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Parker Hennecy provides a level of service that only experienced attorneys can provide. We deliver timely and proficient service whether your legal needs involve business or corporate law, real estate matters, or probate, estate planning and elder law.

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About Us

Birmingham’s culture of growth and expansion serves as the perfect location for the firm given Parker Hennecy’s primary focus on business, real estate, estate planning, guardianship, conservatorships and elder law. Parker Hennecy is committed to excellence and exemplifies its commitment through the time and effort given to each client.

We have a wealth of experience in successfully representing individual clients with estate planning, guardianship, conservatorship, wills, trusts, powers of attorney advanced healthcare directives and elder law, as well as clients with business-related needs including builders, investors, engineers, construction managers, developers, landlords, architects, hotel owners, property managers, technology firms, non-profit entities, county government offices, professional entities, security companies, service industry businesses, banks, lenders and other real estate professionals. Quality legal representation, attention to detail, and responsiveness to client needs build the foundation for success for both the firm and its clients.

Parker Hennecy, LLC, is conveniently located in Office Park in the heart of Birmingham, Alabama. The firm has thrived since 2021 when Lorrie Maples Parker (The Parker Law Firm, LLC) and Karen Hennecy (Hennecy Law, LLC) realized that joining forces would enhance their respective law practices and formed Parker Hennecy, LLC.

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Practice Areas

Real Estate

Parker Hennecy is highly experienced in the practice of real estate law and real estate transactions. From assisting clients in the acquisition and development of multi-million-dollar projects, to negotiation of a residential real estate contract, Parker Hennecy has been involved in every aspect of real estate law.

We can assist with all phases of a real estate transaction including contract negotiation, due diligence, loan documentation negotiation/preparation, and the closing and disbursement process. Additionally, Parker Hennecy has experience assisting clients with 1031 tax deferred exchanges, real property subdivision, rezoning, development, condemnation, tax appeals, boundary line disputes, quiet title actions, and tax sale redemptions.

Parker Hennecy represents a wide range of commercial real estate clients, including banks, credit unions, commercial and residential developers, investors, public and private businesses, and commercial landlords and tenants, hoteliers, and owners of multi-family housing developments.

Parker Hennecy has had the privilege of representing the Jefferson County, Alabama Office of Community & Economic Development for several years. Our legal team has in depth experience with governmental programs, including HOME and CDBG. Parker Hennecy has assisted the Office of Community & Economic Development in partnering with local non-profit organizations to assist potential low-income purchasers with their dream of owning their own home. Our firm has also helped the Office of Community & Economic Development in its collaboration with business owners creating new economic opportunities in Jefferson County.  

Corporate Law

Parker Hennecy often directs clients through the maze of choices associated with creating a corporation, partnership, or limited liability company. There are several options when it comes to business formation and Parker Hennecy will help you form the business that makes sense for you. We guide our clients through every step from building an organizational foundation to establishing an appropriate business succession plan.

Parker Hennecy is skilled in both simple and complex corporate matters including business entity formation and operation, shareholder and member agreements, stock redemption agreements, mergers and acquisitions, and business liquidation and dissolution. Our long-term relationships with our clients help establish stability and success in their business practices. 

Transactional Law

Parker Hennecy has experience representing all sides of a broad array of transactions such as commercial contracts, sales and distribution agreements, confidentiality agreements, franchise agreements, lease agreements, licenses, employment agreements, non-competition agreements, service agreements, joint venture agreements, loan modification agreements, and lender workouts. Our team drafts, reviews, and negotiates any such contract depending on the needs of a particular client. 

Elder Law

Parker Hennecy also assists clients with Advance Medical Directives. Often referred to as “Living Wills,” Alabama’s Advance Medical Directives offer individuals the opportunity to state their wishes for end-of-life situations including the desire for food and hydration through an IV and the use of ventilators. We will walk you or your loved one through this process and assist with ensuring understanding and making sure your wishes are accurately memorialized. 

Parker Hennecy guides clients in long term care planning. We offer individualized plans for seniors and their families facing the high cost of long-term care. Failure to plan ahead for these needs can easily deplete the family at a time when emotional resources are already strained. We explore all options available and appropriate to the specific needs of the client including, but not limited to, long-term care insurance, selection of facilities, qualification for public benefits such as Social Security and Medicaid and asset protection trusts.   

Parker Hennecy specializes in investigating, reporting and representing the victims of elder exploitation and abuse whether it is financial, physical or other abuse and neglect. Elder abuse is on the rise and affects many families today. We work closely with the reporting agencies and the Probate Courts to protect the victim and strive to make them whole.

