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JACK T. CARNEY has his own Birmingham law practice, focusing on the areas of wills, estates and general business law. Prior to opening his law practice, he practiced for several years in a large law firm's estate planning group. Mr. Carney earned his B.A. degree from the University of Alabama and his J.D. degree from Tulane University Law School. He also earned a Chartered Life Underwriter (CLU) professional designation. Mr. Carney is a member of the Alabama State Bar and the Birmingham bar associations. AMY DAVIS ADAMS is a partner in the law firm of Balch & Bingham LLP, where she concentrates her practice in the area of estate planning, focusing on young entrepreneurs and professionals to high net worth individuals. Her experience includes drafting wills, trusts, and other estate planning documents; sophisticated estate and gift tax planning; charitable planning; family business and succession planning; family limited liability companies; estate administration and post death tax planning; and guardianship and conservatorship matters. Ms. Adams also represents corporate trustees and individuals in various litigation matters, including breach of fiduciary liability claims and will contests. She has received the highest rating (Av) from Martindale Hubbell. Ms. Adams has spoken to various groups, including attorneys, accountants, trust officers, brokers and civic organizations on a wide variety of topics, including basic estate planning techniques and avoidance of fiduciary liability. She earned her B.S. degree, summa cum laude, from Louisiana State University and her J.D. degree, magna cum laude, from the University of Alabama. Ms. Adams is admitted to the Alabama State Bar. BROOKE A. EVERLEY is an attorney with Everley Law, LLC, where she practices in the areas of estate and gift planning, estate administration and probate, business succession planning, and general business and corporate law. Her previous experience includes working in the estate planning and corporate practice groups as an associate at Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP. Ms. Everley earned her B.A. degree from Vanderbilt University and her J.D. degree from the University of Virginia School of Law. Everley Law, LLC is a member of the Red Mountain Law Group. JOHN R. MARTIN is of counsel and practices in the estate planning group of the law firm of Najjar Denaburg, P.C., where he focuses on advising individuals and families on the generational wealth transfer process and retirement planning, as well as probate and trust matters. He has 30 years of experience with a regional bank's trust department, where he concentrated in estate planning and wealth preservation. Mr. Martin is admitted to the Alabama State Bar, and is active in the Birmingham Bar Association and the Estate Planning Council of Birmingham. He also has served on the faculty for Alabama Continuing Legal Education, the Southern Trust School and he is an accredited estate planner. Mr. Martin earned his undergraduate degree from the University of Alabama and his J.D. degree from Cumberland School of Law at Samford University. SIDNEY C. SUMMEY is a partner in the firm of White, Arnold & Dowd, P.C., in Birmingham, with 30 years of experience in the legal profession. His practice involves decedent's estates and the representation of conservators of the estates of minors who have received personal injury awards and other disabled persons, special needs trusts, and the elderly. Mr. Summey is a frequent lecturer on basic and advanced probate, probate for litigators, special needs trusts, medicaid issues and elder law. He currently serves on the faculty of the Birmingham School of Law, where he teaches trusts and elder law. Mr. Summey also served on the adjunct faculty of the Cumberland School of Law of Samford University for five years, teaching courses in residential and commercial real estate transactions, and he is widely published, including an article titled, "Handling Lawsuits for Minors, Decedents and the Disabled," ATLA Journal (Vol. 20, No. 1, Winter 2000). He earned his A.F.A. degree from Young Harris College in Georgia, his B.A. degree from Gardner Webb University in North Carolina, his J.D. degree from Cumberland School of Law at Samford University, and has further studied at the University of Nice in France. Mr. Summey is a charter member of the Elder Law Section of the Alabama State Bar, is a member of the National Academy of Elder Law Attorneys, has served on the CLE and Fee Arbitration committees of the Birmingham Bar Association, and was vice chairperson of the Solo and Small Firm Practitioners Committee of the Alabama State Bar. He serves as a member of the board of governors of the Alabama Trial Lawyers Association, and is admitted to practice before all state and local federal district courts, the U.S. Tax Court, and the Fifth and Eleventh U.S. Circuit Courts of Appeal.
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