Tom Methvin, President of the Alabama State Bar, sent the following letter to newspapers in Alabama, asking them to help people in critical need of mortgage foreclosure assistance find the services that will help them keep their home. The letter provides information about the Bar's Mortgage Foreclosure Assistance Program, which provides a toll-free hotline to connect homeowners with the legal services they need if they are facing foreclosure. Many of these services are provided pro bono by volunteer lawyers.

Thomas J. Methvin, managing shareholder of Beasley Allen Law Firm, became the 133rd president of the Alabama State Bar in an inauguration ceremony Saturday morning, July 18.

As president, Methvin serves as head of the 16,000-member organization. Key initiatives for his term in office include increasing funding for Access to Justice with the goal of ensuring the legal needs of people living in poverty are adequately met, increasing participation in the Bar's Volunteer Lawyers Program, and overseeing Alabama's participation in the first-ever celebration of National Pro Bono Week.

The public is invited to the 4th Annual Rib Cook-Off at Eastside Grille on August 6, with proceeds to benefit Brantwood Children's Home.

Attorneys associated with the Alabama Civil Justice Foundation presented a check to the board of directors of Brantwood Children’s Home to support the organization’s mission.

MONTGOMERY, ALA. (June 9, 2009)  - Beasley Allen is pleased to welcome a new associate, Danielle Ward Mason, who joins the firm's Mass Torts section, where she will work with section head Andy Birchfield to investigate claims involving dangerous drugs and medical devices. Danielle graduated cum laude from Faulkner University's Thomas Goode Jones School of Law in 2007.

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Volunteers from the Montgomery Police Department worked around the clock from Friday night, May 8, 2009, to Saturday morning, May 9, to prepare close to 200 smoked Boston butts for the Ninth Annual Central Alabama CrimeStoppers Boston Butt Sale.

The Montgomery County Bar Association presented a check to Brantwood Children's Home on Monday, May 11, in the amount of $23,000.

The Emmy award winning ABC-TV program Extreme Makeover: Home Edition featuring Montgomery’s own Jordan family aired to an enthusiastic local and national audience Sunday night, April 26, at 7:00pm

Annual Fish Fry event honored law enforcement for their commitment to serve and protect.