 Experience Has maintained a general litigation practice since 1978, including tort, personal injury practice, commercial litigation, consumer litigation, business disputes, fraud/misrepresentation, negligence and contract litigation. Has written extensively on legal topics in treatises, articles and journals, and has authored the reference book Alabama Tort Law, published by Lexis Law Publishing, now in its fourth edition, a two-volume, fifty-chapter treatise analyzing the historical background and current status of tort law in Alabama. This book has been cited in various appellate decisions. Has lectured extensively in continuing legal education programs on various legal topics, including tort law developments, and has been awarded the Walter P. Gewin Award by the Alabama Bar Institute for Continuing Legal Education in 2003, and the Alabama Trial Lawyer Association Professionalism Award in 2001. Has been listed in "Best Lawyers in America" since 2001.
Professional Licenses Professional Associations Education -
Samford University (BA, summa cum laude-1974); -
Cumberland School of Law (JD, cum laude-1977). Authored Publications - “An Unfair Dilemma” Trial p. 42 (Jan. 2006)
- "Alabama Tort Law," two volume treatise, Lexis Law Publishing, 4th edition, 2004;
- “Alabama Tort Law,” Lexis Law Publishing, 3rd edition, 2000; author "Alabama Tort Law," Michie, 2nd edition, 1996;
- "Alabama Tort Law Handbook," Michie, 1990;
- "Fraud," chapter 68, ATLA’s Litigating Tort Cases, Thomson-West, 2003;
- "Proposed Alabama Rules of Evidence: What's the Same? What's Different?" 45 Ala. Lawyer, 109, Fall 1993;
- "Recovery for Lost Profits of Nascent Businesses," 3 Matthew Bender Commercial Damages Reporter 67, April-May 1988;
- "Profit Recovery for the New or Unestablished Business," 48 Ala. Lawyer 78, March 1987;
- “Sexual Harassment Remedies,” 4 Alabama Trial Lawyers Journal 15, 1985;
- “The Televised Trial: A Perspective”, 7 Cumberland Law Review 323,1976.
Note: “Expert Economic Testimony Regarding Inflation’s Effect on Future Pecuniary Damages Held Admissible”, 6 Cumberland Law Review 733, 1976. - Good Counsel – “Confront the ‘Know-Nothing’ Witness,” Trial, p. 66, August 2007.
Speaking Engagements - Speaker, "Depositions of Adverse or Lay Witnesses,"Association of Trial Lawyers of America , New Orleans, May 2003;
- Speaker, " Recent Developments in Alabama Tort Law," Alabama Bar Institute for Continuing Legal Education, 1998-2008;
- Speaker, "Premises Liability," Alabama Trial Lawyers Association, 1989, 1996;
- Speaker, "Proving Lost Profits," Business Torts Litigation Seminar, 1992;
- Speaker, "Recovery of Lost Profits for New Businesses," Alabama State Bar Business Torts Section, 1987.
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