A native of the Chicago suburbs (LaGrange,
Illinois), Brad graduated from Lyons Township High School and then
received his Bachelors of Science degree from the University of
North Alabama where he double majored in Business Management and
Political Science. While there he was elected and served as
president of the Student Government Association during both his
junior and senior years. He thereafter attended Cumberland School
of Law at Samford University where he was awarded a Juris
Doctorate degree.
Prior to
commencing legal practice, Brad served one-year clerkships each
with the United States Trustee for the Northern District of
Alabama, Billy J. Rivers, and United States District Judge for the
Northern District of Alabama, E.B. Haltom, Jr. Brad is a principal
of each of the Bond & Botes consumer bankruptcy law offices (www.bondnbotes.com)
which are located in Alabama, Mississippi, and Tennessee.
Brad is licensed
to practice law in Alabama, Mississippi, Tennessee and Illinois.
He is also admitted to practice before various United States
District Courts, the United States Court of Appeals for the
Eleventh Circuit and the United States Supreme Court.
A member of the National Association of Consumer Bankruptcy
Attorneys (www.nacba.org)
since its inception, Brad has served as a member of its Board of
Directors and as its first full time Executive Director. He has
lectured on various bankruptcy topics to local and national
gatherings of bankruptcy attorneys, trustees and judges.
While not
practicing law, Brad has served as a member of the Board of
Directors of the Big Brothers Big Sisters of Greater Birmingham (www.bbbsbhm.org),
The Crisis Center of Birmingham (www.crisiscenterbham.com)
the Alabama Head Injury Foundation (www.ahif.org)
and The Alabama Coalition against Rape (www.acar.org).
He currently resides in Birmingham, Alabama with his wife of 20
years and his three children.
Office Locations
map & directions
Bond,
Botes, Reese, & Shinn, P.C.
600 University Park Place, Suite 510
Birmingham AL 35209 Tel: 205.802.2200 Fax: 205.802.2209
Bradford
W. Botes
