Tag: attorney
Attorney J. Mason Davis Forged a United Way For Students and...
By Nicole S. Daniel
The Birmingham Times
Few in Birmingham have combined the law and education the way attorney J. Mason Davis has.
In 2019, the United...
Why Is Toforest Johnson Still on Alabama’s Death Row?
By Drayton Nabers Jr.
(This is an opinion column)
As a former Chief Justice of the Alabama Supreme Court, I believe in our state’s criminal justice...
How Birmingham Attorney C.L. May Raises The Bar And Gives Back
By Haley Wilson
The Birmingham Times
When Cynthianther L. May was in elementary school, a group of lawyers visited for career day. They all were dressed...
The Father-Daughter Duo Who Are City Attorneys in Birmingham and Midfield
Solomon Crenshaw Jr.
For The Birmingham Times
Birmingham City Attorney Nicole King knew since age 5 that she wanted to be a lawyer just like her...
Bill Cosby freed from prison, his sexual assault conviction overturned
By MARYCLAIRE DALE, Associated Press
PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Pennsylvania’s highest court threw out Bill Cosby’s sexual assault conviction and released him from prison Wednesday in...
Alabama Attorney Fred Gray Represented Civil Rights Giants, Becoming One
By Chuck Chandler
Alabama Newscenter
Few people can say they knew Martin Luther King Jr. and Rosa Parks when that internationally celebrated pair were average citizens.
Fred D. Gray Sr. can.
The...
How two Birmingham attorneys helped win the GA Senate races
By Carter Dewees
For The Birmingham Times
When Birmingham attorney Byron Perkins paid a visit to historic Sixth Avenue Baptist Church 30 years ago, he did...
Attorney Dan Crane, Raised the Middle of 10 Children, on Life...
By Sydney Melson
The Birmingham Times
Growing up the middle child of 10 brothers and sisters gave Birmingham attorney Dan Crane a unique perspective.
“I got to...
Ruby Davis: From Mom To Attorney To Published Author
Bpl.org
Since becoming a teenage mother, Birmingham’s Ruby Y. Davis has defied the odds and refused to let hearsay—what others said about her—stop her from...
Randall Woodfin: Pay for city employees has barely budged for several...
By Randall Woodfin
My name is Randall Woodfin, and I have been a city employee since 2009. I am running for mayor because I believe politics should be...