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In just over two decades, Maynard Cooper has emerged as one of the Southeast's leading firms, offering services encompassing nearly the entire spectrum of legal practice. Maynard Cooper regularly represents clients in litigation and regulatory matters across the country. We also serve as regional counsel for a number of Fortune 500 companies throughout the Southeast.

Maynard Cooper serves a variety of local, national and international business entities, as well as charities and individuals. Our services include litigation, corporate law, banking and commercial law, real estate law, antitrust, public finance, estates and trusts, governmental affairs and relations, taxation, intellectual property, health care, securities law, labor law, environmental law, bankruptcy law and white collar criminal defense.

The firm also strongly supports attorney participation in bar associations and professional activities. Two of our shareholders have served as President of the 400,000 member American Bar Association (2008-2009 and 1996-1997), one is a past-Chair of the ABA's House of Delegates, the ABA's second highest office, and one is a past-Chair of the ABA's Criminal Justice Section. Maynard Cooper also has three former Chairs of the 75,000 member Litigation Section of the ABA.

In addition, our firm is driven by a deep sense of obligation to our community. Maynard Cooper has been recognized repeatedly as Alabama's top firm in per-lawyer Pro Bono service, supporting a myriad of civic, charitable, religious and social causes and organizations.

In whatever capacity we serve a client, our goal is to provide the highest quality legal services required with the approach and resources tailored to the particular situation. The firm makes every effort to see that each legal matter is handled in the most efficient and economically feasible manner, considering the nature and complexity of the matter. Our diverse practice offers the flexibility and resources to address virtually any legal issue that an existing or new client may face.

For over 35 years, Haskell Slaughter has provided sophisticated advice and aggressive representation to meet the needs of public companies, private businesses, state and local governments and individuals. From complex securities litigation to billion-dollar mergers, from business start-ups to personalized estate planning, from products liability lawsuits to innovative public financings, we have distinguished ourselves by broad expertise, responsive service and real-world solutions for a client base that demands the best.

OUR FOCUS
Today's clients want lawyers with the experience and commitment to understand their goals and needs. At Haskell Slaughter, we take the time to listen to your plans and understand the challenges that you face. We are committed to providing the level of individualized service that you deserve. We understand that you have many choices when you need a law firm, and we are dedicated to showing you that we want to be your lawyers - lawyers with a focus on you, your company and the challenges that face you today.

OUR STRENGTHS
We offer you lawyers with backgrounds in business and government, lawyers who have been entrepreneurs and executives, lawyers whose legal and technical expertise is complemented by creativity and practical experience. Large enough to have the resources you need, we remain small enough to provide the personalized service and responsiveness you want. When the pressure is on, we're there with you. We're not just lawyers. We're your lawyers.
 

For more than 120 years, Baker Donelson has built a reputation for achieving results for our clients on a wide range of legal matters. While providing legal services is our focus, it is how we deliver them that sets us apart. Our goal is to provide clients with more than what they have come to expect from a law firm.

Baker Donelson commits to a deep understanding of a client's business, to enable us to anticipate clients' needs and assist in their decision making processes. Because we offer consistent, knowledgeable guidance based on their specific goals and objectives, clients view us as a valued business partner. This allows them to focus on the growth and success of their business, confident their legal issues will be handled by an attentive, responsive team.

Our unique approach to providing legal services is enabled by our extensive support structure. As the 73rd largest law firm in the U.S., Baker Donelson gives clients access to a team of more than 560 attorneys and public policy advisors representing more than 30 practice areas, all seamlessly connected across 16 offices to serve virtually any legal need. Clients receive informed guidance from experienced, multi-disciplined industry and client service teams. Our diversity and women's initiatives ensure diversity in our people, perspectives and experiences. Technology helps us operate more effectively and efficiently by providing instant access to client-specific information and other key resources.

The experience, integrity and commitment we bring to our clients have earned Baker Donelson numerous distinctions, including:

65 attorneys across 24 practice areas recognized by Chambers USA as leaders in their field (2011);
21 practice areas also recognized by Chambers USA as leading practices in individual states (2011);
183 attorneys in Best Lawyers in America® 2011 edition (ranked 4th in the U.S.); and
103 attorneys recognized as Super Lawyers.
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Burr & Forman LLP is a century old, full-service law firm with a forward-thinking approach to providing legal solutions. We have nearly 250 attorneys and offices in Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Mississippi and Tennessee. Our firm offers a wide range of business and litigation services to diverse clients with local, national, and international interests.

