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STATE BAR LEADERSHIP FORUM RECEIVES NATIONAL AWARD FROM AMERICAN BAR ASSOCIATION

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Montgomery, Alabama, July 30, 2013 –An elite committee of the American Bar Association (ABA), the Standing Committee on Professionalism, has selected the Alabama State Bar’s Leadership Forum as one of three recipients…

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Birmingham Lawyer Anthony A. Joseph Assumes Office As State Bar President

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Montgomery, Ala., July 19, 2013 – Anthony A. Joseph, a shareholder in the Birmingham law firm of Maynard Cooper & Gale PC, has been chosen president of the 17,300-member Alabama State Bar.

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Huntsville Attorney Richard J.R. Raleigh, Jr. Is State Bar President-Elect

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Montgomery, Ala., July 19, 2013 – Huntsville lawyer Richard J.R. Raleigh, Jr., managing shareholder of the law firm of Wilmer & Lee, P.A., has been nominated to become president-elect of the Alabama…

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Alabama State Bar Presents Awards To Recognize Outstanding Contributions To The Profession

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Montgomery, Alabama, July 18, 2013 – At the Alabama State Bar’s 2013 Annual Meeting, held this week in Point Clear, awards honoring members of the legal profession were presented to: Judicial Award…

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JUDGE U.W. CLEMON CHOSEN TO RECEIVE AWARD FROM THE AMERICAN BAR ASSOCIATION SENIOR LAWYERS DIVISION

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Montgomery, Alabama, July 10, 2013 – U.W. Clemon, retired chief judge of the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Alabama, is the recipient of the 2013 John H. Pickering Award…

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State Bar Announces Retirement Of General Counsel J. Anthony McLain

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Montgomery, Alabama, June 21, 2013 – Alabama State Bar President Phillip W. McCallum announced today (June 21) the retirement of long-time General Counsel J. Anthony McLain. He was a member of the…

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Huntsville Lawyer Angela Rawls Named First Recipient Of State Bar Leadership Forum Alumnus Of The Year Award

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Montgomery, Ala., May 13, 2013 – Angela Slate Rawls, executive director of the Madison County Volunteer Lawyers Program, has been selected as the first recipient of the Alabama State Bar Leadership Forum…

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2013 Law Day Competition Winners Announced; Montgomery Schools Win Eight Medals

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Montgomery, Alabama, April 25, 2013 – As the nation celebrates Law Day, a national day set aside to celebrate the rule of law, the Alabama State Bar has announced the winners of…

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ALA. LAWYERS’ HALL OF FAME INDUCTEES INCLUDE: A FOUNDER OF BALCH & BINGHAM; FORMER B’HAM MAYOR; “DEAN” OF THE LEGAL PROFESSION

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Montgomery, Ala., April 24, 2013 – A well-known former mayor who was a both a social activist and political reformer, the founding partner of one of the largest law firms in the…

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Morris Dees to Deliver Remarks to Commemorate Law Day at The Ala. Supreme Court

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Montgomery, Ala., April 15, 2013 – Morris S. Dees Jr., co-founder and chief trial counsel of the Southern Poverty Law Center, will deliver remarks to commemorate this year’s Law Day theme, “Realizing…

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