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• Telephone: 205-716-5200
• Fax: 205-716-5389
• E-Mail: info@cabaniss.com
• Website: www.cabaniss.com

Mailing Address: P.O. Box 830612, Birmingham, AL 35283-0612

Established: 1887

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About Us

Recognized as the oldest continuous law practice in Birmingham and one of the oldest continuous practices in Alabama, Cabaniss, Johnston, Gardner, Dumas & O'Neal has a distinguished history and a growing future. With offices in Birmingham and Mobile, the firm offers a statewide civil practice in the general areas of litigation, employment, corporate, taxation and environmental law.

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Members of the Firm

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Crawford S. McGivaren, Jr.

Birmingham, AL

Admitted

• Alabama, 1968

Education:

• Vanderbilt University, A.B. (magna cum laude), 1965
• Harvard University, LL.B., 1968

Honors:

Phi Beta Kappa; Omicron Delta Kappa

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Sydney F. Frazier, Jr.

Birmingham, AL

Admitted

• Alabama, 1972

Education:

• The University of Alabama, B.A., 1969
• The University of Alabama, J.D., 1972

Honors:

Phi Delta Phi; Omicron Delta Kappa; Jasons

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Benjamen T. Rowe

Mobile, AL

Admitted

• Alabama, 1972

Education:

• The University of Alabama, B.S., 1967
• The University of Alabama, J.D., 1972

Honors:

Omicron Delta Kappa; Order of the Coif; Jasons

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Patrick H. Sims

Mobile, AL

Admitted

• Alabama, 1974

Education:

• The University of Alabama, B.A., 1971
• The University of Alabama, J.D., 1974

Honors:

Omicron Delta Kappa; Order of the Coif

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Donald J. Stewart

Mobile, AL

Admitted

• Alabama, 1975

Education:

• The University of Alabama, B.A., 1971
• The University of Alabama, J.D., 1975

Honors:

Omicron Delta Kappa; Jasons

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Roy J. Crawford

Birmingham, AL

Admitted

• Alabama, 1977

Education:

• Troy State University, B.S. (summa cum laude), 1971
• The University of Alabama, J.D., 1977
• New York University, LL.M., 1980

Honors:

Omicron Delta Kappa; Order of the Coif; Jasons

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F. Gerald Burnett

Birmingham, AL

Admitted

• Mississippi, 1972
• District of Columbia, 1979
• Alabama

Education:

• The University of Mississippi, B.B.A., 1968
• The University of Mississippi, J.D. (with distinction), 1972
• Georgetown University Law Center, LL.M., 1977

Honors:

Omicron Delta Kappa; Phi Alpha Delta

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C. Fred Daniels

Birmingham, AL

Admitted

• Alabama, 1973

Education:

• Auburn University, B.S., 1970
• The University of Alabama, J.D., 1973
• New York University, LL.M., 1974

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G. Thomas Sullivan

Birmingham, AL

Admitted

• Alabama, 1977

Education:

• Emory University, B.A., 1974
• Cumberland School of Law of Samford University, J.D., 1977
• The University of Alabama School of Law, LL.M., 1996

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Carolyn L. Duncan

Birmingham, AL

Admitted

• Alabama, 1978

Education:

• University of Montevallo, B.M., 1971
• University of Montevallo, M.M.E., 1975
• Cumberland School of Law of Samford University, J.D., 1978

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David L. Kane

Mobile, AL

Admitted

• Georgia, 1978
• Alabama, 1982

Education:

• The University of Alabama, B.S., 1970
• The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania, M.S., 1971
• Duke University, J.D. (with distinction), 1978

Honors:

Omicron Delta Kappa; Order of the Coif

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R. Boyd Miller

Mobile, AL

Admitted

• Alabama, 1979

Education:

• The University of Alabama, B.A., 1974
• The University of Alabama, J.D., 1979

Honors:

Omicron Delta Kappa; Order of the Coif

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R. Carlton Smyly

Birmingham, AL

Admitted

• Alabama, 1982

Education:

• Birmingham-Southern College, B.A. (summa cum laude), 1979
• University of Virginia, J.D., 1982

Honors:

Phi Beta Kappa; Omicron Delta Kappa

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Steve A. Tucker

Birmingham, AL

Admitted

• Alabama, 1984

Education:

• Samford University, B.A. (cum laude), 1974
• Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, M.Div., 1979
• University of Kentucky, J.D. (with distinction), 1984

Honors:

Order of the Coif

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Sandy G. Robinson

Mobile, AL

Admitted

• Alabama, 1984

Education:

• The University of Alabama, B.S. (magna cum laude), 1981
• The University of Alabama, J.D., 1984

Honors:

Order of the Coif; Phi Delta Phi

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Herbert H. West, Jr.

