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Capitol Park Center
2711 University Boulevard, P.O. Box 3206
Tuscaloosa, Alabama 35403-3206 (Tuscaloosa Co.)
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4.4
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 Accepts Credit Cards (Main Office) 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 PracticeBusiness 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. Year Established: 1984
Firm Size: 14
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.
ClientsAPPROVED 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 InformationFixed Hourly Rates
Fixed Fees Available
Accepts Major Credit Cards - Visa
- MasterCard
- American Express
- Discover
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AddressCapitol Park Center
2711 University Boulevard P.O. Box 3206
Tuscaloosa, AL 35403-3206, (Tuscaloosa Co.)
PhonePhone: 205-633-0200
Fax: 205-633-0290
Website
http://www.tannerguin.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: 418 Lorna Square Office Complex, 35216. Telephone: 205-823-1990. Fax: 205-633-0290.
Robert C. Tanner (1948-2000).
Jay F. Guin (Member) admitted to bar, 1978, Alabama, U.S. Supreme Court, U.S. District Court, Northern and Middle Districts of Alabama, U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth and Eleventh Circuits, U.S. Federal Claims Court. Education: David Lipscomb College (B.S., Mathematics, magna cum laude, 1975); University of Alabama (J.D., 1978). Member: Alabama Council of Rural Housing and Development; Alabama Department of Revenue Industrial Incentive Task Force; Economic Development Association of Alabama. Listed in The Bond Buyer's Guide. Member: Tuscaloosa County and American Bar Associations; Alabama State Bar; National Association of Bond Lawyers. Practice Areas: Bond Finance; Industrial Development Bonds; Business Law; Corporate Law; Commercial Law; Partnership Law; Limited Liability Company Law; Low Income Housing; Securities; State Taxation; Local Taxation; County Government Law.Email: Jay F. Guin
Robert L. Shields, III (Member) admitted to bar, 1975, Alabama; U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth and Eleventh Circuits. Education: University of Alabama (B.S., 1967); Cumberland School of Law of Samford University (J.D., cum laude, 1975). Chapter 7 Trustee, U.S. Bankruptcy Court, Northern District of Alabama, Western Division. Member: Alabama State Bar (Member, Bankruptcy and Commercial Law Sections); Birmingham Bar Association; American Bankruptcy Institute. (Also at Birmingham Office). Practice Areas: Bankruptcy; Insolvency; Workouts; Bankruptcy Litigation; Bankruptcy Chapter 11.Email: Robert L. Shields, III
Kim D. Ingram (Member) admitted to bar, 1982, Alabama, U.S. District Court, Northern District of Alabama. Education: University of Alabama (B.S., Business Administration, magna cum laude, 1979; J.D., 1982). Member: Tuscaloosa County and American Bar Associations; Alabama State Bar; Inland Press Association; Alabama Press Association. Practice Areas: Business Dispute Resolution; Business Acquisitions and Sales; Business Law; Corporate Law; Commercial Law; Corporate Finance; Real Property; Newspaper Law.Email: Kim D. Ingram
William B. McGuire, Jr. (Member) admitted to bar, 1983, Alabama; 1990, U.S. District Court, Northern District of Alabama. Education: University of Alabama (B.S., 1980; J.D., 1982). Lecturer, Family Law Topics, Abicle Seminars. Adjunct Faculty, University of Alabama School of Law, 2005. Member: Tuscaloosa County Bar Association (Member, Domestic Relations Committee, 1985-2001); Alabama State Bar (Member, Family Law Section); Family Law Association of Alabama (Charter Member, 2005). Practice Areas: Family Law; Adoption Law; Alimony; Child Support; Child Custody; Divorce; Domestic Violence; Separation Agreements; Visitation Rights; Grandparents Visitation Rights; Premarital Agreements; Mediation.Email: William B. McGuire, Jr.
