Executive Director's Report, 0717 ALBJ, 78 The Alabama Lawyer 250 (2017)
| Author | Phillip W. McCallum, J. |
Phillip W. McCallum, J.
From the cover of the September 2012 issue of The Alabama Lawyer are Phillip W. McCallum and wife Kelley, center, and their children (left to right), Murphy, Caitlin and Savannah.
Meet Your New Executive Director
In May 2017, the Alabama State Bar welcomed its new executive director, Phillip W. McCallum. Phillip is a native Alabamian and a graduate of Cumberland Law School.
Prior to taking the helm of the state bar, Phillip was in private practice for 15+ years with McCallum, Methvin & Terrell PC in Birmingham. He maintained a general civil litigation practice, and, of late, enjoyed a thriving mediation practice. In addition to private practice, Phillip was a prosecutor for the City of Vestavia Hills and an assistant Jefferson County DA in his early years.
Phillip is not new to the state bar as, most notably, he served as state bar president in 2012-2013.
If you know Phillip, chances are you have enjoyed time with him, his firm and guests at his yearly crawfish boil. You also know about his passion for this state and its lawyers that is only surpassed by his passion for his family. Phillip has been married to a fellow lawyer, Kelley, for 25 years. They met when she was an assistant attorney general with the Department of Human Resources and he was an assistant Jefferson County District Attorney assigned to family court. They have three children, Caitlin, Savannah and Murphy.
After a recent BBC meeting, Alabama State Bar President Cole Portis congratulates Phillip McCallum on being named the next state bar executive director. Caitlin is a recent Auburn graduate with a degree in interior design and is working in Los Angeles. Savannah will be a junior at Auburn and is a nursing major. Murphy is a recent graduate of Vestavia Hills High School and will be attending Auburn in the fall with plans to major in engineering.
We recently sat down with Phillip to go beyond what is just on paper so that the Alabama State Bar can get to know its new executive director.
Powell: In taking on your new role as executive director, you are leaving behind an almost-30-year career as a lawyer, the majority of which has been in private practice. What are you going to miss most about that career?
McCallum: That's easy-the firm/family atmosphere of the entire McCallum Methvin & Terrell staff...
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