Averie L. Armstead

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Biography

Averie Armstead is an associate at Starnes Davis Florie. She is a native of Birmingham, Alabama, and her practice is devoted to labor & employment, professional liability, and collegiate sports. She has a wide range of legal experience including medical malpractice, surety litigation, and representing universities in litigation, NCAA compliance matters, and internal investigations. Averie serves on the firm’s Recruiting Committee and Diversity Committee.

Professional Recognition

•Named Cumberland School of Law's 2025 Young Alumna of the Year.
•Selected to participate in the 2024 Birmingham Bar Association’s (BBA) Future Leaders Forum.
•Recognized by The National Black Lawyers 'Top 40 Under 40' for the state of Alabama.
•In 2019, received the Jack Davis Professional Achievement Award from The University of Alabama.
•During law school, served as Class President, was active in the Student Bar Association, and was a member of the American Journal of Trial Advocacy.

Highlights

•Prevailed in an appeal before the Alabama Supreme Court, in favor of the Defendant OBGYN and her practice group following a week-long trial in the Circuit Court of Jefferson County. On appeal, the Plaintiffs argued they were entitled to a new trial because the trial court erred by denying Plaintiffs’ motion for summary judgment on causation, erred in its charge to the jury and the manner in which it framed to issues to be considered by the jury, and erred in prohibiting the Plaintiffs from employing Reptile Theory tactics.
•Obtained a favorable ruling from the United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit affirming the district court’s grant of summary judgment in a lawsuit involving Section 1981 claims that a water works board discriminated against a customer based on his race by denying his request for additional water and sewer taps.
•Obtained a defense verdict for a an OBGYN in a 6 day jury trial alleging negligence during the performance of diagnostic laparoscopy procedure, resulting a rectal perforation to the patient.

Presentations and Publications

•Black (enough?) Letter Law: What’s the Threshold to Qualify for Minority Race Status?, American Journal of Trial Advocacy, January 21, 2019.
•Executively Ordering the Prioritization of Veteran’s Mental Health, American Journal of Trial Advocacy, February 7, 2019.

News & Insights

• Averie Armstead Named Cumberland School of Law’s 2025 Young Alumna of the Year
•L&E Newsletter Alert- President Trump Bans DEI - January 2025
•Averie Jones Recognized by The National Black Lawyers as a Top 40 Under 40 Attorney in Alabama for the Second Time
•L&E Newsletter Alert - August 21, 2024
•L&E Newsletter Alert - August 2024
•SDF’s Collegiate Sports News Alert: A Summary & Analysis of the NCAA’s New NIL Bylaw
•SDF’s Collegiate Sports News Alert: NCAA House Settlement - Top 10 Takeaways
•Averie Armstead Jones Selected to Birmingham Bar Association’s Future Leaders Forum
•SDF Labor & Employment Newsletter Alert - July 2024
•SDF’s Collegiate Sports Practice Group Alert: Takeaways from NACDA
•SDF Sponsors the 2024 UA School of Law BLSA Annual Scholarship Awards Banquet & Congratulates Alfred Perkins on the Gail K. Johnson Award
•The National Black Lawyers Names Averie Jones Top 40 Under 40 Lawyer in Alabama
•SDF Labor & Employment Newsletter Alert - September 2023
•Starnes Attorneys Prevail in an Appeal Before the Alabama Supreme Court
•SDF’s Young & Jones Obtain Favorable Ruling from The US Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit in Discrimination Case
•Are your Policies & Practices Aligned with the Upcoming Enhanced Protections for Pregnant Workers?
•SDF’s Eagan, Newton, Huntley, and Jones Obtain Favorable Ruling from Alabama Supreme Court
•Labor & Employment Group News Alert: What Should You Do in Light of the FTC’s Effort to Ban Non-Compete Agreements?
•Eagan, Newton & Jones Secure Defense Verdict After a 6-Day Med Mal Trial
•Averie Armstead Selected to Serve on Birmingham’s Core Leadership Team for the Woman’s Initiative
•Alabama Closes Nonessential Businesses Statewide
•SDF Welcomes New Associates to the Firm

Fun Facts

Averie loves sports, music, movies, traveling, and being “Auntie Averie” to her nieces and nephews.

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Areas of Practice (8)

  • Collegiate Sports
  • Employment Discrimination
  • Fidelity & Surety Litigation
  • Healthcare
  • Labor Law
  • Long Term Care & Nursing Home Litigation
  • Medical Malpractice
  • Wrongful Death / Catastrophic Injury

Education & Credentials

Mailing Address:
P.O. Box 598512, Birmingham, AL 35209
University Attended:
University of Alabama, B.A., magna cum laude, 2013; University of Alabama, M.S., Sports Management, 2014
Law School Attended:
Cumberland School of Law, Samford University, J.D., 2019
Year of First Admission:
2019
Admission:
Alabama; U.S. District Court, Northern District of Alabama; U.S. District Court, Middle District of Alabama; U.S. District Court, Southern District of Alabama; U.S. Court of Appeals, 11th Circuit
Memberships:

Community Involvement

•Averie is the Income Development Co-Chair of the Young Supporters Board of the O'Neal Comprehensive Cancer Center at UAB.
•Averie serves as the Mentoring Co-Chair, Judge Horton Inn of Court, connecting law students with practicing attorneys.
•Averie is a member of the Young Lawyers Section of the Birmingham Bar Association.
•Averie is an active member of her church, serving in the education ministry and young adults ministry.
•Averie has served as an adjunct professor at Cumberland School of Law. She has also served as part of the City of Birmingham's Women's Initiative.

ISLN:
1000448294

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