[Congressional Record Volume 140, Number 23 (Monday, March 7, 1994)]
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            10TH ANNIVERSARY OF MAYNARD, COOPER & GALE, P.C.

  Mr. HEFLIN. Mr. President, the Birmingham, AL law firm of Maynard, 
Cooper & Gale is celebrating its 10th anniversary this year. A full-
service law firm, it has more than doubled in size from 26 attorneys at 
its founding in 1984 to 65 today. Its clients include such prominent 
corporate clients as AmSouth Bank, Sonat, Drummond Coal Co., Phillips 
Petroleum, Dean Witter Reynolds, and Arthur Anderson. The firm also 
serves the Birmingham Airport Authority.
  I am proud to congratulate Maynard, Cooper & Gale on its outstanding 
accomplishments in such a short time span. Its dedication to the 
principles of the law, as well as its dedication to fulfilling broad 
civic and social responsibilities is commendable.
  I ask unanimous consent that the Maynard, Cooper & Gale firm resume 
be printed at this point in the Record.
  There being no objection, the resume was ordered to be printed in the 
Record, as follows:

                            1993 Firm Resume

       Maynard, Cooper & Gale was founded in 1984 by 26 lawyers, 
     all of whom had formerly practiced together at another 
     Birmingham firm.
       As a relatively new firm, we share common goals. We are 
     dedicated first and foremost to professional excellence in 
     the service of our clients. At the same time, we are 
     committed to the personal happiness and professional 
     development of our lawyers. We are also mindful of our 
     broader civic and social responsibilities. We seek to combine 
     these goals to provide our lawyers with challenge and 
     fulfillment in the practice of law.
       We currently have 65 lawyers. Although most of our lawyers 
     received their law degrees from Harvard, Yale, Virginia, 
     Vanderbilt or Alabama, we plan to conduct on-campus 
     interviews not only at these schools, but also at Duke, 
     Texas, North Carolina, Wake Forest, Cumberland, Tulane and 
     Washington & Lee. We encourage interested students attending 
     other schools to contact us to arrange an interview in 
     Birmingham.
       Ours is a full-service law firm, providing a broad range of 
     services for a variety of local, national and international 
     business entities, as well as many charities and individuals. 
     Our work encompasses virtually all aspects of legal practice, 
     including litigation, corporate law, banking and commercial 
     law, real estate law, antitrust, municipal and industrial 
     financing, estates and trusts, taxation, securities law, 
     labor law, environmental law and bankruptcy law. Our clients 
     include AmSouth Bank N.A. and its holding company, AmSouth 
     Bancorporation; Sonat Inc; National Bank of Commerce of 
     Birmingham; Protective Life Insurance Company; McWane, Inc.; 
     Drummond Coal Company; Royal Cup Inc.; Exxon; Philip Morris, 
     Inc.; BellSouth Mobility; Miller Brewing Company; Phillips 
     Petroleum Company; the City of Birmingham; MacMillan Bloedel; 
     International Paper; Scott Paper Company; The Mead 
     Corporation; the Business Council of Alabama; Rust 
     International; General Electric (RCA); Metropolitan Life 
     Insurance Company; Merrill, Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith, 
     Inc.; Dean Witter Reynolds, Inc.; Shearson Lehman Hutton, 
     Inc.; Birmingham Airport Authority; Taurus Exploration 
     Company; R.J. Reynolds Industries; Northwestern Mutual Life 
     Insurance Company; Baxter Healthcare Corporation; Chemical 
     Waste Management, Inc.; Arthur Andersen & Company; Molton, 
     Allen & Williams; Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Alabama; U.S. 
     Pipe & Foundry Company; Jim Walter Resources, Inc.; and 
     Weil Brothers-Cotton, Inc.
       We expect that our firm will experience steady growth in 
     all areas of its practice. Because we highly value the 
     intangible qualities of internal harmony and camaraderie, we 
     do not intend to grow merely for growth's sake. Instead, we 
     will strive to hire lawyers who not only have demonstrated 
     that they have the aptitude and dedication to excel as 
     lawyers, but who also will contribute to making our firm an 
     enjoyable place to work.
       A hallmark of our firm's internal operations is the 
     significant role played by all our lawyers in firm management 
     and decision-making. All lawyers attend and participate in 
     firm meetings, and all have a voice in policy and hiring 
     decisions.
       Our lawyers have always participated in civic, charitable, 
     cultural, religious and social activities as their individual 
     interests dictate. We welcome and encourage active 
     involvement in these activities and in governmental and 
     political affairs. The firm also strongly supports 
     participation in bar activities. A member of the firm 
     recently served as Chairman of the American Bar House of 
     Delegates and as a member of the Board of Directors of the 
     American Bar Endowment; another served on the Board of 
     Directors of the American Judicature Society. In the recent 
     past, two of our lawyers also have served as Chairmen of the 
     Litigation Section of the American Bar Association; another 
     has served as President of the Birmingham Bar Association; 
     three others have served as Presidents of the Young Lawyer's 
     Section of the Alabama Bar Association. Currently one member 
     of the firm serves as a director of Lex Mundi, Ltd.; three 
     others serve as members of the American Law Institute; three 
     others are active members of the American College of Trial 
     Lawyers or the American College of Trust and Estate Counsel. 
     In 1990, we were especially pleased to welcome into the firm 
     the former Chief Justice of the Alabama Supreme Court who, 
     after a twelve-year term as Chief Justice, became resident in 
     our Montgomery office. In 1991, we were equally fortunate to 
     welcome a former senior litigation partner of Debevoise & 
     Plimpton, a large New York law firm, who, among other 
     accomplishments, was a founder of the ABA's Litigation 
     Section and later its Chairman.
       Our summer program is the hiring ground for the bulk of our 
     new lawyers. The program is designed to provide an in-depth 
     insight into the firm, its lawyers and its role in the 
     community. An effort is made to familiarize summer associates 
     with all areas of our practice, both through weekly seminars 
     conducted by our lawyers and by exposing them to client 
     conferences, depositions, closings and court appearances. The 
     summer program also includes a number of social and athletic 
     events that enable the summer associates and lawyers to 
     become better acquainted. We are flexible concerning the 
     length of summer employment and have no objection to a 
     student's splitting the summer with a firm in another city.
       Birmingham is a vibrant and growing Sun Belt community with 
     a metropolitan population of nearly a million. In recognition 
     of the City's prosperity and appealing lifestyle, the U.S. 
     Conference of Mayors recently selected Birmingham as ``the 
     most livable city'' in America. Similarly, Newsweek Magazine 
     recently designated Birmingham as one of the Nation's ten 
     ``most livable'' cities for the 1990's.
       We are extremely proud of our firm and our City and believe 
     that new lawyers who choose to work at Maynard, Cooper will 
     have an opportunity to find a rare blend of personal and 
     professional satisfaction.

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