Bar Briefs, 0716 ALBJ, 77 The Alabama Lawyer 314 (2016)

BAR BRIEFS

Vol. 77 No. 4 Pg. 314

Alabama Bar Lawyer

July, 2016

• Baker Donelson announces that Lisa W. Borden recently received the American Bar Association (ABA) Section of Litigation’s 2016 John minor Wisdom Public service and Professionalism award.

This national award honors those who have made outstanding contributions to the quality of justice in their communities, ensuring that the legal system is open and available to all.

Borden, with the firm’s Birmingham office, has been Baker Donelson’s pro bono shareholder since 2007. She is responsible for overseeing the development, growth and administration of the firm’s pro bono programs.

• Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP announces that Birmingham partner Beau Byrd recently was elected chair of the auburn university master of real Estate development (AUMRED) Program advisory Council. Byrd’s term will last for two years.

AUMRED is a partnership between Auburn University’s College of Architecture, Design and Construction and the Harbert College of Business. The multi-faceted program was designed to provide students with an understanding of design, construction, market research, finance and development management.

The firm also announces that Birmingham partner Denson N. Franklin, iii was elected to a two-year term as vice-chair of the...