Distinctions
· AV-rated, Martindale-Hubbell
· Former Director, Alabama Defense Lawyers
Associations
· American Bar Association
· Alabama Bar Association
· Georgia Bar Association
· Alabama Defense Lawyers Association
- Board of Directors
· Defense Research Institute
· Alabama Association of Arson Investigators
- Board Counsel
Legal Experience
· Cochran v. Cincinnati Ins. Co., 552 U.S. 815, 128 S. Ct. 90 (2007), WL 4495335 (11th Cir. 2006), Trial and Appellate Counsel.
· Fondren v. Allstate Ins. Co., 790 F.2d 1533 (11th Cir. 1986), Trial and Appellate Counsel.
· State Farm Fire and Cas. Co. v. Oliver, 854 F.2d 416 (11th Cir. 1988), Trial and Appellate Counsel.
· Allstate Ins. Co. v. James, 845 F.2d 315 (11th Cir. 1988), Trial and Appellate Counsel.
· Colonial Life & Acc. Ins. Co. v. Hartford Fire Ins. Co., 358 F.3d 1306 (11th Cir. 2004), Trial and Appellate Counsel.
· Barkley v. State Farm Fire and Cas. Co., WL 1577796 (S.D. Ala. 2005), Trial Counsel.
· Wright v. State Farm Fire and Cas. Co., WL 114902 (M.D. Ala. 1997), Trial Counsel.
· Craft v. Bankers Ins. Co., WL 1005947 (S.D. Ala. 2000), Trial Counsel.
· Manlove v. State Farm Mut. Auto. Ins. Co., WL 36106113 (S.D. Ala. 2001), Trial Counsel.
· Parr v. Jackson, WL 1381874 (S.D. Ala. 2006), Trial Counsel.
· State Farm Fire & Cas. Co. v. Sexton & Sexton, Inc., 985 F.Supp.1336 (M.D. Ala. 1997), Trial Counsel.
· Finger v. State Farm Fire and Cas. Co., WL 2621020 (S.D. Ala. 2011), Slip Copy, Trial and Appellate Counsel.
· Earnest v. State Farm Fire and Cas. Co., 475 F.Supp.2d. 1113 (N.D. Ala. 2007), Trial Counsel.
· State Farm Fire and Cas. Co. v. Richardson, WL 4531765 (S.D. Ala. 2008), Trial Counsel.
· State Farm General Ins. Co. v. Oliver, 658 F.Supp. 1546 (N.D. Ala. 1987), Trial Counsel.
· State Farm Mut. Auto. Ins. Co. v. Causey, 509 F.Supp.2d. 1026 (M.D. Ala. 2001), Trial Counsel.
· State Farm Fire and Cas. Co. v. Balmer, 891 F.2d 874 (11th Cir. 1990), Trial and Appellate Counsel.
· Fuller v. State Farm Fire & Cas. Co., 742 F.Supp. 1128 (M.D. Ala. 1989), Trial Counsel.
· Huey v. American Truetzchler Corp., 47 F.Supp.2d 1342 (M.D. Ala. 1999), Trial Counsel.
· Brassfield v. Jack McLendon Furniture, Inc., 953 F.Supp. 1424 (M.D. Ala. 1996), Trial Counsel.
· State Farm Fire & Cas. Co. v. Middleton, 65 F.Supp.2d 1240 (M.D. Ala. 1999), Trial Counsel.
· State Farm Fire & Cas. Co. v. Crumpton, 708 So.2d 136 (Ala. 1997), Trial and Appellate Counsel.
· State Farm Fire & Cas. Co. v. Slade, 747 So.2d 293 (Ala. 1999), Trial and Appellate Counsel.
· Livingston v. Auto Owners Ins. Co., 582 So.2d 1038 (Ala. 1991), Trial and Appellate Counsel.
· Bush v. Alabama Farm Bureau Mut. Cas. Ins. Co., Inc., 576 So.2d 175 (Ala. 1991), Trial and Appellate Counsel.
· Killough v. Jahandarfard, 578 So.2d 1041 (Ala. 1990), Trial and Appellate Counsel.
· State Farm Fire and Cas. Co. v. Wonderful Counselor Apostolic Faith Church, 12 So.3d 662 (Ala. 2008), Trial and Appellate Counsel.
· Zuicarelli v. Clark, 924 So.2d 701 (Ala.Civ.App. 2003), Trial Counsel and Appellate Counsel.
· State Farm Mut. Auto. Ins. Co. v. Nix, 888 So.2d 489 (Ala. 2004), Trial and Appellate Counsel.
· Willis v. Parker, 814 So.2d 857 (Ala. 2001), Trial and Appellate Counsel.
· Moseley v. State Farm Fire and Cas. Ins. Co., 597 So.2d 1312 (Ala. 1992), Trial and Appellate Counsel.
· Allstate Ins. Co. v. Amerisure Ins. Companies, 603 So.2d 961 (Ala. 1992), Trial and Appellate Counsel.
· State Farm Fire and Cas. Co. v. Williams, 926 So.2d 1008 (Ala. 2005), Trial and Appellate Counsel.
· Ex parte State Farm Mut. Auto. Ins. Co., 924 So.2d 706 (Ala. 2005), Trial Counsel.
· Day v. Alfa Mut. Ins. Co., 659 So.2d 32 (Ala. 1995), Trial and Appellate Counsel.
· Dorsey v. Bowers, 709 So.2d 51 (Ala.Civ.App.1998), Trial and Appellate Counsel.
· Walls v. State Farm Mut. Auto Ins. Co., 984 So.2d 412 (Ala. 2007), Trial and Appellate Counsel.
· State Farm Fire and Cas. Co. v. Green, 624 So.2d 538 (Ala. 1993), Trial and Appellate Counsel.
· Gardner v. State Farm Mut. Auto. Ins. Co., 842 So.2d 1(Ala.Civ.App.2002), Trial and Appellate Counsel.
· Clardy v. Sanders, 551 So.2d 1057 (Ala. 1989), Trial and Appellate Counsel.
· Cowan v. State, 579 So.2d 13 (Ala.Crim.App., 1990), Trial and Appellate Counsel.
· State Farm Mut. Auto. Ins. Co. v. Alexander, 950 So.2d 267 (Ala. 2006), Trial and Appellate Counsel.
· State Farm Fire and Cas. Co. v. Owen, 729 So.2d 834 (Ala. 1998), Trial and Appellate Counsel.