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Tanner & Guin represents privately-held and family-owned businesses across Alabama in matters relating to all areas of building, maintaining, and growing a business. The firm represents a broad base of local, regional, national, and international concerns in areas such as business financing (including bonds and tax-exempt financing), mergers and acquisitions, federal, state, and local taxation, litigation and mediation, labor and employment law, environmental law, real estate, estate planning and probate, trademark/trade name, and copyright law. The firm also services businesses in the areas of business succession planning and charitable/planned giving.

In representing privately-held and family-owned businesses, attorneys have experience in navigating the various business issues from building and starting a business, managing a business at various stages, preparing businesses to be sold, or merging and acquiring other businesses during a growth and expansion stage. In the areas of litigation and mediation, the firm represents clients that are based in Alabama in resolving disputes, and companies headquartered outside the State of Alabama operating facilities and subsidiaries in the State.

The firm has experience in economic development and industrial incentives, dealing with the various tax and financing programs available to companies and businesses. In addition, the firm services industries across the board with their various legal needs in managing and growing their businesses. These industries include construction, real estate development and property management, health care, manufacturing, wholesale and distribution, publishing and media, retail, and non-profit organizations, including churches and various religious and charitable organizations.

Tanner & Guin is an active community leader as a sponsor of the Kentuck Arts Festival, Tuscaloosa Symphony Orchestra, Theatre Tuscaloosa and The Arts Council, and capital campaigns for The University of Alabama, Shelton State Community College and Stillman College. Attorneys serve on Boards for various industry, civic and non-profit organizations throughout the area and actively participate in building and growing the business community and infrastructure of West Alabama.

Tanner & Guin is a member of LawPact, an international association of independent business law firms. Membership and participation in LawPact provides our firm with resource and referral networks in cities worldwide.

Statement of Practice

Business Law, Corporate Law, Commercial Law, Bond Finance, Industrial Development Bonds, Corporate Finance, Business Acquisitions/Sales and Disputes, Business and Civil Litigation, Banking Regulation, Bankruptcy, Estate Planning, Trust Planning, Environmental Law, Real Property, Trademarks, Trade Names, Copyrights, Antitrust and Unfair Competition, Corporate Taxation, Individual Tax and Income Tax, Labor and Employment, Employment Litigation, Partnership Law, Limited Liability Company Law, Probate, State Taxation, Local Taxation, Tax Exempt Organizations, Charitable Giving, Tax Litigation, Franchise Law, Class Action Defense, Newspaper Law, Alternative Dispute Resolution, Immigration and Naturalization and Local Government Law.

Representative Clients:

Affiliated Paper Companies, Inc.
AFFLINK Inc.
Amason & Associates, Inc.
Avedis Zildjian Company
Bama Concrete Products
Black Warrior Corporation d/b/a Henson's Cypress Inn
Boise Cascade Corporation
Boone Newspapers, Inc.
Champion Enterprises, Inc.
City of Northport, AL
Cohens Electronics, Inc.
Comcast Cablevision, Inc.
Corus America, Inc.
Corus Group plc
R. R. Donnelley & Sons Company
Embassy One Real Estate, Inc.
Fitts Industries, Inc.
Friday Lumber Company Incorporated
GBCC, Inc.
GMAC Financial Corporation
Granite Publications, Inc.
Brion Hardin Construction Company, Inc.
Henson's Cypress Inn and Let's Eat Diners
Indian Rivers Mental Health/Mental Retardation Center
International Truck and Equipment
Jeffco Concrete Contractors, Inc.
Johnson Controls
JVC America, Inc.
Let's Eat Diners
Let's Eat Inc. d/b/a 15th Street Diner
Tom McLeod Software Corporation
Mead Corporation
Michelin Tire Corporation, North America
The Morrow Companies
Jim Myers Drug, Inc.
New York Times Holdings
News Media Corporation
Northport Health Services, Inc.
Nucor Steel Tuscaloosa, Inc.
PTS Newspapers, Inc.
Pace Learning Systems, Inc.
Phifer Wire Products
Premier Service Corporation
RaCON, Inc.
Reichhold Chemicals, Inc.
Resource and Financial Management Systems, Inc.
Rite Aid Corporation
David A. Scott, D.M.D., LLC
The Sealy Companies
Sealy Management Company, Inc.
Sealy Realty Company, Inc.
Southeast Cancer Network, Inc.
Southern Pride Catfish Co., Inc.
Southern Pride Catfish LLC
Spiller Associated Furniture Stores, Inc.
Stillman College
TTL, Inc.
Taylorville Restaurant, Inc. d/b/a Taylorville Diner, Northport
Town of Millport, AL
Tuscaloosa County Board of Education
Tuscaloosa Steel Corporation
Tuscaloosa Toyota
Unimin Corporation
University of Alabama
WAR Construction, Inc.
Wachovia Bank, N.A.
Warren Tire & Auto, Inc.
Warrior of Arkansas, Inc.
Warrior Roofing Manufacturing Co., Inc.
Warrior Tractor & Equipment Company, Inc.
Wick Communications, Co.
F.D. Wilson Trucking Co., Inc.
Woodstock Drug, Inc.
ZF Industries Inc.

