Practice Areas - Complex Litigation
- Class Actions
- White Collar Crime
- Environmental Law
- Mass Torts
- Mediation
| - Personal Injury
- Antitrust
- Securities Litigation
- Election Law
- General Civil and Criminal Litigation
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| University | Auburn University, B.A., 1969 |
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| Law School | Samford University, Cumberland School of Law, J.D., 1974 |
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| Admitted | 1974, Alabama and U.S. District Court, Northern District of Alabama; 1983, U.S. District Court, Middle and Southern Districts of Alabama, U.S. Supreme Court and U.S. Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit; U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit |
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| Memberships | Birmingham (Secretary/Treasurer, 1983; Member, Executive Committee, 1999—; President, 2004) and American (Member, House of Delegates, 1980-1984, 1995-2001) Bar Associations; Alabama State Bar (Law Day Chairman, 1980; Member, Board of Bar Commissioners, 1995-2004; Co-Chair, National Ad Hoc Advisory Committee on Judicial Campaign Conduct; President, 2008-2009); National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers; Alabama Criminal Defense Lawyers Association; International Academy of Trial Lawyers. |
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| Military | U.S. Navy, 1970-1972 |
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| Born | Florence, Alabama, July 7, 1947 |
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| Biography | Recipient, National Center for State Courts Distinguished Service Award, 2006. Chairman: Alabama Supreme Court Committee on Judicial Canons and Ethics, 1995-2006; Alabama Supreme Court Judicial Campaign Oversight Committee, 1998-1990. Alabama Judicial Inquiry Commission, 2000-2007; President, Cumberland School of Law National Alumni Association, 2007-2009; President, Alabama State Bar, 2008-2009. |
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| ISLN | 902803754 |
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