Legislative Tracking The Alabama State Bar provides legislative status reports concerning pending legislation that may be of interest to our members, with direct links to the actual legislation. The reports divide legislation…
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Thursday, January 13, 2022 MONTGOMERY – The Alabama State Bar mourns the passing of Bar Commissioner Michael D. “Mike” Ermert. First elected in 2015, Mike was currently serving…
MONTGOMERY – The Alabama State Bar on Monday announced the lawyers selected for Leadership Forum Class 16. Leadership Forum is honored as a dynamic and highly effective program for nurturing…
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Monday, Jan. 3, 2022 MONTGOMERY – The Alabama State Bar (ASB) has selected Karen Laneaux to serve as its next admissions director. In this role, Karen will…
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Monday, Jan. 3, 2022 MONTGOMERY – The Alabama State Bar has tapped Chris Colee to lead its dynamic new Law Practice Management Department. In this role, Chris…
by Calle Mendenhall Farris, Riley & Pitt, LLP The parties have been had. The gifts unwrapped. The in-laws (hopefully) out of your home. Finally, time to take a deep breath, relax,…
The Covid-19 pandemic has had a profound impact on virtually everyone, and lawyers are no different. Mediation is just one of the areas in which our practices have been significantly affected. While some of the Covid-19 consequences were temporary, the ability to gather virtually or remotely is here to stay. Dorothy was right: “We’re not in Kansas anymore!”
BREAKOUT ROOMS allow you to seamlessly split your ZOOM mediation into separate virtual rooms for private discussion among the parties. You can also bring the parties back to the MAIN ROOM if needed.
The history of black attorneys in Alabama is a rich one, particularly their contributions during the civil rights struggle. But those attorneys, just like the black legal pioneers in recent decades who rose to seats on the Alabama Supreme Court, the federal bench, and at the helm of the Alabama Bar, stood on the shoulders of giants.
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