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The Birmingham Business Journal (BBJ) recently compiled its annual list of managing partners, shareholders and members of Birmingham's largest law firms titled "Who's Who in Law." Of the twenty-nine legal leaders honored, twelve (forty-one percent) are graduates of Cumberland School of Law, seven (twenty-four percent) are graduates of the Âé¶¹ÊÓÆµ of Alabama School of Law, four (thirteen percent) are graduates of Vanderbilt Law School, and one graduate each respectively from Duke Âé¶¹ÊÓÆµ School of Law, Harvard Law School, Âé¶¹ÊÓÆµ of Tennessee College of Law, Tulane Âé¶¹ÊÓÆµ Law School, Âé¶¹ÊÓÆµ of Virginia School of Law and Wake Forest Âé¶¹ÊÓÆµ School of Law. Cumberland graduates include
Walter W. Bates of Starnes Davis & Florie LLP,
Roger L. Bates of Hand Arendall LLC,
Todd Carlisle of Sirote & Permutt PC,
Lee Clanton of Porterfield Harper Mills Motlow & Ireland PC,
Jay Clark of Wallace Jordan Ratliff & Brandt LLC,
Ernest Cory of Cory Watson PC,
Timothy Davis of Heninger Garrison Davis LLC,
Jeff Friedman of Friedman Dazzio Zulanas & Bowling PC,
Thomas C. Logan of Carr Allison,
Alton B. Parker, Jr. of Spain & Gillon LLC,
William Lee Thuston of Burr & Forman LLP and
James Walsh of Rumberg Kirk & Caldwell. Click to read the full article.
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