Estate Planning, Wills and Trusts

Parker Hennecy assists clients with preparation of wills, trusts, powers of attorneys, and other estate planning related needs. In addition to a Last Will and Testament, the use of revocable and irrevocable trusts, special needs trusts, insurance trusts and other forms of management trusts are just a few of the ways we can tailor our clients’ specific estate plan. Powers of Attorneys give one the opportunity to grant an agent the authority to conduct one’s financial affairs or make medical decisions temporarily or permanently. Parker Hennecy takes the time to counsel the client on the specific Power of Attorney to best meet the clients’ needs. 

Our attorneys work with our clients in preparing estate plans which meet their familial and charitable objectives. Many of our clients have specific and unique ideas and goals regarding the disposition of their estates. Therefore, we create individualized estate plans rather than relying on forms which may not adequately address their comprehensive goals.    

Probate

Parker Hennecy assists clients with all aspects of simple and complex estate administration. We know that this season of life can be complicated by grief and hardships, and we are here to make this process as easy as possible. We have over 40 years of experience to guide you through this process so that you can focus on your family during this time.  We work with clients to guide them through each step of the process from filing the initial petition to distribution and settlement of the estate.

Our firm specializes in both establishing and long-term maintenance of guardianships and conservatorships. We have many long-term conservatorships in which we oversee and manage an incapacitated person’s daily life while coordinating the most beneficial investments and managing finances. Parker Hennecy has expertise in managing the guardianship and conservatorship process from filing the initial petition through representing the ward in court when necessary and triennial and final settlements of estates.

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Lorrie Maples Parker, Esquire

lparker@parkerhennecy.com

(205) 313-2451

Lorrie Maples Parker entered law school with a vision of practicing constitutional law. Once she began law school and had the opportunity to explore various areas of the law, she quickly determined that she had a passion for real estate and business transactions. 

Mrs. Parker earned her B.S. degree from Spring Hill College in 1992, double-majoring in Political Science and History, and minoring in Philosophy. She obtained her J.D. from the University of Alabama and is admitted to the Alabama State Bar as well as the United States District Court in the Northern and Middle Districts of Alabama. Mrs. Parker practiced with a mid-sized Birmingham firm for fifteen years, serving as managing partner of the real estate and corporate department, before deciding to form The Parker Law Firm, LLC in 2011.   

Mrs. Parker is married to Emmett Parker, has two children, Ella Katherine and Harrison, and Cooper, a standard poodle. She and her family are longtime members of the Church of the Advent (Episcopal) and when she’s not spending time with family or friends, or out on the golf course, Mrs. Parker enjoys music, painting, cooking, and traveling. 

Areas of Practice

  • Real Estate 
  • Corporate Law 
  • Transactional Law 
  • Wills and Trusts

Bar Admissions

  • Alabama 
  • United States District Court (Northern and Middle Districts of Alabama)

Education

  • Spring Hill College, B.S., 1992 
  • University of Alabama School of Law, J.D. 1995 

Professional Associations & Memberships

  • Alabama Bar Association, Member 
  • Birmingham Bar Association, Member
  • Birmingham Bar Association Women’s Committee, Member 
  • Birmingham Bar Association Public Service Committee, Secretary (2011-2013)  
  • The Women’s Network, Member 
  • Birmingham Chapter for Multiple Sclerosis Association Leadership Class (2011) 
  • Birmingham Commercial Real Estate Women, Member 

Recognitions & Awards

  • AV Rated with Martindale Hubbell Peer Review Ratings (over 20 years) 
  • Bar Register of Preeminent Women Lawyers™ (since 2011)
  • Birmingham Magazine’s Top Commercial Real Estate Attorneys (2015)  

Karen Hennecy, Esquire

karen@parkerhennecy.com

(205) 313-2454

Karen M. Hennecy has 26 years of experience exclusively in probate, trusts and elder law. Part of her elder law practice includes assisting families dealing with elder abuse with a goal to help minimize or eliminate exposure to elder abuse and provide peace of mind. Additionally, she has significant experience working with families whose lives have been affected by Alzheimer’s and dementia.

Her practice includes the administration of decedent’s estates, incapacitated and protected persons, guardianships, conservatorships, estate and trust litigation, estate planning including wills and trusts, assisting clients and their families with elder law issues, advance directives, durable powers of attorney, asset preservation, Medicare and Medicaid planning, Social Security, and mental health issues. This involves marshaling assets, litigating real and personal property ownership issues, managing estate funds, overseeing nursing home placement, Medicaid eligibility, and overseeing payment of beneficiaries’ day to day expenses. She is involved in all areas of administration of simple and complex estates. A growing area of her practice involves advising clients about scams targeting elderly and incapacitated persons. 

