DFHLAW.COM - Key Persons


Alabama Federal

Job Titles:
  • Tax Clinic Board Member, past President

Alabama Profit Sharing

Job Titles:
  • Council Member, past President

Alexandra O. Priester

Job Titles:
  • Associate

Ashley L. Neese - Shareholder

Job Titles:
  • Shareholder

Barry A. Ragsdale - Shareholder

Job Titles:
  • Shareholder

Bonnie Jarrard

Job Titles:
  • Legal Assistant

Brian T. Williams - Shareholder

Job Titles:
  • Shareholder

Christen D. Butler - Shareholder

Job Titles:
  • Shareholder

Dale B. Stone - Shareholder

Job Titles:
  • Shareholder

Daniel Leverton - Shareholder

Job Titles:
  • Associate
  • Shareholder

Dominick Feld Hyde

Feld Hyde, P.C. was founded on the shared vision of estate planning and tax, quickly becoming Birmingham's preferred "tax boutique" due to most of its attorneys holding a Master of Laws in Taxation degree. In 2011 the firms merged, combining their strengths of tax support with comprehensive personal and business counsel. Today, Dominick Feld Hyde remains an agile firm with the ability to handle simple or complex legal matters. Our team's high ratio of attorneys with Master of Law in Taxation degrees is balanced by a collaborative, people-centric approach.

Douglas L. McWhorter - Shareholder

Job Titles:
  • Shareholder

Emily V. Frost

Job Titles:
  • Associate
  • Member of the Birmingham Bar Association
  • Member of the Junior League of Birmingham
Emily is a member of the Birmingham Bar Association and the Alabama Bar Association. In addition to being involved in her church, Emily is a sustaining member of the Junior League of Birmingham. She volunteers in children's schools and served for many years on the PTO board, including fundraiser chair, treasurer, and president.

Gregory D. Hyde - Shareholder

Job Titles:
  • Shareholder

Hannah M. Cassady

Job Titles:
  • Associate

Judy Bateman - Shareholder

Job Titles:
  • Shareholder

Katie J. Barnes

Job Titles:
  • Associate
Katie is an Associate in the Firm's Corporate and Estate Planning practice groups. A native of Birmingham, Katie graduated from Cumberland School of Law in 2017 with a dual J.D./M.B.A., and subsequently graduated from the University of Florida Levin College of Law with her L.L.M. in Taxation in 2018. She completed her undergraduate studies at Sewanee: The University of the South.

Kay O. Wilburn - Shareholder

Job Titles:
  • Shareholder
  • Member of the Firm
Kay is a member of the firm's Corporate Practice and Estate Planning/Probate Practice groups. She has been selected by her peers for inclusion in The Best Lawyers in America in the fields of Litigation - Trusts & Estates, Tax Law and Trust and Estates and has been listed in Alabama Super Lawyers in the Estate Planning and Probate categories of law. Kay is also recognized as an AV Preeminent attorney by Martindale-Hubbell®. She is also listed in the National Advocates Top 100 Lawyers. Locally, Kay has been recognized as a "Top Flight Attorney" and one of the "Top Women in Law" by B-Metro Magazine.

Lance Webster

Job Titles:
  • of Counsel
Lance was an Adjunct Professor to the Birmingham School of Law in 1988 and 1989 and is a member of the Alabama and Birmingham Bar Associations.

Laura Kunze

Job Titles:
  • Legal Assistant

Michele G. Deck

Job Titles:
  • Legal Assistant

Michelle Deck

Job Titles:
  • Legal Assistant

Rhonda McFarling

Job Titles:
  • Legal Assistant

Richard W. Theibert

Job Titles:
  • of Counsel

Robert S. Vance, III

Job Titles:
  • Associate

Robin Goode

Job Titles:
  • Legal Assistant

Sonya Lipsey

Job Titles:
  • Legal Assistant

Susan Dominick Doughton - Shareholder

Job Titles:
  • Shareholder

William J. Bryant

Job Titles:
  • of Counsel

William J. Nelson

Job Titles:
  • Associate