Legal

Baker, Donelson, Bearman, Caldwell & Berkowitz, P.C.: Baker Donelson is among the 200 largest firms in the nation with 370 attorneys and public policy advisors in nine offices throughout the southeastern United States, as well as offices in Washington, D.C., and Beijing, China. The full-service law firm represents local, regional, national and international clients across numerous industries regarding a myriad of complex issues.

Baker, Donelson, Bearman, Caldwell & Berkowitz, P.C.
1600 SouthTrust Tower
420 20th Street North
Birmingham, AL 35203
205-328-0480 Phone 205-322-8007 Fax
www.bakerdonelson.com

Balch & Bingham, LLP: Balch & Bingham LLP, one of Alabama's oldest and largest law firms has seven offices in Alabama and Mississippi and an office in Washington, D.C. The firm is divided into 6 broad sections of practice: Financial Services and Transactions, Corporate, Tax & Finance; Environmental and Natural Resources; Labor and Employment; Litigation; and Utility, Legislative & Regulatory.

Balch & Bingham, LLP
Post Office Box 306
Birmingham, AL 35201
205-226-3445 Phone 205-226-8799 Fax
www.balch.com

Bradley Arant Rose & White LLP: Founded in 1871, Bradley Arant is one of Alabama’s largest law firms with approximately 200 attorneys in offices in Birmingham, Huntsville, and Montgomery, Ala.; Jackson, Miss.; and Washington, D.C. With clients ranging from individuals to emerging business enterprises to established regional, national, and international companies, Bradley serves a broad spectrum of industries, including manufacturing, banking, financial services, construction, energy, oil and gas, health care, venture capital, real estate, retail, technology, biotech, telecommunications, and insurance. The firm’s practices areas include environmental law, labor and employment, health care, employee benefits, construction, litigation, general corporate, partnership and business entity law, mergers and acquisitions, banking, bankruptcy and creditor rights, tax, estate planning, energy, trade regulation, international trade, securities, municipal finance, real estate, governmental affairs, white collar criminal defense, telecommunications, intellectual property, and antitrust.

Bradley Arant Rose & White LLP
One Federal Place
1819 Fifth Avenue North
Birmingham, AL 35203
205-521-8000 Phone 205-521-8800 Fax
www.bradleyarant.com

Burr & Forman LLP: Burr & Forman LLP is a 102-year old, full service law firm with nearly 200 attorneys in offices throughout the Southeast acting as counselors, strategists and advocates to regional, national and international clients of all sizes from emerging businesses to some of the world's largest corporations. Business attorney practices emphasize corporate, financial, tax, intellectual property, employment, trust and estate, environmental and land use, government relations, mergers and acquisitions, bankruptcy and creditors' rights, and real estate activities. Burr & Forman also dedicates substantial resources to broad-based litigation and labor practices.

Offices: Birmingham and Montgomery, AL; Atlanta, GA; Jackson, MS; and Nashville, TN.

Contact: W. Lee Thuston, Managing Partner; 205-458-5143

Burr & Forman LLP
420 North 20th Street
Suite 3400
Birmingham, AL 35203
205-251-3000 Phone 205-458-5100 Fax
www.burr.com

Christian Small LLP: Christian Small is a full-service law firm representing a diverse clientele throughout Alabama, the Southeast and across the nation. The firm was established in July of 2000 by partners Thomas W. Christian and Clarence M. Small. Christian Small handles corporate, bankruptcy and tax law; and litigation, offering the high quality of legal services expected from the larger firms and the client attention that distinguishes the best boutiques.

Christian Small LLP
505 20th Street North, Suite 1800
Birmingham, AL 35203-2696
205-795-6588 Phone 205-328-7234 Fax
www.csattorneys.com

Haskell Slaughter Young & Rediker LLC: Founded in 1973, Haskell Slaughter Young & Rediker began as a public finance firm and continues to be recognized as one of Alabama's premier firms in that practice area. The firm offers an array of sophisticated practice areas and are routinely involved in some of the most complex and challenging transactions and litigation in the country. Haskell Slaughter has offices in Birmingham and Montgomery, Alabama, and most recently, New York City.

Haskell Slaughter Young & Rediker LLC
1400 Park Place Tower
2001 Park Place North
Birmingham, Alabama 35203
205-251-1000 Phone 205-324-1133 Fax
www.hsy.com

Maynard Cooper & Gale, P.C.: Maynard Cooper & Gale was founded in 1984 and has grown to over 100 attorneys. The Firm offers a full array of services to a broad and diverse client base consisting of Fortune 500 companies as well as closely held companies, partnerships, professional associations, charities and individuals. Areas of practice include litigation, corporate law, banking and commercial law, real estate law, antitrust, public finance, estates and trusts, taxation, intellectual property, health care, securities law, labor law, environmental law and bankruptcy law.

Maynard Cooper & Gale, P.C.
2400 AmSouth Harbert Plaza
1901 Sixth Avenue North
Birmingham, AL 35203
205-254-1000 Phone 205-254-1999 Fax
www.mcglaw.com

Ogletree Deakins Nash Smoak & Stewart, P.C.: Ogletree Deakins is one of the nation's largest labor and employment law firms, with lawyers strategically located in sixteen offices across the country, including offices in downtown Birmingham. Serving as advocates for management, the firm has a national reputation for legal excellence and responsive client service. Ogletree Deakins's labor and employment practice is complemented and supported by related practice groups in the areas of business immigration, litigation, employee benefits, occupational safety and health, and environmental law. The firm represents more than half of the nation's Fortune 50 companies, as well as hundreds of Alabama and Southeast-based employers.

Contact: James Pennington, (205) 714-4430

Ogletree Deakins Nash Smoak & Stewart, P.C.
One Federal Place, Suite 1000
1819 Fifth Avenue North
Birmingham, Alabama 35203-2118
205-328-1900 Phone 205-328-6000 Fax
www.ogletreedeakins.com