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Named Shareholders Once Again Recognized Among The Best Lawyers in America®

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Birmingham, AL – White Arnold & Dowd P.C. is pleased to announce that J. Mark White, Stephen R. Arnold, and Augusta S. Dowd have been included in the most recent edition of The Best Lawyers in America®.  Now in its 24th year of publication, Best Lawyers is based entirely on a peer-review process.  According to Best Lawyers, “the methodology is designed to capture, as accurately as possible, the consensus opinion of leading lawyers about the professional abilities of their colleagues within the same geographical area and legal practice area.”

Mr. White was recognized in the following practice areas:

  • Bet-the-Company Litigation
  • Commercial Litigation
  • Criminal Defense: White-Collar
  • Litigation – Environmental
  • Mass Tort Litigation/Class Actions – Defendants
  • Mediation

Mr. Arnold was again named a Best Lawyer in Family Law, a distinction he has enjoyed since 1983.  Ms. Dowd was acknowledged for her work in Commercial Litigation, Litigation – Environmental, and Mass Tort Litigation/Class Actions – Defendants.  Ms. Dowd was also recognized by her peers as the 2018 Birmingham Mass Tort Litigation / Class Actions – Defendants “Lawyer of the Year,” an honor only awarded to a single lawyer in each practice area and community.

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]

 

White Arnold & Dowd P.C. Shareholders Named “Top Women Attorneys” for 2017 by B-Metro Magazine

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Birmingham, AL – White Arnold & Dowd P.C. is pleased to announce that shareholders Augusta S. Dowd, Linda G. Flippo, Laura S. Gibson, Karen M. Hennecy, Kitty Rogers Brown, and Lisha Li Graham were all named to B-Metro Magazine‘s 2017 “Top Women Attorneys” list for the third consecutive year.  The full B-Metro feature was published in the August 2017 issue of the magazine and can be viewed below:

 

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]

Augusta S. Dowd Installed as 142nd President of Alabama State Bar

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ALABAMA STATE BAR

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: TUESDAY, JULY 18, 2017

 Augusta S. Dowd Installed as 142nd President of Alabama State Bar

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 I will work hard every day of my term to honor the trust all of you have placed in me,” said Dowd. “Those who know me know how much I value relationships. One of my key impact areas for this year is to improve and solidify the relationships within our bar, the relationship between the bar and the judiciary, and the relationship between the bar and the general public we serve. I am looking forward to the year ahead, and I hope to meet and interact with as many of our members as possible along the way.”

Born and raised in Birmingham, Dowd graduated from the University of the South and Vanderbilt University School of Law, where she served as articles editor for the Vanderbilt Law Review. After graduating from law school in 1982, she clerked for the Honorable Judge Seybourne H. Lynne of the Northern District of Alabama. Dowd began her law practice in 1983 with Lange, Simpson, Robinson & Somerville of Birmingham, where she practiced until her third child was born in 1990. She spent most of the 1990s at home with her children before returning to the practice of law in 2000 to join the firm that eventually restructured in 2003 to become White Arnold & Dowd P.C. Dowd became managing lawyer when the firm restructured, and she continues to hold that position.

Committed to our state bar’s ideal that “lawyers render service,” Dowd has been involved in bar activities on both the local, state and national levels. She was a member of the Birmingham Bar Association’s (“BBA”) Executive Committee and Diversity Task Force and is a Fellow of the Birmingham Bar Foundation. She also served on one of the BBA’s grievance panels and as one of the co-chairs of the BBA’s Grievance Committee. Dowd created the original course template for and led the inaugural class of the BBA’s Future Leaders Forum. From 2009 until her election as president-elect in May 2016, Dowd served as an Alabama State Bar Commissioner representing the 10th Judicial Circuit (Jefferson County) and on a State Bar Disciplinary Committee. In 2011, the Board of Bar Commissioners appointed Dowd to one of the two lawyer positions on the Judicial Inquiry Commission, where she served until March 2017. Dowd is a member of the Atticus Finch Society as well as a Fellow of the Alabama Law Foundation. She is a member of the American Board of Trial Advocates, where she served as president (2015) of the Alabama Chapter. She is a member of the International Academy of Trial Lawyers, a long-standing member of the American Bar Association, and a Fellow of the American Bar Foundation. Dowd served as an adjunct professor at the University of Alabama School of Law, where she instructed students in advanced civil procedure.

