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56 Ala. Law. 1 (1995)

handle is hein.barjournals/alwyr0056 and id is 1 raw text is: January 1995 Volume 56, Number 1 ON THE COVER: The new Supreme Court of Alabama contains many interesting features. Among them are: The marble supporting the bench and columns is from Carrara, Italy, where Michelangelo acquired marble for some of his famous sculptures. The dome was built from Indiana limestone, from the same quarry used for the Empire State Building, Pentagon and National Cathedral. * The seal on the mahogany bench was hand carved by a former Vietnam War POW. * A lawyer speaking to the court is standing in the very center of the judicial building, both vertically and horizontally. Photo by Paul Crawford, Montgomery, a member of the Alabama State Bar and District of Columbia Bar INSIDE THIS ISSUE: Pitfalls in Estate Planning with IRAs By Wendell Cauley and Pamela L. M able ................................................................................... 20 Opening of Court By Retired Justice Oscar W. Adam s, Jr. ...................................................................................... 32 Liability of a Municipality Under Alabama Law By Alex L. Holtsford, Jr. and Steven Anthony Higgins ........................................................... 35 Psychotherapy and the Law By Shirley D arby H ow ell ...................................................................................................................... 44 Cumulative Index, January 1994 - December 1994 ................................................... 50 President's Page ....................................... 4 Executive Director's Report ..................... 6 Legislative Wrap-Up ................................. 9 About Members, Among Firms .............. 10 Building Alabama's Courthouses ............ 12 Bar Briefs ................................................. 17 Opinions of the General Counsel ........... 18 New Adm ittees ........................................ 24 Lawyers in the Family ............................ 27 CLE Opportunities ................................. 30 Disciplinary Report .............................. 52 Recent Decisions ................................... 53 Young Lawyers' Section ........................ 59 M em orials ............................................... 60 Classified Notices .................................... 63 ALABAMA STATE BAR HEADQUARTERS STAFF 415 Dexter Avenue, Montgomery, AL 36104 (334) 269-1515 * FAX (334) 261-6310 Executive Director ................................... Keith B. Norman Executive Assistant .................................... Margaret Boone Director of Programs ........................ Edward M. Patterson Administrative Assistant for Programs . Diane Weldon Program s Secretary ........................................... Heidi Alves Director of Communications & Public Information .............................. Susan H. Andres Publications Director ......................... Margaret L. Murphy Volunteer Lawyers Program Director ..Melinda M. Waters Publications & VLP Secretary .................... Linda F. Smith Membership Services Director .............. Christie Tarantino Membership Assistant .................................... Kelly Carden Director of Admissions ....................... Dorothy D. Johnson Admissions Assistant ............................. Elizabeth Shwarts Alabama Law Foundation, Inc. Director ........ Tracy Daniel ALF Secretary .................................... Suzanne Scarbrough Bookkeeper ..................................................... Gale Skinner Graphics Arts Director ................................ Maggie Stuller Lawyer Referral Secretary ............... Katherine C. Creamer Receptionist ................................................... Jennie Logan ALABAMA STATE BAR CENTER FOR PROFESSIONAL RESPONSIBILITY STAFF 415 Dexter Avenue, Montgomery, AL 36104 (334) 269-1515 9 FAX (334) 261-6311 General Counsel .......................................... Robert W. Norris Unauthorized Practice of Law, Client Security Fund, Assistant General Counsel ....................... J. Anthony McLain CSF & CLE Coordinator .......................... Bonnie Mainor Assistant General Counsel ...................... L. Gilbert Kendrick Paralegal/Investigator .................................... Vicki Glassroth Assistant General Counsel .............................. Milton L. Moss Investigators ..................................................... Peggy Garrett Ethics Opinions Coordinator ........................ Vivian Freeman Cheryl Rankin Complaints Intake & Advertising Coordinator .Kim Ellis The Alabama Lawyer, (ISSN 0002-4287), the official publication of the Alabama State Bar, is published seven times a year in the months of January, March, May, June (bar directory edition), July, September, November. Views and conclusions expressed in articles herein are those of the authors, not necessarily those of the board of editors, officers or board of commissioners of the Alabama State Bar. Subscriptions: Alabama State Bar members receive The Alabama Lawyeras part of their annual dues payment; $15 of this goes toward subscriptions for The Alabama Lawyer. Other subscribers do not receive the directory edition of the Lawyer as part of their subscription. Advertising rates will be furnished upon request. Advertising copy is carefully reviewed and must receive approval from the Office of General Counsel, but publication herein does not necessarily imply endorsement of any product or service offered. The Alabama Lawyer reserves the right to reject any advertisement. • Copyright 1995. The Alabama State Bar. All rights reserved. 