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Leadership Forum is honored as a dynamic and highly effective program for nurturing and developing leadership skills and values among a select group of qualified, promising attorneys each year. Entry to the program is competitive, with just 20-30 participants selected each year. Since its inception in 2005, Leadership Forum has illuminated a pathway for nearly 500 graduates to move the profession forward with ethical, servant-minded, and community leadership.

“The future of the Alabama State Bar is dependent on the service of our young lawyers. These outstanding 26 attorneys are leading the way by developing their leadership skills so that they can better serve their communities and our state,” said Alabama State Bar President Tom Perry.

Class 19 Members:

Ansley Bennett, Bennett Law

Rebecca Boykins, Gregory Fann Turner Law, LLC

Dale Bryant, Dale Bryant, P.C. Attorney at Law

Amanda Brown, Alabama State Senate

Nathan Cordle, Anchor Title Company

Hon. Kevin Hall, Alabama Administrative Office of Courts

Jessica Hebson, Jefferson County District Attorney’s Office

Nathan Hill, Grace, Matthews & Debro LLC

Warner Hornsby, Beasley Allen

Alicia Jett, Jett Law Firm LLC

Aigner Kolom, Beasley Allen

Yolanda Lawson, City of Birmingham

Hannah Loftis, Alabama State Department of Education

Felicia Long, Southern Company Services

Matthew Penhale, McCalla Raymer Leibert Pierce LLC

Kristy Peoples, U.S. Attorney’s Office – Northern District of Alabama

Trey Perdue, Dentons Sirote

Christopher Randolph, Jr., Hare, Wynn, Newell & Newton

Christopher Reader, Brett/Robinson Gulf Corp.

Ashlee Riopka, Maynard Nexsen PC

Sarah Beth Sanders, Campbell Partners LLC

David W. Scott, D. W. Scott Law LLC

Curtis Seal, White Arnold & Dowd

Jeanie Sleadd, Heninger Garrison Davis

Michelle Turner, U.S. Attorney’s Office – Middle District of Alabama

Carmen Weite, Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP

The Alabama State Bar (ASB) is the official licensing and regulatory organization of lawyers in Alabama. Created in 1879, the Alabama State Bar became an integrated bar in 1923 by an act of the legislature. Since then, ASB programs and activities have continuously served the public and improved the justice system. It is dedicated to promoting the professional responsibility and competence of its members, improving the administration of justice and increasing the public understanding of and respect for the law.

Media Contact:
Melissa Warnke
Director of Communications, Alabama State Bar
(334) 517.2218 (o) | (256) 338.0621 (c)
melissa.warnke@alabar.org