D. Brian Murphy, President |
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March 2022
Volume XLVI, Issue 3
In This Issue...
Ann's Article...........................Page 2
Section Meetings...................Page 4
Law Day.................................Page 6
Lawyer Wellness....................Page 6
Young Lawyers......................Page 6
Member Spotlight..................Page 7
SAVLP...................................Page 8
In the News...........................Page 9
Mobile Bar Foundation..........Page 11
Birthdays...............................Page 14
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2022 OFFICERS
President - D. Brian Murphy
President Elect - Forrest S. Latta
Vice President - Raymond Bell
Secretary - Catherine S. Kirkland
Treasurer - Suntrease Williams-Maynard
Asst. Treasurer - Mary Margaret K. Bailey
Executive Director - Ann F. Sirmon
Editor - Tiffany Ray
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The mission of the Mobile Bar Association is to elevate the legal profession to the highest possible standard, provide professional development and cultivate networking opportunities amongst its members. Our bar association has excelled in carrying out this mission for the nearly 153 years it has been in existence. With twelve Sections, twenty Committees, and numerous other subcommittees and groups, our members work hard every day to make the most of our Bar. In last month’s article, each of the Section and Committee Chairs was recognized. These members devote a tremendous amount of time and energy to making the Bar succeed for our membership. This year, almost every Section will have a Judge serving as Judicial Liaison. This arrangement allows our members direct access to the bench should an issue arise with which they require advice or assistance. If you have not already done so, I encourage each of you to reach out to the Chair of the Committee you are interested in and ask how you can get involved.
We held our Mardi Gras Social on February 17 for the Order of Polka Dots parade. Even with the threat of inclement weather, the turnout was outstanding. All in attendance appeared to have a great time, especially the kids. Thanks to all the sponsors, our Entertainment Committee Chair, Garrett Zoghby, and MBA Executive Director Ann Sirmon for putting on a first-class event.
Our first monthly membership luncheon is scheduled for Thursday, March 25, at the Battle House Hotel. There will not be a Zoom option, so please be sure to RSVP with Ann. When you RSVP for the luncheon, you may notice that the cost for the luncheon has increased from $23 to $25. For the past few years, the Battle House has charged the MBA $25 per plate, but instead of passing that cost on to members, the MBA has absorbed the $2 difference. Beginning this year, the Battle House will charge the MBA $27 per plate. When notified of the increase earlier this year, the Executive Committee voted to once again cover the extra $2 to keep the cost to our members as low as possible. Having served on the MBA Executive Committee in various roles for many years, I can tell you that the cost and location of our monthly luncheons have been thoroughly studied and many alternatives have been considered. We will continue to study this issue and consider all available and reasonable options.
I look forward to seeing everyone at our March 25 luncheon, as well as the upcoming Section and Committee meetings. As always, please reach out to me with any questions, concerns or comments.
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D. Brian Murphy
Mobile Bar Association, 2022 President
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Happy March! Hope everyone had a great Mardi Gras season! I would love to introduce our new part-time Membership Specialist – Lydia Smith. She was home-schooled during high school due to her travel schedule as a violinist with the Mobile Symphony Orchestra. She graduated from the University of Mobile in 2021 with a degree in Strategic Communications. In addition to playing the violin, Lydia enjoys volunteering at her church, working with special needs children, and, of course, making coffee.
Lydia joined us in early February. As Membership Specialist, she will assist with meetings, events, and member engagement for the Mobile Bar Association. Additionally, she will help to maintain the membership database and increase our presence through social media. You’ve probably already seen some of her great social media posts on Facebook, LinkedIn, Twitter, and Instagram. Please stop by Mobile Bar Headquarters and introduce yourself to Lydia. We would love to see you!
