Important Notices, 0314 ALBJ, 75 The Alabama Lawyer 100 (2014)
| Author | William D. Bill Scruggs, Jr. Service to the Bar Award |
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\xA0\xA0\xA0\xA0\xA0\xA0\xA0\xA0\xA0Client Security Fund Annual Assessment Fee
\xA0\xA0\xA0\xA0\xA0\xA0\xA0\xA0\xA0Election and Electronic Balloting
\xA0\xA0\xA0\xA0\xA0\xA0\xA0\xA0\xA0VLP Pro Bono Awards
\xA0\xA0\xA0\xA0\xA0\xA0\xA0\xA0\xA0Local Bar Award of Achievement
\xA0\xA0\xA0\xA0\xA0\xA0\xA0\xA0\xA0The Board of Bar Commissioners of the Alabama State Bar will receive nominations for the William D. "Bill" Scruggs, Jr. Service to the Bar Award through April 15, 2014. Nominations should be prepared on the appropriate form available at www.alabar.org and mailed to:
Keith B. Norman, executive director
Alabama State Bar
P.O. Box 671
Montgomery AL 36101
\xA0\xA0\xA0\xA0\xA0\xA0\xA0\xA0\xA0The Bill Scruggs Award was established in 2002 to honor the memory and accomplishments of former state bar President Bill Scruggs. The award is not necessarily an annual award. It must be presented in recognition of outstanding and long-term service by living members of the bar of this state to the Alabama State Bar as an organization.
\xA0\xA0\xA0\xA0\xA0\xA0\xA0\xA0\xA0Nominations are considered by a five-member committee which makes a recommendation to the Board of Bar Commissioners with respect to a nominee or whether the award should be presented in any given year.
\xA0\xA0\xA0\xA0\xA0\xA0\xA0\xA0\xA0Client Security Fund Annual Assessment Fee
\xA0\xA0\xA0\xA0\xA0\xA0\xA0\xA0\xA0The Alabama State Bar is authorized to assess each lawyer $25 who, on January 1 of each year:
• Holds a regular membership to practice law in the state of Alabama;
• Holds a special membership in the Alabama State Bar;
• Is registered as authorized house counsel; or
• Is admitted pro hac vice ($25 per application]
\xA0\xA0\xA0\xA0\xA0\xA0\xA0\xA0\xA0Last month, bar members received a reminder notice by email with payment instructions. Bar members who do not have an email address received notice by regular mail. Payment instructions for the 2014 Client Security Fund Annual Assessment are available at www.alabar.org.
\xA0\xA0\xA0\xA0\xA0\xA0\xA0\xA0\xA0A lawyer who fails to pay by March 31 of a particular year the assessed annual fee pursuant to Rule VIII shall be deemed to be not in compliance with these rules. Such a lawyer is subject to suspension pursuant to Rule 9 of the Alabama...
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