Adoption lawyers in Alabama

Firm: Dominick Feld Hyde, PC

1130 22nd St S , Birmingham , Alabama 35205

Practice Areas: Adoption, Family , Mediation, Probate, Probate, Probate, Probate, Probate, Probate, Probate, Probate, Probate, Probate, Probate, Probate, Probate, Probate

Firm: Gregory Fann Law, LLC

201 Office Park Drive , Birmingham , Alabama 35223

Practice Areas: Divorce, Family, Adoption, Child Custody, Child Support, Divorce & Separation, Divorce & Separation, Divorce & Separation, Divorce & Separation, Divorce & Separation, Divorce & Separation, Divorce & Separation, Divorce & Separation, Divorce & Separation, Divorce & Separation

I have been a family law attorney since 1998, the year I passed the Alabama State Bar Exam. Through the years I have developed creative strategies and practices that I utilize to effectuate swift, positive results for my clients. I recognize that family law issues are often overwhelming and emotional. Whether the case involves divorce, child custody and visitation or asset division and preservation, I understand that each issue is important to my clients. I strive to act with compassion for my clients, yet always maintaining the much needed objectivity to move my clients' cases in a realistic direction. I will fiercely advocate for my clients, while doing so with honesty and integrity.

Firm: The Mims Firm, PC

952 Government St , Mobile , Alabama 36604

Practice Areas: Adoption, Business , Civil , Criminal Defense , Domestic Partnership, Personal Injury, Probate , Social Security Benefits & Disability, Probate, Probate, Divorce & Separation

I  grew up with a father in the Air Force and has lived all over the United States. At 30 years old, she decided to attend law school. I attended law school full time and worked night jobs, all while being a mother to a young daughter and a wife. I graduated from The Birmingham School of Law in 1998 and has been with The Mims Firm since 2001. My  areas of practice are numerous, including domestic relations, adoptions, wills and estates, and bankruptcies.  When I am not  in the office, you can find me kayaking, cross-training, or running. I have even participated in several Spartan Races and mud runs.

Firm: Kotouc & Vogel, P.C.

310 Eastdale Circle , Montgomery , Alabama 36117

Practice Areas: Adoption, Business & Commercial, Constitutional , Corporate , Estate Planning, Guardianship and Conservatorship, Non-Profit Corporations, Probate , Trusts, Wills

Firm: Sexton, Cullen, Hobson & Garfield, P.C

2116 10th Avenue South , Birmingham , Alabama 35205

Practice Areas: Adoption,Child Support,Divorce,Family ,Probate ,Social Security Benefits & Disability,Wills

Firm: Vella & King

14 Office Park Circle , Birmingham , Alabama 35223

Practice Areas: Adoption, Appellate , Child Custody & Visitation, Divorce, Family , Paternity, Prenuptial Agreement, Family, Family, Family, Family, Family, Family, Family, Family, Family, Family, Family

A native of Heflin, Alabama, Traci graduated from Auburn University, Magna Cum Laude, with a degree in Psychology and Pre-Law, and from the University of Alabama School of Law with a Juris Doctor.. Following her admission to both the Alabama and Tennessee Bar, Traci began her practice of Family Law in 1996 in Chattanooga, Tennessee, where she practiced with Leslie B. McWilliams for several years.She then moved to Birmingham where she practiced with The Crittenden Firm, P.C., for four years.. Throughout her career Traci has devoted her practice primarily to family law, including adoptions, divorce, alimony, custody, visitation, paternity, prenuptial and postnuptial agreements, child support, grandparent visitation and custody, international custody disputes, and appellate review.. Traci has achieved her certification as a Family Law Advocate by the National Board of Trial Advocacy. She is a member of the Birmingham, Alabama andAmerican Bar Associations, as well as the Family Law and Women’s Sections of each. Traci is also a member of the National Association of Counsel for Children, an advocacy group for children.. As co-reporter for Alabama in the ABA Family Law Section’s Law in the 50 States publication, which summarizes family law issues around the country, she has reported the annual changes in Alabama Familiy Law for several years. Traci also participates in the Custody and PARTNERS committees of the ABA’s Family Law Section. She is a frequent lecturer on family law topics and has numerous reported appellate cases in both Tennessee and Alabama.. In her spare time, Traci enjoys participating in the Homewood-Oxmoor Rotary Club, and supporting various local charities such as the March of Dimes, the National Multiple Sclerosis Society, Voices Against Violence, YWCA, and the Susan G. Komen Race for the Cure. She was a member of the 2007 MS Leadership Class, and the 2006 Everyday Heroes Committee.

Firm: Ghee, Draper & Alexander

931 Noble Street , Anniston , Alabama 36203

Practice Areas: General Practice, Adoption, Adoption, Adoption, Adoption, Adoption, Adoption

Firm: Law Offices of Wendy A. Reese, LLC

100 Chase Park S Ste 124 , Hoover , Alabama 35244

Practice Areas: Divorce, Child Custody, Family, Appeals, Adoption, Divorce & Separation, Divorce & Separation, Divorce & Separation, Divorce & Separation, Divorce & Separation, Divorce & Separation, Divorce & Separation, Divorce & Separation, Divorce & Separation, Divorce & Separation, Divorce & Separation

