WILLIAM S. CROWSON: Mr. Crowson was born in Frankfurt, Germany on June 27, 1960. He attended Birmingham Southern College on a Presidential Scholarship where he earned a B.A. degree in 1982. After working several years with SouthTrust Corporation where he rose to the level of Assistant Vice President, Mr. Crowson attended Cumberland School of Law and earned a J.D. degree in 1993. He was a member of the Cumberland Moot Court Board and was the champion of the 1992 Cumberland Moot Court Competition. He was admitted to the Bar and licensed to practice in Alabama in 1993. He is a member of the American Bar Association, including the Workers Compensation and Labor and Employment Sections, Alabama Bar Association, Alabama Trial Lawyers Association, Association of Trial Lawyers of America and the Birmingham Bar Association. Mr. Crowson is admitted to practice before all state courts as well as the federal 11th Circuit Court of Appeals and all inferior District Courts in Alabama.