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Six attorneys from Johnstone, Adams, Bailey, Gordon & Harris, L.L.C. have been voted by their peers for inclusion on The Best Lawyers in America list for 2006. The Best Lawyers list incorporates 57 specialties and is compiled by a comprehensive peer review where top lawyers in the United States cast their vote on their professional…

Johnstone Adams and its lawyers and staff survived Hurricane Katrina relatively unscathed. Our hearts and prayers go out to those in our community who were not so fortunate and to our neighbors to the west. We apologize that damage to our offices rendered us inaccessible last week. We are pleased to announce that we are…

Held last Saturday, the 16th annual Chili Cook-Off, was a fun-filled family event bringing the community together to benefit the American Cancer Society. This fund-raiser, which was held at Bienville Square in Mobile, had 78 teams, including Johnstone Adams, who joined forces with other area businesses and family teams to challenge one another in a…

Celia Collins spoke at the Alabama Bar Institute for Continuing Legal Education 2005 Corporate Compliance Seminar in Birmingham, Alabama on February 11, 2005. She served on a 3-member panel that spoke on “Corporate Compliance – Post Sarbanes-Oxley: A Look at Individual Case Studies”. Collins also served on the planning committee for the 2005 conference. The Alabama Bar Institute For…

Greg Watts spoke at the 58th Annual Federal Tax Clinic in Tuscaloosa, Alabama on November 18. The topic of his talk was “Charitable Giving Alternatives in Alabama.” The Federal Tax Clinic is planned and presented jointly by The University of Alabama, the Alabama Society of Certified Public Acocuntants and the Alabama State Bar, and is attended by 300-400…

The University of Alabama Federal Tax Clinic Board of Directors has named the Charles B. Bailey, Jr. Scholarship at the University of Alabama School of Law in honor of Charles B. Bailey, Jr. The scholorship will be awarded annually for the next five years. The Board has selected Bailey because they consider him to be one of Alabama’s…