MEMBERS OF FIRM
Phillip E. Adams, Jr. (Senior Partner) born Farmville, Virginia, December 25, 1943; admitted to bar, 1968, Alabama; 1969, U.S. District Court, Middle District of Alabama. Education: Auburn University (B.S., 1965). University of Alabama (J.D., 1968). Phi Delta Phi. Law Clerk to the Hon. Pelham Merrill, Alabama Supreme Court, 1968-69. Municipal Judge, City of Opelika, 1976-1991 and Town of Waverly, 1977-1980. Registered Mediator, Alabama, 1995. Member: Lee County Bar Association (President, 1973-74); American Bar Association (Member, House of Delegates, 1991-1996) Alabama State Bar (Commissioner, 1983-1990, President, 1991-1992); Alabama Defense Lawyers Association. Fellow: American Bar Foundation; Alabama State Bar Foundation. Practice Areas: Mediation; Business Law; Corporate Law; Trial Practice; Insurance Litigation; Banking Law; Real Estate.Email: Phillip E. Adams, Jr.
Patrick C. (Rick) Davidson (Partner) born Auburn, Alabama, May 19, 1968; admitted to bar, 1994, Alabama; U.S. District Court, Middle District of Alabama. Education: Auburn University (B.S., 1990); University of Alabama (J.D., 1994). Member, National Trial Team. Member, Bench and Bar Legal Honor Society. Recipient, Dean Thomas Christopher Award. President, Student Bar Association. Prosecutor, Auburn Municipal Court. Member: Lee County Bar Association (Treasurer, 2004-2006); Alabama State Bar; Farrah Law Society; Alabama Law Foundation (Board Member, 1997-2002 and Chairman, 2002-2003, Grants Committee; Member, Board of Trustees, 2004); Atticus Finch Society (Charter Member). Practice Areas: General Litigation; Insurance Defense; Banking Law; Real Estate; Collections; Municipal Law.Email: Patrick C. (Rick) Davidson
Matthew W. White (Partner) born Montgomery, Alabama, January 23, 1967; admitted to bar, 1994, Alabama, U.S. District Court, Middle and Southern Districts of Alabama; U.S. Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit. Education: Auburn University (B.S., in Business Administration, 1990); Mississippi College School of Law (J.D., 1994). Assistant District Attorney, Fifth Judicial Circuit of Alabama, 1994-1997. Member: Lee County and American Bar Associations; Alabama State Bar (Chairperson, Quality of Life for Lawyers Committee; Member, Worker's Compensation Committee). Practice Areas: General Civil Litigation; Insurance Defense; Personal Injury; Wrongful Death; Workers Compensation; Criminal Law; Driving While Intoxicated.Email: Matthew W. White
Blake L. Oliver (Partner) born Dothan, Alabama, August 28, 1978; admitted to bar, 2003, Alabama. Education: Auburn University (B.A., cum laude, 2000); Cumberland School of Law at Samford University (J.D., cum laude, 2003). Member, 2001-2003, Research Editor, 2002-2003, Cumberland Law Review. Law Clerk to the Hon. J. Gorman Houston Jr., Alabama Supreme Court, 2003-2004. Member: Lee County Bar Association; Alabama State Bar. Practice Areas: Civil Litigation; Insurance Defense; Real Estate; Corporate Law; Appellate Practice.Email: Blake L. Oliver
Michael E. Short (Partner) born Grove Hill, Alabama, January 18, 1971; admitted to bar, 2004, Alabama, U.S. District Court, Northern and Middle Districts of Alabama. Education: Auburn University (B.S., 1994; M.Ed., 1996); Cumberland School of Law at Samford University (J.D., 2004). Member: Lee County Bar Association and Alabama State Bar. Practice Areas: Domestic Relations; Insurance Defense; Criminal Law; Civil Litigation; Driving While Intoxicated.Email: Michael E. Short
ASSOCIATE
Christine B. Dean (Associate) born Montgomery, Alabama, August 12, 1974; admitted to bar, 1999, Alabama. Education: University of Alabama (B.A., summa cum laude, 1996); Cumberland School of Law (J.D., summa cum laude, 1999). Comment Editor, Cumberland Law Review, 1998-1999. Member, Curia Honoris. Law Clerk to the Hon. Ira De Ment III, U.S. District Judge for the Middle District of Alabama, 2000. Adjunct Instructor, Jones Law School, 2000. Staff Attorney for the Hon. Joel F. Dubina, U.S. Circuit Judge for the Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals, 2001-2004. Member: Lee County Bar Association; Alabama State Bar. Practice Areas: Appellate Practice.Email: Christine B. Dean
OF COUNSEL
Arnold W. Umbach, Jr. (Of Counsel) born Williamsburg, Virginia, December 6, 1942; admitted to bar, 1971, Alabama. Education: Auburn University (B.S., 1969); University of Alabama (J.D., 1971); Emory University (LL.M. in Taxation, 1976). Member: Bench and Bar. Member: Lee County (President, 1990) and American Bar Associations; Alabama State Bar; Alabama Association of School Board Attorneys. Practice Areas: Real Estate Law; Banking Law; Corporate Law; Estate Planning; Probate Law; Municipal Law; School Law.Email: Arnold W. Umbach, Jr.