Alyson M. Hood

Alyson Hood Rains is an associate in The Bloomston Firm in Birmingham, Alabama. She concentrates her practice in the areas of federal and state civil litigation including constitutional law, civil rights, employment practice, sexual harassment, contract disputes, and divorce. Alyson graduated from Birmingham- Southern College with a B.A. degree in Political Science and a concentration in Pre-Law in 2008 before she attended Samford University Cumberland School of Law and received her J.D. in 2011. She co-authored the Alabama Drug Offender Accountability Act Manual and the Alabama Risk/Needs Protocol while working at the Alabama Supreme Court. Alyson has spoken on the areas of constitutional rights violations, sexual harassment, hostile work environment, common law marriage, and the use of private investigators in domestic relations litigation. Alyson currently serves on the Alabama Women's Section Executive Committee, Birmingham Bar Scholarship Committee and Co-Chair for the Alabama Family Law Section. She is also a member of the Birmingham Young Lawyer's Section and Birmingham Inns of Court. Awards and Honors Super Lawyers® Selectees Alyson M. Hood included in a Super Lawyers® list Other Sources of Feedback About Alyson M. Hood Included on the 2025Mid-South Super Lawyers list Past Lists 2024 Mid-South Super Lawyers list 2023 Mid-South Super Lawyers list 2022 Mid-South Super Lawyers list 2021 Mid-South Super Lawyers list

• Crew & Howell, P.C, 2010 - 2014
• Supreme Court of Alabama, - 2010

• Alabama, 2011
• U.S. District Court Northern District of Alabama
• U.S. Court of Appeals 11th Circuit, 2011

• Alabama Bar Association (Alabama Family Law Section)
• Alabama Bar Association (Alabama Women's Section)
• American Bar Association
• Birmingham Bar Association
• Birmingham Inns of Court
• Birmingham Young Lawyers Association
• Fraternities and Sororities
• Phi Alpha Delta