Attorneys
April Dunaway Wise
150 South Perry Street (36104)
Post Office Box 2069 (36102)
Montgomery, Alabama
(334) 241-8096 direct phone
(334) 241-8296 direct fax
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Wanda Johnson secretary
(334) 241-8033 direct phone
(334) 241-8233 direct fax
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April Dunaway Wise concentrates her practice in the area of estate and tax planning and estate and trust administration. She also handles other probate court matters including guardianships, conservatorships, and adoptions. April received her bachelor's degree in accounting, cum laude, from Auburn University in 2004 and her juris doctorate, magna cum laude, from Cumberland School of Law in 2008. A native of Enterprise, Alabama, April served on the Editorial Board of the Cumberland Law Review as the Symposium Editor and served as an Abraham Caruthers Fellow for Cumberland's Legal Research and Writing program. While in law school, April also served as President of the Christian Legal Society.
April Dunaway Wise
Areas of Practice
Estate Planning
Education
J.D., magna cum laude, Cumberland School of Law, 2008
B.A., cum laude, Auburn University, 2004
Bar Admissions
Alabama, 2008
Honors and Awards
• Symposium Editor, Cumberland Law Review
• Fellow, Abraham Caruthers
• Cumberland School of Law Dean's Merit Scholarship
• Scholar of Merit for Civil Procedure I, Estate Planning, Estate Administration, and Alabama Trial Practice and Procedure
• Who's Who Among Students In American Universities and Colleges
• Phi Eta Sigma National Honor Society
• Golden Key Honor Society
• Pi Lambda Sigma
• Treasurer, National Society of Collegiate Scholars
Memberships, Affiliations, and Activities
• Symposium Editor, Cumberland Law Review
• Alabama State Bar
• American Bar Association
• Wills for Heroes Volunteer
• President, Christian Legal Society
• Alpha Omicron Pi Social Sorority
Publications and Lectures
• April Dunaway Wise, Analysis of the Alabama Uniform Residential Landlord and Tenant Act: the Changes, the Reasons, the Differences, the Planning, and the Unresolved, Alabama State Bar Real Property, Probate & Trust Section, http://www.alabar.org/sections/real%20property_probate_trust/newsletters.cfm (2008).
