General Information
Overview
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For more than 75 years, the attorneys of Capell & Howard, P.C. have provided clients with professional expertise coupled with an abiding commitment to client service. As a full-service provider of legal advice and representation, the firm's attorneys are recognized across a wide range of practice areas, including 29 attorneys in the 2025 edition of The Best Lawyers in America, as well as five attorneys selected as "Lawyer of the Year" for Metro Montgomery in their respective practice areas.
Based in Montgomery, Alabama, and with offices in Auburn-Opelika and Tuscaloosa, the firm’s central location allows for efficient representation throughout the state. In addition to its in-state client base, the firm serves as Alabama counsel for regional, national and select international companies.
Capell & Howard, P.C. is one of the founding firms and the sole Alabama representative in SCG Legal, an international association of law firms with offices in the capital city of each state and many financial centers around the world.
Rankings
Capell & Howard P.C. is metro ranked in 22 practice areas. Best Law Firms rankings are based on a rigorous evaluation process.
Read how Best Law Firms ranks firmsMetro Rankings
Montgomery
Tier 1 for Arbitration
Tier 1 for Commercial Litigation
Tier 1 for Corporate Law
Tier 1 for Employee Benefits (ERISA) Law
Tier 1 for Employment Law - Individuals
Rankings
Regional Rankings
Montgomery
Tier 1 for Arbitration
Tier 1 for Commercial Litigation
Tier 1 for Corporate Law
Tier 1 for Employee Benefits (ERISA) Law
Tier 1 for Employment Law - Individuals
Tier 1 for Employment Law - Management
Tier 1 for Labor Law - Management
Tier 1 for Litigation - Banking and Finance
Tier 1 for Litigation - Construction
Tier 1 for Litigation - Labor and Employment
Tier 1 for Litigation and Controversy - Tax
Tier 1 for Real Estate Law
Tier 1 for Tax Law
Tier 1 for Trusts and Estates
Tier 2 for Administrative / Regulatory Law
Tier 2 for Appellate Practice
Tier 2 for Litigation - Insurance
Tier 2 for Litigation - Securities
Tier 2 for Litigation - Trusts and Estates
Tier 2 for Mediation
Tier 3 for Family Law
Tier 3 for Insurance Law
Practice Areas
The below are areas of legal specialty volunteered by the firm and do not designate a specialty in which a Best Law Firms ranking is held.
- Administrative / Regulatory Law
- Antitrust Law
- Appellate Practice
- Arbitration
- Banking and Finance Law
- Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization Law
- Bet-the-Company Litigation
- Business Organizations (including LLCs and Partnerships)
- Civil Rights Law
- Closely Held Companies and Family Businesses Law
- Commercial Finance Law
- Commercial Litigation
- Commercial Transactions / UCC Law
- Communications Law
- Construction Law
- Copyright Law
- Corporate Compliance Law
- Corporate Governance Law
- Corporate Law
- Criminal Defense: General Practice
- Criminal Defense: White-Collar
- Education Law
- Employee Benefits (ERISA) Law
- Employment Law - Individuals
- Employment Law - Management
- Energy Law
- Energy Regulatory Law
- Entertainment Law - Motion Pictures and Television
- Entertainment Law - Theater
- Environmental Law
- Family Law
- Government Relations Practice
- Health Care Law
- Insurance Law
- Labor Law - Management
- Litigation - Antitrust
- Litigation - Banking and Finance
- Litigation - Bankruptcy
- Litigation - Construction
- Litigation - Environmental
- Litigation - ERISA
- Litigation - Health Care
- Litigation - Insurance
- Litigation - Intellectual Property
- Litigation - Labor and Employment
- Litigation - Mergers and Acquisitions
- Litigation - Securities
- Litigation - Trusts and Estates
- Litigation and Controversy - Tax
- Mass Tort Litigation / Class Actions - Defendants
- Mediation
- Mergers and Acquisitions Law
- Municipal Law
- Personal Injury Litigation - Defendants
- Product Liability Litigation - Defendants
- Professional Malpractice Law - Defendants
- Public Finance Law
- Real Estate Law
- Securities Regulation
- Tax Law
- Trade Secrets Law
- Trademark Law
- Transportation Law
- Trusts and Estates
- Utilities Law
Individuals Recognized in The Best Lawyers in America®
Capell & Howard P.C. has 27 lawyers recognized for individual performance in the 2025 edition of The Best Lawyers in
America®.
By receiving this Best Lawyers recognition from their peers for their professional excellence, these lawyers made Capell & Howard P.C. eligible for evaluation for Best Law Firms rankings.
For almost two decades, Best Lawyers has awarded these singular accolades, making them the foundation of our Best Law Firms awards.
