A recent decision out of the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Florida was very favorable for businesses defending Florida Telephone Solicitation Act (FTSA) and Florida Telemarketing Act (FTA) claims. The decision in Adams v. Safelite Group reinforced the May 2023 FTSA amendments, particularly the text message “STOP” safe harbor provision, which applies to uncertified putative class actions pending when the amendments took effect...
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Bradley is a national law firm with a reputation for skilled legal work, exceptional client service, and impeccable integrity. We provide business clients around the world with a full suite of legal services in dozens of industries and practice areas.
Founded in 1870 in Elyton, Alabama, before moving to Birmingham the following year, Bradley has retained the tradition of southern hospitality even as the law firm has grown into a global force. Our founding partners established the highest standards of value, ethics, and professional excellence in the practice of law - standards that have guided us through to the present day. Respect for our clients, colleagues, and communities and passion for our work are the driving forces behind everything we do. That kind of integrity means that clients can trust us to not only serve their needs, but ensure that the work is completed the right way.
Our 13 offices are located in Alabama, Florida, Mississippi, North Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, and the District of Columbia, giving us an extensive geographic base to represent clients on a regional, national, and international basis. We frequently serve as national coordinating counsel, regional counsel, and statewide counsel for clients in various industries.
Diversity and equality in the workforce are core values at Bradley, allowing us to leverage a wide range of perspectives to help us achieve the results that we expect and our clients demand. We are also committed to giving back to our communities with meaningful pro bono legal services and charitable contributions.
Although we are a large law firm with more than 650 lawyers, our clients still enjoy the personal attention, responsiveness, and deep relationships they would expect from a boutique firm. Our attorneys and staff combine legal experience and knowledge with a sophisticated understanding of industries to work side by side with clients and come up with practical, strategic solutions specifically tailored to their business operations. Bradley lawyers use their talents, judgment, work ethic, and experience to go above and beyond expectations to help our clients meet their goals.
Year this Office was Established: 1870
Lawyers Worldwide: 650
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J. Mark Adams
PartnerScott E. Adams
PartnerHal Albritton
PartnerF. Wendell Allen
PartnerKeith S. Anderson
PartnerChristopher S. Anulewicz
PartnerJim Archibald
PartnerV. Justin Arpey
PartnerWilliam C. Athanas
PartnerAnne Knox Averitt
PartnerC. Jason Avery
PartnerMarc James Ayers
PartnerJames Blake Bailey
PartnerKay K. Bains
Retired PartnerNancy Williams Ball
PartnerWilliam C. Barclift
Retired PartnerAnne Baroody
PartnerPaul R. Barsness
PartnerNancy H. Baughan
PartnerJay Bender
PartnerJulia Gruenewald Bernstein
PartnerD. Austin Bersinger
PartnerLee Birchall
PartnerStanley E. Blackmon
PartnerPaul P. Bolus
Retired PartnerAxel Bolvig
PartnerLindsey C Boney
PartnerT. Michael Brown
PartnerKane Burnette
PartnerJason R. Bushby
PartnerPhil Butler
Retired PartnerStanley D. Bynum
Retired PartnerBeau Byrd
PartnerHillary Campbell
PartnerPhilip J. Carroll
Retired PartnerTom Carruthers
Retired PartnerDavid M. Cayce
PartnerDeborah Cazan
PartnerR. Aaron Chastain
PartnerJennifer Hoover Clark
PartnerRonald T. Coleman
PartnerChandler Combest
PartnerPaul Compton
PartnerRobert M. Couch
Retired PartnerKeith Covington
PartnerWilliam S. "Buddy" Cox
PartnerStewart M. Cox
PartnerAnna Craft
