The courthouse of Jefferson County, where Birmingham is situated, was in Elyton since 1825 and it was only in 1873 that it shifted to Birmingham when the city officially became the county seat of Jefferson County. On April 9, 1885 some 19 attorney s met at the courthouse in Birmingham with an aim to drafting a constitution which would incorporate rules and guidelines regarding legal practice in the city. Together they had adopted a constitution for the organization called since then the Birmingham Bar Association .
Over a phase of 100 years numerous changes might have arrived into the constitution but the principal aim of the constitution has not changed and that is to help some 3000 members(attorneys) of the organization to excel in their professional field and also to provide their clients with the utmost services.
Some of the major areas of legal practice together with the most trusted law firms and attorneys in Birmingham:
Personal Injury: Advocates associated with personal injury advocates are mostly related with cases which have led to injury to an individual through any cause like automobile accidents, truck accidents, products liability, workers' compensation, medical malpractice, nursing home negligence, and wrongful death.
- Dunaway, Attorneys at Law
- Graves and Associates, LLC
- Alfred T. Newell IV, Attorney at Law
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Bankruptcy: Bankruptcy lawyers helps the client in liquidizing debts on credit cards, unsecured loans and judgments.
- Gilbert and Cook, PC
- Suzanne O Yayman, Attorney at Law
- Gina H. McDonald Law, LLC
Divorce: Divorce attorneys help clients in securing not just easy divorce settlements but they help attain this feat by trying to solve most of the family issues related to the divorce like custody of the child or a will.
- Jim Pino and Associates, PC
- Burttram and Henderson
- Burge and Burge
Immigration: Immigration lawyers seek to help foreigners mostly who have recently relocated in the city and helps them understand rules and regulations operating in the city and also help them gain a legal status in the city.
- Dornbaum and Peregoy, LLC
- Batiste and Associates
- Robert J. Cox, Immigration Law Center
Besides the above mentioned major areas of legal practice there are numerous other fields where professional legal help can be availed easily. They are:
Auto/Trucking Accident, Bankruptcy, Brain Injury, Criminal, Divorce, Driving(DUI/DWI), Employment, Immigration and Naturalization, Medical Malpractice, Personal Injury, Products Liability, Sexual Harassment, Workers' Compensation, Wrongful Death.
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