Ann is an associate with Starnes Davis Florie’s Mobile office. Her practice is devoted to civil litigation to include professional liability, medical malpractice, insurance litigation, and long term care & nursing home litigation
While attending Vanderbilt Law School, Ann served as the Executive Student Writing Editor for the Vanderbilt Journal of Transnational Law; Secretary of the Phi Delta Phi Honors Society’s Executive Board; a Legal Writing Teaching Assistant; a member of the Executive Board, Membership Coordinator, and 3L Board Representative for Women Law Student Association; and also served as a Co-Counsel Mentor.
Professional Recognition
•Serves as Mentoring Vice Chair for the Alabama Defense Lawyers Association's Women's Section.
•Executive Student Writing Editor, Vanderbilt Journal of Transnational Law
•Secretary of the Phi Delta Phi Honors Society & Member of the Executive Board, 2019-2020
•Legal Writing Teaching Assistant, 2019-2020
•Membership Coordinator, 3L Board Representative, & Executive Board Member of the Women Law Student Association, 2019-2021
•Co-Counsel Mentor
•Participant in Vanderbilt’s Mock Trial and Moot Court Competitions
Highlights
The Alabama Supreme Court affirmed summary judgment in favor of Defendant medical group, holding the Plaintiff’s unopposed dismissal “on the merits” of all claims against the group’s physician/agent based on the statute of limitations properly also justified the entry of judgment in favor of the principal/group on the sole claim for vicarious liability asserted against it.
Obtained a favorable judgment for a storeowner in a premises liability case, where the plaintiff alleged the store’s shelves were negligently stocked with water, causing a gallon of water to fall and injure the Plaintiff’s neck.
•While a student in law school, Ann worked as an intern for the Hamilton County District Attorney’s Office in Nashville, TN.
News & Insights
Starnes Davis Florie Obtains Multiple Appellate Victories
SDF's Ann Chapman Wins Trial in Mobile County
•SDF Welcomes Associate Ann Chapman to the Firm’s Mobile Office
Fun Facts
Ann can sing the alphabet backwards and has had dinner next to Dolly Parton at a hibachi restaurant. Ann is the proud mom of her five-month-old son, Pete.