Lastly, just as inflation is impacting everything else we do, higher costs and expenses are hitting the Mobile Bar Association, too. As Brian mentioned, starting in March, the cost for attending a Mobile Bar luncheon will increase from $23 per person to $25 per person. For the last two years, the Mobile Bar Association has paid $25 per person for the luncheons at the Battle House Hotel. In turn, we have been charging our members $23 per person. Now, with the increased costs of food and labor, the Mobile Bar Association will be paying $27 per person and charging members $25 per person. Also note: If you register for a luncheon in advance and do not show, the Mobile Bar Association is still paying for that meal and will have to invoice you for the no-show. Your Executive Committee has studied costs, locations, and alternatives for the monthly luncheons for many years. We will continue to study this issue and consider all available and reasonable options.
Thanks again for all your support and feedback! We are always interested in hearing your thoughts and ideas about how to improve the Mobile Bar Association and our activities. Please feel free to contact me any time by phone at 251.433.9790 or by email at asirmon@mobilebarassociation.com. We are listening.
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Executive Director
Mobile Bar Association
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Workers Compensation Section
Lunch and Learn
Monday, March 7, 2022 | 12:00 - 1:00 p.m.
Available CLE Credits: 1.0 | Cost of Lunch: $18.00 per person
HELD AT THE ATHELSTAN CLUB
The Lunch and Learn topic for discussion will be Significant Workers Compensation Decisions of 2021. If you have a case you believe is worthy of discussion, whether appellate court or circuit court, please email Boyd Miller with information about the case so it can be included in the program.
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Probate Section
Lunch and Learn
Tuesday, March 29, 2022 | 12:00 - 1:00 p.m.
Available CLE Credits: 1.0 | Cost of Lunch: $18.00 per person
HELD IN THE MULTIPURPOSE ROOM AT MOBILE GOVERNMENT PLAZA
THE ROOM IS LOCATED ON THE FIRST FLOOR.
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It’s time to renew your 2022 membership dues with the MBA. They are due no later than Thursday, March 31, 2022.
Like last year, your dues statement will be emailed to you. From the email, you can print the invoice and pay by check OR you can pay by credit card online. You do not have to log in to your profile on the website to pay online.
Whether you are a new or renewing member, THANK YOU for your support and your commitment to elevating the legal profession to the highest possible standard. If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to give us a call at 251.433.9790.
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UPDATE YOUR MEMBER PROFILE |
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By Ann Chapman, Law Day Chair |
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The Mobile Bar Association is excited to announce the 2022 Law Day Celebration! Law Day, held annually in May, is a national celebration of the rule of law. This year’s Law Day theme is Towards a More Perfect Union: The Constitution in Times of Change. We need your help to make this year’s event the best ever! Please consider volunteering or participating in one of the following ways:
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K-12 Art and Essay Contest: Seeking committee members to assist with judging the contest (judging will occur in early April). Also, please encourage your school-aged children to participate!
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Judicial Event: Seeking committee members to assist with logistics of judicial event in early May.
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Liberty Bell Award: Seeking committee members to review nominations.
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By Alison Herlihy, Lawyer Wellness Co-Chair |
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Lawyer Wellness has scheduled a spring hike, led by MBA member and avid hiker Martin Poynter, for Saturday, March 5, at 1 p.m. at Blakeley State Park. Email alison@herlihyfamilylaw.com if you would like to attend.
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Please join Alabama Court Reporting and the MBA Young Lawyers on March 17th at the ACR Mobile Office for a St. Patrick’s Day crawfish boil.
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Family attorney Alison Herlihy in her latest venture, Kindred Yoga in Midtown Mobile. |
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At its core, yoga is about unity—connecting the mind and body for the betterment of both. Alison Herlihy, a Mobile-based attorney, has been an avid yoga practitioner for more than 20 years. During that time she has also developed a busy family law practice and built her own firm, Herlihy Family Law. Now, Alison is connecting those two passions: In February, she opened a second business, Kindred Yoga, in Midtown, drawing on her experience running a law firm to handle tax, accounting, and other back-end issues for the new venture. “It’s great to have something you love so much, that gives you so much, and give it to other people,” she says. Alison started practicing yoga at the University of Texas at Austin in 1999, long before yoga was commonplace in the U.S. “It’s really appealing to me how it’s all connected, your mental space and your physical body,” she says. “You can’t separate it or ignore one or the other and expect the other to be okay.” She started teaching yoga at the Moorer YMCA downtown in 2016 after a teacher encouraged her and eventually completed formal training. In 2018, she moved to Glow Yoga in Mobile, where she met Elizabeth McCraw, her partner in Kindred Yoga. The studio offers a range of classes for yogis at all levels. “Our goal is to be inclusive,” she says. Alison says running two businesses is a lot, but “yoga doesn’t take time, it gives time … you feel energized from it.” Click here to check out Kindred Yoga.
