$ 325-350 per hour
Russell McWhorter Cunningham IV
About Russell
Practice Areas
4
Practice Areas
Corporate and Incorporation
40%
27 years
Real Estate
40%
27 years
Business
10%
27 years
Tax
10%
27 years
Fees and Rates
Cost
Hourly Rates
Payment Methods
- Cash
- Check
- Credit Card
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Licensed in Alabama for 27 years
State: Alabama
Acquired: 1998
No misconduct found
Location
Law Offices of Russell McWhorter Cunningham IV
Landmark Center, Suite 600, 2100 First Avenue North, Birmingham, AL, 35203
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Experience
Honors
2021
AV Peer Review Rating, Martindale-Hubbell®
2021
Super Lawyer - Mid South - Business/Corporate, SuperLawyers
2020
Top Attorney, B-Metro Magazine
2020
AV Peer Review Rating, Martindale-Hubbell
2020
Super Lawyer - Mid South - Business/Corporate, Super Lawyers
2019
Top Lawyer - Commercial Real Estate, Birmingham Magazine
2019
Top Lawyer - Stars of the Bar, B Metro Magazine
2019
AV Peer Review Rating, Martindale-Hubbell
2019
Super Lawyer - Mid South - Business/Corporate, Super Lawyers
2018
Top Lawyer - Commercial Real Estate, Birmingham Magazine
2018
AV Peer Review Rating, Martindale-Hubbell
2018
Top Lawyer - Stars of the Bar, B-Metro Magazine
2017
AV Peer Review Rating, Martindale-Hubbell
2017
Top Lawyers - Stars of the Bar, B-Metro Magazine
2016
AV Peer Review Rating, Martindale-Hubbell
2016
Top Lawyer - Stars of the Bar, B-Metro Magazine
2016
Top Lawyer - Commercial Real Estate, Birmingham Magazine
2016
Top Lawyer - Tax, Birmingham Magazine
2015
Top Lawyer - Stars of the Bar, B-Metro Magazine
2015
Best for M & A Advisory - Alabama, Acquisition International Magazine
2015
AV Peer Review Rating, Martindale-Hubbell
2015
Super Lawyer - Business/Corporate, Super Lawyers
2014
Best for M & A Advisory - Alabama, Acquisition International Magazine
2014
Super Lawyer - Business/Corporate, Super Lawyers
2014
AV Peer Review Rating, Martindale-Hubbell
2011
Alabama Rising Star - Business/Corporate, Super Lawyers
2008
Who's Who in Executives and Professionals, Cambridge Who's Who
2002
Who's Who in American Law, Marquis Who's Who in American Law
1999
Best Paper in State & Local Taxation, New York University School of Law
1998
Balch & Bingham Corporate Law Award, University of Alabama School of Law
1997
Bench and Bar Legal Honor Society, University of Alabama School of Law
1997
Best Paper in LLCs & Other Closely Held Businesses, University of Alabama School of Law
1997
Best Paper in Antitrust, University of Alabama School of Law
Work Experience
2005 - Present
Principal, Cunningham Firm, LLC
1999 - 2005
Associate, Bradley Arant Rose & White
Associations
2019 - Present
American Bar FoundationFellow
2019 - Present
Southeastern Business Law InstitutePlanning Committee
2001 - Present
Birmingham Venture Club
2000 - Present
Birmingham Bar AssociationBusiness Law Section - Chair 2018, Chair Elect 2017
1998 - Present
Alabama State BarBusiness Law; Real Property, Probate & Trust; and Tax Sections
1998 - Present
American Bar AssociationBusiness Law; Real Property, Probate & Trust; and Tax Sections
2005 - 2014
Birmingham Business AllianceFinance & Taxation Committee; Entrepreneur's Roundtable
Sample of Legal Cases
Ryder v. Mabry, __ So.3d __ WL 4262306 (Ala. Civ. App. 2010)
Mabry won
Cintas Sales Corp. v. Department of Revenue, Admin. Law Div., Dkt. Nos. CORP 03-332, 04-125, 04-164 (5/30/07)
Cintas won.
AT&T Corp. v. Surtees, 953 So.2d 1240 (Ala. Civ. App. 2006)
AT&T won.
Southern Banknote Co., Inc. v. Department of Revenue, Admin. Law Div., Dkt No. S 04-423 (9/20/05)
Southern Banknote won.
Hoover, Inc. v. State, 833 So.2d 32 (Ala. 2002)
Hoover won
Education
2000
New York University School of Law
LL.M - Master of Laws
1998
University of Alabama School of Law
JD - Juris Doctor
1993
Auburn University, Auburn
BS - Bachelor of Science
N/A
Vanderbilt University
Speaking Engagements
2011
Innovation Depot Summer School Series
Sources of Capital for Business: From Bootstrap to Venture Capital and Everything Inbetween
2010
UA School of Law Business Law Society Speaker Series
The Role of the Transactional Attorney
2010
MBA 681: Idea to IPO - Life Sciences Entrepreneurship - Guest Lecturer
Navigating Common Legal Issues Facing Emerging Businesses: Choice of Entity, Seed Funding, Controlling Equity, Incentivizing Employees, and Venture Capital Funding
2009
Red Mountain Law Entrepreneur Series
Equity Compensation and Incentives in Partnerships and Limited Liability Companies
2009
Introduction to Entrepreneurship & Small Business
Legal Considerations for Entrepreneurs
2008
Red Mountain Law Entrepreneur Series
Everyone's a Capitalist: Issues in Forming Your Company and Controlling Its Equity
2007
Protect Your Business: Insuring Your Assets, Legal Affairs and Taxing Issues
Choice of Entity and Use of Simple Contracts
2005
Alabama Society of CPAs Continuing Education
Alabama Sales & Uses Taxes
Publications
2005
The Property Tax Deskbook
Alabama Property Tax Laws
2005
Keatinge and Conaway on Choice of Entity
State Taxation of Subchapter C, Subchapter S and Subchapter K entities and Their Owners--An Overview
2005
Alabama Technology Today
Alabama Has a New Way of Taxing Internet Sales But Is It Constitutional?
2005
State and Local Taxation
State Taxation of Limited Liability Companies and Limited Liability Partnerships--Background and Recent Developments