J. Mark White has an article entitled “Request for Oral Argument Denied: The Death of Oral Argument in Alabama’s Appellate Courts” published in the latest issue of The Alabama Lawyer.

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Birmingham, AL — White Arnold Andrews & Dowd P.C. announced today that effective February 1, 2008, the firm will be known as White Arnold & Dowd P.C. “The change in firm name reflects the retirement of our friend and partner, George W. Andrews, III,” said managing partner, Augusta S. Dowd.

After 36 years of practicing law, attorney George W. Andrews, III, has retired from his highly successful practice as a criminal defense attorney. During his legal career, he served as a prosecutor for the State of Alabama and later he served as criminal defense counsel with the law firm of White Arnold Andrews & Dowd P.C., representing clients in state and federal courts. His expertise in the area of criminal law is unmatched; his talents will be greatly missed in the courthouses of Alabama. During his retirement, Mr. Andrews plans to travel, write and perhaps teach a class or two.

Birmingham, AL – September 18, 2007 – White Arnold Andrews & Dowd P.C. announced today that Augusta S. Dowd has been named as a Fellow of the Alabama Law Foundation. Dowd, a shareholder in the firm, also serves as Managing Partner.

Membership in the Foundation is limited to 1% of the membership of the Alabama State Bar. Fellows must be members of the Bar for a minimum of ten years, must demonstrate remarkable dedication to the legal profession and to the community, and be willing to make a contribution to the Foundation. The Foundation currently has 207 Fellows, and Augusta S. Dowd will begin serving immediately.

White Arnold Andrews & Dowd P.C. had three attorneys chosen as the 2007 Birmingham Business Journal’s Best of the Bar—J. Mark White (white collar crime), Steve Arnold (matrimonial law), and Bill Bowen (appellate law).

Stephen R. Arnold of White Arnold Andrews & Dowd P.C. will be teaching courses in Tax and Financial Issues at the Institute for Family Law on June 21, 2007, in Chicago, IL. He has been a Fellow in the American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers since 1982 and serves on the faculty of the Institute for Family Law Associates.

Williamsburg, VA (July 19, 2007) — J. Mark White, founding partner in the law firm White Arnold & Dowd P.C. in Birmingham, Ala., is the recipient of the 2006 Distinguished Service Award, one of the highest awards presented by the National Center for State Courts (NCSC). The Distinguished Service Award is presented annually to a person who has made longstanding contributions to the improvement of the justice system and who has supported the mission of the National Center.

The award was presented to Mr. White at the Alabama State Bar’s Bench and Bar Luncheon in Point Clear, Alabama. “As a member of the legal profession, he cares deeply about the importance of the work of our country’s justice system and the mission of the National Center for State Courts as the preeminent national court reform organization,“ Mary McQueen, NCSC president said.

Mr. White has a proven record of dedication to the justice system and has worked diligently both in Alabama and across the country to improve the public’s confidence in the judiciary, McQueen said. He began this work in 1999, creating Alabama’s first Judicial Campaign Oversight Committee. Since 2001, Mr. White has served as co-chair of the NCSC-sponsored Ad Hoc National Advisory Committee on Judicial Campaign Conduct, making major presentations to the Conference of Chief Judges, providing advice to state supreme courts, and serving as lead faculty for NCSC-sponsored workshops on establishing state judicial campaign conduct committees. Nine new statewide judicial campaign oversight committees were established in the last two years, more than doubling the number of existing committees.

Mr. White currently serves as a member of the Judicial Inquiry Commission for the State of Alabama. He earned his law degree from Samford University Cumberland School of Law and his B.A. from Auburn University.

The National Center for State Courts, founded in 1971 by Chief Justice of the United States Warren E. Burger, is a non-profit organization dedicated to improving the administration of justice and provides leadership, research, technology, education and training to the state courts. The National Center is also taking the lead on several key issues facing the justice system. For example, The National Center is working to improve public trust and confidence in the courts, reform the judicial selection process, develop a model policy on public access to court records, and to improve pro se litigation. The National Center is headquartered in Williamsburg, Va., and has offices in Washington, D.C. and Denver, Co.

www.ncsconline.org

Hope S. Marshall has joined the law firm of White Arnold & Dowd P.C. as an associate. Prior to that time, Ms. Marshall was employed at the firm assisting in matters involving both civil and white collar litigation. Ms. Marshall will continue her practice in these areas of concentration, in both the state and federal courts.

Ms. Marshall received a B.S. (cum laude) from Wesley College, located in Dover, Delaware and was the recipient the West Legal Studies Outstanding Scholarship Award. She received her law degree from the Birmingham School of Law, and was the recipient of the Magic City Bar Association’s Scholarship Award. Ms. Marshall is a member of the Magic City Bar Association, the Birmingham Bar Association, the Alabama State Bar, and the American Bar Association.

Birmingham attorney J. Mark White was installed as the President of the Cumberland School of Law National Alumni Association (2007-2009) on March 30, 2007, at the Cumberland Alumni Gala at the Ross Bridge Resort in Birmingham. The Association represents 7000 Cumberland graduates who practice in all 50 states, the District of Columbia, and several foreign countries. White, a 1974 graduate of the Cumberland School of Law, succeeds R. Larry Morris from Pensacola, Florida as the Alumni President.

“My experience at the Cumberland School of Law was a life-changing event, and I am delighted to assist our magnificent Dean in working with fellow alumni, faculty and students to continue the fine tradition of our school.”

White founded the law firm of White Dunn & Booker, which in 2003 became White Arnold & Dowd P.C. Mr. White is licensed to practice before the U.S. District Court for the Northern, Southern and Middle Districts of Alabama; Alabama Supreme Court; U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh and Fifth Circuits and the U.S. Supreme Court. He is President-Elect Designee of the Alabama State Bar (2007-2008); Board of Commissioners for the Alabama State Bar (1995-2004); President of the Birmingham Bar Association (2004); Member of the National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers; Member of the International Academy of Trial Lawyers; listed in The Best Lawyers in America (1995-present); Member, House of Delegates of the American Bar Association (1995-2001); and Member of the Alabama State Bar Committee on Judicial Reform. Mr. White has also received numerous other awards for his services to the community and to the State of Alabama. He has served as trial counsel in numerous matters including white collar crime, environmental, mass tort, personal injury, antitrust, and securities litigation. Mark White received his undergraduate degree from Auburn University in 1969, and he served two years in the United States Navy from 1970 to 1972.

Laura S. Gibson has joined the law firm of White Arnold Andrews & Dowd P.C. as an associate. Mrs. Gibson, formerly with Redden, Mills & Clark, will join White Arnold’s matrimonial law, civil and criminal litigation practice group.

Mrs. Gibson received her undergraduate degree from the University of South Alabama in 1983, an M.S. in 1985 from the United States Sports Academy, and her law degree in 1992 from the Cumberland School of Law. She is a member of the 2007 Alabama State Bar Leadership Forum and has served on the Committee on Disciplinary Rules and Enforcement since 2004. She is also a licensed Mediator and serves on the Alabama State Bar Appellate Mediator roster.