Bert Sheffield Nettles

Background

Nettles, Bert Sheffield was born on May 6, 1936 in Monroeville, Alabama, United States. Son of George Lee and Blanche (Sheffield) Nettles.

Education

Bachelor of Science, U. Alabama, Tuscaloosa, l958; Juris Doctor, U. Alabama, Tuscaloosa, l960.

Career

Assistant attorney general, State of Alabama, Montgomery, l96l-62; partner, Johnston, Johnston & Nettles, Mobile, Alabama, l962-69; partner, Nettles & Cox, Mobile, l969-8l; partner, Nettles, Barker, Janecky & Copeland, Mobile, l98l-89; partner, Spain, Gillon, Grooms, Blan & Nettles, Birmingham, Alabama, 1989-1994; partner, London & Yancey, Birmingham, since 1995.

Achievements

• Bert Sheffield Nettles has been listed as a reputable Lawyer by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Member Alabama House of Representatives, 1969-1974. Board directors U. South Alabama Medical Science Foundation, Mobile, 1982-1989, University of Southern Alabama Health Superior vena cava syndrome Foundation, 1985-1989. Chancellor Episcopal Diocese of Center Gulf Coast, Mobile, 1983-1988.

2d lt.inf. United States Army, 1960-1961. Member American Bar Association (chairman standing commission on legislation 1978), Alabama Bar Association (chairman young lawyers division 1966-1967, chair task force on appellate restructuring 1988-1991), American Right of Way Association (senior), Alabama Defense Lawyers Association (president 1986-1987).

Interests

• Avocations: reading, children.

Connections

Married Elizabeth Duquet, September l6, l967. Children: Jane, Mary Katherine, Susan, Anne.

Father:

George Lee Nettles

Mother:

Blanche (Sheffield) Nettles

Spouse:

Elizabeth Duquet

child:

Mary Katherine Nettles

child:

Jane Nettles

child:

Anne Nettles

child:

Susan Nettles