Ms. Hennecy received her B. A. in Graphic Design from Samford University in 1991 and her J.D. from Cumberland School of Law at Samford University in 1997. Immediately following law school, Ms. Hennecy directed the “Legal Counsel for the Elderly” program under Alabama’s Commission on Aging Title III Program for a thirteen-county region which was the state’s first program of this kind. In this role, she did extensive public speaking on elder law issues, traveled to nursing homes, assisted living facilities and senior citizen centers while maintaining a practice exclusively in probate and elder law.   

Ms. Hennecy joined the Law Offices of Sidney C. Summey, LLC, in 1999 which later became Summey and Hennecy, LLC.  In 2008, Summey and Hennecy, LLC, merged with White Arnold & Dowd, P.C. In 2020, Ms. Hennecy formed Hennecy Law, LLC, and in 2021, Parker Hennecy, LLC became her professional home.  

Ms. Hennecy was born and raised in Decatur, Alabama, but has made Birmingham her home since 1987. She shares her life with her son CJ.

Areas of Practice

  • Probate Law 
  • Estate Planning 
  • Elder Law 

Publications

  • “Coronavirus and the Law: Elder Law Developments in a Global Pandemic,” electronic distribution to Probate Section, Birmingham Bar Association, April 15, 2020. 
  • “Insights into Aging in Alabama,” Birmingham Business Journal, Table of Experts Series Panelist, September 25, 2015. 
  • “Insights into Elder Care,” Birmingham Business Journal, Table of Experts Series Panelist, August 29, 2014.  
  • “Capacity Issues in Executing Estate Planning Documents,” CLE Presentation, Probate Section, Birmingham Bar Association, December 6, 2013.

Professional Affiliations

  • Alabama Bar Association  
  • Elder Law Section President 2000-2001  
  • Elder Law Section Secretary 1999-2000  
  • Probate Section Member  
  • Women’s Lawyer Section Member 
  • Birmingham Bar Association  
  • Elder Law Committee Co-Chair 2016  
  • Elder Law Committee Member 2014  
  • NAELA – National Academy of Elder Law Attorneys, Member  
  • National Guardianship Association, Member  
  • ALI Uniform Guardianship, Conservatorship and Other Protective Arrangements Act Committee  
  • Birmingham School of Law, Elder Law Instructor  

Recognitions & Awards

  • B-Metro Magazine, Top Lawyers 2016, 2017  
  • B-Metro Magazine, Top Women Attorneys 2015 – 2019  
  • Birmingham Magazine, Top Attorneys 2014, 2020  

Ginger Pope, Paralegal

ginger@parkerhennecy.com

(205) 313-2452

Ginger Pope received her A.S. degree from Orlando College, which is now known as Florida Metropolitan University in 1993, graduating cum laude. Mrs. Pope began working with Lorrie Parker in 1998 and has been an integral part of Parker Hennecy since its inception. Mrs. Pope has experience in several aspects of real estate transactions through her former employment doing title work. She lives in Vestavia Hills and spends her free time attending concerts.

Letisha Reno, Legal Assistant

lreno@parkerhennecy.com 

(205) 313-2457

Letisha Reno graduated from Wallace State Community College in 1996 with an Associate in Applied Science Degree in Business Education and Office Systems Technology-Legal Secretary Option. Over the past 27 years, Letisha has worked solely in Probate and Elder law including conservatorships, guardianships, decedent’s estates, and estate planning.  In 2001, she began working with Karen Hennecy at Summey & Hennecy, LLC. In 2008, Summey & Hennecy, LLC, merged with a large downtown firm where she worked for twelve years.  In 2021, she returned to a smaller, more personal firm at Parker Hennecy, LLC. She loves spending time with her husband, two children, her fur baby, extended family, and friends. 

Ella Katherine Parker, Clerical Assistant

Ella Katherine, (known by all as “EK”) has worked with our firm since 2018. Having learned about real estate transactions from the ground up, EK assists with file coordination and document preparation, handles recording probate documents, preparing post-closing transcripts, and helps maintain our file management and archival system.  EK graduated from Mountain Brook High School and is finishing up a degree in Psychology at Spring Hill College where she is on the women’s golf team.

Carrie Mundie, Paralegal

Carrie Mundie moved to Birmingham from Nashville in 2018 along with her husband and two children. Together with their business partner, she and her husband purchased and managed residential real estate, as well as renovated-to-sell several homes in the Woodlawn and East Lake communities. Carrie comes to Parker Hennecy, LLC with a Bachelor of Science in Psychology from Middle Tennessee State University (2008) and brings ample experience in property management and office administration. She is an active member of her church, attends functional fitness classes at least 5 days a week, and loves watching her children participate in the activities they love. She lives with her family and their two dogs, Scout and Daisy, in a 1959 mid-century ranch situated across from Ruffner Mountain in Roebuck Springs.

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Tel: 205-803-1100
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500 Office Park Drive, Suite 100 
Birmingham, Alabama 35223