January 25, 2006
Contact
Susan Andres
334/269-1515
Alabama State Bar
415 Dexter Avenue
Montgomery, Alabama 36104
334/269-1515
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Alabama State Bar Leadership Forum Welcomes Class II
Future leaders in the legal profession are chosen
Montgomery, January 25, 2006 - Thirty lawyers, including 21 men and 9 women, have been
selected as Class II of the Alabama Leadership Forum, now in its second year. The class will meet
in Montgomery in February for the first of several all-day programs at the state bar headquarters.
The forum is designed to ensure committed and involved lawyers willing and able to fill significant
leadership roles in the state bar and in local bar associations, in their community and in-state
organizations, and to serve as role models in matters of ethics and professionalism.
Seventy-one applications were received representing private, government and corporate attorneys
across the state. The firms represented in the applications included small, mid-size and large firms
as well as solo practitioners.
The February program entitled Principles of Leadership, will open with welcoming remarks from
Bobby Segall, president of the Alabama State Bar, and Keith Norman, executive director. Other all
day Friday sessions scheduled are Leadership through Service in March and Ethics, Justice and
Values in April. The last session will be held in May featuring the program topic of Professionalism.
and the graduation banquet will be held in the evening.
Alyce M. Spruell of Tuscaloosa, who co-chaired the inaugural Leadership Forum 2005 program, and
Birmingham attorney Tripp Haston, a member of the inaugural class, serve as co-chairs of this
year's forum.
Attached is the list of members of the Leadership Forum Class of 2006.
Montgomery, January 25, 2006 - Thirty lawyers, including 21 men and 9 women, have been
selected as Class II of the Alabama Leadership Forum, now in its second year. The class will meet
in Montgomery in February for the first of several all-day programs at the state bar headquarters.
The forum is designed to ensure committed and involved lawyers willing and able to fill significant
leadership roles in the state bar and in local bar associations, in their community and in-state
organizations, and to serve as role models in matters of ethics and professionalism.
Seventy-one applications were received representing private, government and corporate attorneys
across the state. The firms represented in the applications included small, mid-size and large firms
as well as solo practitioners.
The February program entitled Principles of Leadership, will open with welcoming remarks from
Bobby Segall, president of the Alabama State Bar, and Keith Norman, executive director. Other all
day Friday sessions scheduled are Leadership through Service in March and Ethics, Justice and
Values in April. The last session will be held in May featuring the program topic of Professionalism.
and the graduation banquet will be held in the evening.
Alyce M. Spruell of Tuscaloosa, who co-chaired the inaugural Leadership Forum 2005 program, and
Birmingham attorney Tripp Haston, a member of the inaugural class, serve as co-chairs of this
year's forum.
Attached is the list of members of the Leadership Forum Class of 2006.
ALABAMA STATE BAR LEADERSHIP FORUM CLASS OF 2006 |
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| Christopher F. Abel | Private Practice | Gadsden |
| F. Wendell Allen | Bradley Arant Rose & White | Birmingham |
| A. Vernon Barnett, IV | Deputy Legal Advisor-Governor | Montgomery |
| Robert E. Battle | Battle, Fleenor, Green, Winn & Clemmer | Birmingham |
| Brannon J. Buck | Maynard, Cooper & Gale | Birmingham |
| Tracy W. Cary | Morris, Cary, Andrews, Talmadge & Jones | Dothan |
| Shayana B. Davis | Johnston Barton Proctor & Powell | Birmingham |
| Helen Kathryn Downs | Johnston Barton Proctor & Powell | Birmingham |
| Missy H. Hibbett | Ashe & Wright | Tuscumbia |
| James F. Hughey, III | Lightfoot, Franklin & White | Birmingham |
| Wyndall A. Ivey | Maynard, Cooper & Gale | Birmingham |
| B. Keith Jackson | Riley & Jackson | Birmingham |
| Tracie B. Lee | Private Practice | Mobile |
| Tara W. Lockett | Carr Allison | Daphne |
| Jonathan M. Lusk | Lusk & Lusk | Guntersville |
| Champ Lyons, III | Lyons, Kittrell, Rowan & Horn | Birmingham |
| Foster F. Marshall | Assistant District Attorney | Anniston |
| Kim B. Martin | Bradley Arant Rose & White | Huntsville |
| Robert G. Methvin, Jr. | McCallum, Methvin & Terrell | Birmingham |
| Matthew C. Minner | Hare, Wynn, Newell & Newton | Birmingham |
| Julie S. Moody | Albrittons Clifton Alverson Moody & Bowden | Andalusia |
| Joseph E. Powell | Spruell & Powell | Northport |
| Thomas A. Radney | Radney & Radney | Alexander City |
| Patrick Sefton | Sasser, Bolton, Stidham & Sefton | Montgomery |
| Roman Ashley Shaul | Beasley, Allen, Crow, Methvin, Portis & Miles | Montgomery |
| Pamela B. Slate | Slate Kennedy | Montgomery |
| R. Brian Smith | Private Practice | Livingston |
| Sandra I. Speakman | Assistant Attorney General | Montgomery |
| Aldos L. Vance | Starnes & Atchison | Birmingham |
| Jon G. Waggoner | Counsel to Auburn University President | Auburn |