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DONALD G. BEEBE is of counsel with The Atchison Firm, P.C. He has more than 30 years of experience in litigation both defending and prosecuting products liability actions nationwide. Mr. Beebe has tried cases in over 20 states defending mass tort and product liability actions. This experience includes defending a mass tort trial of over 10,000 plaintiffs in Baltimore, Maryland, as well as mass tort actions in Mississippi, Florida, Virginia, West Virginia, Illinois, Texas, New York, Colorado and Hawaii, as well as two recent verdicts in Mobile, Alabama, concerning pollution claims and mass torts. Mr. Beebe has served as defense counsel in toxic tort litigation, pollution claims and products liability actions. He also was plaintiff counsel in insurance bad faith claims in Colorado and Alabama. Mr. Beebe has argued several cases before the Fifth and Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals. He has argued numerous cases before the Alabama Supreme Court. Mr. Beebe has published several articles in the areas of trial practice. He has presented at seminars throughout the country. Mr. Beebe is a member of the Alabama State Bar and has been admitted to practice before the Southern, Middle and Northern District Courts in Alabama, the Southern and Northern District Courts of Mississippi and the Middle District of Illinois. Mr. Beebe was a law clerk to the Honorable Richard L. Jones, Associate Justice of the Alabama Supreme Court. He earned his B.A. degree from Mercer University and his J.D. degree, cum laude, from Cumberland School of Law of Samford University. Mr. Beebe is a member of the Mobile Bar Association, the Alabama Judicial College Faculty Association, and the Defense Research Institute. (Mobile location) CULLAN B. DUKE practices with The Duke Law Firm, L.L.C, in Mobile. His practice is focused primarily on real estate and estate planning/administration. Prior to forming his new firm, Mr. Duke served as in-house counsel at The Guarantee Title Company, LLC, where he performed hundreds of title examinations and handled real estate transactions ranging from residential refinances to multi-state, multi-million dollar commercial sales. He earned his B.A. degree, summa cum laude, from Auburn University and his J.D. degree from the University of Alabama. Mr. Duke is a member of both the Mobile Bar Association and the Alabama State Bar. (Birmingham and Mobile locations) W. ALEXANDER GRAY JR. is an attorney in the Mobile law firm of Silver, Voit & Thompson, P.C., where he practices in the areas of bankruptcy, business law, real estate, commercial litigation and commercial transactions. Mr. Gray has been practicing law for more than 27 years. He is a frequent lecturer on bankruptcy matters and title issues for National Business Institute and other professional groups. Mr. Gray is a member of the Mobile County Bar Association and the Alabama State Bar (member, Bankruptcy and Commercial Law Section). He earned his B.A. degree from the University of Virginia and his J.D. degree from the University of Alabama. (Mobile location) BRENTON K. MORRIS is a partner at the law firm of Benton & Centeno, L.L.P., where he practices in the areas of civil litigation, business litigation, bankruptcy, creditors' rights, insurance coverage, insurance litigation and construction litigation. He is admitted to practice for Alabama, the U.S. District Court, Middle, Northern and Southern Districts of Alabama and the U.S. Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit. Mr. Morris earned his B.S. degree, summa cum laude, from the University of Montevallo and his J.D. degree from the University of Alabama School of Law, Tuscaloosa. He is a member of the Birmingham (Bankruptcy and Commercial Section) and American bar associations, the Alabama State Bar, the Alabama Defense Lawyers' Association and The American Association for Justice. (Birmingham location) WILLIAM L. PHILLIPS is of counsel with Marks & Weinberg, P.C., where his practice is concentrated in commercial transactions and litigation. His transactional work includes equipment leases, commercial real estate loans, contract negotiation and condominium documentation. He has significant experience in creditors' rights including lease enforcement, commercial collections litigation, loan workouts, foreclosures, replevin suits, lien enforcement and bankruptcy. Mr. Phillips' clients have included national and regional banks, equipment leasing and finance companies, vendors, real estate developers, commercial collection agencies, and homeowner associations. He previously served as in-house counsel for a regional bank. Mr. Phillips is admitted to practice before all Federal Courts in Alabama and is a member of the Alabama State Bar, and the American and Birmingham (Commercial Law and Bankruptcy Section) bar associations. He earned his B.A. degree, cum laude, from Vanderbilt University and his J.D. degree, cum laude, from the University of Alabama School of Law. (Birmingham location) REBECCA WRIGHT PRITCHETT is the owner of Pritchett Law Firm LLC, where her practice focuses on Brownfields transactions, environmental permit negotiations, administrative appeals, administrative enforcement actions, water and wastewater, environmental litigation, oil and gas law, RCRA and CERCLE cleanups, legislative drafting, and various other aspects of environmental and natural resources law. She earned her B.S. degree, cum laude, from the University of Southern Mississippi and her J.D. degree, along with a certificate of completion in environmental and natural resources law, from the University of Oregon School of Law. Ms. Pritchett is a member of the Environmental and Natural Resources Law Section Executive Committee of the Alabama State Bar, and is a member of the Birmingham and American (member, Section of Environment, Energy and Resources; Special Committee on Environmental Disclosures; Nanotechnology Work Group; Law Practice Management Section; General Practice, Solo & Small Firm Section; member and vice chair of membership, Environmental Transactions & Brownfields Committee) bar associations. She is also a former member of the Alabama Forever Wild Land Trust Board of Trustees; a member of the Alabama Forestry Association, Manufacture Alabama (member, Environmental, Energy, State Governmental Affairs, Economic Growth and Expansion, Legal, and Safety and Security Committees; former chair, Environmental Legal Affairs Subcommittee), the Birmingham Business Alliance (past co-chair, Executive Women's Roundtable), the Business Council of Alabama (member, Environmental Committee and Brownfields Workgroup), and the Alabama Wildlife Federation (past president, voting representative, National Wildlife Federation, Member, Legislative Affairs Committee); and the president elect of BirminghamCREW (Commercial Real Estate Women). Ms. Pritchett is a registered lobbyist in the state of Alabama. She is listed in The Best Lawyers in America (2008 to present) and Alabama Super Lawyers (2008 to present). Ms. Pritchett is an instructor for the program, "Becoming an Outdoors Woman," for the Alabama Department of Conservation & Natural Resources. (Birmingham location)
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