Our People

	Bruce 'Andy' Andrews
	Associate Birmingham bandrews@sirote.com Tel: 205-930-5757	Business Planning & Corporate Health Care
	Thomas Ansley
	Shareholder Birmingham tansley@sirote.com Tel: 205.930.5300	Banking Services & Financing Business Planning & Corporate Commercial Transactions Conservation Easement Health Care
	Harold Apolinsky
	Shareholder Birmingham hapolinsky@sirote.com Tel: 205.930.5122	Estate and Tax Planning Estates, Wills and Trusts Mediation Tax
	John Baggette
	Shareholder Huntsville jbaggette@sirote.com Tel: 256.536.1711	Banking & Financial Institutions Business Planning & Corporate Estates, Wills and Trusts Government Contracting Mergers & Acquisitions
	Katherine Barr
	Shareholder Birmingham kbarr@sirote.com Tel: 205.930.5147	Estate and Tax Planning Estates, Wills and Trusts Special Needs Planning
	Robert Baugh
	Shareholder Birmingham rbaugh@sirote.com Tel: 205.930.5307	Appellate Practice Civil Trial Practice ERISA & Bad Faith Insurance Litigation Insurance Intellectual Property
	Julio Bertemati
	Of Counsel Fort Lauderdale jbertemati@sirote.com Tel: 954-828-1122	Collections Creditors’ Rights Mortgage Banking
	Joseph Bluestein
	Shareholder Birmingham jbluestein@sirote.com Tel: 205.930.5123	Business Planning & Corporate Employee Benefits Estate and Tax Planning Tax
	Christopher Bottcher
	Shareholder Birmingham cbottcher@sirote.com Tel: 205.930.5279	Civil Trial Practice Director & Officer Liability ERISA & Bad Faith Insurance Litigation Insurance Mortgage Banking
	John Bowles
	Of Counsel Birmingham jbowles@sirote.com Tel: 205-930-5369	Mortgage Banking Litigation
	Steven Brickman
	Shareholder Birmingham sbrickman@sirote.com Tel: 205.930.5171	Banking Services & Financing Business Planning & Corporate Commercial Transactions Real Estate
	John Burbach
	Shareholder Huntsville jburbach@sirote.com Tel: 256.536.1711	Civil Trial Practice Insurance Labor & Employment Litigation Personal Injury Law
	Daniel Burnick
	Shareholder Birmingham dburnick@sirote.com Tel: 205.930.5192	Civil Trial Practice Insurance Labor & Employment Litigation Workers’ Compensation
	Timothy Bush
	Shareholder Birmingham tbush@sirote.com Tel: 205.930.5282	Business Planning & Corporate Civil Trial Practice Franchise Law Intellectual Property Litigation
	Julian Butler
	Shareholder Huntsville jbutler@sirote.com Tel: 256.536.1711	Civil Trial Practice Labor & Employment Legislative & Government Affairs Litigation Municipalities & Government Entities
	W. Todd Carlisle
	Shareholder Birmingham tcarlisle@sirote.com Tel: 205.930.5154	Banking & Financial Institutions Business Planning & Corporate Director & Officer Liability Insurance Mergers & Acquisitions
	Greg Carwie
	Shareholder Mobile gcarwie@sirote.com Tel: 251.434.0101	Estates, Wills and Trusts Probate, Estate and Trust Litigation Real Estate
	Fred Coffey
	Shareholder Huntsville fcoffey@sirote.com Tel: 256.518.3612	Business Planning & Corporate Commercial Transactions Director & Officer Liability Government Contracting Health Care
	Richard Cohn
	Shareholder Birmingham rcohn@sirote.com Tel: 205.930.5133	Business Planning & Corporate Director & Officer Liability Securities Law Tax
	Stephen Collins
	Shareholder Birmingham scollins@sirote.com Tel: 205.930.5138	Creditors’ Rights Foreclosure Law Mortgage Banking Mortgage Banking Litigation Real Estate
	John Cooper
	Shareholder & CEO Birmingham jcooper@sirote.com Tel: 205.930.5108	Business Planning & Corporate Director & Officer Liability Mergers & Acquisitions Securities Law Succession Planning
	Franklin Corley
	Associate Huntsville fcorley@sirote.com Tel: 256-518-3619	Litigation
	Kristen Cross
	Shareholder Birmingham kcross@sirote.com Tel: 205.930.5136	Appellate Practice Civil Trial Practice Class Action Litigation Creditors’ Rights ERISA & Bad Faith Insurance Litigation
	Enslen Crowe
