The firm would like to announce that Robert (Bobby) D. Segall has been elected as the 2005-2006 President of the Alabama State Bar.  This is a great accomplishment and the firm would like to express its congratulations and continued success to Bobby!

Bobby attended public schools from kindergarten through high school in Montgomery.  He received his undergraduate degree from Vanderbilt and his law degree from the University of Alabama, where he finished first in his class, was student work editor of the Law Review, and became a member of the Order of the Coif.  He also received an LL.M degree from Harvard.  One of his great experiences was clerking for Judge Frank M. Johnson, Jr. when Judge Johnson sat on the United States Middle District bench.

In private practice, Bobby has been with Copeland, Franco for a little over 30 years.  His professional activities have focused on trying to provide legal services to the poor.   He served on the Board of Legal Services Corporation of Alabama for 27 years, and was president of the Board for 6 years. This past year, he chaired the Transition Committee that organized the merger among Legal Services Corporation of Alabama, Legal Services of Metro Birmingham, and Legal Services of North Central Alabama. He now serves on the Board of the newly formed program that encompasses the entire State, Legal Services Alabama.  He also presently serves on the Executive Committee of the Access to Justice Commission, which is the State Planning entity for all access to justice type organizations in the State.

Bobby has been active in Bar activities at the local and state levels.  He has served as president of the Montgomery County Bar Association.  He has been a State Bar Commissioner for 9 years, and for 3 of those years, served on the Executive Council of the State Bar.  He also has served on numerous State Bar committees and task forces, including the Bar's Task Force on Diversity.  He presently writes a humor column for the Montgomery County Bar's publication, The Docket.

Other law related activities include serving as president of the Hugh Maddox Chapter of Inn of Court; member of the Board of the University of Alabama Law School Foundation; president of the Montgomery County Trial Lawyers Association; service on the Historical Committee of the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Alabama and on the  Special Disciplinary Panel for the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Alabama. He has spoken at numerous CLE seminars and serves on Alabama's Mandatory CLE Commission.

With respect to legal honors, Bobby has been selected as a member of the American College of Trial Lawyers, American Board of Trial Advocates, is a Life Fellow of the Alabama Law Foundation, and has been recognized in Best Lawyers in America for many years.  Bobby also has been active in a leadership capacity in many religious, charitable and community organizations.

Bobby's law practice has been very varied.  He has represented both plaintiffs and defendants in a wide range of litigation, including personal injury and wrongful death cases, business and other complex litigation cases, employment cases and civil rights and constitutional cases.  He has represented approximately 75 lawyers on personal matters over the years and has also represented numerous judges.

Bobby has been married to Sandy Segall for 30 years, and they have two sons, Joshua, who is in law school at Alabama, and Jacob, who is a Senior at Tulane.