Shawn T. Alves
Shawn Alves is a member of the firm who lives in Daphne, Alabama and practices in the Daphne office. In 1994, Mr. Alves graduated from the University of the South, with honors. After graduating magna cum laude from the University of Alabama School of Law, he joined the firm in 1999. During law school, Mr. Alves was a member of the Alabama Law Review, the Bench and Bar Legal Honor Society and the John A. Campbell Moot Court. He was honored as a Hugo Black Scholar and is currently a member of the Order of the Coif.
Mr. Alves litigates difficult and complex commercial, real estate, business, construction, estate and trust matters. In addition, he is experienced in providing transactional services in those same areas including, but not limited to, mergers and acquisitions, business planning and organization, estate planning, trusts and multifaceted real estate matters.
In his free time, Mr. Alves enjoys serving on the board of directors of local non-profit corporations. He is also an avid outdoorsman who has climbed Mount Rainier and takes his family on regular mountain biking trips.
Bar Admissions
- Alabama, 1999
Education
- The University of Alabama School of Law, Tuscaloosa, Alabama
- Juris Doctorate: magna cum laude, 1999
- Honors: Order of the Coif
- Honors: Bench and Bar Legal Honor Society
- Honors: John A. Campbell Moot Court Board
- Honors: Hugh Black Scholar
- The University of the South
- Bachelor of Science, 1994
- With Honors
Professional Associations and Memberships
- Baldwin County Bar Association, President 2010, Vice President 2009
- Alabama State Bar, Leadership Class IV
- Daphne / Spanish Fort Rotary Club
- International Committee Chairman 2005 to present
- District Simplified Grant Committee Chairman 2008 to 2010
- Dominican Republic Water Purification Project
- Argentina High School Lab Project
- Trione Park Automated External Defibrillator (AED) Project
- The South Alabama Land Trust, Board Member 2011 to 2024 and 2025 to present
- The Alabama Free Clinic, Board Member 2000 to 2025
- Beckwith Camp and Conference Center, Board Member 2016 to 2022
- St. Paul’s Episcopal Church, Usher
- American Red Cross, Alabama Gulf Coast Chapter, Board Member 2005 to 2010
- Boys and Girls Club of South Alabama, Ruff Wilson Boys and Girls Advisory Board President 1999 to 2006
