Alabama Estate Planning and Will Drafting with Forms

Hon. Greg Cain has served as the Judge of Probate of Morgan County, Alabama since 2007. Before being elected to office he served 16 years as a Police Officer with the Decatur Police Department where he reached the rank of Sergeant. He is actively involved in the Alabama Probate Judges Association and served as President of the Association in 2023. He was appointed to the ALI committee that drafted the new adoption code, which was signed into law by the Governor and went into effect in January 2024. He decided to continue his education and attended Birmingham School of Law where he graduated magna cum laude in 2023. Greg also serves as the Pastor of Promise Land Church in Hartselle, where he resides with his wife Cindy. They have been married 37 years and have 2 daughters who are both medical doctors. Greg and Cindy enjoy being Papa and Grandma to their identical twin grandsons.

James O’Connell is a probate lawyer with offices in Birmingham and Auburn, Alabama. He focuses his law practice on probate, estate planning, tax, trust, and related work for clients with estates of all sizes. He is a knowledgeable and experienced lawyer who is dedicated to helping his clients achieve their estate planning goals in a cost-efficient and tax-efficient manner. He has helped scores of families with estates from the modest to the multi-millions. James is also a professor at the Birmingham School of Law, where he has been teaching since 2008. He teaches courses in Wills & Decedent’s Estates, Will Drafting, Trusts, and Probate Practice. James earned his own law degree at Tulane University in New Orleans, before moving to Birmingham in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina. He has enjoyed a very active and rewarding practice in Alabama since 2006.