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On March 1st we reach the height of our raucous and joyful Gulf Coast Mardi Gras season, and what follows is often a quieter period of reflection. One thing we are mindful of at SAVLP is the tradition of pro bono service that is unique to the legal profession. While most professionals pledge an adherence to high standards (for example, the Hippocratic oath for doctors, and the pledge of lawful honesty and human betterment for engineers), the legal profession is one of the few that promotes pro bono service as a core value for the ideal practitioner. Our local bar associations embrace this philosophy wholeheartedly. Lawyers who practice in Mobile, Baldwin, Clarke, and Washington counties consistently demonstrate their commitment to pro bono work, donating their time and expertise to represent those who couldn’t otherwise afford legal help. We thank you for your personal investment in your cities and towns, and your belief that solving problems for or between neighbors helps us all.
Volunteers Needed!
- Thursday, March 10: Civil Legal Advice Clinic – Mobile County Courthouse
- Thursday, March 24: Wills for Heroes Clinic – Spanish Fort City Hall
- Thursday, April 14: Civil Legal Advice Clinic – Mobile County Courthouse
- Tuesday, April 26: Guardianship Clinic – Augusta Evans School
- (multiple dates TBD ): In-Office Advice Clinic – SAVLP Office, Commerce Building, Mobile
We are also on site every Tuesday at Prodisee Pantry in Spanish Fort and once a month at the United Way of Southwest Alabama’s Clarke County Outreach Center in Grove Hill, AL. If you or your firm would like to know more about our work at these locations, please give us a call!
FEBRUARY HONOR ROLL
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Megan Allgood
Thomas Benton, III
Christina Bolin
Henry Brewster
Britten Britt
Lewis Carter
Annette Carwie
Topie Cassady
Stoney Chavers
Luke Coley
Judson Crump
Gabriel de Moske
Jeff Deen
Lisa Deen
Sondra Dempsey
Greg Eldridge
Page Ellis
Katarina Essenmacher
Jonathan Festa
Charles Fleming
George Gaston
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Tierany Hatcher
Scott Hawk
J.Gordon House
Michael Holberg
Jack Janecky
Jan Jones
Michael Linder
Peter Mackey
Mark Murphree
Spencer Phillips
Brenda Pierce
Rachele Reiss
Thomas Rockwell
Norman Roman
Ian Rosenthal
Clifford Sharpe
Eucellis Sullivan
Roger Varner, Jr.
Zack Weaver
Michael Wing
Ricardo Woods
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Registration has begun for the 2022 Alabama Legal Food Frenzy, the Alabama Bar Association’s annual fundraiser supporting food banks across the state. Last year’s Food Frenzy raised more than $55,000—the equivalent of 275,000 pounds of food—to help Alabamians who are food insecure. Let’s see if we can do even better this year!
One in four Alabama children struggle with food insecurity, meaning they lack reliable access to enough food for a healthy, active life. And the economic effects of the Covid-19 pandemic have created new pressures for many families. The Food Frenzy is the Alabama legal community’s collective response.
The fundraiser is structured as a friendly competition among Alabama’s law firms and legal organizations, but individuals can make unaffiliated donations, too. To participate as a group, click here to sign up your firm, organization, department, or office. The Food Frenzy will run from April 4 through April 15, 2022. Donations will be collected through the website. Every $10 donated can provide 20 meals for people who need them. In South Alabama, donations will support Feeding the Gulf Coast. When the Frenzy ends, awards will be presented by category (sole practitioner, small/medium/large firm, legal organization), and the team that raises the most money per employee will receive the Attorney General’s Cup.
