College: San Francisco State University, B.A., 1983

Frances Ross Nolan, an associate in the firm, is a Birmingham native and cum laude graduate of Cumberland School of Law.  As a member of the Cumberland Law Review, Frances was appointed to the Law Review's Editorial Board in 2004-2005 where she served as Student Materials Editor.  She earned a B.A. in Social Science with a Minor in Criminal Justice from San Francisco State University in 1983 and was among the first women to graduate from Indian Springs School in Helena, Alabama in 1977.

Frances worked in a variety of sales, marketing and management positions and spent several years "working" as a full-time mother before deciding to go back to law school in 2002.  She and her husband, Bill Nolan, have been married for twenty-one years and have one son, William, who is a Freshman in College at St. Olaf College in Northfield, Minnesota.

Frances has been certified by the Collaborative Law Institute of Georgia as a Collaborative Practitioner.

Professional Associations

• Birmingham Bar Association
• Alabama Bar Association
• American Bar Association
• Family Law Section
• Women Lawyer's Section
• Birmingham Inns of Court
• Shades Valley Rotary Club
• International Association of Collaborative Practitioners
• Indian Springs School Alumni Council
  

Bar Admissions

• State of Alabama
• United States District Court for the Middle District of Alabama
• Local Courts of Jefferson and Shelby Counties