D.W. Wilson (Member) admitted to bar, 1982, Alabama, U.S. District Court, Southern, Northern and Middle Districts of Alabama, U.S. Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit, U.S. Tax Court; U.S. Supreme Court. Education: University of Alabama (B.A., Political Science, magna cum laude, 1979); Vanderbilt University (J.D., 1982). Listed: Alabama State Court Mediation Roster; Alabama Arbitration Roster. Member: Tuscaloosa County and American Bar Associations; Alabama State Bar; Associated General Contractors of America (Associate Member). Reported Cases: General Motors Acceptance Corp. v. City of Red Bay, et al. 2004 WL 1418680 (Ala. 2004); Jimmy Cockrell v. Tuscaloosa Steel Corporation 2003 Ala. Civ. App. LEXIS 657 (September 12, 2003); Patterson v. Gladwin Corp. 835 So. 2d 137 (Ala. 2002); cert. denied Millcraft-SMS Serv. v. Underwood, 537 U.S. 974 (2002); General Motors Acceptance Corp. v. City of Red Bay & Franklin County 825 So. 2d 746 (Ala. 2002); Southdown v. Allen 119 F.Supp 2d 1223 (N.D. Ala. 2000) (representing a third-party defendant); S. Cent. Bell Tel. Co. v. State 789 So. 2d 133 (Ala. 1999); S. Cent. Bell Tel. Co. v. State 789 So. 2d 147 (Ala. 2000) (amicus filing on behalf of 63 foreign corporations); Smith v. Sears, Roebuck & Co. 672 So. 2d 794 (Ala. Civ. App. 1995); Cody v. Louisville & Nashville R.R. Co. 535 So. 2d 82 (Ala. 1988). Practice Areas: Bankruptcy; Business Litigation; Civil Litigation; Buying and Selling of Businesses; Business Dispute Resolution; Alternative Dispute Resolution; Business Law; Corporate Law; Commercial Law; Construction Law; Construction Litigation; Environmental Law; Franchise Law; Labor and Employment Law; Real Property; Class Action Defense.Email: D.W. Wilson
Bert M. Guy (Managing Partner) admitted to bar, 1988, Alabama; 1989, Mississippi, U.S. District Court, Southern, Northern and Middle Districts of Alabama, U.S. District Court, Southern and Northern Districts of Mississippi; U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth and Eleventh Circuits. Education: University of Alabama (B.S., Marketing, cum laude, 1984; M.B.A., Competitive Strategy, 1988; J.D., 1988). Society of Human Resource Management; Alabama Association of Municipal Attorneys. Member: Tuscaloosa County and American Bar Associations; Alabama State Bar; Mississippi State Bar. (Manager). Practice Areas: Antitrust; Unfair Competition; Buying and Selling of Businesses; Business Litigation; Civil Litigation; Business Law; Corporate Law; Commercial Law; Labor and Employment Law; Employment Litigation; Franchise Law; Trademarks; Copyrights; Trade Names; Business Dispute Resolution; County Government Law.Email: Bert M. Guy
J. Marland Hayes (Member) admitted to bar, 1991, Alabama; U.S. District Court, Southern, Northern and Middle Districts of Alabama; U.S. Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit. Education: University of Alabama at Birmingham (B.S., Chemistry, 1988); University of Alabama (J.D., 1991). Listed in The Bond Buyer's Guide. Member: Tuscaloosa County and American Bar Associations; Alabama State Bar; National Association of Bond Lawyers. Practice Areas: Bond Finance; Industrial Development; Industrial Development Bonds; Business Dispute Resolution; Buying and Selling of Businesses; Business Sales; Business Law; Corporate Law; Commercial Law; Environmental Law; Real Property; Banking Regulation.Email: J. Marland Hayes
Blake A. Madison (Member) admitted to bar, 1994, Alabama; U.S. District Court, Middle and Northern Districts of Alabama. Education: University of Alabama (B.S., Accounting, magna cum laude, 1991; J.D., 1994). Member: Tuscaloosa County and American Bar Associations; Alabama State Bar; American Health Lawyers Association; International Association of Privacy Professionals. Practice Areas: Business Law; Corporate Law; Commercial Law; Corporate Taxation; Industrial Development; Industrial Development Bonds; State Taxation; Local Taxation; Tax Litigation; Health Law.Email: Blake A. Madison
Thomas W. Scroggins (Member) admitted to bar, 1999, Alabama, 2001, Georgia; U.S. District Court, Northern, Middle and Southern Districts of Alabama; U.S. Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit. Education: Louisiana State University (B.A., Mass Communication, 1996); University of Alabama (J.D., 1999). Member: Inland Press Association; Alabama Press Association; Society of Human Resource Management. Member: Tuscaloosa County and American Bar Associations; Alabama State Bar; State Bar of Georgia. Practice Areas: Labor and Employment; Trademarks; Trade Names; Copyrights; Environmental Law; Business Law; Corporate Law; Commercial Law; Newspaper Law.Email: Thomas W. Scroggins
Justin G. Williams (Member) admitted to bar, 2001, Alabama, U.S. District Court, Northern and Middle Districts of Alabama, U.S. Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit; U.S. Tax Court, U.S. Supreme Court. Education: University of Alabama (B.S., Secondary Education, magna cum laude, 1997; J.D., 2001). Member: Tuscaloosa County and American Bar Associations; Alabama State Bar; Alabama Defense Lawyers Association; Association of Municipal Attorneys. Practice Areas: Business Law; Corporate Law; Commercial Law; Business Litigation; Civil Litigation; Business Sales; Labor and Employment; Employment Litigation; Tax Litigation; Real Property; Construction Law; Litigation; County Government Law.Email: Justin G. Williams
ASSOCIATESKelly 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
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