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Leadership Forum is honored as a dynamic and highly effective program for nurturing and developing leadership skills and values among a select group of qualified, promising attorneys each year. Entry to the program is competitive, with just 20-30 participants selected each year. Since its inception in 2005, Leadership Forum has illuminated a pathway for nearly 500 graduates to move the profession forward with ethical, servant-minded and community leadership.

“The Alabama State Bar constantly emphasizes service as it encourages its 19,000+ members to develop their leadership skills so that they can better serve their communities, our State and society in general. The Bar’s Leadership Forum is an excellent example of a Bar program that prepares Bar members for their future leadership with charitable organizations, local or State governing boards and councils, and political office,” said Alabama State Bar President Brannon Buck.

Class 18 Members:

Kaasha D. Griffin, Alabama Department of Transportation, Montgomery
Hilaire R. Armstrong, Alabama State Bar, Montgomery
Anna M. Carroll, Heninger Garrison Davis, LLC, Birmingham
Paul W. Evans, Beasley, Allen, Crow, Methvin, Portis & Miles, P.C., Montgomery
William R. Hovater Jr., Hovater Law Office, Tuscumbia
Jackson M. Neal, White Arnold & Dowd P.C., Birmingham
Hudson Cheshire, Office of the City Attorney, Tuscaloosa
Bradley Phillips, The Law Office of Brad Phillips, LLC, Florence
Megan P. Stephens, PNC Bank, National Association, Birmingham
LaKitia Hall-Wright, Jefferson County Commission, Hueytown
Honorable M. Chad Smith, State of Alabama, Tuscumbia
Katie S. Richard, Alabama Department of Finance, Montgomery
Stephen D. Palmer, Carr Allison, Birmingham
Courtney B. Hall, Alabama Court of Criminal Appeals, Montgomery
John M. Gray III, Smith, Spires, Peddy, Birmingham
Ryan J. Letson, Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP, Huntsville
Jonathan D. Morris, Morris Firm For Men, Montgomery
Holly C. McCorkle, Alabama Council of Behavioral Healthcare, Montgomery
Richard A. Rice, The Rice Firm, LLC, Birmingham
Meryl Cowan, Burr & Forman LLP, Birmingham
Harris Hagood, Campbell Partners, LLC, Birmingham
Margaret Pace, Law Office of Floyd C. Enfinger, Jr., Montrose
Freddrick Effinger, Effinger Law, Birmingham
Jared C. Batte, Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP, Birmingham

The Alabama State Bar (ASB) is the official licensing and regulatory organization of lawyers in Alabama. Created in 1879, the Alabama State Bar became an integrated bar in 1923 by an act of the legislature. Since then, ASB programs and activities have continuously served the public and improved the justice system. It is dedicated to promoting the professional responsibility and competence of its members, improving the administration of justice and increasing the public understanding of and respect for the law.

Media Contact:
Melissa Warnke
Director of Communications, Alabama State Bar
(334) 517.2218 (o) | (256) 338.0621 (c)
melissa.warnke@alabar.org