	Of Counsel Birmingham ecrowe@sirote.com Tel: 205.918.5013	Creditors’ Rights Mortgage Banking
	R. Ryan Daugherty
	Shareholder Birmingham rdaugherty@sirote.com Tel: 205.930.5390	Appellate Practice Civil Trial Practice Commercial Litigation Landlord & Tenant Disputes Litigation
	J. Mason Davis
	Shareholder Birmingham mdavis@sirote.com Tel: 205.930.5134	Business Planning & Corporate Insurance Litigation Municipal & Public Authority Financing Municipal Law
	Timothy Davis
	Shareholder Birmingham tddavis@sirote.com Tel: 205.930.5132	Banking & Financial Institutions Banking Services & Financing Business Planning & Corporate Commercial Transactions Municipal & Public Authority Financing
	Colin Dean
	Associate Birmingham cdean@sirote.com Tel: 205-918-5020	Appellate Practice Civil Trial Practice Litigation Mortgage Banking Mortgage Banking Litigation
	Greggory Deitsch
	Shareholder Birmingham gdeitsch@sirote.com Tel: 205.930.5225	Civil Trial Practice Landlord & Tenant Disputes Litigation Mortgage Banking Mortgage Banking Litigation
	Charles Driggars
	Shareholder Birmingham cdriggars@sirote.com Tel: 205.930.5155	Appellate Practice Civil Trial Practice Environmental Law Litigation Toxic Torts
	David W. Drum
	Associate Birmingham ddrum@sirote.com Tel: 205-930-5105	Business Planning & Corporate Director & Officer Liability Succession Planning Tax
	Jaime Cowley Erdberg
	Associate Birmingham jerdberg@sirote.com Tel: 205.930.5189	Appellate Practice Business Planning & Corporate ERISA & Bad Faith Insurance Litigation Insurance Litigation
	Matthew Feluren
	Of Counsel Fort Lauderdale mfeluren@sirote.com Tel: 954-828-1134	Bankruptcy Action & Protection Collections Creditors’ Rights Mortgage Banking
	Karl Friedman
	Shareholder & Founding Partner Birmingham kfriedman@sirote.com Tel: 205.930.5117	Banking Services & Financing Business Planning & Corporate Creditors’ Rights Estate and Tax Planning Estates, Wills and Trusts
	Samuel Friedman
	Associate Birmingham sfriedman@sirote.com Tel: 205.930.5140	Business Planning & Corporate Commercial Transactions Real Estate
	Edward Friend III
	Shareholder Birmingham efriend@sirote.com Tel: 205.930.5116	Business Planning & Corporate Health Care
	George Gaston
	Associate Mobile ggaston@sirote.com Tel: 251.434.0100	Estate and Tax Planning Estate Planning Advantage Estates, Wills and Trusts Probate, Estate and Trust Litigation Succession Planning
	Clifton Gavin
	Of Counsel Pensacola cgavin@sirote.com Tel: 850-462-1512	Collections Creditors’ Rights Mortgage Banking Litigation
	Matthew Geller
	Shareholder Birmingham mgeller@sirote.com Tel: 205.930.5125	Banking & Financial Institutions Business Planning & Corporate Director & Officer Liability Insurance Intellectual Property
	Gaile Pugh Gratton
	Shareholder Birmingham ggratton@sirote.com Tel: 205.930.5320	Civil Trial Practice Labor & Employment Litigation
	Peter Hardin
	Shareholder Birmingham phardin@sirote.com Tel: 205.930.5392	Business Planning & Corporate Conservation Easement Director & Officer Liability Mergers & Acquisitions Securities Law
	Jack Held
	Shareholder Birmingham jackheld@sirote.com Tel: 205.930.5115	Alternative Dispute Resolution Civil Trial Practice Domestic Relations Litigation Mediation
	Jerry Held
	Shareholder Birmingham jerryheld@sirote.com Tel: 205.930.5151	Banking Services & Financing Business Planning & Corporate Commercial Transactions Creditors’ Rights Foreclosure Law
	Crystal Holmes
	Shareholder Birmingham cholmes@sirote.com Tel: 205.930.5157	Banking & Financial Institutions Banking Services & Financing Business Planning & Corporate Commercial Transactions Municipal & Public Authority Financing
	Joshua Hornady
	Of Counsel Birmingham jhornady@sirote.com Tel: 205-930-5324	Landlord & Tenant Disputes Litigation Mortgage Banking Real Estate
	Elizabeth Hutchins
	Shareholder Birmingham ehutchins@sirote.com Tel: 205.930.5381	Estate and Tax Planning Estates, Wills and Trusts Tax
