Angie Godwin McEwen
Office Information
- Co-Chair, Associates Review Committee
Practice Areas
Angie focuses her practice on real estate law, business and commercial transactions, financial services and commercial lending from the firm’s Finance and Real Estate Group.
Biography – View PDF Bio
- Associations
- Bar Admissions
- Civic Involvement
- Distinctions
- Education & Honors
- Experience
- In the News
- Papers, Presentations, & Publications
Bar Admissions
- Alabama, 1999
Civic Involvement
- Hands on Birmingham, Past President
- Hands on Birmingham, Board of Directors, 2003-2010
- Leadership Vestavia Hills, Past Director, Board of Directors
- Leadership Vestavia Hills, Recruitment Committee, Past Chair
Distinctions
- Chambers USA, America's Leading Lawyers for Business
- Real Estate (Alabama), Recognised Practitioner, 2018
- LEED Green Associate accredited professional
- Top 40 Under 40, Birmingham Business Journal, 2008
- Best Lawyers in America®
- Real Estate Law, 2019
Education & Honors
- Vanderbilt University Law School, J.D., 1999
- Executive Professional Authorities Editor, Vanderbilt Journal of Transnational Law
- Birmingham-Southern College, B.A., Political Science-Sociology, magna cum laude, 1995
- Phi Beta Kappa
Experience
- Counsel to nursing home owner and operator in the site acquisition, development and financing of new 117-bed skilled nursing facility and rehabilitation center.
- Represent multi-national quarry owner in all aspects of property acquisition, including development of haul roads and nuisance avoidance measures.
- Represent owner of Red Mountain Park in assemblage of over 1,100 acres to be used for development of one of the largest urban parks in the country.
- Counsel to conservation organization in the management and expenditure of over $30 million set aside in environmental consent decree.
- Represent a land trust in the establishment of conservation easements to protect watershed properties and other open spaces, as well as landowners seeking tax benefits through the creation of conservation easements.
In the News
- Check Out the Butler Snow Sensory Trail at Red Mt. Park - AL.com
- SmartBank to acquire Tuscaloosa, Alabama-based Capstone Bank - Spoke
- Firm Ranked #2 for "2016 Healthiest Employers" by BBJ
- Service Elevated
- Focus Elevated
- Butler Snow Attorney Selected as Chair of Vestavia Hills Chamber of Commerce
- 18 Lawyers From Dwindling Johnston Barton Join Birmingham, Ala., Office of Butler Snow
- Butler Snow Expands Birmingham Office - 19 Attorneys Join
Papers, Presentations, & Publications
- Author, "Alabama Lending Law: A Guide for Commercial Lenders and Businesses," Website of Commercial Financial Services Committee of the Business Law Section of the American Bar Association, March 2005.
- Author, "Property Owners Can Use Easements for Tax Breaks," Birmingham Business Journal, November 2004.
- Speaker, "Fundamentals of Title and Conveyancing," Real Estate Titles, Conveyances and Unlawful Detainers, August 2004.
- Speaker, "Annual Corporate Check-up: Five Steps to a Healthy and Prosperous New Fiscal Year," January 2004.
- Author, "Contributions Can Benefit Donors," Birmingham Business Journal, December 2001.
- Speaker, "Issues in E-Business," Business Contracting in Alabama, Lorman Education Services, July 10, 2001.
- Speaker, "Buying Over the Internet," Purchasing Law in Alabama, Lorman Education Services, May 1, 2001.