The Montgomery County Bar Association (MCBA) will join the Alabama State Bar again this year in celebrating National Pro Bono Week. The event is set for October 23-29, 2011. Alabama Gov. Robert Bentley signed a proclamation recognizing Pro Bono Week, saying “a huge unmet need for civil legal assistance remains for disadvantaged Alabamians.” National Pro Bono Week was established in 2009 by the American Bar Association Standing Committee on Pro Bono and Public Service.

Alabama Attorney General Luther Strange was the featured speaker at the annual Bench & Bar Conference of the Montgomery County Bar Association. The event was held Friday, October 14, at the Marriott Hotel and Conference Center at Capitol Hill in Prattville. Strange delivered the keynote address followed by a panel discussion on the topic “What Most Attorneys Don’t Know, But Need to Know.”

Beasley Allen Law Firm will sponsor a FREE event for parents and child caregivers in Selma on Saturday, Sept. 24, to ensure their child safety seats are properly installed in their vehicles.

Beasley Allen Shareholder Navan Ward is currently serving as the 2011-2012 Minority Caucus Chair for the American Association for Justice. Established in 1992, the Minority Caucus is responsible for recommending and developing educational opportunities, networking programs and other activities of special interest to AAJ members of color. The Caucus helps to develop programs to stimulate minority membership and participation in leadership roles. It also works on joint programs with other AAJ Sections and special interest groups.

Beasley Allen Shareholder Navan Ward assumed the role of President of the Alabama Lawyers Association at the organization’s annual meeting held June 3-5 in Panama City, Fla. Ward takes the office following his professional colleague at Beasley Allen, Larry Golston, who served as ALA President June 2010-2011.

Beasley Allen Law Firm presented a Wii gaming system to the Carver Elementary Arts Magnet School on Wednesday, May 11. The presentation continues Beasley Allen’s “Wii Give Back!” campaign, which last year donated a Wii gaming system to a deserving organization each month all year long. In 2011, the firm will donate the systems based on special needs and requests.

The Montgomery County Bar Association 2011 Spring Charity Event was a huge success! The membership, along with community leaders, enjoyed a fun-filled Cinco de Mayo celebration on May 5, with a Mexican fiesta featuring food, music and exciting prizes, all to benefit the One Place Family Justice Center. The event raised more than $35,000!

MONTGOMERY, ALA. (April 29, 2011)  - Eleven Beasley Allen attorneys were selected for inclusion on the 2011 Super Lawyers list, a designation earned by fewer than five percent of lawyers in the state. Included on the list are the firm's founding shareholder, Jere L. Beasley, as well as shareholders J. Greg Allen, Thomas J. Methvin, J. Cole Ports, Daniel W. "Dee" Miles III, Andy D. Birchfield, Jr., Rhon E. Jones and Benjamin E. Baker, Jr. Three Beasley Allen attorneys also were included on the Super Lawyers "Rising Stars" list, which recognizes the top up-and-coming attorneys - those who are 40 years old or younger, or who have been practicing 10 years or less. Beasley Allen's Rising Stars are Chris D. Glover, William H. Robertson, V, and Navan Ward.

On March 22, the law firm of Beasley, Allen, Crow, Methvin, Portis & Miles, P.C., announced the beginning of a four-week project to create a youth entrepreneurship program in West Montgomery in conjunction with Common Ground Montgomery (CGM). The program included the renovation of a 4,300-square-foot double storefront building on Mobile Road, adjacent to the organization's existing facility. Today, this project comes to fruition with the opening of the Common Ground Montgomery Annex, which will house the Urban SEED X-change.

The law firm Beasley, Allen, Crow, Methvin, Portis & Miles, P.C., announces the beginning of a four-week project to create a Youth Entrepreneurship Center and Housing Redevelopment Center in West Montgomery in conjunction with Common Ground Montgomery (CGM).  The program includes the renovation of a 4,300-square-foot double storefront building on Mobile Road, adjacent to the organization's existing facility. The plan for this property is to house a Youth Entrepreneurship Center and Housing Redevelopment Center.