Recognized Lawyers in Alabama

Danny FelthamDanny Feltham

Danny advises public and private companies on corporate law matters, including joint ventures, reorganizations, and mergers and acquisitions. He serves as outside general counsel to private equity and venture capital funds, portfolio companies, and family-owned businesses, and handles capital raises and exits.

Anne Marie SeibelAnne Marie Seibel

Anne Marie handles complex commercial litigation involving multiple plaintiffs or proceedings in different forums. She helps clients coordinate high-stakes disputes and has trial and arbitration experience in matters involving online travel reservations and claims arising from corporate accounting fraud.

Hall Bryant IIIHall B. Bryant III

Hall advises clients on corporate law, including mergers, acquisitions and divestitures, securities law and corporate finance. He represents buyers and sellers in domestic and international deals and serves as outside general counsel on day-to-day corporate and regulatory matters.

Scott SmithScott Burnett Smith

Scott focuses on appellate law and chairs Bradley’s Appellate team, handling federal and state appeals, including class action appeals. He also works with trial teams in complex civil litigation and handles healthcare payments litigation, Medicare Advantage regulatory disputes and ERISA litigation.

Chris GrissomChristopher R. Grissom

Chris advises businesses on tax planning and disputes, with a focus on state and local tax matters and incentives. He negotiates and documents incentives tied to job creation and capital investment, counsels on related filing requirements, and handles federal and state tax disputes.

Aaron McLeodAaron G. McLeod

Aaron focuses on Appellate Law, representing clients in appeals and preparing dispositive-motion briefs. He has served as appellate counsel in major trials in Alabama and Texas, and his litigation experience includes defending tort, commercial, construction-defect and professional-malpractice cases.

Ben HuttonBenjamin W. Hutton

Ben practices real estate law, advising buyers and sellers on commercial property acquisitions, leasing, sales and financing, as well as residential developers on development. He represents lenders in construction and permanent loans, loan restructurings and modifications, and handles commercial transactions.

Donnie Winningham IIIDonald F. Winningham III

Donnie defends clients in insurance litigation, focusing on Florida property insurers facing homeowners’ claims, including first- and third-party claims, coverage disputes and bad faith claims. His earlier work includes life insurance litigation and securities disputes for brokerage firms and other financial institutions.

Jay RossJay Michael Ross

Jay practices municipal law, advising south Alabama local governments on operations, economic development, intergovernmental relations and regulatory matters. He helps establish improvement districts and negotiates development projects, while also serving as outside general counsel to businesses and individuals.

Davis SmithDavis H. Smith

Davis advises captive insurance companies, risk retention groups and self-insured funds on Insurance Law matters, including regulatory compliance, transactions and tax issues. He also assists insurance agencies and brokers with mergers, multistate licensing, and distribution and marketing agreements.

Stan BlantonM. Stanford Blanton

Stan focuses his Nuclear Energy practice on regulatory, licensing and commercial issues involving electric generating facilities, particularly nuclear power plants. His work spans the development, operation and sale of those facilities, and he serves as Balch & Bingham’s managing partner.

David OwenDavid W. Owen

David advises owners, contractors, subcontractors, construction managers and designers on construction law matters, including contract drafting, negotiation and management for construction and energy projects. He also handles construction disputes through arbitration and litigation in U.S. and international forums.