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Birmingham, AL – White Arnold & Dowd P.C. is pleased to announce that shareholder Kitty Rogers Brown has been elected as a Fellow of the American Bar Foundation (“ABF”).  The Fellows, an honorary organization of lawyers, judges, and legal scholars whose public and private careers have demonstrated outstanding dedication to the welfare of their communities and to the highest principles of the legal profession, support the research of the ABF. Membership in The Fellows is limited to less than one percent of lawyers licensed to practice in each jurisdiction.  Members are nominated by Fellows in their jurisdiction and elected by the Board of the American Bar Foundation.  Ms. Brown joins firm shareholders Augusta S. Dowd and Rebecca G. DePalma, who are also Fellows.

Originally from Russellville, Ms. Brown joined White Arnold & Dowd in 2006. She practices in both state and federal courts, including appellate courts.  Ms. Brown represents individuals and corporate defendants in white collar criminal actions, primarily in the areas of healthcare fraud, financial crimes, and environmental crimes. She also represents both plaintiffs and defendants in complex civil litigation as well as pharmaceutical and environmental tort actions, whistleblower cases, healthcare matters, and consumer class actions, and handles executive severance and compensation matters.

About White Arnold & Dowd P.C.: From high-profile litigation to mediation and private disputes, the attorneys at AV-rated White Arnold & Dowd P.C. excel at finding creative strategies to minimize disruptions and help our clients keep moving forward in business and in life. We have a plan for the unplanned. For more information, visit www.whitearnolddowd.com.

Contact:
Rebecca G. DePalma
205-323-1888
[email protected]

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Birmingham, AL – White Arnold & Dowd P.C. is pleased to announce that six shareholders have been named to the 2015 Alabama Super Lawyers list, and one additional shareholder has been included on the list of 2015 Alabama Super Lawyers Rising Stars. In addition, Managing Lawyer Augusta S. Dowd was named to the Top 50: 2015 Alabama Super Lawyers list as well as the Top 25: 2015 Women Alabama Super Lawyers list.

Attorneys named to the 2015 Alabama Super Lawyers are:

• Stephen R. Arnold
• William M. Bowen, Jr.
• Kitty Rogers Brown
• U.W. Clemon
• Augusta S. Dowd
• J. Mark White

Shareholder Hope S. Marshall was named as a 2015 Alabama Super Lawyers Rising Star.

U.W. Clemon was featured in the Alabama Super Lawyers magazine cover article, “We’ve Come a Rather Remarkable Way,” an oral history of civil rights and the African-American bar.   “We are not in an environment of pure fairness, but we are definitely much improved,” noted Clemon, who, as the article noted, filed key civil rights lawsuits early in his career. “We’ve come a rather remarkable way here in Alabama, in terms of affording meaningful job opportunities for black lawyers.”

Super Lawyers rates outstanding lawyers from more than 70 practice areas who have attained a high degree of peer recognition and professional achievement. The annual selections are made using a multiphase process that includes a statewide survey of lawyers, an independent research evaluation of candidates and peer reviews by practice area. Each year, no more than five percent of the lawyers in Alabama are selected by the research team for selection as Super Lawyers, and no more than 2.5 percent of the lawyers in Alabama 40 years old or younger or who have been in practice for 10 or fewer years are selected as Rising Stars. The Alabama Super Lawyers and Rising Stars will be listed in the May 2015 Alabama Super Lawyers magazine and Business Alabama magazine.

About White Arnold & Dowd P.C.: From high-profile litigation to mediation and private disputes, the attorneys at AV-rated White Arnold & Dowd P.C. excel at finding creative strategies to minimize disruptions and help our clients keep moving forward in business and in life. We have a plan for the unplanned. For more information, visit www.whitearnolddowd.com.

Contact:
Rebecca G. DePalma
205-323-1888
[email protected]

Birmingham, AL – White Arnold & Dowd P.C. is pleased to announce that the firm is the exhibition sponsor for “Between Fantasy and Reality: Frank Fleming” at the Birmingham Museum of Art.  The exhibition will run until August 9, 2015 and is located in the main lobby of the museum.

As the BMA notes on its website, “Between Fantasy and Reality takes a focused approach in exploring the early period of Alabama artist Frank Fleming. Fleming has been working as an artist in Alabama for over forty years and is best known for his large-scale bronze sculptures, many of which can be found across the city of Birmingham, including Five Points South, the Botanical Gardens, and the Zoo. Between Fantasy and Reality will highlight Fleming’s sculptures produced between 1970-1985, a period when he worked primarily with clay, stoneware, and ceramics. Taking on forms inspired by imagination but referencing reality, Fleming’s sculptures often depict animals and invoke humor, curiosity, and can sometimes be melancholy. Eighteen sculptures will be featured in the exhibition and although many are small in size, Fleming’s impeccable attention to detail highlights his workmanship and mastery of the medium at a very early phase in his career.” For more information, please visit the BMA’s website.

