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Helen Kathryn Downs - Birmingham, AL
1819 Fifth Avenue NorthSuite 1000 Birmingham, AL 35203
Butler Snow LLP
Updated: 10/11/2013
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Qualifications
Bar Admissions
- Alabama, 1993
- U.S. Court of Appeals 11th Circuit
- U.S. District Court Northern District of Alabama
- U.S. District Court Southern District of Alabama
- U.S. District Court Middle District of Alabama
Other Affiliations
- American Bar Association (Member)
- Alabama State Bar – Nominating Committee
- International Association of Defense Counsel
- Defense Research Institute
- National Association of Women Lawyers
- MOMENTUM Leadership Program Executive Board (President)
- Birmingham Bar Association (Nominating Committee)
- Nominating Committee, 2007 - 2008 (Birmingham Bar Association)
- Board of Trustees (Birmingham Bar Foundation )
- Executive Committee, 2001 - 2003 (Birmingham Bar Association )
- Birmingham Bar Association Women Lawyers Section , - 2000 (President)
Classes and Seminars
- What to Expect in 2011 for Credit Cards, Debit Cards, and Prepaid Cards, Birmingham Business Journal, 2011
- Optimum Game Plan for Tackling an Adverse Witness, Client Counsel Summit, 2010
- The Unwritten Rules in Litigation: A Case Study, July 14, 2010
- Witness Preparation: Avoiding Ethical Quagmires; ABA Women in Products Liability CLE Meeting
- Innovative Techniques for Case Investigation
- Litigating in the Face of the Amended E-Discovery Rules: Post-Implementation and Practice Tips
- Electronically Stored Information and the New Federal Rules
- Products Liability Year in Review: The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly
- Mediation and Negotiation Strategies; Bank One, N.A.
Education
- University of Virginia School of Law, Charlottesville, Virginia, 1993
J.D.
Honors: William Minor Lile Moot Court Competition
Honors: Stephen R. Traynor Award for Oral Advocacy - University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, 1990
B.A.
Articles
Published Works
- What to Expect in 2011 for Credit Cards, Debit Cards, and Prepaid Cards, Birmingham Business Journal, January, 2011
Office Information
Address
1819 Fifth Avenue NorthSuite 1000 Birmingham, AL 35203
Phone
Fax
- (205) 297-2201
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- 2023 Mid-South Super Lawyers list
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- 2021 Mid-South Super Lawyers list
- 2020 Mid-South Super Lawyers list
- 2019 Mid-South Super Lawyers list
- 2018 Mid-South Super Lawyers list
- 2017 Mid-South Super Lawyers list
- 2016 Mid-South Super Lawyers list
- 2015 Alabama Super Lawyers list
- 2014 Alabama Super Lawyers list
- 2013 Alabama Super Lawyers list
- 2012 Alabama Super Lawyers list
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