Baker, Donelson, Bearman, Caldwell & Berkowitz announced Thursday that Ben Adams will step down as chairman and CEO in 2019, to be replaced by Timothy Lupinacci, chairman of the firm’s financial services department and former managing shareholder of its Birmingham, Alabama, office.

Adams is slated to hand off leadership late April 2019, 15 years after he took the helm of the firm.

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