About White Arnold & Dowd P.C.: From high-profile litigation to mediation and private disputes, the attorneys at AV-rated White Arnold & Dowd P.C. excel at finding creative strategies to minimize disruptions and help our clients keep moving forward in business and in life. We have a plan for the unplanned. For more information, visit www.whitearnolddowd.com.

Contact:
Kitty Rogers Brown
205-323-1888
[email protected]

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Birmingham, AL – White Arnold & Dowd P.C. is pleased to announce that managing lawyer Augusta S. Dowd has been named president of the Alabama Chapter of the American Board of Trial Advocates (“ABOTA”).   The general purposes of ABOTA are to foster improvement in the ethical and technical standards of practice in the field of advocacy to the end that individual litigants may receive more effective representation, and that the general public may benefit from a more efficient administration of justice, consistent with time-tested and traditional principles of litigation.

Ms. Dowd has over twenty-five years of experience as a trial lawyer primarily in civil and complex litigation and white collar criminal defense.  She practices in federal and state courts including appellate courts, as well as in administrative proceedings and arbitrations. Ms. Dowd represents both plaintiffs and defendants in a broad spectrum of cases including business, civil, class action, complex litigation, personal injury, mass tort, pharmaceutical, environmental tort actions, whistleblower, and regulatory matters. She has extensive experience representing defendants in white collar crime and criminal environmental matters. Additionally, Ms. Dowd handles executive severance and compensation matters.

About White Arnold & Dowd P.C.: From high-profile litigation to mediation and private disputes, the attorneys at AV-rated White Arnold & Dowd P.C. excel at finding creative strategies to minimize disruptions and help our clients keep moving forward in business and in life. We have a plan for the unplanned. For more information, visit www.whitearnolddowd.com.

Contact:
Kitty Rogers Brown
205-323-1888
[email protected]

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Manchester, VT — White Arnold & Dowd Managing Lawyer Augusta S. Dowd was recently inducted into the International Academy of Trial Lawyers (IATL) at their Mid Year Meeting held July 16-20, 2014 in Manchester, VT.

The International Academy of Trial Lawyers limits membership to 500 Fellows from the United States. The Academy seeks out, identifies, acknowledges and honors those who have achieved a career of excellence through demonstrated skill and ability in jury trials, trials before the court and appellate practice. Members are engaged in civil practice on both the plaintiff’s and the defendant’s side of the courtroom, and the trial of criminal cases. The Academy invites only lawyers who have attained the highest level of advocacy. A comprehensive screening process identifies the most distinguished members of the trial bar by means of both peer and judicial review. Ms. Dowd has been evaluated by her colleagues and the judges in her jurisdiction and has been highly recommended by them as possessing these qualifications and characteristics.

Chartered in 1954, the Academy’s general purposes are to cultivate the science of jurisprudence, promote reforms in the law, facilitate the Administration of Justice, and elevate the standards of integrity, honor and courtesy in the legal profession.

About White Arnold & Dowd P.C.: From high-profile litigation to mediation and private disputes, the 20 attorneys at AV-rated White Arnold & Dowd P.C. excel at finding creative strategies to minimize disruptions and help our clients keep moving forward in business and in life. We have a plan for the unplanned. For more information, visit www.whitearnolddowd.com.

Contact:
Kitty Rogers Brown
205-323-1888
[email protected]

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Birmingham, AL – White Arnold & Dowd P.C. is pleased to announce that attorney Lisha L. Graham has been selected as a member of the Birmingham Bar Association’s 2014 Future Leaders Forum.  The Forum seeks to cultivate leaders from among a group of motivated attorneys who have been in practice for 3-7 years.  Recognizing a need for leadership identification and development among Birmingham’s young attorneys, a group of Birmingham Bar Association leaders, including White Arnold & Dowd’s Managing Lawyer Augusta S. Dowd, organized the first Forum class in 2009.  Since that time, the Forum has emerged as one of the premiere leadership and professional development experiences for lawyers in their early years of practice.  White Arnold & Dowd’s Kitty Rogers Brown, C. Burton Dunn, Jr., Hope S. Marshall, and T. Shane Smith are all past graduates of the Forum.  “We are thrilled to see our firm’s participation in and support of the Forum continue through Lisha’s membership this year,” said Ms. Dowd.  “She will be a fine member of the class, and will both benefit from and greatly contribute to the overall excellence of the program.”

