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2015 Annual Meeting LawyerMAY15_Lawyer 4/27/15 8:53 AM Page 149 May 2015 | Volume 76, Number 3 2015 Annual Meeting POINT C L E A R Meeting highlights insideFRegister at www.alabar.org/aboutFtheFbar/annualFmeeting 72617-1 ALABAR.qxp_Lawyer 4/21/15 10:42 AM Page 150 The best malpractice insurance takes no time to find. AIM makes it easy. Dedicated to insuring practicing attorneys. Attorneys Insurance Mutual Telephone 205-980-0009 of the South® Toll Free 800-526-1246 Fax 205-980-9009 200 Inverness Parkway Birmingham, Alabama 35242 www.AttyslnsMut.com "Insuring and Serving Practicing Attorneys Since 1989" Copyright 2013 by Attorneys Insurance Mutual of the South ® 72617-1 ALABAR.qxp_Lawyer 4/21/15 10:43 AM Page 151 72617-1 ALABAR.qxp_Lawyer 4/21/15 10:43 AM Page 152 PAYMENT PROCESSIN EXCLUSIVELY FOR ATTORNEYS. Helping law firms get paid. IOLTA guidelines and the ABA Rules of Professional Conduct require attorneyst o accept credit cords correctly. 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Sims dinners and receptions at the Grand Hotel. Photographer Steven Atha is a member of the Alabama and Georgia state bars. 172 The Interstate Land Sales Full Disclosure Act: The Law of Unintended Consequences as facebook.com/AlabamaStateBar Applied to Condominiums By Mark H. Taupeka @AlabamaStateBar @AlabamaStateBar 180 It Is Barely Illegal to Kill a Lawyer By David A. Bagwell youtube.com/TheAlabamaStateBar flickr.com/AlabamaStateBar https://www.alabar.org | THE ALABAMA LAWYER 153 72617-1 ALABAR.qxp_Lawyer 4/21/15 10:43 AM Page 154 Gregory H. Hawley, Birmingham..........................Chair and Editor ADVERTISERS ALABAMA STATE BAR [email protected] 415 Dexter Avenue Linda G. Flippo, Birmingham .....Vice Chair and Associate Editor Montgomery, AL 36104 [email protected] ABA Retirement Funds..........................157 (334) 269-1515 • (800) 354-6154 Wilson F. Green, Tuscaloosa........Vice Chair and Associate Editor FAX (334) 261-6310 [email protected] https://www.alabar.org Margaret L. Murphy, Montgomery.....................Staff Liaison and ALABAMA STATE BAR STAFF Director of Publications Alabama Civil Justice Foundation........178 [email protected] Executive Director.........................................Keith B. Norman Director of Personnel and Operations................Diane Locke ASB Foundation Assistant/ Robert A. Huffaker, Montgomery...Chair and Editor, 1983-2010 AlaServe, LLC..........................................157 Executive Assistant ......................................Ann Rittenour Assistant Executive Director.................Edward M. Patterson Director of External Relations and BOARD OF EDITORS Attorneys Insurance Mutual Projects/Annual Meeting .........................Christina Butler Melanie M. Atha, Birmingham • Marc J. Ayers, Birmingham • David A. Administrative Assistants for External Relations Bagwell, Fairhope • Jennifer M. Bedsole, Birmingham • H. Lanier Brown, II, Birmingham • Henry L. (Max) Cassady, Jr., Fairhope • W. Lloyd Copeland, of the South .........................................150 and Projects .................................Mary Frances Garner Mobile • Cason Crosby Cheely, Daphne • Kira Y. Fonteneau, Birmingham • Marcia N. Daniel Sara Anne Ford, Birmingham • Amy M. Hampton, Alexander City • Walter E. Director of Digital Communications...........J. Eric Anderson McGowan, Tuskegee • Rebecca Keith McKinney, Huntsville • Jeffrey R. Birmingham Bar Association................179 Director of Information Technology.........Dolan L. Trout McLaughlin, Guntersville • James R. Moncus, III, Birmingham • Joi T. Montiel, Montgomery • Anil A. Mujumdar, Birmingham • Sherrie L. Phillips, Programmer ...................................................Larry D. Pratt Montgomery • Katherine T. Powell, Birmingham • Allison O. Skinner, Information Systems Manager...............O. Hunter Harris Birmingham • Marc A. Starrett, Montgomery • M. Chad Tindol, Tuscaloosa • Jason B. Tompkins, Birmingham • David G. Wirtes, Jr., Mobile Cain & Associates Engineers.................175 Digital Communications Content Manager........Kelley Lee Director of Publications ....................Margaret L. Murphy OFFICERS Director of Regulatory Programs .......................Angela Parks Richard J.R. Raleigh, Jr., Huntsville....................................................President