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Hope S. Marshall Elected to 2020 Birmingham Bar Association Executive Committee

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Birmingham, AL – White Arnold & Dowd P.C. is pleased to announce that shareholder Hope S. Marshall was elected by her peers and colleagues in the Birmingham Bar Association to serve on its Executive Committee for 2020. The Executive Committee governs the Birmingham Bar Association, and is comprised of its three elected officers, the president or chair of each Section of the Association, a representative of the Alabama State Bar Board of Bar Commissioners, the representative designated by the Magic City Bar Association, and ten at-large members; Ms. Marshall will serve as one of the elected at-large members of the Executive Committee. Managing lawyer Augusta S. Dowd, who served on the Executive Committee from 2004-2007 and most recently served as president of the Alabama State Bar, commented, “Hope has an outstanding record of active involvement and dedicated leadership across the Bar. She will be a strong, contributing member of the Executive Committee, and we congratulate her on this achievement.” Shareholder J. Mark White, a former president of the Birmingham Bar Association, Alabama State Bar, and International Association of Trial Lawyers, added, “It is a privilege to serve in Bar leadership, and we are proud to see Hope carrying on our firm’s strong tradition of serving and leading our profession at the local, state, and national levels.”

Ms. Marshall joined the firm as an attorney in 2007, and her practice focuses on criminal defense, white collar criminal defense, and general civil litigation. She represents companies and individuals in connection with criminal investigations, as well as parallel civil and criminal proceedings. Ms. Marshall practices in municipal, state and federal courts, including appellate courts. She is active in the Alabama State Bar, Alabama Lawyers Association, Birmingham Inn of Court, and the Magic City Bar Association. In addition to her service on the Executive Committee, she has been appointed as co-chair of the Birmingham Bar Association’s Grievance Committee for 2020.

About White Arnold & Dowd P.C.: From high-profile litigation to mediation and private disputes, the attorneys at AV-rated White Arnold & Dowd P.C. excel at finding creative strategies to minimize disruptions and help our clients keep moving forward in business and in life. We have a plan for the unplanned. For more information, visit www.whitearnolddowd.com.

Contact:
Kitty Rogers Brown
205-323-1888
[email protected]

Lisha Graham Selected for Class 15 of the Alabama State Bar’s Leadership Forum

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Birmingham, AL – White Arnold & Dowd P.C. is pleased to announce that attorney Lisha Graham has been selected for Class 15 of the Alabama State Bar’s Leadership Forum. The Leadership Forum works to develop lawyers into servant-minded leaders in the Bar, the community, and the state. Through servant leadership, graduates become a model of ethical and professional behavior both within and outside the legal community. Fellow firm members Laura S. Gibson (Class 3), Kitty Rogers Brown (Class 8), and H. Eli Lightner II (Class 14) are graduates of the program and active members of the Alumni Section. The Bar’s official announcement of Class 15 can be found here.

A graduate of Auburn University and the Cumberland School of Law, where she led the National Trial Team to National and Regional Championships, Ms. Graham represents clients in various areas of civil defense litigation with a primary focus on insurance defense. Through her practice, she has represented general contractors and subcontractors in various types of construction litigation and indemnity actions. She also represents both companies and individuals in a variety of commercial cases, including premises liability, breach of contract, negligence, and products liability. In the products liability defense area, Ms. Graham has represented manufacturers, distributors, sellers, and installers against negligence and strict liability claims based upon alleged product defects which resulted in injuries or death. Additionally, Ms. Graham represents both plaintiffs and defendants in financial litigation, business torts, and fraud cases. She serves on the Executive Committee of the Alabama State Bar’s Young Lawyers Section, is the co-founder and president of the Alabama Pacific Asian Bar Association, regularly volunteers at the First Light Homeless Shelter, and is a former member and secretary of the YWCA Central Alabama’s Junior Board.

Contact:
Kitty Rogers Brown
205-323-1888
[email protected]

Multiple White Arnold & Dowd Attorneys Named Mid-South “Super Lawyers”

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Birmingham, AL – White Arnold & Dowd P.C. is pleased to announce that four shareholders have been named to the 2019 Mid-South Super Lawyers list, and one additional shareholder has been included on the list of 2019 Mid-South Super Lawyers Rising Stars.

