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Law School Graduates Named Rising Stars of Law for 2016

October 6, 2016

The Birmingham Business Journal has named its Rising Stars of Law for 2016, and nearly half of those listed are graduates of the University of Alabama School of Law. The list takes a look at 30 up-and-coming attorney’s in Birmingham.

Law School graduates who made the list are:

  • Trey Abbott (’09)
  • Greg Brockwell (’02)
  • Prim F. Escalona (’08)
  • Sharonda Childs Fancher (’13)
  • Jeremy S. Gaddy (’09)
  • Adam K. Israel (’09)
  • Wilson Nash (’12)
  • Hughston Nichols (’06)
  • Steven Nichols (’08)
  • Jay Potts (’03)
  • Dylan Reeves (’09)
  • Jeanie Sleadd (’12)
  • Stephen D. Wadsworth (’09)
  • Callie Sullins Whatley (’03)

For more, read “Meet Birmingham’s Rising Star Lawyers for 2016.”


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