ALABAMA STATE BAR FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: TUESDAY, JULY 17,2018 CONTACT: ALEX RICE – (334) 517-2218 – alex.rice@alabar.org Sam W. Irby Installed as President of the Alabama State Bar MONTGOMERY – At its annual meeting on June 30, the Alabama State Bar recognized Fairhope attorney Sam W. Irby of Irby & Heard, P.C. as the 143rd
Read MoreALABAMA STATE BAR FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: FRIDAY, MAY 4, 2018 Alabama State Bar Announces Selection of Judge Roman A. Shaul as General Counsel MONTGOMERY – The Alabama State Bar Board of Bar Commissioners voted to select Circuit Court Judge Roman A. Shaul as the organization’s general counsel. Shaul follows Acting General Counsel J. Douglas McElvy
Read MoreALABAMA STATE BAR FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: TUESDAY, April 24, 2018 Alabama State Bar, Alabama Attorney General’s Office and Alabama Food Bank Association Kickoff the 3rd Annual Legal Food Frenzy MONTGOMERY – Alabama State Bar President Augusta S. Dowd and Alabama Attorney General Steve Marshall announced the kickoff of the 3rd Alabama Legal Food Frenzy, a
Read MoreALABAMA 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
Read MoreALABAMA 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
Read MoreALABAMA 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
Read MoreALABAMA 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
Read MoreALABAMA 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
Read MoreMONTGOMERY – 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
Read MoreMONTGOMERY – 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
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