Personnel note: Bradley welcomes 8 new Birmingham associates

Birmingham-based Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP on Wednesday announced the addition of 24 new attorneys joining the firm as associates — eight in its Birmingham office.

“We are thrilled to welcome this diverse group of attorneys to contribute to the successes of our clients across all of Bradley’s offices,” said Bradley Chairman of the Board and Managing Partner Beau Grenier. “We look forward to benefitting from their fresh thinking and to fostering their ongoing development and achievements.”

Including the new associates, the firm has added 35 attorneys in 2017, for a current firm-wide total of 533 attorneys.

The firm’s new associates in Birmingham are:

Jared C. Batte is a member of the Banking & Financial Services Practice Group, representing clients in real estate, finance and banking transactional matters. He received his J.D. (magna cum laude) from the University of Georgia School of Law, where he served as an articles editor for the Georgia Law Review.

He earned his Bachelor of Science (summa cum laude) from Auburn University.

Angelique A. Ciliberti is a member of the Litigation Practice Group. Her diverse general litigation practice includes the representation of pharmaceutical and other product manufacturers in state and federal courts throughout the country. In addition, she currently represents an Alabama death row inmate pro bono.

She earned her J.D. from the University of Virginia School of Law (UVA Law). During law school, she served as president of the UVA Law Innocence Project Pro Bono Clinic and was a member of the Managing Board of the Virginia Journal of Social Policy & Law.

She earned her Bachelor of Arts (summa cum laude) from Wake Forest University.

Niya T. McCray is a member of the Litigation Practice Group. She previously served as an intern with Bradley and with the in-house legal departments of Bridgestone and USAA. She received her J.D. from Vanderbilt University Law School (VLS). During law school, she assisted veterans with their legal needs through the VLS Medical-Legal Partnership Clinic. She received the VLS Scholastic Excellence Award for her performance in Information Privacy and was inducted into the Phi Delta Phi Legal Honor Society. She also was a Chancellor’s Scholar and the first three-time recipient of the Senator Avon N. Williams Jr. and Hon. Robert Lillard Law School Scholarship.

McCray earned her Bachelor of Arts from Vanderbilt University.

David W. Morton is a member of the Corporate and Securities Practice Group and focuses his practice on public finance matters. He earned his J.D. (magna cum laude) from the University of Alabama School of Law, where he was an articles editor for the Alabama Law Review and a member of the Campbell Moot Court Board.

He received his Bachelor of Science (summa cum laude) from Auburn University.

Ryan R. Priddy is a member of the Litigation Practice Group, representing clients in financial services litigation matters. He earned his J.D. (cum laude) from the University of Alabama School of Law, where he was senior editor of the Alabama Law Review.

He holds a Bachelor of Science (summa cum laude) from the University of Alabama.

Candice L. Rucker is a member of the Appellate Practice Group. She clerked for Judge Leslie H. Southwick of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit. She earned her J.D. (summa cum laude) from Mississippi College School of Law, where she was executive editor of the Mississippi College Law Review and vice chair of internal affairs for the Moot Court Board.

Rucker received her Bachelor of Arts (summa cum laude) from the University of Alabama.

D. Butler Sparks is a member of the Corporate and Securities Practice Group. He focuses his practice on advising public and private clients in a variety of corporate transactions, including mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures, private equity transactions, business entity formation, securities offerings, financing transactions and corporate reorganizations. He earned his J.D. from the University of Virginia School of Law, where he served on the editorial board of the Virginia Law Review and on the managing board of the Virginia Law and Business Review.

He received his Bachelor of Business Administration (summa cum laude) from Mississippi State University.

Lance W. Waters is a member of the Financial Services Litigation Practice Group. He served as a law clerk to Judge Yvette Kane of the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Pennsylvania. He earned his J.D. (magna cum laude) from Tulane University Law School, where he was a managing editor for the Tulane Law Review. 

He received his Bachelor of Arts (summa cum laude) from Tulane University.