Firm News

Ms. Cooper is an attorney at Hand Arendall in Mobile and has been an active volunteer and board member for numerous organizations including the South Alabama Volunteer Lawyers Project, Big Brothers Big Sisters of South Alabama, and United Cerebral Palsy. The award also came with a $1,000 grant, which Cooper […]

The Hand Arendall LLC attorneys named as Alabama Super Lawyers for 2013 are: Joe E. Basenberg (Class Action/ Mass Torts); Roger L. Bates (Business Litigation); R. Preston Bolt, Jr. (Bonds/Government Finance); I. Ripon Britton, Jr. (Estate Planning and Probate); Henry A. Callaway, III (Bankruptcy & Creditor/Debtor Rights); Ginger P. Gaddy […]

During the Partners for Environmental Progress Award Recognition Ceremony, Hand Arendall LLC received the Environmental Stewardship Award for 2013 in recognition of innovative and energy efficient law firm policies including the Law Firm Sustainability Policy, their involvement with the ABA-EPA Law office Climate Challenge and their Conservation Awareness Program.

Buzzy Riis and Katie Hammett Hassell, partners at Hand Arendall LLC, received defense verdicts in favor of a national retailer they represented for defamation claims brought by two plaintiffs who alleged they had been wrongfully accused of stealing. The plaintiffs requested at least six figure verdicts for both compensatory and […]

For the first time ever, B-Metro has named its “Rising Stars of the Bar” for the Birmingham market, and Hand Arendall’s Ben Goldman has been recognized as one of the inaugural honorees. Only 24 Birmingham attorneys were chosen for this distinction. In the article, Goldman is credited for his representation […]