	Janna Ifshin
	Of Counsel Birmingham jifshin@sirote.com Tel: 205-918-5083	Banking Services & Financing Collections Creditors’ Rights Mortgage Banking
	Brodie James
	Of Counsel Birmingham bjames@sirote.com Tel: 205-918-5014	Landlord & Tenant Disputes Mortgage Banking Real Estate
	Donald Johnson
	Shareholder Birmingham djohnson@sirote.com Tel: 205.930.5267	Business Planning & Corporate Conservation Easement Director & Officer Liability Tax
	Julie Jordan
	Of Counsel Birmingham jjordan@sirote.com Tel: 205.930.5333	Banking & Financial Institutions Business Planning & Corporate Commercial Transactions Real Estate
	Shirley Justice
	Shareholder Mobile sjustice@sirote.com Tel: 251.434.0108	Business Planning & Corporate Estate and Tax Planning Estates, Wills and Trusts Health Care Mergers & Acquisitions
	Kathryn Kasper
	Of Counsel Pensacola kkasper@sirote.com Tel: 850-462-1510	Collections Creditors’ Rights Mortgage Banking Mortgage Banking Litigation
	Leigh Kaylor
	Of Counsel Birmingham lkaylor@sirote.com Tel: 205.930.5281	Conservation Easement Estate and Tax Planning Estates, Wills and Trusts Not-For-Profit Organizations & Trade Associations Tax
	Ashten Kimbrough
	Associate Birmingham akimbrough@sirote.com Tel: 205-930-5242	Litigation
	Jacob Kiser
	Of Counsel Birmingham jkiser@sirote.com Tel: 205-918-5037	Landlord & Tenant Disputes Mortgage Banking Real Estate
	Michelle Abroms Levin
	Of Counsel Huntsville mlevin@sirote.com Tel: 256-518-3605	Business Planning & Corporate Conservation Easement Litigation Tax White Collar Defense
	Ronald Levitt
	Shareholder Birmingham rlevitt@sirote.com Tel: 205.930.5274	Business Planning & Corporate Conservation Easement Health Care Succession Planning Tax
	Beth Liles
	Associate Birmingham bliles@sirote.com Tel: 205-930-5331	Civil Trial Practice Criminal Law Litigation White Collar Defense
	Benjamin Little
	Associate Huntsville blittle@sirote.com Tel: 256-518-3666	Business Planning & Corporate Litigation Real Estate
	Jay Maples
	Shareholder Birmingham jmaples@sirote.com Tel: 205.930.5383	Business Planning & Corporate Director & Officer Liability Employee Benefits Tax
	Marcus Maples
	Shareholder Birmingham mmaples@sirote.com Tel: 205.930.5144	Civil Trial Practice Commercial Litigation Criminal Law ERISA & Bad Faith Insurance Litigation Insurance
	Melinda Mathews
	Shareholder Birmingham mmathews@sirote.com Tel: 205.930.5135	Estate and Tax Planning Estates, Wills and Trusts
	J. Rushton McClees
	Shareholder Birmingham rmcclees@sirote.com Tel: 205.930.5106	Banking & Financial Institutions Business Planning & Corporate Civil Trial Practice Class Action Litigation Construction Law
	Kerry McInerney
	Shareholder Birmingham kmcinerney@sirote.com Tel: 205.930.5388	Civil Trial Practice Class Action Litigation Creditors’ Rights Litigation Mortgage Banking
	David Mellon
	Shareholder Birmingham dmellon@sirote.com Tel: 205.930.5165	Alternative Dispute Resolution Arbitration Insurance Labor & Employment Litigation
	Richard Morris
	Shareholder Huntsville rmorris@sirote.com Tel: 256.518.3602	Civil Trial Practice Commercial Transactions Insurance Litigation Municipal & Public Authority Financing
	T. Julian Motes
	Shareholder Mobile jmotes@sirote.com Tel: 251.434.0130	Civil Trial Practice Labor & Employment Litigation Municipalities & Government Entities Products Liability Law
	J. Sanford Mullins III
	Shareholder Birmingham smullins@sirote.com Tel: 205.930.5142	Estate and Tax Planning Estates, Wills and Trusts Mediation Probate, Estate and Trust Litigation Tax
	R. Michael Murphy
	Associate Birmingham mmurphy@sirote.com Tel: 205.930.5166	Business Planning & Corporate Insurance
	Diane Murray
	Of Counsel Birmingham dmurray@sirote.com Tel: 205.930.5257	Corporate Reorganization & Bankruptcy Creditors’ Rights Mortgage Banking
	George M. "Jack" Neal, Jr.
