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ALABAMA STATE BAR FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 9, 2017 Alabama State Bar President Issues Statement on Death of Justice Janie L. Shores MONTGOMERY – Augusta S. Dowd (White Arnold & Dowd P.C.), president of the Alabama State Bar, issued the following statement on the death of former Alabama Supreme Court Justice and bar member

ALABAMA STATE BAR FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: THURSDAY, AUGUST 3, 2017 Sam W. Irby Installed as President-Elect; Board of Bar Commissioners Elects Officers and Council MONTGOMERY-The Alabama State Bar announced on Saturday, July 15, that Sam W. Irby of Irby & Heard P.C. (Fairhope) assumed office as president-elect of the 18,100-member organization. Diandra S. Debrosse of

ALABAMA STATE BAR FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: MONDAY, JULY 31, 2017 Sam W. Irby Installed as President-Elect of Alabama State Bar MONTGOMERY-The Alabama State Bar announced on Saturday, July 15, that Fairhope attorney Sam W. Irby of Irby & Heard P.C. assumed office as president-elect of the 18,100-member organization. Irby will serve as president-elect and will

ALABAMA STATE BAR FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: TUESDAY, JULY 18, 2017 MONTGOMERY – Phillip W. McCallum, executive director of the Alabama State Bar, issued the following statement on the death of Cullman attorney and bar member Stephen K. Griffith: “Steve was a fine, well-respected Alabama lawyer. We at the bar are saddened by his passing and

ALABAMA STATE BAR FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: TUESDAY, JULY 18, 2017 MONTGOMERY – The Alabama State Bar on Saturday swore in Birmingham attorney Augusta S. Dowd of White Arnold & Dowd P.C. as the 142nd president of the 18,100-member organization. “I am thankful for the support of those who considered me worthy of the task, and

MONTGOMERY – Alabama State Bar President J. Cole Portis and Alabama Attorney General Steve Marshall announced the winners of the Alabama Food Frenzy, a statewide competition that was held April 24 through May 5 among law firms to benefit Alabama’s eight regional food banks. Altogether, the equivalent of more than 72,000 pounds of food was

MONTGOMERY – The Alabama State Bar on Friday inducted five new members into the Alabama Lawyers Hall of Fame. “The attorneys inducted into the Alabama Lawyers Hall of Fame today spent their lives dedicated to improving the lives of others and the legal profession,” said Alabama State Bar President J. Cole Portis of the Beasley

ALABAMA STATE BAR FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: THURSDAY, MARCH 16, 2017  MONTGOMERY – The Alabama State Bar announced on Thursday the selection of attorney and past president of the Alabama State Bar J. Douglas McElvy as its acting general counsel. McElvy follows longtime General Counsel J. Anthony McLain who served the bar for more than 28

MONTGOMERY – The Alabama State Bar announced today the selection of attorney and past president of the Alabama State Bar Phillip McCallum as its new executive director. McCallum will replace longtime Executive Director Keith Norman upon his retirement in June. “I am pleased that Phillip was selected as the Alabama State Bar’s new executive director,”