Foley
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Britton Bonner first joined Adams and Reese as a law clerk in 1999 and now serves as Partner in Charge in the Mobile Office.
His practice focuses on business growth and economic development, encompassing a wide range of practice matters, including governmental relations, public finance and incentives, construction disputes, real estate transactions, contractual disputes, commercial condominium and residential development issues, municipal and regulatory compliance, general business and corporate advice, professional liability claims, general business disputes, aviation, maritime and admiralty matters and complex commercial litigation.
Britton's other representative matters include:
- Creating and implementing cooperative and other statutory improvement districts for both retail, commercial, and industrial development sites.
- Creating and implementing a downtown historic district for preservation purposes and tax improvement districts for economic growth initiatives.
- Lead trial counsel in state and federal court proceedings in Alabama and Louisiana, and representing business owners and their interests in arbitrations and mediations throughout the Gulf South region.
- Regularly appearing before municipal, county, state and federal legislative, executive and regulatory bodies on behalf of both public entities and private business clients.
- Litigating matters ranging from commercial and property damage disputes, to complex construction disputes, death cases and insurance coverage action.
- Regularly representing municipalities, governmental agencies and boards in all aspects of daily operations and economic development efforts.
As a result of his work for both small and large businesses, in 2010 and 2012, Britton was recognized as a "Rising Star" by Super Lawyers magazine in the areas of Business and Corporate Law, Governmental Relations and Real Estate. He has also been rated as "Preeminent" by the Martindale-Hubbell Client Review System.
Britton is admitted to practice law in all state and federal courts within Alabama and Louisiana, as well as the Fifth and Eleventh Circuit Courts of Appeal.
Britton has always been active in community causes dating back to his days at Foley High School. He is the former Chairman of the Board for the South Baldwin Chamber of Commerce, is on the Board of Directors of the Baldwin County Economic Development Alliance, the Board of Directors of the South Baldwin Museum Foundation and is past-Chairman of Habitat for Humanity of Baldwin County. Britton is a former member of the Senior Bowl Committee, a member of both the Baldwin County and the Alabama Home Builders Association, and the Alabama Gulf Coast Chamber of Commerce. Britton is a former President of the Mobile Chapter of the Federal Bar Association, is a former Vice-Chairman of the Baldwin County Republican Party, and serves as a Municipal Judge in Baldwin County. Britton is a member of the Troy Athletic Club and currently serves as President of the Southwest Alabama Chapter of the Troy Alumni Association.
He was elected to and served a four-year term on the Alabama State Republican Executive Committee, and is a member of the Alabama State Bar Association, the Louisiana State Bar Association, the Baldwin County Bar Association, the Mobile County Bar Association, the Federal Bar Association, the American Bar Association and the Paul W. Brock Chapter of the American Inns of Court.
Britton was born in Mobile, Alabama, and received a Bachelor of Science degree, with distinction, from Troy University in 1996. While at Troy, he was a member of the Troy Trojans football team, and was a member of ODK, Mortar Board, and Phi Alpha Theta. Britton served as a graduate teaching assistant while pursuing a Masters degree from the University of Alabama. He received his J.D. with honors from Tulane University School of Law in 2000.
While attending Tulane University School of Law, he was a member of the Constitutional Law Moot Court Team as well as the Moot Court Board and graduated with honors in Trial Advocacy. During law school, he clerked with the District Attorney's Office, completed an externship with the United States Department of Justice, and was a member of the Tulane Appellate Advocacy Clinic.
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