Maynard, Cooper and Gale Shareholder Selected for Leadership Alabama

(Birmingham, October 21, 2008) Terri Sewell, a shareholder with Maynard, Cooper & Gale, P.C., Lex Mundi’s member firm for Alabama, was selected as a participant for Class XIX of Leadership Alabama.   Participants are chosen based on their established commitment to their communities and leadership in their chosen profession, as well as their desire to better their communities and ability to act as future leaders.

Leadership Alabama was founded in 1990 as a statewide non-profit organization to bring together established leaders from around the state to help formulate relationships and incite action among those who can help shape the future of Alabama.  Those selected for Leadership Alabama work both individually and together to recognize the problems that Alabama faces, and to help establish priorities for the state’s future.  Each Leadership Alabama class shares a common goal of helping Alabama “reach its full potential.” 

Ms. Sewell is a shareholder in the law firm of Maynard, Cooper & Gale in Birmingham, Alabama.  She is a member of the firm’s Public Finance practice group, where she regularly assists cities, counties, school boards, water authorities and other governmental entities in raising money for public projects.  Listed in Alabama Super Lawyers 2008, Sewell has made educational finance a particular focus of her practice.  She has worked on numerous bond issues to build and improve schools, dormitories, student centers, and academic buildings, representing clients like Alabama State University, Wallace State-Hanceville, Tuskegee University and Stillman College.  Ms. Sewell is also very active in her community.  She currently serves on numerous boards including: St. Vincent’s Foundation, the Alabama Chapter of the National Multiple Sclerosis Society, the Community Advisory Board for the UAB Minority Health and Research Center, the Governing Board of the Alabama Council on Economic Education, and she is a member of the Corporate Partners Council for the Birmingham Art Museum.

Maynard, Cooper & Gale, P.C. is Lex Mundi’s member firm for Alabama.  Founded in 1984, the firm has 160 attorneys and offers a full array of legal services to a broad and diverse client base consisting of Fortune 500 companies as well as closely held companies, partnerships, professional associations, charities and individuals.  For more information, please visit http://www.maynardcooper.com/.

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