Sam W. Irby Elected as 143rd President of the Alabama State Bar

Irby & Heard, P.C. is pleased to announce that Sam W. Irby has been elected as the 143rd President of the Alabama State Bar.

The Alabama State Bar is composed of over 18,000 members. Sam will serve his term as President of the Alabama State Bar from June 2018 through June 2019. Sam is a lifelong resident of Fairhope and has practiced law as a small firm practitioner in Fairhope since 1972.

From 2011 to 2017, Sam served as an Alabama State Bar Commissioner representing the 28th Judicial Circuit (Baldwin County). Sam also served as Chair of the Solo and Small Firm Section of the Alabama State Bar. He is a Fellow of the American College of Real Estate Lawyers.

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Sam W. Irby Elected as Fellow to American College of Real Estate Lawyers

Irby & Heard, P.C. is pleased to announce that Sam W. Irby has been elected as a Fellow to the American College of Real Estate Lawyers (ACREL).

ACREL is a prestigious and highly-selective national organization of real estate attorneys recognized for their skill, experience and high standards of professional and ethical conduct. The objectives of ACREL include promoting high standards of professional and ethical responsibility in the practice of real estate law; seeking to improve real estate law and practice; making available to the bar and to the public authoritative educational materials in the field of real estate law; informing the membership of the most current developments in real estate law and practice; and cooperating and consulting with national, state and local bar organizations, government agencies and other groups which have an interest in real estate law and practice.

Sam W. Irby is currently serving as President-Elect of the Alabama State Bar. He will assume office as President of the Alabama State Bar in June 2018 for the 2018-2019 term.

About Irby & Heard, P.C.

Irby & Heard, P.C., is engaged in the practice of law in Baldwin County, Alabama with emphasis in the practice areas of simple and complex residential real estate; commercial real estate; condominium development; planned residential development; subdivision development; planning and zoning issues; title insurance services; real estate and loan closings; estate planning; wills; trusts; powers of attorney; health care directives; probate and business law.