William B. Hairston, Junior.

Background

Hairston, Junior, William B. was born on December 14, 1924 in Birmingham, Alabama, United States.

Education

University of Alabama (Bachelor of Science, 1949. Bachelor of Laws, 1950).

Career

Worked at Engel, Hairston and Johanson, Professional Corporation (Birmingham, Alabama) specializing in General Civil Practice. Trials in all Courts. Commercial, Corporate, Collection, Probate and Bankruptcy Law.

Admitted to the bar, 1950, Alabama.

Phi Delta Phi; Omicron Delta Kappa. Author: "Detinue, Executions and Mechanics" Liens," Harrison & Company, 1980.

Instructor, Commercial Paper, Birmingham School of Law, 1965-1970. Lecturer, Continuing Legal Education Program, University of Alabama, 1969—.

Member, Judicial Inquiry Commission, 1979—, Chairman, 1986.

Member, Judicial Conference, State of Alabama, 1972-1976. Alabama Editor, Compendium of Commercial Finance Law, 1978—. Chairman, Merit Selection Committee Bankruptcy Judges, 1979-1984.

Member, Honorary Faculty American Institute of Architects Judicial College, 1980—.

Special Assistant Attorney General, Personnel Department, State of Alabama, 1981-1983. Special Attorney, State of Alabama Department of Revenue, 1985, 1991.

Named Lawyer of the Year by the Birmingham Legal Secretaries Association, 1982. Charter Member, Alabama Bar Foundation.

Member, Advisory Counsel, The Cumberland School of Law of Samford University, 1986-1990.

Member: Birmingham (Secretary, 1967. Vice President, 1969. President, 1970) and American (Member, Committee on Commercial Financing) Bar Associations.

Alabama State Bar (Member, Board of Commissioners, 1973-1979.

Second Vice President, 1978. Chairman, Disciplinary Commission, 1978-1979.

Recipient, Award of Merit, 1977. President-Elect, 1982.

President, 1983-1984).

Alabama Law Institute (Member, Committee to Revise Article IX, 1977. Committee to Revise Real Estate Mortgage Laws, 1990. Article 2A Committee, 1991).

Chairman, District Court Rules Committee 1976-1990.

Member, Real Estate Review Committee, 1985). Eleventh Circuit Historical Society (Trustee, 1981—.

President, 1986-1990). Southern Conference of Bar Presidents.

National Conference of Bar Presidents.

Fellow: American College of Trial Lawyers. Life Fellow, American Bar Foundation. The firm that is now Engel, Hairston & Johanson was established in 1950 with a concentration in creditor"s rights and commercial collections.

To meet the needs of an expanding client base within the financial community this concentration was expanded to include bankruptcy, commercial and patent litigation.

Structuring and documenting asset based loans. Structuring and documenting Small Business loans and liquidations.

lieutenant services all parts of Alabama from its office in Birmingham. One or more of its members is admitted to practice in Alabama, Georgia and Florida and before all of the State and Federal Courts in Alabama, the Fifth and Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals in Alabama and the United States.

Supreme Court. In addition to filling the needs of its clients the firm has taken an active and responsible role within the legal community both at the local, state and national level

Achievements

• William B. Hairston, Junior. has been listed as a reputable lawyer by Martindale-Hubbell.

Membership

Member, Judicial Inquiry Commission, 1979—, Chairman, 1986. Member, Judicial Conference, State of Alabama, 1972-1976. Alabama Editor, Compendium of Commercial Finance Law, 1978—.

Chairman, Merit Selection Committee Bankruptcy Judges, 1979-1984.

Member, Honorary Faculty American Institute of Architects Judicial College, 1980—. Special Assistant Attorney General, Personnel Department, State of Alabama, 1981-1983.

Special Attorney, State of Alabama Department of Revenue, 1985, 1991. Named Lawyer of the Year by the Birmingham Legal Secretaries Association, 1982.

Charter Member, Alabama Bar Foundation.

Member, Advisory Counsel, The Cumberland School of Law of Samford University, 1986-1990. Member: Birmingham (Secretary, 1967. Vice President, 1969.

President, 1970) and American (Member, Committee on Commercial Financing) Bar Associations.

Alabama State Bar (Member, Board of Commissioners, 1973-1979. Second Vice President, 1978.

Chairman, Disciplinary Commission, 1978-1979. Recipient, Award of Merit, 1977.

President-Elect, 1982.

President, 1983-1984). Alabama Law Institute (Member, Committee to Revise Article IX, 1977. Committee to Revise Real Estate Mortgage Laws, 1990.

Article 2A Committee, 1991).

Chairman, District Court Rules Committee 1976-1990. Member, Real Estate Review Committee, 1985).

Eleventh Circuit Historical Society (Trustee, 1981—. President, 1986-1990).

Southern Conference of Bar Presidents.

National Conference of Bar Presidents. Fellow: American College of Trial Lawyers. Life Fellow, American Bar Foundation.