Bond, Botes, Sykstus & Tanner, P.C. is pleased to announce the association of two new attorneys with our law firm.

By Bradford W. Botes

Rebecca Smith received her undergraduate degree from Faulkner University in Montgomery, Alabama. She then attended Faulkner University Jones School of Law where she graduated summa cum laude and ranked second in her law school class. Rebecca served as the Editor in Chief of the Jones’ Law Review and she was also a member of the Jones’ Mock Trial Competition Team. Additionally, Rebecca previously worked in the Montgomery County District Attorney’s Office as a Deputy District Attorney and for the Alabama Attorney General’s Office while in law school. Rebecca also served as a law clerk to Alabama Supreme Court Chief Justice Tom Parker during law school. She is admitted to practice law in Alabama and the Northern District of Alabama. Rebecca’s law practice will focus on consumer bankruptcy. Rebecca can be reached at (256) 713-0226 and rsmith@bondnbotes.com.

Thomas (Tom) Sykstusis a Huntsville native and Grissom Tiger alum where he wrestled. Tom attended the University of Alabama for his undergraduate double major in political science and criminal justice where he was named a Blount Initiative Scholar. He was also a member of the ATO fraternity. Tom is a graduate of the University of Alabama School of Law where he served as an Associate Editor of the Alabama Civil Rights and Civil Liberties Law Review. He was awarded the Order of the Samaritan, the highest public service award bestowed by the law school. Tom then received an LLM degree in Litigation and Dispute Resolution from the George Washington University School of Law in Washington, D.C. Following graduation, Tom worked in Washington, D.C., with large law firms primarily in the areas of medical malpractice and personal injury. Tom is an honorably discharged veteran with the U.S. Army Reserve where he served as a 68W Combat Medic Specialist with the 75th Combat Support Hospital in Tuscaloosa. Tom is licensed to practice law in Alabama, Maryland, New York, Washington, D.C., and the Northern District of Alabama. Tom’s law practice will focus on personal injury, immigration law, consumer bankruptcy and consumer law. Tom can be reached at (256) 713-0220 and tsykstus@bondnbotes.com.

The Alabama State Bar requires the following: No representation is made that the quality of services to be performed is greater than the quality of legal services to be performed by other lawyers.