Baker Donelson attorney Marcus M. Maples has been elected to serve as secretary-treasurer of the Birmingham Bar Association.
A shareholder in the Birmingham office of Baker Donelson, Mr. Maples tries cases and leads defense teams in a wide range of high-stakes cases including complex commercial litigation, shareholder disputes, and construction litigation. He has experience litigating in at least a dozen states due to his role as national counsel for an international engineering firm.
Mr. Maples is a member of Baker Donelson's Diversity Committee and serves as chair of the Firm's Diversity & Inclusion Compact Advisory Board. He has been recognized as a "Rising Star" by Super Lawyers and the Birmingham Business Journal, and was named to the Birmingham Business Journal's 2020 "Top 40 Under 40."
Mr. Maples is a frequent speaker on leadership in the legal profession. He is a member of the board of directors of the Vestavia Hills City Schools Foundation and serves on the board of trustees for the University of North Alabama. A graduate of the University of Alabama School of Law, Mr. Maples is a member of the Magic City and American Bar Associations and past president of the Alabama Lawyers Association. He previously served as co-chair of the Alabama State Bar Association Diversity Committee and, in recognition of his work in this role, was a recipient of the President's Award in 2020. He is also a member of the IADC Diversity Committee, and has served as chair of the Diversity Subcommittees for DRI's Young Lawyers Committee and Life Health Disability & ERISA Committee.