PartnerJeff Cunningham
PartnerTy E. Dedmon
PartnerR. Alan Deer
Retired PartnerTiffany J. deGruy
PartnerMichael S. Denniston
PartnerL. Susan Doss
Retired PartnerShannon L. Drake
PartnerJeffrey D. Dyess
PartnerHallman B. Eady
PartnerBruce P. Ely
PartnerDaniel Feltham
PartnerDaniel J. Fortune
PartnerLinda A. Friedman
Retired PartnerStephanie Friese
PartnerSean R. Gannon
PartnerJames W. Gewin
Retired PartnerLee Gilley
PartnerJake M. Gipson
PartnerN. Chris Glenos
PartnerGlenn E. Glover
PartnerJohn E. Goodman
PartnerJohn Mark Goodman
PartnerGinger Carroll Gray
PartnerT. Parker Griffin
PartnerChristopher R. Grissom
PartnerJustin P. Gunter
PartnerJohn W. Hargrove
PartnerJonathan "Jack" Harrington
PartnerAbigail B. Harris
PartnerMeade Hartfield
PartnerJudd A. Harwood
PartnerTripp Haston
PartnerK. Wood Herren
PartnerCarolyne Jones Hess
PartnerLaura G. Hester
PartnerCharles B. "Trey" Hill
PartnerRudy Hill
PartnerG. Wayne Hillis
PartnerWilliam L. Hinds
Retired PartnerWilliam L. Hinds
Retired PartnerWilliam L. Hinds
Retired PartnerMatthew A. Hinshaw
PartnerStephen Hinton
PartnerLeigh Anne Hodge
PartnerWilliam j. Holley
PartnerWilliam J. Holley
PartnerEmily Stuart Horn
PartnerDavid G. Hymer
PartnerAndrew Johnson
PartnerNicole B. Jones
PartnerAmandeep S. Kahlon
PartnerRod Kanter
PartnerJ. Riley Key
PartnerJonathan R. Kolodziej
PartnerJoel M. Kuehnert
PartnerHarold B. Kushner
PartnerBradley W. Lard
PartnerAlex B. Leath
PartnerMatthew H. Lembke
PartnerJames E. Long
PartnerJeffrey S. Luechtefeld
PartnerRobert Maddox
PartnerZachary A. Madonia
PartnerLuke D. Martin
PartnerStuart M. Maxey
PartnerJoseph B. Mays
Retired PartnerJustin T. McDonald
PartnerJennifer J. McGahey
PartnerJohn P. McGehee
PartnerMichael D. McKibben
Retired PartnerKacie McRee
PartnerGeorge D. Medlock
Partner & Director of Inclusion & DiversityCarly Miller
PartnerT. Matthew Miller
PartnerSpencer R. Mobley
PartnerRichard H. Monk
PartnerStephen R. Monk
PartnerCharles Moore
PartnerJamie L. Moore
PartnerJohn H. Morrow
Retired PartnerDaniel F. Murphy
PartnerJohn Nail
PartnerW. Brad Neighbors
PartnerAndrew J. Noble
PartnerChristine R. Norstadt
PartnerD. Brian O'Dell
PartnerMary O'Kelley
PartnerThomas L. Oliver
PartnerStephen A. Opler
PartnerDavid W. Owen
PartnerJon H. Patterson
PartnerVirginia C. Patterson
PartnerMichael R. Pennington
PartnerGregory B. Pipes
PartnerJames W. Porter
PartnerGrant A. Premo
PartnerTodd Presnell
PartnerT. Brooks Proctor
PartnerJ. David Pugh
PartnerJ. Thomas Richie
PartnerT. Atkins Roberts
PartnerBrad Robertson
PartnerRyan P. Robichaux
PartnerJ. Andrew Robison
PartnerE. Mabry Rogers
PartnerEmily M. Ruzic
PartnerWalter J. Sears
Retired PartnerAnne Marie Seibel
PartnerJack W. Selden
PartnerJ. Christopher Selman
PartnerEric Setterlund
PartnerDawn Helms Sharff
PartnerEdward S. Sledge
PartnerFrederic L. Smith
PartnerJohn I. Spangler
PartnerWhitt Steineker
PartnerJ. David Stewart
PartnerCharles Stewart
PartnerDonald B. Sweeney
Retired PartnerPaul M. Sykes
PartnerWilliam T. Thistle
PartnerMichael A. Thomason
PartnerTracy M. Thompson
PartnerEthan T. Tidmore
PartnerLaurence D. Vinson
Retired PartnerBrian Alexander Wahl
PartnerJason A. Walters
PartnerR. Thomas Warburton
PartnerHenry B. Ward
PartnerPaul S. Ware
Retired PartnerLaura P. Washburn
Retired PartnerJames L. Webb
PartnerSidney S. Welch
PartnerMeade Whitaker
Retired PartnerBenn C. Wilson
PartnerJ. Keith Windle
PartnerJames W. Wright
PartnerRalph H. Yeilding
PartnerAnne R. Yuengert
PartnerScott Zweigel
PartnerAssociates
Bidushi Adhikari
AssociateAlexander Ash
AssociateSarah Atkinson
AssociateErik J. Badia
AssociateSarah A. Baldwin
AssociateSamuel E. Bartz
AssociateJared C. Batte
AssociateJulianne L. Bayer
AssociateWayne R. Beckermann
AssociateDelaney L. Beier
AssociateBeryl Newchurch Billings
AssociateCharles F. Blanchard
AssociateCortlin Bond
AssociateO. Cobb Bostick
AssociateRachel C. Bramblett
AssociateNicolas E. Briscoe
AssociateMazie Bryant
AssociateWilliam P. Burgess
AssociateAaron J. Campbell