	Shareholder Birmingham jneal@sirote.com Tel: 205.930.5252	Appellate Mediation Arbitration Mediation Civil Trial Practice Creditors' Rights Litigation
	Howard Neiswender
	Shareholder Birmingham hneiswender@sirote.com Tel: 205-930-5329	Estate and Tax Planning Estate Planning Advantage Estates, Wills and Trusts Press Releases Probate, Estate and Trust Litigation
	Rodney Nolen
	Shareholder Birmingham rnolen@sirote.com Tel: 205.930.5143	Business Planning & Corporate Civil Trial Practice Collections Commercial Litigation Creditors’ Rights
	Juan C. Ortega
	Of Counsel Mobile jortega@sirote.com Tel: 251-434-0107	Civil Trial Practice Commercial Litigation Labor & Employment Mortgage Banking Mortgage Banking Litigation
	Cheryl Howell Oswalt
	Associate Birmingham coswalt@sirote.com Tel: 205.930.5408	Banking & Financial Institutions Business Planning & Corporate Conservation Easement Mortgage Banking Real Estate
	Lenora Pate
	Shareholder Birmingham lpate@sirote.com Tel: 205.930.5162	Business Planning & Corporate Health Care Health Care Administrative Law Legislative & Government Affairs Municipalities & Government Entities
	Stephen Porterfield
	Shareholder Birmingham sporterfield@sirote.com Tel: 205.930.5278	Class Action Litigation Commercial Transactions Corporate Reorganization & Bankruptcy Creditors’ Rights Director & Officer Liability
	Barry Ragsdale
	Shareholder Birmingham bragsdale@sirote.com Tel: 205.930.5114	Alternative Dispute Resolution Appellate Practice Commercial Litigation Litigation Mediation
	Shaun Ramey
	Shareholder Birmingham sramey@sirote.com Tel: 205.930.5295	Civil Trial Practice Class Action Litigation Creditors’ Rights Litigation Mortgage Banking
	Cynthia Ransburg-Brown
	Shareholder Birmingham cransburgbrown@sirote.com Tel: 205.930.5389	Business Planning & Corporate Health Care
	Rebecca Redmond
	Of Counsel Birmingham rredmond@sirote.com Tel: 205.918.5003	Banking & Financial Institutions Creditors’ Rights Mortgage Banking Residential Real Estate Closings
	C. Lee Reeves
	Shareholder Birmingham lreeves@sirote.com Tel: 205.930.5183	Antitrust Law Civil Trial Practice Class Action Litigation Creditors’ Rights Director & Officer Liability
	Gregory Rhodes
	Associate Birmingham grhodes@sirote.com Tel: 205.930.5445	Business Planning & Corporate Conservation Easement Estate and Tax Planning Estates, Wills and Trusts Tax
	Joe Ritch
	Shareholder Huntsville jritch@sirote.com Tel: 256.518.3600	Banking Services & Financing Business Planning & Corporate Government Contracting Privacy & Data Security Real Estate
	Joseph Ritchey
	Shareholder Birmingham jritchey@sirote.com Tel: 205.930.5292	Arbitration Business Planning & Corporate Franchise Law Health Care Mediation
	Kelli Robinson
	Shareholder Birmingham krobinson@sirote.com Tel: 205.930.5158	Business Planning & Corporate Health Care Labor & Employment Litigation Workers’ Compensation
	Ginny Cochran Rutledge
	Shareholder Birmingham grutledge@sirote.com Tel: 205.930.5161	Creditors’ Rights Foreclosure Law Mortgage Banking
	Andrew Saag
	Associate Birmingham asaag@sirote.com Tel: 205.930.5226	Conservation Easement Creditors’ Rights Foreclosure Law Mortgage Banking
	Maurice Shevin
	Shareholder Birmingham mshevin@sirote.com Tel: 205.930.5149	Banking & Financial Institutions Banking Services & Financing Business Planning & Corporate Commercial Transactions Not-For-Profit Organizations & Trade Associations
	Tanya Shunnara
