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Tracing its roots to 1871, Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP has over 138 years of client-driven experience. With more than 400 seasoned lawyers, our firm is experienced in a wide variety of practices, providing clients with access to fast, effective and reliable legal solutions. We invite you to browse our new website for more information.

On July 26, the United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit set aside an injunction that would have required four of TVA’s coal-fired power plants in Alabama and Tennessee to install environmental controls costing between $1-$3 billion. In a 34-page opinion, the Fourth Circuit unanimously concluded that the district court’s injunction “compromised principles of federalism by applying North Carolina law extraterritorially to TVA plants located in Alabama and Tennessee.” Kevin Newsom, who chairs BABC’s appellate litigation group, argued the case for the State of Alabama, which intervened (in support of TVA) to protect its sovereign interests. TVA was very well represented by in-house counsel Harriet Cooper.

At Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP, we combine the talent and experience of our lawyers into multi-disciplinary client and industry teams to better identify and resolve clients’ legal and business needs. Our skilled lawyers are highly recognized in industry publications, with The Best Lawyers in America® and Chambers USA consistently ranking Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP among the top in the nation. We invite you to explore our lawyer profiles for specific information, including biographies, case histories, related articles and more.

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Tennessee Pro Bono Activities

Bradley Arant Boult Cummings's long history of support for Pro Bono work is commemorated annually by the Nashville Bar Association's Joseph G. Cummings, Sr. Pro Bono "Volunteer of the Year Award," in honor of one of our name partners. Firm lawyers in Nashville provide Pro Bono legal services regularly through a wide variety of local social service and cultural organizations, including the Nashville Pro Bono Program, which is jointly administered by the Nashville Bar Association and the Legal Aid Society of Middle Tennessee and the Upper Cumberlands; the Tennessee Volunteer Lawyers for the Arts; and, through collaborative projects with public interest law firms and other lawyers in private and corporate practices.

The firm’s pro bono representation is wide-ranging and includes corporate work on behalf of various non-profit organizations, general litigation, administrative appeals, and representation of our nation’s service men and women through the Lawyers For Warriors program. Specifically, the firm was recently recognized by the Tennessee Justice Center for its representation of over a dozen individuals in administrative appeals of the denial of TennCare healthcare benefits.