AssociateKatherine Carey
AssociateKatelyn Carson
AssociateNolan S. Clark
AssociateTurner Collins
AssociateC. Reed Cowart
AssociateBritney M. Crawford
AssociateBonnie DeCarlo
AssociateJohn H. Elliott
AssociateDmitry Epstein
AssociateEdward Gaal
AssociateJ. Graham "Gray" Gilmore
AssociateAnne Miles Golson
AssociateR. Jannell Granger
AssociateMary Nobles Hancock
AssociateElizabeth R. Hobbs
AssociateErin Brown Hollis
AssociateEmily A. Hopper
AssociateWilliam Janousek
AssociateChristopher Johnson
AssociateSeth Pierce Johnson
AssociateMorgan C. Kain
AssociateCaroline Kerr
AssociateRobin-Renee Keys
AssociateDanner Kline
AssociateMason Kruse
AssociateW. Chadwick Lamar
AssociateMatthew J. Lloyd
AssociateMaddie N. Lynn
AssociateLina Machado Bejarano
AssociateZachary P. Martin
AssociateMarlee Tomlinson Martin
AssociateDaniel S. McCray
AssociateRiley McDaniel
AssociateMichael M. Miaoulis
AssociateJohn Thomas Mostellar
AssociateOcasha O. Musah
AssociateMadeline M. Neel
AssociateMarianna Nichols
AssociateArabella Okwara
AssociateC. Jackson Parker
AssociateStephen Parsley
AssociateJack Pease
AssociateCarson S. Phillips
AssociateBenjamin H. Pollock
AssociateRebekah Banks Ramsay
AssociateBrianna Rhymes
AssociateKaylee M. Roberts
AssociateAshley M. Robinson
AssociateMason Rollins
AssociateJared C. Searls
AssociateAndrew J. Shaver
AssociateRachel M. Sims
AssociateJared Skinner
AssociateClytisha G. Smith
AssociateD. Butler Sparks
AssociateJessica R. Stephan
AssociateZachary B. Stewart
AssociateKristen H. Strickland
AssociateJonathan Stuart
AssociateBrenton L. Thompson
AssociateAlex Thrasher
AssociateCharlotte Udipi
AssociateSarahanne Y. Vaughan
AssociateMacy Walters
AssociateJake K. Watson
AssociateW. Hunter Webb
AssociateCarmen Weite
AssociateMary Katherine White
AssociateTimothy J. Whittle
AssociateSkylar Williams
AssociateBritney M. Williams
AssociateHilary M. Williamson
AssociateGrant T. Williamson
AssociateTimothy Willman
AssociateSydney H. Willmann
AssociateJonathan D. Wohlwend
AssociateVirginia C. Wright
AssociateOf Counsel
B. Shane Clanton
CounselMegan K. Dhillon
CounselHolly S. Hosford
CounselJack B. Levy
CounselCathleen C. Moore
CounselLaura Schiele Robinson
CounselDavid Roth
Partner & General CounselCraig Smith
CounselMichael F. Walker
CounselJohn D. Watson
Retired Partner & General Counsel EmeritusOther
Janelle E. Alleyne
Senior AttorneyR. Lawrence Ashe
Senior AttorneyDavid A. Bedgood
Senior AttorneyJoshua O. Blades
Senior AdvisorAnna-Katherine G. Bowman
Senior AttorneyChris Burkhalter
Senior AttorneyAbigail C. Castleberry
Senior AttorneyGabriella Cole
Senior AttorneyJonathan DeLuca
Senior AttorneyBrandon Demyan
AttorneyRico Falsone
Senior AttorneyGraham W. Gerhardt
Senior AttorneyKortni M. Hadley
Senior AttorneyKelley J. Hails
AttorneyMaegan McCollum Kennedy
Senior AttorneyJoshua S. Lewis
AttorneyMaegan A. McCollum
Senior AttorneyWalter D. McCorkle
BD & Marketing Technology ManagerMegan McDowell
AttorneyHarry Ollinger
Senior AttorneyAlex Patrick
Senior AdvisorAshlyn E. Payne
AttorneyDouglas Robertson
Senior AttorneyDave Stewart
Senior AdvisorGregory H. Suess
Senior AdvisorChristopher A. Wetzel
Senior AttorneyJoe Wilson
Senior AttorneyJulie A. Wood
Senior AttorneyArticles
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On October 11, 2024, the United States Department of Defense (DOD) published a final rule implementing its Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification (CMMC) program, which is designed to verify that defense contractors are adequately protecting sensitive information from cybersecurity threats. The CMMC applies to contractors who process, store, or transmit Controlled Unclassified Information (CUI) or Federal Contract Information (FCI), which is most DOD contractors. The final rule is the culmination of a half-decade long process and part of the federal government's response to recurrent and increasingly sophisticated cyberattacks targeting the defense industrial base...
