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57 Ala. Law. 1 (1996)

handle is hein.barjournals/alwyr0057 and id is 1 raw text is: IN BRIEF January 1996 Volume 57, Number 1 ON THE COVER: Early morning sunlight on the Alabama Governor's Mansion. The mansion was built in 1907 as a private residence. In 1950, the state purchased the mansion for $100,000 (renovations cost $132,000). Although Jim Folsom, Sr. was governor at the time of pur- chase, Governor Gordon Persons was the first governor to live there (1951). The man- sion includes 22 rooms, a chandelier featuring 1,368 Czechoslovakian crystal prisms, large gold-leaf mirrors, and a grand southern staircase. See additional photo, page 6 - Photo by Paul Crawford, JD, CLU INSIDE THIS ISSUE: Cumulative Index, January 1995 - December 1995 ................................................ 22 The Cloudy Future of Affirmative Action By John Richard Carrigan and John J. Coleman, III ......................................................... 24 Alabama's Amended Ethics Law By James S. Christie, Jr., Anne S. Hornsby and Ann P. Vandevelde .................................. 34 Wanted: Legal Employment Job Hunt a Struggle for Alabama Grads By Susan Cullen Anderson ................................................................................................ 41 Not So Fast: Turning Down that Co-Employee Liability Case Can Cost the Injured Employee and You Money By Glenda G. Cochran and David P. Stevens .................................................................... 45 President's Page ....................................... 4 Executive Director's Report ..................... 6 New Adm ittees .......................................... 9 Lawyers in the Family ........................... 12 About Members, Among Firms .............. 16 Building Alabama's Courthouses ........... 20 Opinions of the General Counsel .......... 30 CLE Opportunities ................................ 32 Legislative Wrap-Up ............................... 40 Disciplinary Report ............................... 52 Recent Bankruptcy Decisions .............. 55 M em orials .............................................. 58 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 NI. Patterson Administrative Assistant for Programs . Diane Weldon Programs Secretary ........................................... I eidi Alves Director of Communications & Public Information .............................. Susan II. Andres Publications Director ......................... Margaret L. Murphy Publications/Communications Secretary ............ Rita Gray Membership Services Director ........... Christie T. Freeman Membership Assistant .................................... Kelly Carden Director of Admissions ....................... Dorothy D. Johnson Admissions Assistant ............................. Elizabeth Shwarts Alabama Law Foundation, Inc. Director ........ Tracy Daniel ALF Assistant ................................................ Dawn Iloward Volunteer Lawyers Program Director ............... Kim Oliver VLP Paralegal ........................................... Greta Chambless Bookkeeper ............... . ....... . ...................... Gale Skinner Graphics Arts Diirector ................................ Maggie Stoller Graphics Arts Assistant ............................ Roderick Palmer Lawyer Referral Secretary ............... Katherine C. Creamer Receptionist ...... ............................................. Angie Crowe Alabama Center for Dispute Resolution Director ................ Judy Keegan (269-0409) ALABAMA STATE BAR CENTER FOR PROFESSIONAL RESPONSIBILITY STAFF 415 Dexter Avenue, Montgomery, AL 36104 (334) 269-1515 * FAX (334) 261-6311 General Counsel .............. J. Anthony Mclain Client Security Fund, CSF & Assistant General Counsel ..................... L, Gilbert Kendrick CLE Coordinator .................................... Bonnie lainor Assistant General Counsel .............................. Milton L. Moss Paralegals/lnvestigators ................................. Vicki Glassroth Assistant General Counsel ....................... Robert E. Lusk, Jr. Peggy Garrett Secretary to General Counsel ........ Vivian Freeman Investigator .................... Cheryl Rankin Complaints Intake & Advertising Coordinator . Kim Ellis Unauthorized Practice of Law, Paralegal .............. Robin Key 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 Oftice ot General Counsel, but publication herein does not necessarily imply endorseme.t of any product or service offered The Alabama Lawyer reserves the right to retect any advertisement Copyright 1996. The Alabama State Bar. All rights reserved. 