Attorneys named to the 2019 Mid-South Super Lawyers are:

Stephen R. Arnold
Kitty Rogers Brown
Augusta S. Dowd
J. Mark White

Shareholder Hope S. Marshall was named as a 2019 Mid-South Super Lawyers Rising Star. Dowd was additionally named to the “Top 50 Women,” “Top 50 Alabama,” and “Top 50 Birmingham” lists for 2019.

Super Lawyers rates outstanding lawyers from more than 70 practice areas who have attained a high degree of peer recognition and professional achievement. The annual selections are made using a multiphase process that includes a statewide survey of lawyers, an independent research evaluation of candidates and peer reviews by practice area. Each year, no more than five percent of the lawyers in the Mid-South are selected by the research team for selection as Super Lawyers, and no more than 2.5 percent of the lawyers in Mid-South 40 years old or younger or who have been in practice for 10 or fewer years are selected as Rising Stars. The Mid-South Super Lawyers and Rising Stars will be listed in the December 2019 Mid-South Super Lawyers Magazine and B-Metro magazine.

Contact:
Lisha L. Graham
205-323-1888
[email protected]

Curtis H. Seal Selected for Membership in the Rotaract Club of Birmingham

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Birmingham, AL – White Arnold & Dowd P.C. is pleased to announce that associate Curtis H. Seal has been selected for membership in one of Birmingham’s premier young professional organizations, the Rotaract Club of Birmingham. Managing Lawyer Augusta S. Dowd noted, “Curtis is an outstanding addition to Rotaract. He will immediately begin making an impact on the organization and its mission to ‘foster responsible citizenship and catalyze positive change’ here in Birmingham and beyond.” Curtis currently serves as chair of the Junior Board Networking Committee for the YMCA of Greater Birmingham and as a member of the Executive Committee of the Alabama State Bar’s Young Lawyers Section. His legal practice focuses on civil and complex litigation, white collar and criminal defense, governmental and regulatory affairs, and insurance defense.

About White Arnold & Dowd P.C.: From high-profile litigation to mediation and private disputes, the attorneys at AV-rated White Arnold & Dowd P.C. excel at finding creative strategies to minimize disruptions and help our clients keep moving forward in business and in life. We have a plan for the unplanned. For more information, visit www.whitearnolddowd.com.

Contact:
Kitty Rogers Brown
205-323-1888
[email protected]

White Arnold and Dowd Lawyers Continue to Lead and Serve in the Alabama State Bar

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Birmingham, AL – White Arnold & Dowd P.C. is pleased to announce that Alabama State Bar president Christy Crow appointed numerous firm lawyers to Bar Committees and Task Forces for the current Bar year. Former ASB president Augusta S. Dowd was named to the Finance Committee, Disciplinary Rules & Enforcement Committee, and Personnel and Bar Operations Oversight Standing Committee. Kitty Brown will serve on the Mid-Year Meeting Task Force, Leadership Forum Selection & Program Committee, Member Benefits Committee, Diversity in the Profession Committee, and Section Coordination & Evaluation Task Force, and as co-chair of the Task Force working to implement the Bar’s new Consolidated Fundraising Policy. Additionally, Hope Marshall will work with the Diversity in the Profession Committee and Section Coordination & Evaluation Task Force and Laura Gibson was named to the Leadership Forum Selection & Program Committee and Bench and Bar Relations Task Force. President Crow also appointed Curtis Seal to the Unauthorized Practice of Law Committee, Strategic Planning Task Force, and Bench and Bar Relations Task Force and Lisha Graham to the Section Coordination & Evaluation Task Force.

Contact:
Kitty Rogers Brown
205-323-1888
[email protected]

Named Shareholders Recognized Among “The Best Lawyers in America”

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Birmingham, AL – White Arnold & Dowd P.C. is pleased to announce that J. Mark White, Stephen R. Arnold, and Augusta S. Dowd have been included in the 2020 edition of The Best Lawyers in America®. Now in its 26th year of publication, Best Lawyers is based entirely on a peer-review process. According to Best Lawyers, “the methodology is designed to capture, as accurately as possible, the consensus opinion of leading lawyers about the professional abilities of their colleagues within the same geographical area and legal practice area.”

Mr. White was again recognized in the following practice areas:

Bet-the-Company Litigation
Commercial Litigation
Criminal Defense: White-Collar
Litigation – Environmental
Mass Tort Litigation/Class Actions – Defendants
Mediation

Mr. Arnold was named a “Best Lawyer” in Family Law, a distinction he has enjoyed since 1983. Ms. Dowd was acknowledged for her work in Commercial Litigation, Litigation – Environmental, and Mass Tort Litigation/Class Actions – Defendants.