Ms. Reese began her undergraduate studies at the University of Florida in Gainesville, Florida and completed her Bachelor's of Science in Political Science at the University of Central Florida in Orlando, Florida.  Ms. Reese completed enough hours in statistics to also graduate with a minor in statistics.  While at the University of Central Florida, Ms. Reese served on the President's Leadership Council and was both the Student Government Judicial Advisor and the Attorney General.. Ms. Reese graduated in the top of her class from the Cumberland School of Law at Samford University in Birmingham, Alabama in 1999.  While at Cumberland, Ms. Reese served as the Senior Associate Editor of the American Journal of Trial Advocacy and had several articles published during her tenure with the American Journal of Trial Advocacy. Her articles can be found at the following citations:. Reese, Wendy A., Professional Responsibility - Switching Sides: Analyzing Lux v. Commonwealth - Does the Presence of a Criminal Defendant's Former Counsel in a Prosecutor's Office Require Disqualification of the Entire Office, 21 Am. J. Trial Advoc. 431 (1997-1998).  Ms. Reese’s article, Professional Responsibility - Switching Sides: Analyzing Lux v. Commonwealth - Does the Presence of a Criminal Defendant's Former Counsel in a Prosecutor's Office Require Disqualification of the Entire Office? has been cited by the South Dakota Supreme Court.. Reese, Wendy A., Tort Law - Actual Exposure or Possible Exposure: The AIDS Phobia Debate - Are Courts Opening the Litigation Floodgates or Illustrating Judicial Proscription?, 22 Am. J. Trial Advoc. 495 (1998-1999).  Ms. Reese’s article Actual Exposure or Possible Exposure: The AIDS Phobia Debate - Are Courts Opening the Litigation Floodgates or Illustrating Judicial Proscription? has been taught at Duke University School of Law in a course entitled AIDS and the Law.  Further, Ms. Reese’s article was cited by the Superior Court of Pennsylvania in Shumosky v. Lutheran Welfare Services of Northeastern Pennsylvania, Inc., 784 A.2d 196 (Pa. Super. Ct. 2001), reversing and remanding the lower courts decision and holding that Shumosky could assert a “fear of AIDS” claim where she was able to establish actual exposure to HIV.  Ms. Reese’s article was also cited by the Mississippi Supreme Court in South Central Regional Medical Center v. Pickering, 749 So. 2d 95 (Miss. 1999), affirming the decision of the trial court denying South Central Regional Medical Center’s motion for summary judgment and, further, holding that where a defendant allowed or caused evidence to be destroyed, there is a rebuttable presumption in favor of the plaintiff that she had been actually exposed to the disease.. It was during her time with the American Journal of Trial Advocacy that Ms. Reese developed her love of legal writing and the intricacies associated with legal writing and correct citation.  Ms. Reese was also on the National Moot Court Team and the National Trial Team at Cumberland.. Upon graduation from Cumberland, Ms. Reese passed and was admitted to the Alabama State bar on September 30, 1999.  Ms. Reese formed the partnership Bailey, Wollitz & Reese, LLC which she remained a founding partner of until 2002 when she decided to form her own law firm.  Bailey, Wollitz & Reese, LLC handled federal civil rights cases, criminal cases, family law matters, juvenile court matters and civil and criminal appeals. In 2002, Ms. Reese formed the sole-proprietorship, Wendy Allison Reese, Attorney at Law.  From 2002-2008, Ms. Reese operated as Wendy Allison Reese, Attorney at Law focusing on family law matters, juvenile court matters, and federal and state criminal and civil appeals.  In August of 2008, Ms. Reese formed her current business entity, The Law Offices of Wendy Allison Reese, LLC (“WAR Law”).  Ms. Reese's practice areas remain family law matters including divorce, divorce modification, child custody, juvenile court matters, such as juvenile delinquency and DHR matters as well as federal and state criminal and civil appeals.. Ms. Reese has spoken before the Alabama Senate Judiciary committee several times in regard to Alabama's system of indigent defense.  In 2010, Ms. Reese was appointed to the Senate Judiciary Committee Sub-Committee on Indigent Defense by the Honorable Sue Bell Cobb, Chief Justice of the Alabama Supreme Court and still serves on that committee today.  Ms. Reese is a founding member of the Jefferson County Association of Family Court Attorneys (JCAFCA) and has served that organization as Vice President.  Ms. Reese is currently on the By-Laws Revision Committee for JCAFCA.   Ms. Reese has been recently appointed to the 2014 Birmingham Bar Association Scholarship Committee which reviews law school scholarship. applications for the recommendation of two Birmingham Bar Association scholarships.  Additionally, she is a member of the Family Law Section of the Alabama State Bar Association and the Women Lawyers Section of the Birmingham Bar Association.  Ms. Reese is also an active member in the Birmingham Bar Volunteer Lawyers Program.  Ms. Reese also volunteers her legal services through Birmingham AIDS Outreach.  In June 2014, Ms. Reese will be attending a 40 hour Divorce and Family Law Mediation Continuing Legal Education seminar in Huntsville, Alabama.. Ms. Reese is a member of the Cathedral Church of the Advent located in Birmingham, Alabama.  Ms. Reese currently serves as the Alpha Delta Pi Collegiate Province Director for the Beta I Province.  She oversees and assists three chapters of collegiate women at Troy University, Epsilon Kappa Chapter, the University of Montevallo, Zeta Delta Chapter and the University of North Alabama, Zeta Eta Chapter.  Prior to serving as Beta I Collegiate Province Director, Ms. Reese served as the Chapter Advisor for the Zeta Delta Chapter of Alpha Delta Pi Sorority at the University of Montevallo for three years and as the Standards Advisor for Zeta Delta for four years.  Ms. Reese believes that it is one of her callings to inspire young women to pursue higher education and become strong, ethical leaders.  Ms. Reese is also an active supporter of Ronald McDonald House Charities.

Firm: William C. Porter, PC

1310 Second Avenue Northwest , Cullman , Alabama 35055

Practice Areas: Adoption, Estate Planning, Family , Probate , Real Estate , Wills, Employment & Labor, Employment & Labor