Active in the Birmingham community, Dowd has volunteered on behalf of multiple charitable, educational and religious organizations, including the YWCA of Central Alabama, where she was a member of the Board of Directors from 2010 – 2016, and the Episcopal Diocese of Alabama, where she has served as assistant chancellor to the Bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Alabama since 2009.

She and her husband, David D. Dowd, III, a corporate attorney and partner at Burr & Forman LLP, have been married since 1982. They have three children: Bevan, Grace and David, IV.

During the ceremony, Sam Irby of Irby & Heard P.C. (Fairhope) was installed as the bar’s president-elect. Irby will serve one year in this role before assuming the presidency in June 2018.

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The Alabama State Bar Communications Office can be reached at 334-517-2106 or [email protected].

 

Birmingham Magazine Names Augusta S. Dowd and Sidney C. Summey “Top Attorneys”

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Birmingham, AL – White Arnold & Dowd P.C. is pleased to announce that Augusta S. Dowd, shareholder, vice president, and managing lawyer, and Sidney C. Summey, shareholder and head of the firm’s Probate Department, have been included among the city’s “2017 Top Attorneys” by Birmingham Magazine. This is the eighth-annual peer-reviewed survey conducted by the magazine.  Ms. Dowd was included among the city’s top White Collar Defense attorneys, and Mr. Summey was once again named as one of the top attorneys in the Probate Law and Elder Law categories.  The full Birmingham Magazine feature appeared in the April 2017 issue of the 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:
Kitty Rogers Brown
205-323-1888
[email protected]

Seven White Arnold & Dowd Shareholders Honored by Birmingham’s B-Metro Magazine

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Birmingham, AL – White Arnold & Dowd P.C. is pleased to announce that shareholders Augusta S. Dowd, Linda G. Flippo, Laura S. Gibson, Lisha Li Graham, Karen M. Hennecy, Kitty Rogers Brown, and J. Mark White were all named “Top Lawyers” for 2017 by B-Metro Magazine.    To compile its list,  B-Metro surveyed local attorneys and reviewed ratings developed by Avvo, a Seattle-based company that rates and profiles attorneys nationwide.  Avvo’s ratings system is based on a proprietary algorithm that includes peer and client reviews as well as an attorney’s education and experience.  According to B-Metro, the lawyers selected were “chosen because of their ability to guide clients to successful outcomes.  Just what you want in a good attorney.”

The full B-Metro feature was published in the March 2017 issue of the magazine and can be viewed below:

Shareholder Thomas E. Walker Joins Mathews Center Advisory Council

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Birmingham, AL – White Arnold & Dowd P.C. is pleased to announce that shareholder Thomas E. Walker has been invited to join the Chair’s Cabinet of the inaugural Advisory Council for the David Mathews Center for Civic Life.   As a member of the Advisory Council, Mr. Walker will work to advise the Executive Director regarding Mathews Center programmatic effectiveness, connect the Mathews Center to potential partners and supporters, and serve as an ambassador for the mission and work of the Mathews Center.   After graduating from the University of Alabama undergraduate school and before beginning his legal education, Mr. Walker served as administrative assistant to Dr. Mathews, who at the time was the president of the University and for whom the Center is now named.

According to the Mathews Center, “our programming includes convening and moderating deliberative public forums, hosting reporting-out events, conducting moderator and convener training workshops, and developing youth leadership and community engagement opportunities. The Mathews Center also authors the Alabama Civic Health Index to measure how Alabamians engage with each other and the issues they care about. DMC signature programs equip Alabamians with tools to find strength in themselves, and their fellow citizens, to find solutions to knotty community problems and pressing public issues. Because we believe that Alabamians should play a role in defining the public issues – and their solutions – that affect their daily lives, we listen as much as we speak. Much of our time is spent in Alabama communities working with an ever-growing network of everyday Alabamians in their capacities as small business owners, university professors, educators, service providers, faith-based community members, and more to strengthen civic life in our state. Over the past decade, this diverse group of partners has remained united in a common goal: to work better together in our communities and across our state.”

