The Alabama State Bar recently installed Montgomery attorney J. Cole Portis (’90) as its 141st president.
“I am blessed to have the opportunity to lead our state bar, which has been entrusted with the obligation to serve our profession, seek improvements in our judicial system and serve the public,” said Portis of the Beasley Allen Law Firm in Montgomery. “We are committed to a new era of engagement with lawyers to ensure that they have resources available to help them in their practice.”
Portis has served on multiple committees and task forces within the Alabama State Bar, including the Finance and Audit Committee, Client Security Fund Committee and various others. He has also served on the Alabama State Bar Board of Bar Commissioners for the 15th judicial circuit since 2007.
Portis joined the Beasley Allen Law Firm in 1991, where he is now a principal. He represents people and families who are injured or killed by defective products. In addition to handling litigation matters at Beasley Allen, he manages the firm’s product liability/personal injury section.
For more, read “Cole Portis Installed as 141st President of Alabama State Bar.”