Contact:
Kitty Rogers Brown
205-323-1888
[email protected]

B-Metro Magazine Names White Arnold & Dowd P.C. Shareholders as “Top Women Attorneys” for 2019

Birmingham, AL – White Arnold & Dowd P.C. is pleased to announce that shareholders Augusta S. Dowd, Linda G. Flippo, Laura S. Gibson, Karen M. Hennecy, Kitty Rogers Brown, and Lisha Li Graham were all named to B-Metro Magazine‘s 2019 “Top Women Attorneys” list for the fifth consecutive year. The full B-Metro feature was published in the August 2019 issue of the magazine and can be viewed below:

Contact:
Kitty Rogers Brown
205-323-1888
[email protected]

J. Mark White Named Recipient of the Alabama State Bar William D. “Bill” Scruggs, Jr. Service to the Bar Award

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Birmingham, AL – White Arnold & Dowd P.C. is pleased to announce that founding shareholder J. Mark White has been named this year’s recipient of the Alabama State Bar William D. “Bill” Scruggs, Jr. Service to the Bar Award. White received the award during the Grand Convocation Ceremony at the 2019 Alabama State Bar Annual Meeting in Point Clear, Alabama. Established in 2002, the Bill Scruggs Service to the Bar Award honors the memory of and accomplishments on behalf of the Bar of former Alabama State Bar President Bill Scruggs. The award is given to members of the Alabama State Bar who have made significant contributions and exemplify outstanding, long-term service to the Bar. White’s personal contributions to the legal profession include serving as President of the Birmingham Bar Association, President of the Alabama State Bar, and most recently as President of the International Academy of Trial Lawyers. Managing Lawyer Augusta S. Dowd commented, “Like Bill Scruggs during his own legal career, Mark is deeply devoted to serving other attorneys. He personifies service to the Bar, its members, and our profession. We are proud of our partner and friend, and believe he is well deserving of this high honor.”

Pictured: 2019 William D. “Bill” Scruggs, Jr. Service to the Bar Award recipient J. Mark White, 2018-2019 Alabama State Bar President Sam Irby, and 2006-2007 Alabama State Bar President Fournier J. Gale, III (photo courtesy of the Alabama State Bar).

About White Arnold & Dowd P.C.: From high-profile litigation to mediation and private disputes, the attorneys at AV-rated White Arnold & Dowd P.C. excel at finding creative strategies to minimize disruptions and help our clients keep moving forward in business and in life. We have a plan for the unplanned. For more information, visit www.whitearnolddowd.com.

Contact:
Kitty Rogers Brown
205-323-1888
[email protected]

Shareholder Laura S. Gibson Hikes for Wishes to Support Make-A-Wish

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Birmingham, AL – White Arnold & Dowd P.C. shareholder Laura S. Gibson was recently profiled in the Hoover Sun for her work with the Make-A-Wish Trailblaze Challenge. Gibson led a team of hikers from the firm – dubbed the White Arnold & Dowd “Trialblazers” — on a 26.3 mile journey on the Pinhoti Trail. The Trialblazers team, which included Gibson, Theresa Boackle, and Jennifer Willis, not only hiked a significant distance over challenging terrain, but also engaged the entire firm and their community to raise funds to grant wishes for children who have been diagnosed with critical illnesses. Gibson served as the Chairman of the North Central Alabama Regional Advisory Council for the Alabama Make-a-Wish Foundation in 2017-2018 and currently serves on the Board of Directors; this year’s event marked her third Trailblaze Challenge. As Gibson remarked to the Hoover Sun: “When you hear real stories about real people, your social conscience makes you ask, ‘What can I do?’” said Gibson, who is a casual hiker. “I immediately signed up for the challenge, but I would have walked across America to raise money for those kids.” The full article can be found here.

Contact:
Kitty Rogers Brown
205-323-1888
[email protected]

J. Mark White Named 2019 Top Attorney by Birmingham Magazine

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Birmingham, AL – White Arnold & Dowd P.C. is pleased to announce that founding shareholder J. Mark White has been nominated and selected as a 2019 Top Attorney by Birmingham Magazine. This is the tenth-annual peer-reviewed survey conducted by the magazine, and it recognizes attorneys for their experience and expertise in 35 different practice areas. The full feature appeared in the March 2019 issue of Birmingham Magazine.

Contact:
Kitty Rogers Brown
205-323-1888
[email protected]