HULL, TOWILL, NORMAN, BARRETT & SALLEY, with its two locations, has a long history in both Augusta, Georgia and Aiken, South Carolina.  The firm was founded in 1916 by William Hale Barrett and James Meriwether Hull.  Mr. Barrett was appointed to the Federal bench in 1922 and Mr. Hull practiced with the firm until his death in 1975.  Judge Barrett’s grandson, Hale, is the senior partner of the firm today.  The firm has enjoyed a long history of successful  law practice and achievement in Augusta and Aiken. In 1999, the firm ushered in a new chapter in its history by combining with the Aiken firm of HENDERSON & SALLEY, which was established in 1872 by Daniel Sullivan Henderson.  Mr. Henderson was a prominent South Carolina lawyer and a member of the South Carolina State Senate.  He was in partnership with his half-brother, Edward Palmer Henderson.  D.S. Henderson’s son, Perroneau Finley Henderson, was a partner of the firm until his death in 1968.  Julian B. Salley, Jr. practiced law since 1936, with an interruption during his service in World War II. Mr. Salley was active after the merger of the two firms, but unfortunately passed away in 2005. The firm has grown with the Augusta-Aiken communities and has long been the largest firm in the area.  The firm is presently composed of 30 lawyers.  The firm is AV rated (the highest rating possible) by Martindale-Hubbell with nine of its partners individually possessing a similar rating. The firm’s attorneys have varied and diverse backgrounds.  Graduates of the law schools of Emory University, University of Florida, University of Georgia, Georgia State University, Harvard University, Mercer University, New York University, and University of South Carolina are members of the firm. A staff of 39 provides the firm with competent, professional support. The Augusta office occupies the seventh and eighth floors of the SunTrust Bank Building in Augusta’s downtown business district overlooking the Savannah River.  The Aiken office is located directly across the street from the Aiken Judicial Center in historic downtown Aiken. SCOPE OF PRACTICE HULL, TOWILL, NORMAN, BARRETT & SALLEY is engaged in a general civil practice and is the area’s only true full-service firm providing a broad range of legal services with an emphasis on general litigation, trials and appeals; securities and corporate law; mergers, acquisitions and public offerings; local government law; health care; computer and technology law; internet ventures; trademark and copyright law; taxation; public finance; commercial real estate; employment and Title VII law; banking law; insurance law; trusts, estate planning and probate; First Amendment and media law and environmental matters. Several members serve as mediators or arbitrators in alternative dispute resolution proceedings.  The firm enjoys a broad client base of major corporations, small businesses, professional entities, financial and lending institutions, local governments, public authorities and three health care institutions.  The firm also acts as local counsel for several public utilities, a railroad and many insurance companies. PUBLIC & BAR LEADERSHIP The firm has a long history of public service to the Augusta and Aiken communities, the States of Georgia and South Carolina and to the organized bar. Firm members have served on the federal and state trial courts, as state legislators and city council members, as members of the state bar governing bodies, as presidents of state and local bar organizations, as members of the Georgia Board of Bar Examiners and on numerous bar committees and court advisory committees. COMMUNITY SERVICE Firm members are very active in a variety of civic and charitable organizations, educational institutions and church related activities. A partner in the Augusta office recently served as President of the Greater Augusta Chamber of Commerce and several members have held governance positions in Leadership Georgia and Leadership Augusta. Various firm members have served as president of the leading civic and community support organizations over the years. Members of the firm also serve on a number of non-profit boards and contribute their time and talent to these entities. Many members of the firm have served on the governing boards of local churches and school organizations.