Clients

APPROVED BOND COUNSEL FOR: Alabama Housing Finance Authority, Alabama State Board of Education
Colonial Bank
Compass Bank
First Commercial Bank, First National Bank of Central Alabama
Regions Bank
Wachovia Bank
The Bank of Tuscaloosa.

Former Names

(formerly Tanner & Guin, P.C.)

Rate Information

Fixed Hourly Rates
Fixed Fees Available
Accepts Major Credit Cards

• Visa
• MasterCard
• American Express
• Discover

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.

Address

Capitol Park Center
2711 University Boulevard P.O. Box 3206
Tuscaloosa, AL 35403-3206, (Tuscaloosa Co.)

Phone

Phone: 205-633-0200
Fax: 205-633-0290

Website

http://www.tannerguin.com

Office Hours

Monday: 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 Offices

ASSOCIATES

Kelly S. McCaleb (Associate) admitted to bar, 1996, Alabama. Education: University of Alabama (B.A., 1992; J.D., 1996). Member: Tuscaloosa County Bar Association; Alabama State Bar (Member, Elder Law and Domestic Sections); American Bar Association. Practice Areas: DUI/DWI; Criminal Defense; Family Law; Alimony; Annulment; Divorce; Divorce Mediation; Family Mediation; Marital Agreements; Matrimonial Law; Uncontested Divorce; Qualified Domestic Relations Orders (QDROs); Premarital Agreements.Email: Kelly S. McCaleb

Hannah B. Lansdon (Associate) born Dothan, Alabama, September 13, 1983; admitted to bar, 2009, Alabama. Education: University of Alabama at Birmingham (B.S., Business Management, 2006); Cumberland School of Law (J.D., 2009); Samford University (M.B.A., 2009). Author: note, "Indiana v. Edwards - The Sixth Amendment Right of Self-Representation is Limited for the Mentally Ill," 33 Am J. Trial Advoc., Vol. 32:3, 2009. Member: Tuscaloosa County and American (Member, Young Lawyer and Litigation, 2009-2010) Bar Associations; Alabama State Bar (Member, Young Lawyer and Litigation, 2009-2010); Defense Research Institute. Practice Areas: Domestic Relations(25%); Growing Business(25%); Health Care(25%); Workplace Law(25%).Email: Hannah B. Lansdon

Ashley M. Emerson (Associate) admitted to bar, 2005, Alabama; U.S. District Court, Northern, Middle and Southern Districts of Alabama; U.S. Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit. Education: University of Alabama (B.S., Human Environmental Sciences, cum laude, 2000; J.D., 2005). Member: Tuscaloosa County and American Bar Associations; State Bar of Alabama. Practice Areas: Labor and Employment; Litigation; Corporate Law; Construction Law; Construction Litigation; County Government Law; Banking Regulation; Family Law.Email: Ashley M. Emerson

Brooke M. Nixon (Associate) admitted to bar, 2008, Alabama.. Education: The University of Alabama (B.S., 2005); Cumberland University (J.D., magna cum laude, 2008). Member: Tuscaloosa County Bar Association; Alabama State Bar (Member, Young Lawyers Section); American Bar Association (Member, Young Lawyers Section). Practice Areas: Business Law; Commercial Law; Corporate Law; Labor and Employment.Email: Brooke M. Nixon