Press Releases

Bradley is pleased to announce that the firm was named the Benchmark Litigation 2023 USA Awards Tennessee Firm of the Year. Honorees were recognized at an awards ceremony in New York in March. The Benchmark Litigation USA Awards recognize the country’s most distinguished litigators and firms in each state based on the significance of their representations from the past year ...

Bradley is pleased to announce that Alex Huffstutter has joined the firm’s Intellectual Property Practice Group as a senior attorney. Mr. Huffstutter is a registered patent attorney focusing on electrically based patent prosecution and mechanically based patent prosecution ...

Bradley is pleased to announce that Delaney L. Beier has joined the firm’s Environmental Law Practice Group in Birmingham. Ms. Beier is an associate who counsels clients on environmental matters arising out of agency proceedings, enforcement actions, permitting, compliance and due diligence matters, transactions, brownfield redevelopment and litigation. She works with clients across different industries to find practical solutions to the complex environmental law issues they are facing ...

Bradley is pleased to announce that Marc James Ayers and Michael J. Bentley have been elected Fellows of the American Academy of Appellate Lawyers (AAAL) and will be inducted at the Academy’s spring meeting in April ...

Bradley attorney Grant Premo discussed the CFPB’s approach to interpreting and enforcing the Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA) and the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act (FDCPA) at a recent Mortgage Bankers Association servicing solutions conference covered in Inside the CFPB. In a panel discussion at the conference, Premo suggested lenders stay abreast of the developments and adjust their policies and practices appropriately to prevent litigation ...

Bradley attorney Jonathan Kolodziej discussed monitoring fair servicing trends and providing more data access at a recent Mortgage Bankers Association servicing solutions conference covered in Inside the CFPB. Kolodziej said historically servicers have had less access to data than lenders to conduct fair lending analysis ...

Bradley is pleased to announce that Melissa Gutierrez Alonso and Saira S. Siddiqui, both associates in the firm’s Houston office, have been named by Super Lawyers to the 2023 Texas Rising Stars list. Ms. Alonso is a litigator in the firm’s Litigation Practice Group with extensive experience in financial services, real estate and commercial litigation ...

Bradley is pleased to announce the publication of IP IQ, its latest blog covering intellectual property news and insights. The IP IQ blog discusses patent, trademark, copyright, trade secret, antitrust, and technology laws impacting the business community. Bradley’s IP attorneys write regularly on how these laws affect an array of industries and sectors – from automotive, biotechnology and software to food and beverage and franchises ...

Bradley is pleased to announce that Charles “Chuck” Stewart, a partner in the firm’s Montgomery office, has been named president-elect of the Alabama Chapter of the American Board of Trial Advocates (ABOTA). Mr. Stewart will serve in that role until November 2023 when he will become president of ABOTA’s Alabama Chapter for a one-year term during 2024 ...

Anne Yuengert was quoted in an article regarding the Department of Labor’s clarification of the application of the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) to nonexempt remote workers and the Family and Medical Leave Act’s (FMLA’s) hours-of-service eligibility requirement for teleworkers. An employee that works a 40-hour work week is eligible for 480 hours of FMLA; however, the amount of FMLA varies for employees who frequently work over 40 hours a week ...

Bradley attorney Elisha Kobre talked with Law360 about an upcoming Supreme Court ruling on the viability of False Claims Act (FCA) cases involving unclear compliance obligations. The ambiguous nature of these obligations and reaction of defense attorneys signals the likelihood of a favorable ruling. Kobre told Law360 that FCA defense lawyers — himself included — have "absolutely" been making the ambiguity argument more frequently at the investigative stage and early in litigation ...

Bradley is pleased to announce that Karl V. Hopkins has joined the firm as a partner. Mr. Hopkins brings broad experience advising clients on C-suite-level organizational resiliency, security and cybersecurity issues, as well as international construction and energy matters. He will split his time between the firm’s Houston and Washington, D.C. offices. In addition, Mr ...

Bradley is pleased to announce that Alé Dalton has been named to the Hispanic National Bar Association’s (HNBA) 2023 “Top Lawyers Under 40” list. The “HNBA/VIA Top Lawyers Under 40” list recognizes exceptionally accomplished lawyers who have demonstrated professional excellence, integrity, leadership, commitment to the Hispanic community, and dedication to improving the legal profession. Ms ...

