Armbrecht Jackson wins Shareholder Derivative case at Alabama Supreme Court

Armbrecht Jackson wins Shareholder Derivative case at Alabama Supreme Court

On March 27, 2020, the Supreme Court of Alabama announced that a team of Armbrecht Jackson’s business lawyers obtained an “extraordinary writ,” the writ of mandamus.  In issuing the writ, the Supreme Court reversed the trial court and ordered dismissal of a shareholder derivative and breach of duty case filed against Armbrecht’s clients.  Tom Oldweiler led Armbrecht’s team, which included Harris Oppenheimer and Robert Walker, in the multi-year litigation.  The opinion of the Alabama Supreme Court announced a new principle of appellate review of shareholder derivative claims.

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Armbrecht Jackson and CCSME Adopt a Base Program

Armbrecht Jackson and CCSME Adopt a Base Program

Through a joint program with the American Bar Association Tax Section, the IRS, and the Armed Forces Tax Council, tax lawyers with the firm of Armbrecht Jackson recently had the opportunity to join with members of the firm of Crow, Constantine, Singleton, Morrow and Elliott, CPAs (CCSME), to assist local members of the armed forces with their training and instruction for tax preparation services.  Through this Adopt-A-Base program, tax lawyers and CPAs are enlisted to “instruct the instructors”, by training military personnel to become volunteer tax return preparers for their fellow service members through what is called the Volunteer Income Tax Assistance Program (“VITA”). This program is used by many military installations around the country to provide free tax preparation services for members of the armed forces in the local area.

The Armbrecht Jackson attorneys who participated as instructors were tax lawyers Robert Turnipseed and Steve Pearson.  The CPAs for CCSME who participated were Bobby Crow and Jay Elliott.  This year, the Adopt-A-Base program selected Ingalls Shipbuilding as its location for the training program, and the instructors provided training for seven new VITA instructors for the U.S.S. Delbert Black, DDG 119, which is currently under construction at Ingalls.  The training took place on January 21 and 22, 2020.

“It was truly a pleasure for all of us to not only train some of our newest members of the Navy in tax preparation, but also to see them in action as they prepare to serve on one of our newest naval vessels,” said Mr. Turnipseed.  “It is our hope that we can continue to recruit other tax lawyers and CPAs from the local community, both in Mississippi and Alabama, so that we can provide this service to other bases in the local area in the years to come.”

For more information about the ABA Tax Section’s “Adopt-A-Base” program, visit https://www.americanbar.org/groups/taxation/tax_pro_bono/assist_service_members/

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Forbes honors Armbrecht Jackson LLP

Forbes honors Armbrecht Jackson LLP

MOBILE, Alabama—Armbrecht Jackson LLP has been named one of the top corporate law firms in the country by a recent survey.

The inaugural Forbes list of America’s Top Trusted Corporate Law Firms, released in October, included Armbrecht Jackson among the 243 entries that were selected from thousands of corporate law firms in the United States.

Statista collected survey responses from 2,500 attorneys in April and May of this year, and based on those responses, Armbrecht Jackson was recommended especially in the practice area of real estate. Also, Armbrecht Jackson is one of only five firms in Alabama and the only one headquartered in Mobile to be selected for this honor.

“We are delighted to have been selected for this list. Our attorneys work diligently to earn their clients’ trust in real estate transactions, as well as in banking and finance, oil and gas, aviation, medical malpractice, maritime, insurance and other practice areas.” said Duane Graham, managing partner of Armbrecht Jackson.

To view the list, visit forbes.com/top-corporate-law-firms and statista.com/page/top-corporate-law-firms-2019.

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Armbrecht Jackson has fourteen attorneys on the 2020 Edition of Best Lawyers and four “Lawyers of the Year”

Armbrecht Jackson has fourteen attorneys on the 2020 Edition of Best Lawyers and four “Lawyers of the Year”

Mobile, AL, United States –Armbrecht Jackson LLP is pleased to announce that fourteen of its attorneys have been named to the 2020 Edition of Best Lawyers and that four of these attorneys were selected as 2020 “Lawyers of the Year.”

The following lawyers were honored as “2020 Lawyer of the Year” in the Mobile area:

  • Duane A. Graham for Trusts and Estates
  • M. Kathleen Miller for Insurance Law
  • Norman E. Waldrop, Jr. for Medical Malpractice Law – Defendants
  • Richard W. Franklin for Product Liability Litigation – Defendants

The fourteen Armbrecht Jackson LLP attorneys honored in the 2020 Best Lawyers in America edition include:

Conrad P. Armbrecht (1989)

  • Energy Law
  • Litigation – Environmental
  • Mining Law
  • Natural Resources Law
  • Oil and Gas Law

Scott G. Brown (2008)

  • Employment Law – Management
  • Litigation – Labor and employment 
  • Personal Injury Litigation – Defendants 
  • Workers’ Compensation Law – Employers

Gregory P. Bru (2013)

  • Business Organizations (including LLCs and Partnerships)

Edward A. Dean (1995)

  • Bet-the-Company Litigation 
  • Commercial Litigation
  • Litigation – Banking Finance 
  • Litigation – Real Estate
  • Litigation – Trusts and Estates

Tamela E. Esham(2012)

  • Medical Malpractice Law – Defendants

Richard W. Franklin (2005)

  • Medical Malpractice – Defendants 
  • Personal Injury Litigation – Defendants 
  • Product Liability Litigation – Defendants 
  • Workers’ Compensation Law – Employers

Duane A. Graham (2008)

  • Business Organizations (including LLC and Partnerships)
  • Closely Held Companies and Family Business Law
  • Commercial Finance Law
  • Litigation – Trusts and Estates
  • Natural Resources Law
  • Trusts and Estates

Broox G. Holmes (1989)

  • Bet-the-Company Litigation
  • Commercial Litigation
  • Personal Injury Litigation – Defendants

M. Kathleen Miller (2005)

  • Admiralty and Maritime Law
  • Bet the Company Litigation
  • Commercial Litigation
  • Insurance Law
  • Medical Malpractice Law – Defendants

Thomas P. Oldweiler (2005)

  • Banking and Finance Law
  • Financial Services Regulation Law 
  • Litigation – Banking and Finance

E.B. Peebles, III (1993)

  • Banking and Finance Law
  • Business Organizations (including LLCs and Partnerships)
  • Commercial Finance Law
  • Corporation Compliance Law
  • Corporate Law
  • Mergers and Acquisitions Law
  • Real Estate

Kirk C. Shaw (1995)

  • Employment law – Management 
  • Labor Law – Management
  • Litigation – Labor and Employment

James D. Smith (2005) 

  • Corporate Law

Norman E. Waldrop, Jr. (2005)

  • Legal Malpractice Law – Defendants
  • Mass Tort Litigation /Class Actions – Defendants
  • Medical Malpractice Law – Defendants
  • Personal Injury Litigation – Defendants
  • Product Liability Litigation. – Defendants
  • Professional Malpractice Law – Defendants

(Year) First year the lawyer was listing in any practice areas.

For a complete list of the 2020 Best Lawyers in America visit bestlawyers.com.

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