John Sparkman (1899-1985)
Born: Hartselle, Alabama, December 21, 1899.
Bar Admissions: Alabama bar 1924; U.S. District Court, Northern District of Alabama.
Professional Activities: Member, U.S. House of Representatives (1936-1946); member, U.S. Senate (1946-1979); signer of Japanese Peace Treaty (1945); Vice Presidential nominee of the Democratic Party (1952); Chairman,U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee (1976-1979).
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Tazewell T. Shepard
Born: Washington, D.C., January 8, 1954.
Bar Admissions: Alabama bar, 1979; District of Columbia bar, 1987; U.S. District Court, No., Middle and So. Districts of Alabama; U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth and Eleventh Circuits; U.S. Supreme Court; District of Columbia Circuit and U.S. Court of Appeals for District of Columbia.
Education: Dartmouth College (B.A. 1976);University of Alabama (J.D. 1979).
Professional Activities: Law Clerk to Director, Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, 1976; Staff Member, U.S. Senate Committee on Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs, 1975; Staff Member, U.S. Senate Committee on Judiciary, 1977; Standing Trustee in Bankruptcy for Chapter 7, 11 and 12, 1980–. Member, State Board of Education, 1991-1994; Chairman, Governor’s Commission on School Violence, 1994; Vice Chairman, Alabama Space Science Exhibit Commission, 1995-1999; Member, President’s Advisory Committee on the Arts (White House appointment), (2000-2001); Board of Directors, Alabama Supercomputer Authority (2002-2007). President-elect, Huntsville Madison County Bar Association, 2011; Member, Leadership Huntsville Class 25, 2011.
Author: Bargaining Agreements: An Analysis of In re Bildisco, 45 The Alabama Lawyer (May, 1984); Bankruptcy Case Administration, 3 The Compleat Lawyer (Fall, 1986); Farm Bankruptcy: The New Chapter 12,48 TheAlabama Lawyer (January, 1987); The Plight of Secured Creditors After In Re Timbers of Inwood Forest Assoc., Ltd., 94 Commercial Law Journal (Spring, 1989).
Concentration: Bankruptcy Law; Business Litigation and Commercial Transactions.
Kevin M. Morris
Born: Mobile, Alabama, August 7, 1976.
Bar Admissions: Alabama bar, 2002; U.S. District Court, Northern District of Alabama.
Education: Spring Hill College, Mobile, Alabama (B.S. cum laude, 1998); The University of Alabama School of Law,Tuscaloosa, Alabama (J.D. 2002).
Member: Huntsville-Madison County Bar Association; Alabama State Bar.
Concentration: Bankruptcy; Civil and Commercial Litigation; and Estate Planning.
Kathryn Varner Davis
Born: Bainbridge, Georgia, 1983.
Education: Auburn University (B.A. 2006); Cumberland School of Law (J.D. 2010)
Bar Admissions: Alabama; U.S. District Court, 2010, Northern District of Alabama, 2010.
Member: Alabama Bar Association; Huntsville-Madison County Bar Association.
Biography: Recipient of Presidential Scholarship; Dean’s List; Volunteer with Madison County Volunteer Lawyers Program.
Concentration: Bankruptcy; Debtor and Creditor Rights.
Deborah Bell Paseur (of counsel)
Born: November 13, 1951.
Education: University of Alabama (B.S. 1973; M.S. 1985); University of Alabama (J.D. 1976)
Bar Admissions: Alabama, 1977.
Member: Alabama State Bar.
Biography: Elected and served as District Judge in Lauderdale County, 1981-2008; Outstanding Young Woman of the Year, Alabama Jaycees 1985; Member, Leadership Alabama, Class 11. Former President, Florence Rotary Club; former member, Board of Directors, Shoals Chamber of Commerce.
Concentration: Litigation; Family Law; and Contract Law.
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