Bradley attorney Bruce Ely was quoted in Bloomberg Law News discussing the probability of an Indiana bill, SB-2, enacting a pass-through entity tax workaround to the federal $10,000 state and local tax deduction limit for individuals. Ely noted that Indiana’s law permits a credit for taxes imposed by and paid to another state – an attribute that is not necessarily available in all the other 30 states where this workaround has been implemented ...

Bradley is pleased to announce that Stanley E. Blackmon, a partner in the firm’s Birmingham office, has been selected as a 2023 Fellow of the Leadership Council on Legal Diversity (LCLD). With more than 350 members, the LCLD is a national organization made up of general counsel and law firm managing partners who participate in programs designed to increase diversity at the leadership levels of the nation’s law firms and corporate legal departments. The LCLD was launched in 2009 ...

Bradley partner Abba Harris was named to the Birmingham Business Journal’s “Top 40 Under 40” list for 2023. The annual list honors young professionals who are recognized as the best and brightest of emerging leaders in the Birmingham area. The complete list of “Top 40 Under 40” winners was published in the BBJ on January 23, 2023 ...

Bradley is pleased to announce that Edward S. Sledge IV, a partner in the firm’s Birmingham office, has been elected president of the board of the International Association of Defense Counsel (IADC) Foundation for 2023-2024, effective this month. The IADC is the preeminent, invitation-only, global legal organization for attorneys who represent corporate and insurance interests ...

Bradley attorney Bruce Ely talked with Law360 after attending a virtual Multistate Tax Commission Partnership Work Group meeting on the issue of sourcing state income from partnerships to partners for guaranteed payments and services. Ely told Law360 that there’s a need for uniformity on state handling of the sourcing for guaranteed payments. Ely explained that taxing guaranteed payments at the federal level is “relatively straightforward ...

Bradley partner Will Manuel has been listed in the Mississippi Business Journal’s annual list of “Leaders in Law & Finance.” The list honors Mississippi professionals in law and finance that have made significant contributions to their industries. The honorees were formally recognized at an awards ceremony on December 16, 2022. The full list was published in the MBJ on January 27, 2023 ...

Bradley is pleased to announce that Eve L. Pferdehirt has joined the firm’s Houston office as an associate. Ms. Pferdehirt brings a unique legal background to the firm’s Construction Practice Group. She has defended corporations in oilfield and refinery incidents throughout various stages of the litigation and dispute resolution process, including providing post-suit guidance regarding remedial measures. Ms ...

Bradley is pleased to announce that the firm’s trademarks practice, along with partners Timothy L. Capria and Matthew S. DeAntonio, are recognized in the 2023 World Trademark Review (WTR) 1000. Bradley is one of only seven firms recognized in Tennessee as a “Recommended” firm. The WTR 1000 is a unique guide that identifies the top trademark firms and professionals in over 80 key jurisdictions around the globe, focusing exclusively on trademark prosecution and enforcement ...

Bradley partner Lauren Jacques, who serves as the firm’s Nashville office managing partner, was announced as one of the Nashville Business Journal’s 2023 Women of Influence winners. The annual list recognizes 40 businesswomen across 10 categories and includes female leaders in Nashville’s top companies and nonprofits who support their communities and inspire those coming behind them ...

Bradley attorney Christopher Friedman was quoted in National Mortgage News on the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau’s (CFPB) warning to digital mortgage shopping platforms. The CFPB’s stance suggests that these platforms could violate the Real Estate Settlement Procedures Act’s anti-kickback rules by providing prominent placement of a lender on their sites based on compensation rather than neutral decision criteria ...

Bradley is pleased to announce that Christopher A. Odgers has joined the firm’s Tampa office as an associate. Mr. Odgers is a member of Bradley’s Construction Practice Group where he represents owners, general contractors, and subcontractors, providing strategic counsel to clients on a variety of construction-related issues ...

Bradley is pleased to announce that Benjamin Perry, an attorney in the firm’s Nashville office, has earned the Certified Information Privacy Professional – Europe (CIPP/E) credential through the International Association of Privacy Professionals (IAPP). Mr. Perry is an associate in Bradley’s Banking and Financial Services Practice Group, where he represents clients across various industries on both regulatory compliance and litigation matters ...