ABOUT MEMBERS, AMONG FIRMS
About Members J. Marland Hayes, formerly with Tanner & Guin LLC, announces the opening of J. Marland Hayes LLC at 505 Energy Center Blvd., Ste. 604, Northport 35473. Phone (205) 764-9179.
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Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP announces that Edward S. Sledge, IV and Stuart M. Maxey joined as partners.
John W. Sheffield, formerly of Johnston, Barton, Proctor & Rose, announces the opening of John W. Sheffield LLC at 400 Union Hill Dr., Ste. 350, Birmingham 35209. Phone (205) 613-7859.
Burr & Forman LLP announces that Robert C. Matthews joined as counsel in the Mobile office. Trent Scofield joined as counsel and Ellen T. Matthews and Ronald D. Williams are partners, all in the Birmingham office.
Among Firms
Butler Pappas Weihmuller Katz Craig LLP announces that Carin Brock is a partner in the Mobile office.
The University of Alabama School of Law announces that Caroline J. Strawbridge is the major gifts officer for the Office of Advancement.
Capell & Howard PC announces that Terrie S. Biggs is a shareholder and Kristin Dillard and Faith Perdue joined as associates.
Alfa Insurance Company announces the promotion of Angela L. Cooner to senior vice president, general counsel and secretary.
Sydney Cook & Associates LLC of Tuscaloosa announces that Emilee H. Scheeff joined as an associate.
The United States Senate announces that it confirmed Leigh A. Bradley to be general counsel of the Department of Veterans Affairs.
Due to space constraints, The Alabama Lawyer no longer publishes address changes, additional addresses for firms or positions for attorneys that do not affect their employment, such as committee or board affiliations. We do not print information on attorneys who are not members of the Alabama State Bar.
Bloom Sugarman Everett LLP announces that Ariel Denbo Zion has been promoted to counsel.
Avaya Inc. announces that Wesley Sowell is senior corporate counsel and contracting operations. Balch & Bingham LLP announces that Conrad Anderson IV; Thomas G. DeLawrence; Franklin H. Long, Jr.; Michel M. Marcoux; W. Brad Neighbors; Chad A. Pilcher; Brandon N. Robinson and Mary Forman Samuels are partners in the Birmingham office. Beasley, Allen, Crow, Methvin, Portis & Miles PC announces that David Dearing, James Lampkin, Danielle Ward Mason and Matt Teague are principals. Belt Law Firm PC announces that S. Drew Barnett and W. Alan Duke, Jr. joined the firm as associates and that Robert P. Bruner is a partner. The firm name is now Belt & Bruner PC.
Cusimano, Roberts & Mills LLC of Gadsden announces that Donald D. Knowlton joined the firm. Espy, Nettles & Scogin PC announces that Brenton Cooper McWilliams is a shareholder, William Milam Cain, Sr. is an associate and the name of the firm is now Espy, Nettles, Scogin & McWilliams PC. Friedman Law Firm PC announces that Jamie B. Stewart and Edmund A. Crackel joined as associates. Hagwood Adelman Tipton PC announces that Christopher L. Shaeffer is a shareholder in the Birmingham office. Hale Sides LLC announces that Richard D. Whitaker is a partner in the Birmingham office. Haskell Slaughter & Gallion LLC announces that retired Presiding Circuit Judge Charles Price joined the Montgomery office of counsel. Holtsford Gilliland Higgins Hitson & Howard PC announces that Megan