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Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP | September 2021
Alabama, USA

Bradley is pleased to announce that Alé Dalton, an associate in the firm’s Nashville office, is the recipient of Bradley’s 2021 Cameron J. Miller Award for Excellence and Community Service. This annual award honors an associate who exemplifies the excellence of Cameron Miller, who died in June 2012 after battling cancer his first year as an attorney at Bradley. The award includes a donation to a charity in Mr. Miller’s memory ...

Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP | August 2021
Alabama, USA

Bradley partner Bruce Ely was mentioned in Law360 regarding his and the firm’s decades of involvement in using tax incentives to attract new companies to Alabama and other states. David Brunori, RSM US LLP senior director and regular columnist, praised Ely writing, “If there were a SALT Hall of Fame, Bruce Ely would be in on the first ballot ...

Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP | August 2021
Alabama, USA

Bradley attorney Bruce Ely was quoted in Tax Notes State related to a newly-filed challenge to a statutory sales/use tax exemption. In the August 25 complaint in Brown v. Barnett, the Alabama Education Association challenged the constitutionality of a joint resolution that purports to extend a state sales and use tax exemption for aircraft and helicopter repair parts. The association claims that “Alabama’s Education Trust Fund will lose funding because of this illegal bill ...

Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP | August 2021
Alabama, USA

Bradley is pleased to announce that seven of the firm’s attorneys were appointed to new leadership roles with the American Bar Association (ABA) for the 2021-2022 bar year, which began Aug. 1. The firm’s attorneys newly appointed by the ABA are Dylan C. Black, Tiffany J. deGruy, Erin Illman, Junaid Odubeko, Robert Emmett Poundstone IV, Anne Marie Seibel and Ethan T. Tidmore ...

Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP | August 2021
Alabama, USA

Bradley is pleased to announce that Birmingham partner Brooke Vinson has been selected as one of M&A Advisor’s 2021 Emerging Leaders. The 12th Annual Emerging Leaders Awards celebrate the industry’s emerging leaders in M&A, finance and turnaround who have reached a significant level of success in the industry before the age of 40 ...

Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP | August 2021
Alabama, USA

Bradley is pleased to announce that Birmingham partner Gary L. Howard will be recognized with the Defense Research Institute’s (DRI) Albert H. Parnell Outstanding Program Chair Award at the organization’s annual meeting in October. “Gary is a tremendous leader and has made significant contributions to the DRI, and we are proud of him for this well-deserved recognition,” said Bradley Birmingham Office Managing Partner Dawn Helms Sharff. The DRI’s Albert H ...

Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP | August 2021
Alabama, USA

Bradley attorney Jason Mehta was quoted in 360Dx on the Department of Justice’s use of the opioid bill’s Anti-Kickback Statute. The Eliminating Kickbacks in Recovery Act (EKRA) of 2018 was meant to outlaw patient brokering in the addiction treatment industry. However, many in the lab industry raised concerns that EKRA has criminalized common lab business practices ...

Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP | August 2021
Alabama, USA

Bradley is pleased to announce that 266 of the firm’s attorneys are included in the 2022 edition of The Best Lawyers in America®, and 46 attorneys are included in Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch. In addition, Bradley has 29 attorneys that are named “Lawyer of the Year.” In each metropolitan area, only a single attorney in each legal practice area is designated as the “Lawyer of the Year ...

Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP | August 2021
Alabama, USA

Bradley Pro Bono Counsel Tiffany Graves served as a panelist at the first listening session of the White House Legal Aid Interagency Roundtable (WH-LAIR). The session was held by Second Gentleman Douglas Emhoff, White House Counsel Dana Remus, and Associate Attorney General Vanita Gupta. Graves, co-president of the Association of Pro Bono Counsel, discussed the law firm pro bono community’s response to the legal needs of the underserved during the COVID-19 pandemic ...

Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP | August 2021
Alabama, USA

Bradley is pleased to announce that partners Leigh Anne Hodge, Lela M. Hollabaugh and Kimberly B. Martin have been named to the 2021 Benchmark Top 250 Women in Litigation list. “Leigh Anne, Lela and Kim continue to demonstrate superior skill and client success in their litigation practices, and we are proud to see them recognized once again in this prestigious list,” said Bradley Chairman of the Board and Managing Partner Jonathan M. Skeeters ...

Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP | August 2021
Alabama, USA

Bradley is pleased to announce that Chandler Combest has rejoined the firm’s Corporate and Securities Practice Group. Most recently, Mr. Combest served as senior vice president and general counsel for the Frazer Lanier Company. “We are thrilled to welcome Chandler back to the firm, where his commitment to excellence will be a benefit to our team and to our clients,” said Bradley Birmingham Office Managing Partner Dawn Helms Sharff. Mr ...

Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP | August 2021
Alabama, USA

Bradley attorney Jason Mehta was quoted in the Wall Street Journal on the importance of patient testimonies in the trial of Elizabeth Holmes. Holmes, the founder of Theranos Inc., has pleaded not guilty in a closely watched criminal fraud trial. Prosecutors hope patient testimonies will show Theranos failed at critical moments and that Holmes continued touting the tests as reliable despite knowing of bad results. "The most powerful evidence often comes from patients themselves," explained Mehta ...

Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP | August 2021
Alabama, USA

Bradley is pleased to announce that the firm was named to the list of “Frequently Recommended Law Firms” in the 2021 BTI Consulting Group report, “The BTI Most Recommended Law Firms 2021: The Firms Top Legal Decision Makers Recommended Above All Others.” “It is an honor to be recognized in this prestigious list among such a high-caliber group of law firms,” said Bradley Chairman of the Board and Managing Partner Jonathan M. Skeeters ...

Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP | August 2021
Alabama, USA

Bradley partner Aron Beezley was quoted in Law360’s series highlighting the top government contract cases to watch during the rest of the year. In one of those cases, the Federal Circuit will weigh in on the applicability of its Blue Gold waiver rule in a dispute between Harmonia Holdings Group LLC and a U.S. Customs and Broder Protection contract ...

Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP | August 2021
Alabama, USA

Bradley attorney  Gene Besen was featured in an ABC WFAA interview discussing the departure of Oklahoma University and the University of Texas from the Big 12 Conference. The universities’ move to the Southeastern Conference could cost the Big 12 Conference hundreds of millions of dollars and thousands of jobs. Some insiders predict Texas and Oklahoma will leave the Big 12 early, despite a pledge from both schools to stay through 2025 ...

Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP | August 2021
Alabama, USA

Bradley partner Aron Beezley was quoted in Law360’s series highlighting the top government contract cases to watch during the rest of the year. In one of those cases, the Federal Circuit will weigh in on the applicability of its Blue Gold waiver rule in a dispute between Harmonia Holdings Group LLC and a U.S. Customs and Broder Protection contract ...

Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP | July 2021
Alabama, USA

Bradley is pleased to announce that Elisha J. Kobre has joined the firm’s Dallas office as a partner in the Government Enforcement and Investigations and Litigation practice groups. Mr. Kobre joins the firm after serving for more than a decade as an Assistant United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, focusing his practice on securities and commodities fraud, complex fraud, and cybercrime ...

Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP | July 2021
Alabama, USA

Bradley is pleased to announce that Clarence Webster III, counsel in the firm’s Jackson office, has begun a one-year term as president of the Capital Area Bar Association (CABA). Mr. Webster is a member of Bradley’s Litigation Practice Group, where he represents and advises a broad range of clients in a variety of litigation matters, including complex commercial, labor and employment, product liability, mass tort, and appellate ...

Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP | July 2021
Alabama, USA

Bradley is pleased to announce that John C. Hood, an associate in the firm’s Tampa office, has been selected to participate in the American Health Lawyers Association Leadership Development Program. Hood was appointed for a one-year leadership term, effective June 1, 2021 through June 30, 2022. AHLA is the nation’s largest, nonpartisan, nonprofit educational organization devoted to legal issues in the healthcare field ...

Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP | July 2021
Alabama, USA

Bradley is pleased to announce that six of the firm’s partners have been named to the 2021 Benchmark 40 & Under Hot list, which recognizes top young litigation talent in the United States and Canada. “We are proud of these partners and their recognition by Benchmark, which is a testament to their skill as litigators, as well as their hard work and contributions to our firm,” said Bradley Chairman of the Board and Managing Partner Jonathan M. Skeeters ...

Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP | July 2021
Alabama, USA

Bradley is pleased to announce that Clarence Webster III, counsel in the firm’s Jackson office, has begun a one-year term as president of the Capital Area Bar Association (CABA). Mr. Webster is a member of Bradley’s Litigation Practice Group, where he represents and advises a broad range of clients in a variety of litigation matters, including complex commercial, labor and employment, product liability, mass tort, and appellate ...

Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP | July 2021
Alabama, USA

Bradley partner Aron Beezley was quoted in Law360’s series highlighting 2021’s top government contract cases to this point. In a case this past March, the Federal Court ruled the Court of Federal Claims has jurisdiction over implied-in-fact contract claims involving procurements, extending its 2010 finding that the claims court had jurisdiction over non-procurement, implied-in-fact contract claims ...

Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP | July 2021
Alabama, USA

Bradley is pleased to announce that Scott E. Ludwig, a partner in the firm’s Huntsville office, has been recognized as the ninth Fellow of the Alabama Law Institute. “The Alabama Law Institute’s success is only possible because the best and brightest lawyers are willing to dedicate their time to improve the law of the state for the benefit of its citizens. Scott epitomizes that model ...

Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP | July 2021
Alabama, USA

Bradley partner Aron Beezley was quoted in Law360’s series of top government contract policies for 2021 so far. The Federal Acquisition Regulatory Council issued a final rule in February discouraging federal agencies from using the lowest-price, technically acceptable, or LPTA, model for certain complex acquisitions. Specifically, Beezley highlighted how the new FAR rule heavily discouraged the use of LPTA for buying complex items such as cybersecurity services ...

Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP | July 2021
Alabama, USA

Bradley is pleased to announce that David Vance Lucas, a partner in the firm’s Huntsville office, has been named the North America Leader for the World Services Group (WSG) Trade and Investment Practice Group. The WSG is a global network of elite global practice firms comprised of more than 23,000 members in more than 150 jurisdictions throughout the United States and Canada ...

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