Category: Alumni
Taze Shepard (’79) to Become President of Alabama State Bar
Taze Shepard (’79), a senior partner at Sparkman, Shepard & Morris P.C. in Huntsville, has been elected 2020-2021 President-Elect of the Alabama State Bar. His term officially began on June 26, 2020, and he will become President in July 2021. “Serving in various leadership roles with the Alabama State Bar and my local bar, I…
Alumna Prim Escalona Named Interim U.S. Attorney for Northern District of Alabama
Prim Escalona (’08) has been named interim U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Alabama. Escalona, the Principal Deputy Assistant Attorney General in the Department of Justice’s Office of Legal Affairs, was appointed by U.S. Attorney General Bill Barr. She replaces Jay Town, who stepped down to take a position with a defense contractor. For more, read “Prim…
Alabama Law Alumnae Featured in National Law Journal Article
Several Alabama Law alumnae are featured in The National Law Journal for their work on an amicus brief on behalf of the United States Conference of Mayors. The article names Jade Sipes (’12), Sharonda Childs Fancher (’13), Madeline Hughes (’18), and Xeris Gregory (’19). For more, read “How Women in Big Law Are Stepping Into the Court Fight…
Alumnus and Law Student to Hunt for House on HGTV
Luke Kiszla, ’18, and Jayme Smith, 3L, will be featured on an episode of HGTV’s “House Hunters” later this year. Kiszla, who is engaged to Smith, sent in an application to be on the HGTV show just for fun. That application quickly became an on-camera house hunt in Montgomery, where Kiszla and Smith plan to…
2015 End of Year Giving Information
Planning to make a gift before the end of the year? Go to the Online Giving page to ensure your gift is received by December 31, 2015 for maximum tax credit. As you consider your charitable gifts between now and the end of the year, remember that gifts made now could generate income tax deductions…
Register Now For Law School Reunion
Is this your reunion year? Next month, in conjunction with the University of Alabama A-Day weekend, we will celebrate the milestone classes of 1964 & 1965 (50 years), 1974 & 1975 (40 years), 1984 & 1985 (30 years), 1989 & 1990 (25 years), 1994 & 1995 (20 years), and 2004 & 2005 (10 years). Please…
Josh Segall ’06 Featured in Montgomery Newspaper
The Montgomery Advertiser recently published an article featuring UA School of Law alum Josh Segall. A 2006 graduate, he developed “Make It Rain: The Love of Money,” which recently ranked No. 1 on Apple’s app store. Click here to read Game Developers “Make It Rain.”