Birmingham, AL

Admitted

• Alabama, 1987

Education:

• The University of Alabama, B.S. (summa cum laude), 1984
• Vanderbilt University, J.D., 1987

Honors:

Beta Gamma Sigma

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Melanie Merkle Atha

Birmingham, AL

Admitted

• Alabama, 1990

Education:

• Birmingham-Southern College, B.A. (magna cum laude), 1986
• Vanderbilt University, J.D., 1990

Honors:

Mortar Board; Phi Delta Phi

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Steven A. Benefield

Birmingham, AL

Admitted

• Alabama, 1983
• U.S. District Court, Middle and Southern Districts of Alabama
• U.S. Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit
• U.S. Tax Court

Education:

• Birmingham-Southern College, B.A. (summa cum laude), 1980
• The University of Alabama School of Law, J.D., 1983
• The University of Alabama School of Law, LL.M., 1985

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John M. Graham

Birmingham, AL

Admitted

• Alabama, 1992

Education:

• The University of Alabama, B.S. (magna cum laude), 1989
• The University of Alabama, J.D., 1992

Honors:

Phi Beta Kappa; Order of the Coif

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Michael E. Turner

Birmingham, AL

Admitted

• Alabama, 1996

Education:

• The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, B.A., 1993
• Wake Forest University, J.D. (cum laude), 1996

Honors:

Order of the Coif

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Jarrod J. White

Mobile, AL

Admitted

• Alabama, 1997
• Mississippi, 1998

Education:

• Stetson University, B.B.A. (magna cum laude), 1994
• The University of Alabama, J.D. (summa cum laude), 1997

Honors:

Order of the Coif; Omicron Delta Kappa

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Diane Babb Maughan

Birmingham, AL

Admitted

• Alabama, 1999
• U.S. District Court, Northern District of Alabama, 2001
• U.S. Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit

Memberships:

• American and Birmingham Bar Associations
• Alabama State Bar

Education:

• Baylor University, B.A. (magna cum laude), 1996
• The University of Alabama, J.D. (summa cum laude), 1999

Law Review:

Member, 1997-1998, and Articles Editor, 1998-1999, Alabama Law Review

Clerkship:

Law Clerk to the Honorable Perry O. Hooper, Sr., Chief Justice, Supreme Court of Alabama, 1999-2000

Honors:

Phi Beta Kappa; Order of the Coif; Recipient, Dean M. Leigh Harrison Award; Hugo L. Black Scholar; Member, Bench and Bar

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Annette Lanning Kinderman

Birmingham, AL

Admitted

• Alabama, 1996

Memberships:

• American and Birmingham Bar Associations
• Alabama State Bar

Education:

• Amherst College, B.A., 1991
• Washington and Lee University, J.D. (magna cum laude), 1996

Law Review:

Notes and Comments Editor, Washington and Lee University Law Review, 1995-1996

Clerkship:

Law Clerk to the Honorable Sam C. Pointer, Jr., Chief Judge, Northern District of Alabama, 1996-1997

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George L. Morris, IV

Birmingham, AL

Admitted

• Alabama, 2005
• U.S. District Court, Middle, Northern and Southern Districts of Alabama

Additional Biographical Details:

Top Attorneys in Birmingham-Rising Star by Birmingham Magazine

Memberships:

• American and Birmingham Bar Associations
• Alabama State Bar
• Defense Research Institute
• Alabama Defense Lawyers Association

Education:

• Millsaps College, B.S. (cum laude), 1997
• Cumberland School of Law of Samford University, J.D. (magna cum laude), 2005

Honors:

Phi Kappa Phi; Curia Honoris; Cordell Hull Teaching Fellow; Presidential Scholarship (2002-2005); George M. Steward Banking Award

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Nancy W. Ball

Birmingham, AL

Admitted

• Alabama, 2007

Education:

• Birmingham-Southern College, B.S. (cum laude), 2004
• The University of Mississippi School of Law, J.D. (summa cum laude), 2007
• The University of Alabama School of Law, LL.M. Taxation (magna cum laude), 2014

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Jason W. Bobo

Birmingham, AL

Admitted

• Alabama, 2008

Education:

• Huntingdon College, B.A. (magna cum laude), 2005
• Cumberland School of Law at Samford University, J.D. (magna cum laude), 2007

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James Henry

Birmingham, AL

Admitted

• Alabama, 1997
• Mississippi

Education:

• The University of North Alabama, B.S., 1978
• Samford University, M.B.A., 1984
• Cumberland School of Law at Samford University, J.D., 1997

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Associates

Matthew M. Couch

Lance W. Palmer

DeSharné Carroll

Hayley N. Scheer

Of Counsel

Kyle Morris

Birmingham, AL

Admitted

• Alabama, 1990

Education:

• The University of Alabama, B.S., 1986
• The University of Alabama School of Law, J.D., 1990

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