2 / JANUARY 1996 The Alabama awyer Published seven times a yaar (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 Susan H. Andres .................................. Staff Liaison & Communications Director Margaret Murphy ....... Sta) Liaison & Managing Editor Board of Editors William J. Underwood, Tuscumbla - Joseph B. Maya, Jr., Birmingham • Alex L. Holtsford, Jr., Montgomery • Alan T. Rogers, Birmingham , James G. Stevens, Montgomery, Robert W. Bradford, Jr., Montgomery . Deborat Alley Smith, Birmingham , Nancy L. Franklin, Birmingham o John 0. Somerville, Birmingham • Mike Druhan, Mobile - Robert Sell- ers Smith, Huntsville • Charles Cleveland, Birmingham , Glen- da Cochran, Birmingham . Lisa Huggins, Birmingham • Hon. Debra H. Goldstein, Birmingham . Pamela L. Mable, Mont- gomery o Sherri T. Freeman, Birmingham • William G. Gantt, Birmingham • Michael A. Kirtland, Montgomery * Jonathan Cross, Tuscaloosa • P. Leigh O'Del, Montgomery , Linda G. Flippo, Birmingham ° LaJuana Davis, Montgomery • Victoria J. Franklin-Sisson, Birmingham • M. Donald Davis, Jr., Mobile, Ray 0. Noolin, Jr., Birmingham . Lynn Robertson Jackson, Clayton ° Hon. William R. Gordon, Montgomery Board of Commissioners Liaison ........................... Samuel A. Rumors, Jr., Birmingham Officers John A. Owens, Tuscaloosa ...................................... President Warren B. Lightfoot, Birmingham ...................... President-elect William D. Melton, Evergreen ............................. Vice-president Keith B. Norman, Montgomery ................................... Secretary Board of Commissioners 1st Circuit, E. Mark Ezell, Butler - 2nd Circuit, John A. Nichols, Luverne , 3rd Circuit, Lynn Robertson Jackson, Clayton . 4th Cir- cuit, Ralph N. Hobbs, Selma • 5th Circuit, John Percy Oliver, I1, Dadeville • 6th Circuit, Place No. 1, Walter P. Crownover, Tusca- loosa • 6th Circuit, Place No. 2, J. Douglas McElvy, Tuscaloosa - 7th Circuit, Arthur F. Fite, Ill, Anniston , 8th Circuit, John S. Key, Decatur • 9th Circuit, W. N. Watson, Ft. Payne. 10th Circuit, Place No. 1, Samuel H. Franklin, Birmingham, 10th Circuit, Place No. 2, James W. Gewin - 10th Circuit, Place, No. 3, J. Mark White, Birmingham, 10th Circuit, Place No. 4, Samuel A. Rumors, Jr. • 10th Circuit, Place No. 5, Frederck T. Kuykendall, III, Birming- ham - 10th Circuit, Place No. 6, Mac B Greaves, Birmingham . 10th Circuit, Place No. 7, J. Mason Davis, Birmingham , 10th Cir- cuit, Place No. 8, Max C. Pope, Jr., Birmingham , 10th Circuit, Place No. 9, Cathy S. Wright, Birmingham ° 10th Circuit, Besse- mer Cut-off, George Higginbotham, Bessemer - 11th Circuit, Robert M. Hill, Jr., Florence • 12th Circuit, M. Dale Marsh, Enter- prise 13th Circuit, Place No. 1, Victor H. Loft. Jr., Mobile * 13th Circuit, Place No. 2, Billy C. Bedsole, Mobile • 13th Circuit, Place No. 3, Caine ORear, III, Mobile - 13th Circuit, Place No. 4, Ben- lamen T. Rowe, Mobile - 14th Circuit, Tom Nicholson, Jasper ° 15th Circuit, Place No.1, Robert 0. Segall, 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 - 16th Circuit, Roy 0. McCord, Gadsden - 17th Circuit, Richard S. Manley, Demopolis •18th Circuit, Conrad M. Fowler, Jr., Columbiana - 19th Circuit, John Holis Jackson, Jr., Clanton - 20th Circuit, Wade H. Baxley, Dothan o 21st Circuit, Edward T. Hines, Brewton , 22nd Circuit, Abner R. Powell, iIt, Andalusia - 23rd Circuit, Place No. 1, Donna S. Pate, Huntsville • 23rd Circuit, Place No. 2, Patrick H. Graves, Jr., Huntsville , 24th Circuit, John A. Russell, II, Aliceville • 25th Circuit, Oliver Frederick Wood, Hamilton - 26th Circuit, Bowen H. Brassell, Phenix City - 27th Circuit, John C. Gullahorn, Albertville - 28th Circuit, E. E. Ball. Bay Minelte, 29th Circuit, Tom B. Ogle. tree, Sylacauga - 30th Circuit, A. Dwight Blair, Pell City - 31st Circuit, William K. Hewlett, Tuscumbia • 32nd Circuit, Billy W. Jackson, Cullman • 33rd Circuit, Robert H. Brodgen, Ozark • 34th Circuit. Jerry C. Porch, RusselMlile - 35th Circuit, William D. Mellon, Evergreen - 36th Circuit, T. Harry Montgomery, Moulton • 37th Circuit, J. Tult Barrett, Opelika • 38th Circuit, Stephen M. Ken. namer, 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 Slates 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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