MCLE Administrative Assistant ..............Carol Thornton Lee H. Copeland, Montgomery ................................................President-elect Davis Direct.............................................182 Membership Anthony A. Joseph, Birmingham...........................Immediate Past President Administrative Assistant...................Cathy Sue McCurry R. Cooper Shattuck, Tuscaloosa ................................................Vice President Regulatory Programs Keith B. Norman, Montgomery..........................................................Secretary J. Forrester DeBuys, III...........................175 Administrative Assistant............................Doris McDaniel Brandon D. Hughey, Mobile.....................Young Lawyers’ Section President Director of Admissions......................................Justin C. Aday BOARD OF BAR COMMISSIONERS Admissions Administrative Assistants.........Crystal Jones 1st Circuit, Halron W. Turner, Chatom • 2nd Circuit, Jerry L. Thornton, Hayneville • 3rd Circuit, Christina D. Crow, Union Springs • 4th Circuit, Sonia Douglas The Finklea Group..................................176 Jana Russell Garner, Selma • 5th Circuit, Charles G. Reynolds, Jr., Lanett • Director of Finance ..................................................................... 6th Circuit • Place No. 1, Terri O. Tompkins, Tuscaloosa • Place No. 2, R. Senior Financial Assistant..............................Gale Skinner Hays Webb, Tuscaloosa • 7th Circuit, William H. (Bill) Broome, Anniston • 8th Circuit, Emily L. Baggett, Decatur • 9th Circuit, W.N. (Rocky) Watson, Financial Assistant..............................................Kristi Neal Fort Payne • 10th Circuit • Place No. 1, Leslie R. Barineau, Birmingham • Freedom Court Reporting..........................207 Graphic Arts Director ...................................Roderick Palmer Place No. 2, S. Greg Burge, Birmingham • Place No. 3, Barry A. Ragsdale, Receptionist..................................................Stephanie Oglesby Birmingham • Place No. 4, Robert G. Methvin, Jr., Birmingham • Place No. 5, Augusta S. Dowd, Birmingham • Place No. 6, Teresa G. Minor, Director of Service Programs ....................Laura A. Calloway Birmingham • Place No. 7, Allison O. Skinner, Birmingham • Place No. 8, SP Administrative Assistant.........................Kristi Skipper Brannon J. Buck, Birmingham • Place No. 9, Derrick A. Mills, Insurance Specialists, Inc............................208 th Lawyer Referral Service Representative..........John Dunn Birmingham • Bessemer Cutoff, Kenneth Moore, Bessemer • 11 Circuit, Ralph E. Holt, Florence • 12th Circuit, Thad Yancey, Jr., Troy • 13th Circuit Volunteer Lawyers Program Director ..................Linda Lund • Place No. 1, Henry A. Callaway, III, Mobile • Place No. 2, Walter H. VLP Assistant .....................................Katherine L. Church Honeycutt, Mobile • Place No. 3, Clay A. Lanham, Mobile • Place No. 4, th Jackson Thornton ...................................159 Intake Specialists.......................................Deborah Harper Juan Ortega, Mobile • Place No. 5, James Rebarchak, Mobile • 14 Circuit, James R. Beaird, Jasper • 15th Circuit • Place No. 1, George R. Parker, Carrie Black-Phillips Montgomery • Place No. 2, Les Pittman, Montgomery • Place No. 3, J. Alabama Lawyer Assistance Program Flynn Mozingo, Montgomery • Place No. 4, J. Cole Portis, Montgomery • Director ....................Robert B. Thornhill (334-224-6920) Place No. 5, Jeffery C. Duffey, Montgomery • Place No. 6, J. David Martin, LawPay ...........................................................152 Montgomery • 16th Circuit, Donald Rhea, Gadsden • 17th Circuit, Taylor T. ALAP Case Manager ................................Shannon Knight Perry, Jr., Demopolis • 18th Circuit • Place No. 1, W. Randall May, ALAP Administrative Assistant ................Sandra Dossett Birmingham • Place No. 2, Julia C. Kimbrough, Birmingham • Place No. th Alabama Law Foundation, Inc. Director ...........Tracy Daniel 3, Anne M. Glass, Birmingham • 19 Circuit, Robert L. Bowers, Jr., The Locker Room ...................................158 Clanton • 20th Circuit, Cliff Mendheim, Dothan • 21st Circuit, Eric Coale, ALF Administrative Assistants ...............Sharon
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