2 /JANUARY 1995 The Alabama aw Published seven times a year (the June issue is a bar directory edition) by the Alabama State Bar, P.O. Box 4156, Montgomery, Alabama 36101-4156. Phone (334) 269-1515. Robert A. Huffaker ................................ Chair & Editor Susan Shirock DePaola .......................... Vice-Chair & Associate Editor Richard F. Allen ........................... Vice-Chair, Finance Margaret Murphy ............................... Managing Editor Board of Editors Raymond L. Johnson, Jr., Birmingham - Shirley D. Howell, Montgomery - Jeff Kohn, Montgomery - Forrest Latta, Mobile • Hon. Hugh Maddox, Montgomery • J.W Goodloe, Jr., Mobile - C. MacLeod Fuller, Columbus, GA - Gregory C. Buffalow, Mobile • Benjamin B. Spratling, Ill, Birmingham • William J. Underwood, Tuscumbia • Andrew P. Campbell, Birmingham • Alex L. Holtsford, Jr., Montgomery • Alan T. Rogers, Birming- ham • James G. Stevens, Montgomery • Robert W Bradford, Jr., Montgomery • Deborah Alley Smith, Birmingham • Nancy L. Franklin, Leeds • John Q. Somerville, Birmingham • Mike Druhan, Mobile - Robert Sellers Smith, Huntsville • Charles Cleveland, Birmingham - Glenda Cochran, Birmingham • Lisa Huggins, Birmingham - Debra H. Goldstein, Birmingham • Pamela L. Mable, Montgomery • Sherri T. Freeman, Birming ham • William G. Gantt, Birmingham Board of Commissioners Liaison ........................... Samuel A. Rumore, Jr., Birmingham Officers Broox G . Holmes, Mobile ........................................... President John A. Owens, Tuscaloosa............................. President-elect Richard S. Manley, Demopolis ....................... Vice-president Keith B. Norman, Montgomery .................................. Secretary Board of Commissioners 1st Circuit, Edward P. Turner, Jr., Chatom • 2nd Circuit, John A. Nichols, Luverne • 3rd Circuit, Lynn Robertson Jackson, Clayton • 4th Circuit, Ralph N Hobbs, Selma • 5th Circuit, John Percy Oliver, II, Dadeville • 6th Circuit, Place No. 1, Wal- ter P Crownover, Tuscaloosa 6th Circuit, Place No. 2, J. Douglas McEIvy, Tuscaloosa - 7th Circuit, Arthur F. Fite, III, Anniston * 8th Circuit, John S. Key, Decatur • 9th Circuit, W.N. Watson, Fort Payne - 10th Circuit, Place No. 1, Samuel H. Franklin, Birmingham 10th Circuit, Place No. 2, James W. Gewin, Birmingham 10th Circuit, Place No. 3, James S. Lloyd, Birmingham 10th Circuit, Place No. 4, Samuel A. Rumore, Jr., Birmingham • 10th Circuit, Place No. 5, Frederick T. Kuykendall, Ill, Birmingham - 10th Circuit, Place No. 6, Mac B. Greaves, Birmingham • 10th Circuit, Place No. 7, J. Mason Davis, Birmingham • 10th Circuit, Place No. 8, Max C Pope, Jr., Birmingham - 10th Circuit, Place No. 9, Cathy S. Wright, Birmingham - 10th Circuit, Bessemer Cut-Off, George Higgin- botham, Bessemer • 11th Circuit, Robert M. Hill, Jr, Florence • 12th Circuit, M. Dale Marsh, Enterprise • 13th Cir- cuit, Place No. 1, Victor H. Lott, Jr., Mobile * 13th Circuit, Place No. 2, Billy C. Bedsole, Mobile • 13th Circuit, Place No. 3, Caine O'Rear, 1l1, Mobile - 13th Circuit, Place No. 4, Benja- men T. Rowe, Mobile • 14th Circuit, R. Jeff Donaldson, Jasper • 15th Circuit, Place No. 1, Richard H. Gill, Montgomery - 15th Circuit, Place No. 2, Wanda D. Devereaux, Montgomery . 15th Circuit, Place No. 3, James E. Williams, Montgomery • 15th Circuit, Place No. 4, Richard B. Garrett, Montgomery - 16th Circuit, Roy 0. McCord, Gadsden ° 17th Circuit, Richard S. Manley, Demopolis • 18th Circuit, Conrad M. Fowler, Jr., Columbiana • 19th Circuit, John Hollis Jackson, Jr., Clanton • 20th Circuit, Wade H. Baxley, Dothan • 21st Circuit, Edward T. Hines, Brewton • 22nd Circuit, Abner R. Powell, III, Andalusia - 23rd Circuit, Place No. 1, Donna S. Pate, Huntsville • 23rd Circuit, Place No. 2, Patrick H. Graves, ir., Huntsville • 24th Circuit, John A. Russell, IIl, Aliceville * 25th Circuit, Nelson Vinson, Hamilton • 26th Circuit, Bowen H. Brassell, Phenix City • 27th Circuit, John C. Gullahorn, Albertville , 28th Circuit, John Earle Chason, Bay Minete • 29th Circuit, Tom R. Ogle- tree, Sylacauga - 30th Circuit, A. Dwight Blair, Pell City • 31st Circuit, William K. Hewlett, Tuscumbia • 32nd Circuit, Stephen K. Griffith, Cullman • 33rd Circuit, Robert H. Brogden, Ozark • 34th Circuit, Jerry C. Porch, Russellville • 35th Circuit, William D. Melton, Evergreen ° 36th Circuit, T. Harry Montgomery, Moulton - 37th Circuit, J. Tut Barrett, Opelika - 38th Circuit, Stephen M. Kennamer, Scottsboro • 39th Circuit, Winston V. Legge, Jr., Athens • 40th Circuit, John K. Johnson, Rockford The Alabama Lawyer is published seven times a year for $20 per year in the United States and $25 per year outside the United States by the Alabama State Bar, 415 Dexter Avenue, Montgomery, Alabama 36104. Single issues are $5.00, for the journal and $25/$40 for the directory. Second-class postage paid at Montgomery, Alabama. Postmaster: Send address changes to The Alabama Lawyer, P.O. Box 4156, Montgomery, AL 36101-4156. THE ALABAMA LAWYER

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