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DIED: On February 15, 2022, retired MBA Member Lyman Faith Holland, Jr., died. He is the grandfather and grandfather-in-law of MBA Members Lee Faith Holland and Laura Edwards Holland, respectively. A native Mobilian, Lyman graduated from Murphy High School in 1948. While in college at the University of Alabama, he completed advanced Air Force Reserve Officer Training Corps training and was commissioned as a Second Lieutenant in the U.S. Air Force at his graduation in 1953. After two years of active duty with the USAF, Lyman returned to the University of Alabama for law school. After graduating from law school in 1957, he returned to Mobile and joined Hand Arendall, where he practiced for more than fifty-five years. He continued with the Air Force Reserve and ultimately retired as a Lieutenant Colonel. Lyman was active in numerous professional and civic organizations. He loved sailing and camellia gardening. Lyman is survived by his wife of sixty-seven years, two children, five grandchildren and one great-granddaughter.
DIED: Retired MBA Member Charles “Charlie” Bacon Bailey, Jr., passed away on February 9, 2022. He graduated from the University of the South (Sewanee) in 1951. He graduated from the University of Alabama School of Law in 1954 and earned an LL.M. in Taxation from New York University in 1957. Charlie practiced law with Johnstone Adams for the entirety of his career, advising clients in the areas of business, tax, probate and estate planning for more than fifty-five years. He served on Sewanee’s Board of Trustees, chaired the University of Alabama Federal Tax Institute and was an active member of All Saints Episcopal Church for many years. He loved turkey hunting, bream fishing and bird watching with his late wife. Charlie is survived by his two sons, five grandchildren and six great-grandchildren.
DIED: On February 2, 2022, Honorable Arlie Barber “Bob” Sherling, Jr., retired MBA Member and Mobile County District Court Judge, died. Judge Sherling attended Auburn University, where he played football and earned bachelor’s and master’s degrees in 1968 and 1971, respectively. He graduated from Cumberland School of Law in 1974 and engaged in the private practice of law, focusing on worker’s compensation, until 2008, when he took the bench. He served as a Mobile County District Court Judge until his retirement at the close of 2018. Judge Sherling is survived by his wife, three children and six grandchildren.
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MIDTOWN OFFICE SPACE AVAILABLE: three spacious offices in a beautiful historic home located in Midtown at 1111 Dauphin Street, across the street from Red and White Restaurant. Office is located a few blocks from Broad Street. Onsite parking. Office includes a conference room, waiting area, kitchenette, balcony looking over Dauphin Street, plus optional space for staff if needed. Please contact Buzz Jordan at 251-421-1056 (cell) or 251-432-5400 (office), or at buzz@rossandjordan.com or josieesquibel123@gmail.com (email).
DOWNTOWN OFFICE SPACE AVAILABLE: One St. Louis Center, 1 Saint Louis Street, Suite 2500. One office available to share space and expenses with a well-established small firm. On-site parking, conference room, waiting area, internet, Wi-Fi, color copier/scanner, fax machine, close to courthouses. If interested, please contact Carter Hale at 251-433-1346 or chale@scottsullivanlaw.com.
Clifford C. Brady and Craig D. Martin are proud to announce their new law firm, Brady Martin, LLP. They will continue to practice law at 63 South Royal Street, Suite 1201, Mobile, AL, 36602, and may be reached by telephone at 251.405.0077 (office) and 251.405.0076 (fax).
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THE FOLLOWING DONATIONS HAVE BEEN MADE TO THE
MOBILE BAR FOUNDATION:
In Memory of: Edward P. Turner, Jr. and William A. Kimbrough
By: Turner, Onderdonk, Kimbrough, Howell, Huggins & Bradley, P.A.
