SUPER LAW YERS / ALABAMA 2012
TABLE OF CONTENTS
COVER STORY
6 CALLED TO SERVE
For Birmingham lawyer Augusta S. Dowd,
the legal profession represents a way of
giving back.
BY LISA FREDERICK
FEATURE
10 Q&A: SALTWATER IN
HIS VEINS
Allen E. “Teeto” Graham uses his
background in shipbuilding and the
seafood business in his maritime practice
at Phelps Dunbar.
INTERVIEW CONDUCTED AND EDITED BY
NYSSA GESCH
DEPARTMENTS
5 WORD FOR WORD
Rising Stars listees Joshua Hayes, Susan
Han and Juan Ortega talk about the best
pieces of advice they’ve received.
AS TOLD TO BETSY GRACA
35 BY THE NUMBERS
A few interesting details in the numbers
from the Annual List.
THE ANNUAL LIST
13 SELECTION PROCESS
SUPER LAWYERS
14 THE TOP LISTS
15 LISTED ALPHABETICALLY
17 LISTED BY AREA OF PRACTICE
RISING STARS
32 LISTED BY AREA OF PRACTICE
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