ENGEL, HAIRSTON & JOHANSON, P.C.

                                                     ATTORNEYS AT LAW

4th Floor, 109 North Twentieth Street
P.O. Box 11405 (35202)
Birmingham, Alabama  35203
Telephone: (205) 328-4600
Fax: (205) 328-4698



William B. Hairston, Jr.

wbhjr@ehjlaw.com

Practice Areas

  • Commercial Litigation
  • Loan Documentation
  • Loan Liquidation
  • Creditor's Rights
  • Appellate Review
  • Bankruptcy

Education

LL. B. , The University of Alabama School of Law 1950.
  • Phi Delta Phi

B. S. , The University of Alabama, 1949.

  • Omicron Delta Kappa

Appointments

Special Attorney, Department of Revenue
State of Alabama, 1985, 1991

Special Assistant Attorney General, Personnel Department
State of Alabama, 1981-1983


Affiliations

American Bar Association
  • Member, Committee on Commercial Financing

Alabama State Bar Association

  • President, 1983-84
  • President-Elect, 1982
  • Second Vice-President, 1978
  • Chairman, Disciplinary Commission, 1973-79
  • Member, Board of Commissioners, 1973-79

Birmingham Bar Association

  • President, 1970
  • Vice-President, 1969
  • Secretary, 1967

Alabama Law Institute

  • Member, Article 2A Committee, 1991
  • Member, Committee to revise Real Estate Mortgage Laws, 1990
  • Member, Committee to revise Article 9, 1977

Judicial Inquiry Commission

  • Chairman, 1986
  • Member, 1979-99

Judicial Conference, State of Alabama

  • Member, 1972-76

Merit Selection Committee Bankruptcy Judges

  • Chairman, 1979-84

District Court Rules Committee

  • Chairman, 1976-1990

Real Estate Review Committee

  • Member, 1985

Eleventh Circuit Historical Society

  • President, 1986-1991
  • Trustee, 1981-

American College of Trial Lawyers

  • Fellow

American Bar Foundation

  • Life Fellow
  • State Chair, 1997-2000

Alabama Bar Foundation

  • Charter Member

National Conference of Bar Presidents

Southern Conference of Bar Presidents

Alabama School of Law Foundation

  • President, 1992

Cumberland School of Law, Advisory Counsel

  • Member, 1986-1990

Publications

"Detinue, Executions and Mechanics' Liens,"
Harrison & Company, 1980.

Alabama Editor, Compendium of Commercial Finance Law, 1978-


Teaching

Lecturer, CLE Programs

  • The University of Alabama School of Law, 1969-

Honorary Faculty AIA Judicial College, 1980-

Instructor, Commercial Paper


Honors and Awards

  • Named Lawyer of the Year by Birmingham Bar Assoc., 2004
  • Distinguished Alumnus Award, University of Alabama School of Law, 2001
  • Named Lawyer of the Year by Birmingham Legal Secretaries Assoc., 1982
  • Award of Merit, Alabama State Bar, 1977

William B. Hairston, Jr. Charles R. Johanson, III
William B. Hairston, III Alto Lee Teague, IV
Jonathan E. Raulston William C. Brown
Haley D. Bozeman John R. Bowles

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last updated April 2009

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