Background
Blan, Junior, Ollie L. was born on May 22, 1931 in Fort Smith, Arkansas, United States.
Blan, Junior, Ollie L. was born on May 22, 1931 in Fort Smith, Arkansas, United States.
Fort Smith Junior College (Associate of Arts, 1951). University of Arkansas (Bachelor of Laws, 1954).
Worked at Spain & Gillon, Limited liability company (Birmingham, Alabama) specializing in General Corporate Practice. Insurance, Taxation, Securities, Real Estate, Probate, Municipal Finance and Bankruptcy Law. Civil Litigation. Trials.
Admitted to the bar, 1954, Arkansas.
1959, Alabama.
Phi Alpha Delta. Blue Key. Author: "The Tort of Bad Faith - A Defense Viewpoint," 34 Alabama
Law Review 543, 1983; Company-Author: "Fraud in Insurance Contract Litigation-A Defense Viewpoint," 16 Cumb.
Law Review 447, 1985-1986. Law Clerk to Judge His (or Her) Highness Grooms, United States.
District Court, Northern District of Alabama, 1958-1960. Member, Legal Section, American Life Insurance Association, 1969.
Member: Birmingham (Executive Committee) and American Bar Associations.
Alabama State Bar (Board of Bar Commissioners, 1987-1992). Arkansas State Bar; International Association of Defense Counsel. Defense Research Institute.
Alabama Defense Lawyers Association (President, 1995-1996).
Spain, Gillon was founded in Birmingham in 1912 and is one of the oldest law firms in Birmingham and in the State of Alabama.
Member, Legal Section, American Life Insurance Association, 1969. Member: Birmingham (Executive Committee) and American Bar Associations. Alabama State Bar (Board of Bar Commissioners, 1987-1992).
Arkansas State Bar.
International Association of Defense Counsel. Defense Research Institute. Alabama Defense Lawyers Association (President, 1995-1996).