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MOBILE BAR FOUNDATION DONATION FORM |
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PLEASE CONSIDER MAKING A TAX DEDUCTIBLE DONATION TO THE
MOBILE BAR FOUNDATION
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The Mobile Bar Association has on file the 2021 Survey of Florida Law CDs. If you are interested in checking them out to get CLE credit, please contact Ann Sirmon at Mobile Bar Headquarters by email at asirmon@mobilebarassociation.com.
Title: The Resilience of Judicial Review: Why Court Curbing Movements Fail
Speaker: William G. Ross, Albert P. Brewer Professor of Law and Ethics at Cumberland School of Law
Date: Tuesday, March 8, 2022
Time: 7:00 PM
Location: Student Center Ballroom, USA Main Campus
MCLE Credit Hours: 1.0 hour
For more information, contact the USA Department of Political Science and Criminal Justice at 251.460.7161.
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Tuesday, March 1
MBA Headquarters closed for
Mardi Gras
Saturday, March 5
Lawyer Wellness Hike
Monday, March 7
Workers Compensation Section
Lunch and Learn
Tuesday, March 8
Executive Committee Meeting
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Tuesday, March 15
April Bulletin Articles Due
Thursday, March 17
Young Lawyers Social
Thursday, March 24
Grievance Committee Meeting
Friday, March 25
MBA Membership Luncheon
Tuesday, March 29
Probate Section Lunch and Learn
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Listed below are members who celebrate a birthday in March. |
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Carvine Langham Adams
Chelsea W. Aldridge
Kristopher O. Anderson
Michael David Anderson
Grover Ernst Asmus, II
Eaton G. Barnard
Doug Baymiller
Paul Thomas Beckmann
Mack B. Binion, III
Windy Cockrell Bitzer
Mary Allie Elizabeth Boller
Thomas R. Boller
R. Preston Bolt, Jr.
Stephanie Lee Booth
Thomas McLean Bramlett
Tamra E. Bryant
Christopher Adam Callaghan
Rosemary D. Chambers
I. David Cherniak
Timothy Allen Clarke
James Paul Clinton
Edwin J. Curran, Jr.
Joseph Davis Damrich
Brian Wesley Donald
Edgar Downing
Patrick C. Finnegan
Charles Jackson Fleming
Benjamin Young Ford
Ross Alexander Frazer
Gregory M. Friedlander
Nicholas Frisella
George C. Gaston
J. David Greene
Mildred M. Hartzog
J. Stephen Harvey
Andrew Herring
Charles Harris Jones, Jr.
Andrew McEvilley Jones
Frederick William Killion, IV
Braxton L. Kittrell, Jr.
Banks Christian Ladd
Gilbert B. Laden
Goodman G. Ledyard
David J. Maloney
Anna Lundy Mangham
Charles Christopher Matranga
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John P.C. McCall
John William McClurkin
Jacqueline Marie McConaha
Douglas L. McCoy
Nicole Giardina McDonough
Bert W. Milling, Jr.
Bonnie Branum Minopoli
Kenneth Paul Murray
Henry F. O'Connor
Mary Elizabeth Olsen
Ron Pearman
W. Beatty Pearson
S. Wesley Pipes
William E. Pipkin, Jr.
Ginger Broadway Poynter
David Ratcliffe
Gabrielle E. Reeves
James E. Robertson, Jr.
Ian Rosenthal
Sabrina B. Ruffin
Steven Paul Savarese, Jr.
Skylar Sawyer
Steven D. Sciple
Ayrn Sedore
Lewis Robert Shreve
E. Watson Smith
Michael A. Smith
Catherine Simon Spann
James Alexander Steadman
David F. Steele, Jr.
Scott David Stevens
Shane Allen Taylor
Renee Elizabeth Thiry
Lucy Elizabeth Tufts
Tracy P. Turner
Michael E. Upchurch
Robert Sewell Walker
H. William Wasden
Jarrod Joel White
Adam Thomas Williamson
Michael P. Windom
David G. Wirtes, Jr.
Ernest Franklin Woodson, Jr.
Jessica Breanne Stanley Zarzour
Alexander Garrett Zoghby
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