May 20, 2023 – (MONTGOMERY, Ala.) – The Alabama Law Foundation is pleased to announce the lawyers selected as 2023 Fellows. Each year the Alabama Law Foundation inducts a new class of Fellows. Members of the Fellows nominate fellow Bar members they feel demonstrate outstanding commitment to the profession and their communities. A committee made up of Fellows selects new members from the nominations received. Fellows provide leadership and support for the Alabama Foundation’s programs that promote access to justice.

“Our Fellows are incredibly important to the work of the Alabama Law Foundation,” said ALF Board President Matt McDonald. “They are the leaders in the legal community and represent those willing to provide guidance to move forward the ultimate mission of the legal profession – lawyers render service. They set an example for service and guide other lawyers along the path to ensure access to justice for all, no matter their circumstances.”

The Alabama Law Foundation established the Fellows program in 1995. No more than 1% of Bar members may become Fellows; therefore, the selection committee invites into fellowship an exceptional group of lawyers who have demonstrated their dedication to improving their communities and state. The Charter Fellows were past presidents of the Alabama State Bar and the Alabama Law Foundation.

“To me, being an Alabama Law Foundation Fellow is about being a difference-maker in and through the profession of law – being someone who creates positive change and who illustrates excellence, integrity, and generosity of one’s time, talents, and resources to improve the lives of others,” said C. Gibson Vance, Principal at Beasley Allen Law Firm in Montgomery, who was selected as a Fellow in 2016. Vance is current President of the Alabama State Bar.

“During my nearly three decades as an attorney, I have watched and learned from some of the best what it takes to be a leader in this profession. Passion for the job, compassion, communication skills, a willingness to listen, good time management, a commitment to life-long learning, perseverance, good judgement – those are just some of those traits,” Vance said. “However, those that inspire me most aren’t just working on their professional success, they’re putting their energy into truly make a lasting difference in their community, the profession, and the lives of others.”

Fellows accepted into membership for 2023 are the following: Donald Keith Andress (Birmingham) – Auburn University, University of Alabama School of Law, Burr & Forman LLP; Gregory Paul Butrus (Birmingham) – University of Notre Dame, University of Notre Dame Law School, Balch & Bingham, LLP; Honorable Spiro Nicholas Cheriogotis (Mobile) – University of Alabama, University of Alabama School of Law, 13th Judicial Circuit, District Court; Honorable Gregory Carl Cook (Montgomery) – Duke University, Harvard Law School, Alabama Supreme Court; Ernest Cory (Birmingham) – University of Alabama, Cumberland School of Law, Cory Watson, PC; Kristin Daniels Dukes (Mobile) – Birmingham-Southern College, Vanderbilt University Law School, University of South Alabama-Legal Dept.; Honorable Samarria Munnerlyn Dunson (Montgomery) – University of Alabama, University of Alabama School of Law, Balch & Bingham, LLP, Dunson Group, LLC, Municipal Judge for the City of Montgomery (Part-Time); Jennifer Hadrick Reid Egbe (Birmingham) – The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Cumberland School of Law, Huie Fernambucq & Stewart, LLP; Erin Fleming (Daphne) – University of South Alabama, University of Alabama School of Law, Stone Crosby; Honorable Matthew David Fridy (Montgomery) – University of Montevallo, Cumberland School of Law, Alabama Court of Civil Appeals; Honorable Benjamin Andrew Fuller (Prattville) – Auburn University, Faulkner University Jones School of Law, Senior Circuit Judge for the 19th Judicial Circuit; Alexandra Katsimpalis Garrett (Mobile) – Spring Hill College, University of Alabama School of Law, Silver Voit & Garrett, Attorneys at Law, PC; Josh Hayes (Tuscaloosa) – University of Alabama, Faulkner University Jones School of Law, Prince, Glover, & Hayes; Dennis Mitchell Henry (Montgomery) – Auburn University, University of Alabama School of Law, Faulkner University; Michael Ralph Holberg (Montgomery) – University of Alabama, University of Alabama School of Law, Holberg & Holberg; Cason Michael Kirby (Birmingham) – University of Alabama, University of Alabama School of Law, Campbell Partners, LLC; Robert Scott Lewis (Bay Minette) – University of Alabama, University of Alabama School of Law, Stone Crosby, P.C.; Honorable Corey Landon Maze (Anniston) – Auburn University, Georgetown University Law Center, U.S. District Judge of the Northern District of Alabama; Rachel Jackson Moore (Birmingham) – University of Alabama, Cumberland School of Law, Christian & Small; John Cowles Neiman (Birmingham) – University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Harvard Law School, Maynard Nexsen; Riley Whitt Roby (Montgomery) – Rhodes College, Cumberland School of Law, Balch & Bingham, LLP; Jay Michael Ross (Mobile) – University of Alabama, Cumberland School of Law, Adams & Reese, LLP; Larry Shane Seaborn (Clayton) – Auburn University, Faulkner University Jones School of Law, Penn & Seaborn, LLC; George Autry Smith, II (Huntsville)  – David Lipscomb College, University of Alabama School of Law, Bradley Arant Boult Cummings; Halron Waites Turner (Chatom) – University of Alabama, University of Alabama School of Law, Turner Onderdonk Kimbrough Howell Huggins & Bradley; Mary Angela Turner (Tuscaloosa) – University of Alabama, University of Alabama School of Law, Turner Law Group; and Robin Carter Wolfe (Madison) – Birmingham School of Law, Robin Wolfe Law.

For more than 35 years, as the only charitable, tax-exempt organization affiliated with the Alabama State Bar, the Alabama Law Foundation has helped the state’s lawyers make a valuable difference in the lives of Alabama’s citizens.

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