Russell McWhorter Cunningham

2000 New York University School of Law LL.M - Master of Laws 1998 University of Alabama School of Law JD - Juris Doctor 1993 Auburn University, Auburn BS - Bachelor of Science N/A Vanderbilt University

2021 AV Peer Review Rating, Martindale-Hubbell® 2021 Super Lawyer - Mid South - Business/Corporate, SuperLawyers 2020 Top Attorney, B-Metro Magazine 2020 AV Peer Review Rating, Martindale-Hubbell 2020 Super Lawyer - Mid South - Business/Corporate, Super Lawyers

2005 The Property Tax Deskbook Alabama Property Tax Laws 2005 Keatinge and Conaway on Choice of Entity State Taxation of Subchapter C, Subchapter S and Subchapter K entities and Their Owners--An Overview 2005 Alabama Technology Today Alabama Has a New Way of Taxing Internet Sales But Is It Constitutional? 2005 State and Local Taxation State Taxation of Limited Liability Companies and Limited Liability Partnerships--Background and Recent Developments

2019 - Present American Bar Foundation Fellow 2019 - Present Southeastern Business Law Institute Planning Committee 2001 - Present Birmingham Venture Club 2000 - Present Birmingham Bar Association Business Law Section - Chair 2018, Chair Elect 2017 1998 - Present Alabama State Bar Business Law; Real Property, Probate & Trust; and Tax Sections

2011 Innovation Depot Summer School Series Sources of Capital for Business: From Bootstrap to Venture Capital and Everything Inbetween 2010 UA School of Law Business Law Society Speaker Series The Role of the Transactional Attorney 2010 MBA 681: Idea to IPO - Life Sciences Entrepreneurship - Guest Lecturer Navigating Common Legal Issues Facing Emerging Businesses: Choice of Entity, Seed Funding, Controlling Equity, Incentivizing Employees, and Venture Capital Funding 2009 Red Mountain Law Entrepreneur Series Equity Compensation and Incentives in Partnerships and Limited Liability Companies 2009 Introduction to Entrepreneurship & Small Business Legal Considerations for Entrepreneurs