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Sirote is proud to announce that shareholder Brad Sklar has been chosen as an honoree for the Birmingham Business Journal’s “Best of the Bar” for 2020, acknowledging the work of accomplished area attorneys. Honorees were selected by a panel of editorial judges from a pool of nominees, based on factors such as contributions to the field, contributions to their firms, tangible accomplishments, as well as professional reputation and civic involvement.

Brad is a current executive board member and shareholder of Sirote & Permutt, P.C., previously serving as co-chair of the firm's Corporate and Tax Practice Group. Brad focuses on complex tax, entity, and business planning transactions, including mergers and acquisitions; sales of businesses; sale and purchase structuring and funding of large real estate transactions; raising capital; and navigation of state and local tax incentives. He counsels clients in tax and business planning and entity structuring for development and business structuring. He also coordinates the planning of transactions to maximize tax benefits, reduce risk, and comply with tax law at local, state, and federal levels, including incentive and economic development opportunities. 

Brad has been recognized by numerous professional organizations throughout his career, including being ranked in Chambers USA (Corporate/Commercial) every year since 2012. He was recently named the Best Lawyers® Business Organizations (including LLCs and Partnerships) “Lawyer of the Year” in Birmingham for 2021. In addition to the "Lawyer of the Year" award, Brad was listed in the 2021 edition of The Best Lawyers in America© for Business Organizations (including LLCs and Partnerships), an honor for which he has been recognized every year since 2015; for Corporate Law (every year since 2014); for Real Estate Law (every year since 2016); and for Tax Law (every year since 2003). Brad has been recognized by Mid-South Super Lawyers® and holds an AV-Preeminent Martindale-Hubbell® Peer Review Rating™. He also finds time to serve on the boards of Progress Bank, the Mountain Brook Board of Education, and the University of Alabama Law School Foundation, in addition to his other national and community positions.

Sirote would like to congratulate all honorees. For a complete list of this year’s Best of the Bar winners, please click here (subscription required).