Press
Bradley's David Pugh Elected Chair of Associated Builders and Contractors National Board of Directors
Bradley is pleased to announce that Birmingham partner David Pugh was elected as the 2025 National Chair of the Associated Builders and Contractors (ABC) National Board of Directors. He was elected to the one-year term at the ABC’s annual Leadership Institute meeting held November 12-14 in Scottsdale, Arizona and will serve beginning January 1, 2025. A long-time active member of the ABC, Mr. Pugh is a member of the executive committee and previously served on the national board of directors. He also served as the Southeast Region Vice Chair after holding several leadership positions with the Alabama Chapter...
Bradley and Lillie A. Hobson Recognized by Montgomery Volunteer Lawyers Program
Bradley is pleased to announce that Lillie A. Hobson has been recognized by the Montgomery Volunteer Lawyers Program’s (MVLP) with a 2024 Medal of the Samaritan for her service to the organization, her third consecutive award honoring outstanding pro bono legal service. Additionally, Bradley was recognized with the Gold Medallion firm award for the third consecutive year for its continued support of the MVLP’s mission. Both Ms. Hobson and the firm were honored at the MVLP’s annual Pro Bono Awards Luncheon. “Lillie is a tremendous advocate for pro bono service, and we are proud of her dedication and commitment to the MVLP...
Blogs
BuildSmart
Significant issues can arise during the three phases of the design and construction process. Effective planning, performance and completion are critical to the success of any construction project. So is informed counsel that addresses a variety of business issues, including mergers and...
Declassified
The Declassified blog offers commentary and insights on the latest class action suits, significant class action opinions, relevant changes to laws and rules, and important class action trends. Declassified covers topics ranging from significant Supreme Court and appellate court decisions regarding...
Financial Services Perspectives
Bradley's Financial Services Litigation and Compliance Team offers the full spectrum of legal services to banks, bank holding companies, mortgage servicers, home mortgage lenders, and other consumer finance companies.
It Pays to Be Covered
Bradley's It Pays to Be Covered Blog discusses insurance law developments and industry trends in property and casualty insurance, including the growing cyber insurance market, coverage for drones, and blockchain exposures. We also address practical risk management strategies of interest to risk...
Labor & Employment Insights
Our Labor and Employment team has extensive experience helping our clients resolve disputes both in and out of the courtroom. We are proud to work with a large and diverse group of local, regional, and national clients in a variety of industries, including healthcare, manufacturing, mining, media,...
Online and On Point
A Resource for Privacy Developments and Cybersecurity Risks in an Era of Evolving Technology
Patent 213
Patent law, like most things in life, is subject to change. Changes to patent laws not only impact investment in your existing IP, but directly shape strategies to protect your freedom to operate. The Patent 213 blog provides up-to-date, insightful analysis of the evolution in the written...
The Law of Order
Bradley’s The Law of Order blog serves as a general parliamentary procedure resource, providing information about creation and revision of governing documents (constitutions, bylaws, or rules), application of Robert’s Rules of Order and other procedural authorities in a variety of contexts (such as...