Ms. Graham represents clients in various areas of civil defense litigation, with a primary focus on insurance defense. Through her practice, Ms. Graham has represented general contractors and subcontractors in various types of construction litigation and indemnity actions. She also represents clients, both companies and individuals, in a variety of commercial cases, including premises liability, breach of contract, negligence and products liability, as well as both plaintiffs and defendants in financial litigation, business torts, and fraud.  She holds a J.D. from Cumberland School of Law at Samford University, and also has a B.S. from Auburn University, where she was a senior honors scholar.

About White Arnold & Dowd P.C.: From high-profile litigation to mediation and private disputes, the 21 attorneys at AV-rated White Arnold & Dowd P.C. excel at finding creative strategies to minimize disruptions and help our clients keep moving forward in business and in life. We have a plan for the unplanned. For more information, visit www.whitearnolddowd.com.

Contact:
Kitty Rogers Brown
205-323-1888
[email protected]

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Birmingham, AL – White Arnold & Dowd P.C. is pleased to announce that seven shareholders have been selected to the 2014 Alabama Super Lawyers list, and two additional shareholders have been included on the list of 2014 Alabama Super Lawyers Rising Stars. In addition, Managing Lawyer Augusta S. Dowd was named to the Top 25: Women Alabama Super Lawyers list.

Attorneys named to the 2014 Alabama Super Lawyers are:

• Stephen R. Arnold
• William M. Bowen, Jr.
• Kitty Rogers Brown
• U.W. Clemon
• Augusta S. Dowd
• Sidney C. Summey
• J. Mark White

Attorneys named to the 2014 Alabama Super Lawyers Rising Stars are:

• Hope S. Marshall
• T. Shane Smith

Super Lawyers rates outstanding lawyers from more than 70 practice areas who have attained a high degree of peer recognition and professional achievement. The annual selections are made using a multiphase process that includes a statewide survey of lawyers, an independent research evaluation of candidates and peer reviews by practice area. Each year, no more than five percent of the lawyers in Alabama are selected by the research team for selection as Super Lawyers, and no more than 2.5 percent of the lawyers in Alabama 40 years old or younger or who have been in practice for 10 or fewer years are selected as Rising Stars.

About White Arnold & Dowd P.C.: From high-profile litigation to mediation and private disputes, the 21 attorneys at AV-rated White Arnold & Dowd P.C. excel at finding creative strategies to minimize disruptions and help our clients keep moving forward in business and in life. We have a plan for the unplanned. For more information, visit www.whitearnolddowd.com.

Contact:
Rebecca G. DePalma
205-323-1888
[email protected]

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Birmingham, AL – White Arnold & Dowd P.C. is pleased to announce that attorney Lisha L. Graham has been appointed as Chair of the newly-established Law School Division of the Alabama State Bar’s Young Lawyers Section Executive Committee. The Division serves as a resource for Alabama’s law schools and law students by providing young attorneys to sit on panels and symposia and introduces law students to the YLS through on-campus events at Alabama’s law schools and direct contact with out-of-state students. The Division also seeks out future leaders of the YLS and encourages those individuals to participate in various YLS EC programs and projects early in their legal career. “We are proud of Lisha’s initiative in establishing the inaugural divisions for law students within their respective schools,” says Managing Lawyer Augusta S. Dowd.  “She will, no doubt, serve the Young Lawyers Section well in her role as Chair of the Law School Division.”  For more information about the Young Lawyers Section, please visit http://www.alabamayls.org.

Ms. Graham represents clients in various areas of civil defense litigation, with a primary focus on insurance defense. Through her practice, Ms. Graham has represented general contractors and subcontractors in various types of construction litigation and indemnity actions. She also represents clients, both companies and individuals, in a variety of commercial cases, including premises liability, breach of contract, negligence and products liability, as well as both plaintiffs and defendants in financial litigation, business torts, and fraud.  She holds a J.D. from Cumberland School of Law at Samford University, and also has a B.S. from Auburn University, where she was a senior honors scholar.

About White Arnold & Dowd P.C.: From high-profile litigation to mediation and private disputes, the 21 attorneys at AV-rated White Arnold & Dowd P.C. excel at finding creative strategies to minimize disruptions and help our clients keep moving forward in business and in life. We have a plan for the unplanned. For more information, visit www.whitearnolddowd.com.

Contact:
Kitty Rogers Brown
205-323-1888
[email protected]