Mr. Walker joined White Arnold & Dowd in 2014, and his product liability experience includes litigation involving non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs, isocyantes (primarily MDI), infant car seats, industrial grinding wheels/machines, injection molding equipment, robotic welding systems, skid-steer loaders, and a variety of food and beverage products. Active in community affairs, Mr. Walker serves on the Board of Directors of Alabama Goodwill Industries, Inc., which he has done since 1995. In 2005-2006, he served as Chairman of the Board, and in 2003-2004, he was Secretary of the Board. In 2006, he was named Alabama Goodwill’s Volunteer of the Year.

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]

Five White Arnold & Dowd Shareholders Named as 2016 Mid-South “Super Lawyers”

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Birmingham, AL – White Arnold & Dowd P.C. is pleased to announce that five shareholders have been named to the 2016 Mid-South Super Lawyers list, and one additional shareholder has been included on the list of 2016 Mid-South Super Lawyers Rising Stars.

Attorneys named to the 2016 Mid-South Super Lawyers are:

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

Shareholder Hope S. Marshall was named as a 2016 Mid-South Super Lawyers Rising Star.  Additionally, Dowd was named one of the “Top 50” lawyers in Alabama.

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 the Mid-South are selected by the research team for selection as Super Lawyers, and no more than 2.5 percent of the lawyers in Mid-South 40 years old or younger or who have been in practice for 10 or fewer years are selected as Rising Stars. The Mid-South Super Lawyers and Rising Stars will be listed in the December 2016 Mid-South Super Lawyers 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:
Lisha L. Graham
205-323-1888
[email protected]

White Arnold & Dowd Lawyers Named to State Bar Leadership Posts

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Birmingham, AL – White Arnold & Dowd P.C. is pleased to announce that Alabama State Bar president J. Cole Portis has appointed numerous firm lawyers to Bar Committees and Task Forces for the current bar year.  Augusta S. Dowd, who is currently serving as president-elect of the Alabama State Bar, was also named to the Executive Committee, Finance Committee, Personnel and Bar Operations Oversight Standing Committee, Long Range Planning Committee, Succession Planning Task Force, and Local Bar Task Force.  Additionally, Robert E. Cooper was appointed to serve on both the Future of the Profession Task Force and the Senior Lawyer-New Lawyer Task Force, Kitty Rogers Brown to the Lawyer University Task Force, and Hannah C. Thompson to the Governmental Liaison Committee.  Additionally, Laura S. Gibson was named to the Disciplinary Rules and Enforcement Committee, and Hope S. Marshall was once again tapped to co-chair the Diversity Committee, a position she has held since 2009.

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]

 

 

J. Mark White, Stephen R. Arnold, and Augusta S. Dowd Listed in The Best Lawyers in America® 2017

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Birmingham, AL – White Arnold & Dowd P.C. is pleased to announce that J. Mark White, Stephen R. Arnold, and Augusta S. Dowd have been included in the 2017 edition of The Best Lawyers in America®.  Now in its 23rd year of publication, Best Lawyers is based entirely on a peer-review process.  According to Best Lawyers, “the methodology is designed to capture, as accurately as possible, the consensus opinion of leading lawyers about the professional abilities of their colleagues within the same geographical area and legal practice area.”

Mr. White was recognized in the following practice areas:

  • Bet-the-Company Litigation
  • Commercial Litigation
  • Criminal Defense: White-Collar
  • Litigation – Environmental
  • Mass Tort Litigation/Class Actions – Defendants
  • Mediation

Mr. Arnold was again named a “Best Lawyer” in Family Law, a distinction he has enjoyed since 1983.  Ms. Dowd was acknowledged for her work in Commercial Litigation, Litigation – Environmental, and Mass Tort Litigation/Class Actions – Defendants.

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]

 

B-Metro Magazine Names Six White Arnold & Dowd P.C. Shareholders “Top Women Attorneys” for 2016

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Birmingham, AL – White Arnold & Dowd P.C. is pleased to announce that shareholders Augusta S. Dowd, Linda G. Flippo, Laura S. Gibson, Karen M. Hennecy, Kitty Rogers Brown, and Lisha Li Graham  were all named to B-Metro Magazine‘s 2016 “Top Women Attorneys” list for the second consecutive year.  The full B-Metro feature was published in the August 2016 issue of the magazine and can be viewed below: