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Irby, Fairhope..................................................President ALABAMA STATE BAR Christina D. Crow, Union Springs.......................President-elect 415 Dexter Avenue Augusta S. Dowd, Birmingham............................Past President Montgomery, AL 36104 Tazewell T. Shepard, Huntsville ..........................Vice President Alabama Court Reporting, Inc.........231 Phillip W. McCallum, Montgomery.............................Secretary (334) 269-1515 • (800) 354-6154 Frederick G. Helmsing, Jr., Mobile .............Ex Officio Member FAX (334) 261-6310 Monet M. Gaines, Montgomery ....................Executive Council Alabama Legal & Investigative Jana Russell Garner, Selma ...........................Executive Council www.alabar.org T. Thomas Perry, Jr., Demopolis....................Executive Council Rachel L. Miller, Montgomery...Young Lawyers’ Section President Services, Inc. ................................238 ALABAMA STATE BAR STAFF Executive Director..............................Phillip W. McCallum BOard Of Bar COmmissiOnErs Administrative Assistant.................Katherine L. Church 1st Circuit, Halron W. Turner, Chatom • 2nd Circuit, J. Levi Nichols, Luverne • 3rd Circuit, Courtney R. Potthoff, Eufaula • University of Alabama LLM ...........237 Communications Coordinator .........................Alex Rice 4th Circuit, Jana Russell Garner, Selma • 5th Circuit, Larry W. Director of Personnel and Operations ..............Diane Locke Morris, Alex City • 6th Circuit, Place No. 1, Terri Olive Tomp- Assistant Executive Director...............Edward M. Patterson kins, Tuscaloosa; Place No. 2, Scott Bradley Holmes, Tuscaloosa Attorneys Insurance • 7th Circuit, William H. Broome, Anniston • 8th Circuit, Emily Administrative Assistant for External Relations L. Baggett, Decatur • 9th Circuit, Dana Grimes, Ft. Payne • 10th Mutual of the South......................230 and Projects ...................................Mary Frances Garner Circuit, Place No. 1, James M. Terrell, Birmingham; Place No. 2, Director of Digital Communications..........J. Eric Anderson John A. Smyth, Birmingham; Place No. 3, Barry A. Ragsdale, Birmingham; Place No. 4, Robert G. Methvin, Jr., Birmingham; Director of Information Technology........Dolan L. Trout Place No. 5, LaBella S. Alvis, Birmingham; Place No. 6, Michael Cain & Associates Engineers........287 Information Systems Manager..............O. Hunter Harris D. Ermert, Birmingham; Place No. 7, Allison O. Skinner, Birm- ingham; Place No. 8, Brannon J. Buck, Birmingham; Place No. 9, Digital Communications Content Manager........................ Erik Stephen Heninger, Birmingham • Bessemer Cutoff, Ken- Director of Publications..................Margaret L. Murphy Coker Forensics............................271 neth Moore, Bessemer • 11th Circuit, Ralph E. Holt, Florence • Director of Admissions and 12th Circuit, Carmen F. Howell, Enterprise • 13th Circuit, Place No. 1, Charles Zackery Moore, Mobile; Place No. 2, Frederick G. Attorney Licensing...................................Justin C. Aday Helmsing, Jr., Mobile; Place No. 3, William R. Lancaster, Mo- Davis Direct......................................283 Administrative Assistants..............................Sonia Douglas bile; Place No. 4, Bryan E. Comer, Mobile; Place No. 5, James Cathy Sue McCurry Rebarchak, Mobile • 14th Circuit, Charles C. Tatum, Jr., Jasper • 15th Circuit, Place No. 1, George R. Parker, Montgomery; Place Katherine Etheredge No. 2, Patrick L.W. Sefton, Montgomery; Place No. 3, J. Flynn J. Forrester DeBuys, III ................287 Director of Finance..........................................Merinda Hall Mozingo, Montgomery; Place No. 4, C. Gibson Vance, Mont- Financial Assistant .........................................Kristi Neal gomery; Place No. 5, Jeffery C. Duffey, Montgomery; Place No. 6, David Martin, Montgomery • 16th Circuit, Bradley W. Cornett, Graphic Arts Director/ Gadsden • 17th Circuit, T. Thomas Perry, Jr., Demopolis • 18th The Finklea Group ...........................296 Building Superintendent .......................Roderick Palmer Circuit, Place No. 1, William Randall May, Birmingham; Place Receptionist ............................................Stephanie Oglesby No. 2, Mark S. Boardman, Chelsea; Place No. 3, Anne Malatia Glass, Birmingham • 19th Circuit, Robert L. Bowers, Jr., Clanton Director of Service Programs .................Laura A. Calloway Freedom Court Reporting................299 • 20th Circuit, R. Cliff Mendheim, Dothan • 21st Circuit, J. Kirk- SP Administrative Assistant ......................Kristi Skipper man Garrett, Brewton • 22nd Circuit, Manish H. Patel, Andalusia Lawyer Referral Service Representative........John Dunn • 23rd Circuit, Place No. 1, Tazewell T. Shepard, Huntsville; Place No. 2,