Read more about our Best Lawyers process here.
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Awards
Awards are self-reported by firms and are not verified by the Best Law Firms rankings.
- 2023 Nominee for River Region Ethics in Business & Public Service Award
- 2016 Alabama Small Business of the Year, awarded by the Business Council of Alabama and Chamber of Commerce Association of Alabama
- 2011 Business in the Arts Award, given by the Montgomery Area Business Committee for the Arts
Main Location
Montgomery,
AL
150 South Perry Street
Montgomery, AL 36104
United States
334-241-8000
Call our Montgomery, AL location at 334-241-8000
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Office Locations
Tuscaloosa,
AL
1490 Northbank Parkway, Suite 226
Tuscaloosa, AL 35406
United States
205-764-1262
Call our Tuscaloosa, AL location at 205-764-1262
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Opelika,
AL
3120 Frederick Road, Suite B
Opelika, AL 36801
United States
334-501-1540
Call our Opelika, AL location at 334-501-1540
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Management and Personnel
Managing Director
M. Courtney Williams
Firm Administrator
Heather Ward
Communications Director
Mendie Nord
Contacts
Litigation | Appeals | Administrative Law | Insurance Defense & Regulation
C. Richard Hill Jr.
(334) 241-8043
Construction & Procurement | Litigation | Administrative Law | Governmental Affairs | Environmental
J. Lister Hubbard
(334) 241-8035
Commercial Real Estate & Title Insurance | Mortgage & Secured Lending | Bankruptcy, Workouts & Creditors Rights | Public Finance & Governmental Incentives | Estate Planning, Probate & Trust
David B. Hughes
(334) 241-8076
Corporate & Business Law | Mergers & Acquisitions | Taxation | Securities
Henry H. Hutchinson
(334) 241-8070
Corporate & Business Law | Health Care | Mergers & Acquisitions | Taxation | Estate Planning, Probate & Trust
D. Kyle Johnson
(334) 241-8055
Construction & Procurement | Litigation | Alternative Dispute Resolution | Asbestos & Toxic Torts | Products Liability | Environmental | Insurance Defense & Regulation | Employment & Labor Relations
R. Brooke Lawson III
(334) 241-8031
Commercial Real Estate & Title Insurance | Mortgage & Secured Lending
William K. Martin
(334) 241-8024
Education | Litigation | Criminal Defense | Commercial Real Estate & Title Insurance | Mortgage & Secured Lending | Domestic Relations | Employment & Labor Relations
Robert T. Meadows III
(334) 501-1540
Litigation | Products Liability | Insurance Defense & Regulation | Asbestos & Toxic Torts | Employment & Labor Relations
Robert F. Northcutt
(334) 241-8083
Employment & Labor Relations | Litigation | Corporate & Business Law | Estate Planning, Probate & Trust
Carla Cole Penton
(334) 241-8013
Commercial Real Estate & Title Insurance | Mortgage & Secured Lending | Corporate & Business Law | Bankruptcy, Workouts & Creditors Rights
Robert D. Rives
(334) 241-8085
Corporate & Business Law | Commercial Real Estate & Title Insurance | Mortgage & Secured Lending | Taxation | Estate Planning, Probate & Trust
Lee M. Russell Jr.
(334) 241-8012
Construction & Procurement | Litigation | Domestic Relations | Criminal Defense | Products Liability | Insurance Defense & Regulation
W. Allen Sheehan
(334) 241-8049
Commercial Real Estate & Title Insurance | Mortgage & Secured Lending
K. Palmer Smith
(334) 241-8015
Corporate & Business Law | Taxation | Securities | Mergers & Acquisitions | Employee Benefits | Estate Planning, Probate & Trust
M. Courtney Williams
(334) 241-8054
Commerical Real Estate & Title Insurance | Mortage & Secured Lending | Bankruptcy, Workouts & Creditors Rights
Shapard D. Ashley
(334) 241-8000
Real Estate Law | Bankruptcy, Workouts & Creditors Rights | Mortgage & Secured Lending | Title Insurance
Bowdy J. "Bo" Brown
(334) 241-8019
Corporate & Business Law | Mergers & Acquisitions | Health Care | Taxation | Intellectual Property
Michael P. Dalton
(334) 241-8072
Litigation | Appeals | Administrative Law | Insurance Defense & Regulation | Employment & Labor Relations
Ashley H. Freeman
(334) 241-8038
Business & Corporate Law | Commercial Litigation | Nonprofit Organizations
Timothy J. F. Gallagher
(334) 241-8005
Commercial Litigation | Nonprofit Organizations | Insurance Defense | Employment Law
Patrick L. W. Sefton
(334) 241-8003