Casey Pipes Invited To Join The Counselors Of Real Estate

Casey Pipes has been honored with an invitation to join the Counselors of Real Estate, an international organization of real estate advisors founded in 1953. The organization has 1,100 members worldwide, and membership is by invitation only, following a review process involving peers, clients and employers. For more information about The Counselors of Real Estate, please visit its website at www.cre.org.

Casey Pipes Gives Presentation on Alabama Condemnation Law

At an October 18, 2013 real estate law seminar at the University of Alabama School of Law, which was sponsored by the Real Property, Probate & Trust Section of the Alabama State Bar, Casey Pipes gave a presentation titled, “Inverse Condemnation and Regulatory Takings Claims in Alabama: How Recent Court Opinions Hurt Property Rights.”  To read the paper that Mr. Pipes wrote to accompany his presentation, please click here.

Sam Rosten Joins Firm As Associate

Helmsing Leach is pleased to announce that Sam Rosten has joined the firm as
a litigation associate.  Mr. Rosten received his B.A., summa cum laude, from Hampden-Sydney College in 2009 and his J.D., cum laude, from the University of Alabama School of Law in 2012.  While in law school, he was Articles Editor for the Alabama Law Review and a member of the Moot Court Board.  Before joining the firm, Mr. Rosten served as a law clerk to Judge Eric Bruggink on the United States Court of Federal Claims in Washington, DC.

Stuardi & Day Win Defense Verdict

Firm partner Win Stuardi and associate Meagan Day won a defense verdict in September 2013 in a medical malpractice case in the Circuit Court of Baldwin County, Alabama.  After a two-week long trial, the jury returned a verdict in favor of the co-defendant physician and hospital.

Pipes & Conte Score Victory in Bankruptcy Court

Casey Pipes and Chris Conte successfully argued for the
dismissal of a Chapter 11 bankruptcy petition on the ground that the people
signing the petition as the purported Managers of the company were not actually
the Managers since the Operating Agreement of the Company had never been validly
amended.  The evidence hearing on the Motion to Dismiss was held four days after
the filing of the petition, and the Court dismissed the petition on that date.

Benchmark Litigation Recognizes Babington, Newman & Leach

Joe Babington, Jim Newman and John Leach have been selected as litigation stars in the 2014 edition of Benchmark Litigation, a reference guide that is widely used by law firms and corporate counsel to identify and select leading litigators throughout the United States.

Warren Herlong Featured In TV News Story About Controversial Pipeline Project

Warren Herlong was recently interviewed on local CBS affiliate television station WKRG-TV concerning a condemnation lawsuit brought by Houston-based Plains Southcap against Mobile Area Water & Sewer System to acquire the final tracts of property it needs to finish constructing a pipeline across Mobile County to the Chevron refinery in Pascagoula, Mississippi.  Helmsing Leach represented a number of land owners defending against Plains Southcap condemnation proceedings and was successful in having the company’s condemnation petition dismissed.  To see Mr. Herlong’s television interview, please click this link

Eleven Firm Lawyers Named In 2014 Edition of Best Lawyers In America

Alan Alexander, Joe Babington, Russell Buffkin, Jeff Hartley, Warren Herlong, John Leach, Charlie Mixon, Jim Newman, Casey Pipes, Robert Rouse and Win Stuardi were all selected for inclusion in the 2014 edition of The Best Lawyers in America© (Copyright 2013 by Woodward/White, Inc., of Aiken, SC).  In addition, Best LawyersnamedMr. Rouse Mobile, Alabama’s Tax Lawyer of the Year.

Warren Herlong To Speak On Eminent Domain At Meeting of International Right Of Way Association

Warren Herlong will give a presentation on recent developments in Alabama eminent domain on July 26, 2013 at the Summer Conference of the Alabama Chapter of the International Right Of Way Association (IRWA) in Orange Beach, Alabama.  IRWA is a leading sponsor of educational programs and professional services in the right of way field.  Formed as a not-for-profit association in 1934, IRWA today has almost 10,000 members throughout the United States, Canada and Africa.  Those members include acquisition agents, appraisers, environment professionals, engineers, lawyers, property managers, relocation assistance agents, surveyors and title experts.