2026-2027 YLS Officers

• Chair

  Kevin W. R. Bufford
  Samford & Denson LLP
  Opelika, AL
  Email

• 1st Vice-Chair

  Ashley T. Britton
  Holtsford Gilliland Hitson Howard Stevens Tuley & Savarese PC
  Montgomery, AL
  Email

• 2nd Vice-Chair

  Amanda Graham
  Gaines Gault Hendrix PC
  Birmingham, AL
  Email

2026-2028 YLS District Directors

• District I

  Nathan Hill
  Lanier Ford Shaver Payne PC
  Huntsville, AL
  Email

  Whitney Lott
  Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP
  Huntsville, AL
  Email

  Hunter Pearce
  Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP
  Huntsville, AL
  Email

• District II

  Murphy Barze
  Barze Taylor Noles Lowther LLC
  Birmingham, AL
  Email

  Kendall Herron
  Porterfield Harper Mills Motlow & Ireland
  Birmingham, AL
  Email

  Dennis Vann
  Carr Allison
  Birmingham, AL
  Email

• District III

  Sydney Brasfield
  Ball Ball Matthews & Novak PA
  Montgomery, AL
  Email

  Caitlin Cobb
  Capell & Howard PC
  Montgomery, AL
  Email

  Acker Holt
  Ball Ball Matthews & Novak PA
  Montgomery, AL
  Email

• District IV

  Samantha Gunnoe
  Helmsing Leach Herlong
  Mobile, AL
  Email

  Ranse Hare
  McDowell Knight Roedder & Sledge LLC
  Mobile, AL
  Email

  Katherine Peek
  Hand Arendall Harrison Sale LLC
  Mobile, AL
  Email

2026-2027 YLS Executive Committee

• Sloane B. Phillips
  Balch & Bingham LLP
  Birmingham, AL
  Email
• Betsy Ann Shields
  Phelps Jenkins Gibson & Fowler LLP
  Tuscaloosa, AL
  Email
• Ben Warren
  Webster Henry
  Daphne, AL
  Email
• Krista Roach
  Phelps Jenkins Gibson & Fowler LLP
  Tuscaloosa, AL
  Email
• Hannah Black
  Christian & Small LLP
  Birmingham, AL
  Email
• Lauren Rouse
  McDowell Knight
  Mobile, AL
  Email