Mary Pool is a shareholder of Bond, Botes, Shinn & Donaldson, P.C.  Mary has a unique background in finance in that she has 25 years of experience in the financial industry including a national bank.  She worked in various departments during these years, including marketing, loan product management, conversions and acquisitions, loan servicing and project management.  In 2004, Mary decided to leave banking and become an attorney.  She started law school at Faulkner University’s Jones School of Law in Montgomery.  Her goal was always to find a position that was able to use her financial background for the better and that led her to her work family at Bond, Botes, Shinn & Donaldson, P.C.  Mary cares about every person that walks in her office and enjoys assisting her clients from intake to discharge in their bankruptcy process. 

Mary primarily practices bankruptcy law, chapter 13 and chapter 7.  She also helps clients with their social security appeals if they are denied social security.  She has represented thousands of clients over the past 11 years.

Mary was born in Charlottesville, Virginia.  Both her mother and father were born in Virginia as well so she still has family there.  Mary’s father was in the Army so they moved around a lot until she was 7 when her father transferred to Anniston, Alabama.  She went to high school in Saks and most of her family still lives in the Anniston area. In the early 90s, Mary moved to Montgomery and she has called it home ever since.  Mary is married to a lifetime resident of Montgomery, Greg Pool, and they have one daughter.

Education

Auburn University at Montgomery, Bachelor of Science in Business Administration, 2002

     Member of Delta Epsilon Kappa, Accounting Honor Society

Faulkner University’s Jones School of Law, Juris Doctor, cum laude, 2007

     Editor-in-chief of Jones Law Review 2006-2007

     Treasurer of the Women’s Student Association

     Selected as Who’s Who among student in American Universities and Colleges

     Received a merit scholarship in 2006

Bar Admissions

Alabama State Bar, 2007

Middle District of Alabama, 2008

Southern District of Alabama, 2008

U.S. Tax Court, 2014

Honors & Awards

Selected as Montgomery Advertiser’s 2019 Best of the Best Bankruptcy Attorney in Montgomery

Memberships & Affiliations

Montgomery County Bar Association, Member

Alabama State Bar Bankruptcy and Commercial Law Section, Member

Alabama State Bar Women’s Section, Member

Alabama State Bar Unauthorized Practice of Law Committee, Member

National Association of Consumer Bankruptcy Attorneys, Member

Publications

Civil Forfeitures of Real Property in Alabama:  Lack of Knowledge is Power to an Innocent Owner, Jones Law Review, Vol. 10, No. 1, Annual 2006

Legal Seminars & Presentations

Speaker for Montgomery Area Legal Secretaries in 2009.

Local Charity Participation

First Baptist Church, Member

Junior League, Member

Montgomery Area Outreach, Volunteer

Brantwood Children’s Home, Volunteer

Joy to Life Foundation, Supporter

HandsOn River Region, Supporter

Exodus Community, Volunteer

Rebuilding Together Central Alabama, Volunteer

Saint James School Parent Association, Vice President

Favorite Local Restaurant

Mary’s favorite restaurant is Charles Anthony’s “The Pub” Restaurant

What I like best about my job

I love interacting with people and helping to provide them solutions to their financial needs.  Nothing brings me pure joy than to hear someone say “I am going to be able to sleep tonight” after I am able to help take away their financial stress.

Office Locations

Bond, Botes, Shinn & Donaldson, P.C.

311 Catoma Street

Montgomery, AL 36104

Tel: 334.264.3363

Fax: 334.264.3340

Bond, Botes, Shinn & Donaldson, P.C.

114 North 8th St, Suite D

Opelika, AL 36801

Tel: (334) 887-7666

Fax: (334) 513-7219

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