Bradley Arant Boult Cummings' commitment to civic, charitable and community service is of vital importance to our firm and its attorneys and staff. Both as a firm and through our individual lawyers, we have a long and distinguished history of involvement in, and strong commitment to, the communities where our lawyers live and practice.
In addition, our partner Jim Rotch conceived and authored The Birmingham Pledge, a statement to eliminate racial prejudice that has been signed by more than 125,000 people world-wide and has been endorsed by the United States Congress. Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP is actively engaged in the work of the Birmingham Pledge and the Civil Rights Institute.
Our lawyers actively participate in numerous community, civic, and charitable endeavors. In addition to the Birmingham Pledge and numerous attorneys serving on various boards or other volunteer positions for charitable and civic organizations, Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP as a firm is committed to the following:
Since 1986, Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP has participated in the Birmingham Board of Education's Partners in Education program. This program is a partnership between Birmingham public schools and area businesses. The firm has had an adopted school since the beginning of this program. Many of our lawyers and staff volunteer to serve as tutors for individual students. Other areas of the firm's involvement with the schools include donating and purchasing materials and equipment, providing free copy service for teachers at the school, providing readers for Reading Day programs, providing speakers for Geography Day programs, participating in Awards Day programs, and assisting in the publication of the school newspaper.
For over ten years, lawyers at Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP have volunteered at the Old Firehouse Shelter. The Old Firehouse Shelter serves whatever needs the homeless may have. The firm participates in many of the shelter’s programs, including the lawyers’ twice a month personally providing and cooking evening meals for the homeless individuals served by the shelter.
The firm recently partnered with YouthServe, Inc. (formerly known as Birmingham Youth Service Corp or BYSC) to support its important community services. YouthServe is a non-profit corporation that offers a broad range of community-building services including urban service camps (designed to bring together teenagers from different communities in the downtown Birmingham) and other periodic special events. The firm provides mentors, speakers, workers and organizational support.
Attorneys and staff volunteer in many roles with Stewpot Community Services, including serving lunch once a month and sponsoring an annual event, Trustmark's Red Beans & Rice Celebration, a red beans and rice cooking contest. Stewpot is a Jackson, Mississippi, charity that helps meet community needs by operating a community kitchen, a variety of shelters and personal care homes, a clothing closet and more.
Attorneys also volunteer in weekly after-school tutoring programs at the Boys and Girls Club of Jackson and the Neighborhood Christian Center and teach ACT prep workshops offered to college-bound high school students and adults through the Junior League of Jackson.
The Children’s Hospital “Festival of Trees,” the United Way, Ronald McDonald House, and Jessie’s Place are among other numerous civic and charitable endeavors supported by the firm. Each year, our attorneys and staff participate in walks and runs in support of breast cancer and diabetes research, the American Heart Association’s “Jail Bail,” “Bowling for Kid’s Sakes” (sponsored by Big Brothers/Big Sisters), as mentors in Junior Achievement, and in numerous other civic and charitable endeavors.
As a business leader, Bradley Arant Boult Cummings plays an active role in some of Nashville's most influential and vital organizations, including the Nashville Area Chamber of Commerce, the Nashville Convention and Visitor's Bureau, Conexión Américas and the Partnership 2000 and Partnership 2010 initiatives. We are involved in many of the trade organizations committed to furthering the interests of our clients, including the Nashville Health Care Council, the Nashville Technology Council, the Belcourt Theatre, the Nashville Association of Industrial Office Properties (NAIOP), the Tennessee Health Care Association (THCA) and the Tennessee Wireless Association.