Burr & Forman is distinguished by its exceptional client relationships.

Commit. As a firm, we commit our time, our talent, and our resources to delivering results for our clients. We work hard to understand what our clients need; we devote ourselves to ensuring that our clients have what they need to reach their own ambitious goals.

Inform. At Burr, we understand more than the law. We work to understand our clients’ businesses; to understand the economic, political, financial, and technological developments that affect their goals. We inform ourselves so that we can more effectively serve our clients. It’s a never-ending process, but as a result, we are more than a law firm; we are valued advisors.

Involve. At Burr, we are participants. We give of our talents, not just to serve our clients, but to better the communities in which we live. Our professional, civic, and charitable actions also add to our breadth of knowledge and understanding.

Collaborate. It is in our nature to work together. We collaborate with clients, offering our experience and our effort to ensure that they succeed. We also collaborate within the firm, working across practice and industry groups to give our clients access to more diverse skills. It’s a practice that is both more effective for our clients and healthier for our firm.

At Burr & Forman, we dedicate our collaborative energy to making significant contributions to our client and community relationships. To learn more about our firm and our people, please visit www.burr.com.

Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP is a regional law firm with a global perspective. The firm has more than 370 attorneys serving individuals, emerging businesses, and established regional, national and international companies. Clients rely on us for innovative legal services that reflect a deep understanding of their business realities.

We are one of the largest firms in the Southeast, with offices strategically located in Alabama, Mississippi, North Carolina, Tennessee and the District of Columbia. These offices provide an extensive geographic base from which to serve clients on a regional basis, as well as clients located elsewhere in the country and the world. We frequently serve as national coordinating counsel, regional counsel, and statewide counsel for clients in various industries. Our lawyers work for major construction companies in Europe and Asia, for multinational pharmaceutical companies in New York and California, for major insurance and financial clients in Texas, Indiana, and Alabama and for national tire manufacturers in Tennessee and Georgia.

Our clients work in a broad range of industries, including accounting, automotive, banking and finance, biotechnology, construction, economic development, education, emerging business, energy, equipment leasing, forest products, health care, insurance, manufacturing, materials and aggregate production, media and communications, mining, municipal, project and public finance, oil and gas, pharmaceuticals and medical devices, private equity, public utilities, real estate, retail, steel, technology, telecommunications, textiles, transportation, and venture capital. Each of these sectors presents unique challenges and opportunities, which demand specific legal and business experience. We meet those challenges with client and industry teams combining the talents of seasoned legal professionals from a variety of disciplines. These teams provide strategic solutions tailored specifically to our clients' industries and operations.

As a firm, we believe we have particular strengths and core competencies in the areas of construction, economic development, emerging and family owned businesses, financial institutions and services, health care, intellectual property, litigation, private equity, and real estate.

Whether we are helping our clients acquire real property, defend lawsuits, raise capital, comply with regulatory requirements, enter new markets, obtain and defend intellectual property rights, develop and distribute products and services, or merge or divest businesses, we treat our clients' problems as our own. When our clients are faced with disputes, we help them find the fastest and most effective solutions.

Our clients' opinions matter the most. That is why we are proud to be in the top 25 percent in the BTI Client Relationship 100, which ranks law firms for client service and value based on recommendations from in-house counsel at the Fortune 1000 and ranked 19 in the BTI Client Service A-Team 2011, the elite law firms corporate counsel say deliver the best client service a high-powered honor in a market where the only way to grow is to take business from competitors. Likewise, American Lawyer Media’s annual surveys of in-house counsel have listed Bradley Arant Boult Cummings as a “Go-To Law Firm” for leading financial services and technology companies. We believe that the depth of quality of our lawyers distinguishes us as a law firm: 144 (39%) of our lawyers are listed in Best Lawyers in America; 62 (17%) of our lawyers are recognized in Chambers USA; 35 (9%) of our lawyers are members of the prestigious American Colleges in their respective areas of expertise; and 4 of our lawyers are former United States Supreme Court clerks. In each of these cases, the percentages and relative number of lawyers so recognized are among the highest in the nation.

With our deep roots and expanded regional reach, Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP is perfectly positioned to provide you with quality legal services in the fastest-growing region of the United States and beyond.