	Associate Birmingham tshunnara@sirote.com Tel: 205.930.5323	Estate and Tax Planning Estate Planning Advantage Estates, Wills and Trusts Probate, Estate and Trust Litigation Succession Planning
	Adam J. Sigman
	Of Counsel Birmingham asigman@sirote.com Tel: 205-930-5755	Business Planning & Corporate Commercial Transactions Construction Construction Law Real Estate
	J. Scott Sims
	Shareholder Birmingham ssims@sirote.com Tel: 205.930.5160	Banking & Financial Institutions Banking Services & Financing Commercial Transactions Community Banking Municipal & Public Authority Financing
	Bradley Sklar
	Shareholder Birmingham bsklar@sirote.com Tel: 205.930.5152	Business Planning & Corporate Business Tax Incentives Commercial Transactions Economic Development Legislative & Government Affairs
	Anthony Smith
	Shareholder Birmingham tsmith@sirote.com Tel: 205.930.5435	Alternative Dispute Resolution Appellate Practice Arbitration Class Action Litigation Commercial Litigation
	Kyle Smith
	Shareholder Birmingham ksmith@sirote.com Tel: 205.930.5190	Labor & Employment Litigation Workers’ Compensation
	Roderic Steakley
	Shareholder Huntsville rsteakley@sirote.com Tel: 256.518.3670	Alternative Dispute Resolution Business Planning & Corporate Government Contracting Intellectual Property Labor & Employment
	Craig Stephens
	Shareholder Birmingham cstephens@sirote.com Tel: 205.930.5246	Estate and Tax Planning Estates, Wills and Trusts Succession Planning Tax
	James Sturdivant
	Shareholder Birmingham jsturdivant@sirote.com Tel: 205.930.5124	Civil Trial Practice Commercial Litigation Criminal Law Litigation Municipal Law
	Thomas Tutten, Jr.
	Shareholder Birmingham ttutten@sirote.com Tel: 205.930.5325	Civil Trial Practice Corporate Reorganization & Bankruptcy Creditors’ Rights Mortgage Banking Mortgage Banking Litigation
	Jeff Underwood
	Shareholder Birmingham junderwood@sirote.com Tel: 205.930.5288	Creditors’ Rights Mortgage Banking Real Estate Residential Real Estate Closings
	George M. "Marty" Van Tassel, Jr.
	Shareholder Birmingham mvantassel@sirote.com Tel: 205.930.5303	Alternative Dispute Resolution Appellate Mediation Mediation
	James Vann
	Shareholder Birmingham jevann@sirote.com Tel: 205.930.5484	Banking & Financial Institutions Business Planning & Corporate Commercial Transactions Real Estate
	Nathan Vinson
	Associate Birmingham nvinson@sirote.com Tel: 205-930-5358	Business Planning & Corporate Tax
	Caroline Walker
	Of Counsel Birmingham cwalker@sirote.com Tel: 205.930.5266	Creditors’ Rights Mortgage Banking Residential Real Estate Closings
	Susannah Walker
	Of Counsel Pensacola swalker@sirote.com Tel: 850.462.1516	Bankruptcy Action & Protection Collections Corporate Reorganization & Bankruptcy Litigation Mortgage Banking
	James Williams
	Shareholder Birmingham jwilliams@sirote.com Tel: 205.930.5178	Appellate Practice Civil Trial Practice Construction Construction Law Creditors’ Rights
	Thomas Woodall
	Shareholder Birmingham twoodall@sirote.com Tel: 205-930-5319	Alternative Dispute Resolution Appellate Mediation Appellate Practice Arbitration Litigation
	David Wooldridge
	Shareholder Birmingham dwooldridge@sirote.com Tel: 205.930.5219	Conservation Easement Litigation Tax
	Donald Wright
	Shareholder Birmingham dwright@sirote.com Tel: 205.930.5159	Civil Trial Practice Commercial Litigation Corporate Reorganization & Bankruptcy Creditors’ Rights Director & Officer Liability
	Peter Wright
	Shareholder Birmingham pwright@sirote.com Tel: 205.930.5304	Estate and Tax Planning Estates, Wills and Trusts Probate, Estate and Trust Litigation