabama. Education: Auburn University (B.S., 1997); University of Alabama (J.D., 2000). Member, National Trial Team, John A. Campbell Moot Court Board. Staff Attorney, 2002-2004 and Law Clerk, 2001-2002, Alabama Supreme Court. Member: Alabama State Bar; Montgomery County and American Bar Associations. Languages: German. Practice Areas: Trusts and Estates.Email: Sarah Scogin Johnston
S. Reagan Rumsey (Associate) born Birmingham, Alabama, September 29, 1977; admitted to bar, 2004, Alabama. Education: University of Alabama (B.S., 2001); Cumberland School of Law (J.D., cum laude, 2004); University of Florida, School of Law (LL.M., Taxation, 2005). Member: Montgomery County Bar Association; Alabama State Bar; American Bar Association (Member, Tax Section and Business Law Section); National Association of Bond Lawyers. Practice Areas: Taxation; Corporate Law; Trusts and Estates; Public Finance.Email: S. Reagan Rumsey
Jenny R. Wilson (Associate) born Birmingham, Alabama, June 18, 1978; admitted to bar, 2004, Alabama. Education: Birmingham-Southern College (B.S., 2000); University of Alabama School of Law (J.D., 2004); University of Florida Levin College of Law (LL.M., Taxation, 2005). Member: Alabama State Bar; American Bar Association; Montgomery County Bar Association. Practice Areas: Taxation; Trusts and Estates; Corporate Law.Email: Jenny R. Wilson
Clinton D. Graves (Associate) born Birmingham, Alabama, 1980; admitted to bar, 2007, Alabama. Education: University of Mississippi (B.S., Accounting, cum laude, 2002; M.S., Taxation, 2003); Cumberland School of Law of Samford University (J.D., 2006); University of Florida (LL.M., Taxation, 2007). Member: Montgomery County and American Bar Associations; Alabama State Bar. Practice Areas: Corporate Law; Taxation.Email: Clinton D. Graves
OF COUNSELSamuel Kaufman (Of Counsel) born Montgomery, Alabama, August 14, 1929; admitted to bar, 1954, Alabama; 1958, U.S. Claims Court. Education: University of Chicago, Syracuse University and University of Alabama (B.A., 1950); University of Alabama (J.D., 1954). Member, Board of Editors, University of Alabama Law Review, 1952-1954. Author: "Book LabelingAn Ominous Venture in Censorship," Spring, 1954, Volume 6, Alabama Law Review. Recipient, Miree Award Real Estate Law. Alabama Assistant Attorney General, 1955-1956. Chairman, Central Alabama Regional Planning Commission, 1970-1971. Member: Montgomery County and American Bar Associations; Alabama State Bar. Practice Areas: Real Estate; Bankruptcy; Estates; Trusts.Email: Samuel Kaufman
Gregg Brantley Everett (Of Counsel) born Washington, D.C., June 28, 1949; admitted to bar, 1983, Alabama. Education: Auburn University (B.S., 1971; M.Ed., 1973); University of Alabama (J.D., 1983). Member: Alabama State Bar; American Health Lawyers Association. (Also General Counsel and Senior Vice President, Alabama Hospital Association, Montgomery, Alabama). Practice Areas: Health Law; Federal Regulatory Law; Regulatory Law; Administrative Law.Email: Gregg Brantley Everett
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