Top Rated Employment & Labor Attorney in Birmingham, AL

Honors/Awards:

• Sam W. Pipes Distinguished Alumnus Award, The University of Alabama School of Law, 2008
• Top 50 Lawyers in Alabama, 2011
• Omicron Delta Epsilon
• Phi Delta Phi
• Finalist, John A. Campbell Moot Court Competition
• White House Fellow
• AV® Preeminent™ Peer Review Rated by Martindale-Hubbell®
• The Best Lawyers in America in Labor & Employment Law, 2009–present
• Top 50 Lawyers in Alabama, 2012
• Phi Alpha Theta
• National Moot Court Team
• Henderson M. Somerville Award
• Leadership Birmingham, 1994
• Listed in: Who's Who in America and Who's Who in American Law
• Alabama Super Lawyers, Employment & Labor, 2008–present
• Omicron Delta Kappa
• Pi Sigma Alpha
• The Order of Barristers
• Bench and Bar Outstanding Senior Award, 1977
• Visiting Scholar, The Hastings Center, 1983

Bar/Professional Activity:

• Member, Alabama Law Institute
• Research Assistant, Alabama Law Institute, 1977
• Executive Committee, Birmingham Bar Association, 2003–2006
• Chairman, Birmingham Bar Association, Federal Practice Section, 2011
• Member, Bench and Bar
• Member, President's Commission on White House Fellowships, 1983–1984
• Alabama, 1977
• Alabama State Bar
• President, University of Alabama Law School Foundation, 1998–2000
• Board of Directors, Common Cause Alabama, 1995–present
• U.S. Supreme Court, 1983
• Committee on Alternative Dispute Resolution, Alabama State Bar, 1996–1999
• Member, Advisory Board, Blackburn Institute
• Senior Advisor, Alabama Kerry for President Campaign, 2004
• U.S. Court of Appeals, 11th Circuit, 1990
• Member, Board of Governors, Alabama Association for Justice, 1990–1994
• U.S. Senate Select Committee on Ethics, 1980–1983
• Chairman, Professional Ethics Committee, Birmingham Bar Association, 1991
• Board of Directors, Alabama Chapter, National Employment Lawyers Association
• Assistant to the Acting Chief Executive Officer, The University of Alabama, 1976–1977
• Chairman, Long Range Planning Committee, Birmingham Bar Association, 2001–2002
• Board of Directors, Birmingham Bar Association, Solo Practice/Small Firms Section, 1998–2006
• Fellow, American College of Trial Lawyers
• President and Chairman of the Board, White House Fellows Association and Foundation, 2002–2003
• American Bar Association
• Member, Board of Directors and Vice President, University of Alabama Law School Foundation, 1996–1998 
• Member, President's Commission on White House Fellowships, 2002–2003
• Northern District of Alabama. 1977
• Committee on Character and Fitness, Alabama State Bar, 2000–present
• Vice President and Member, Executive Committee, University of Alabama National Alumni Association, 1987–1988
• Member, Alabama Law Institute
• U.S. District Court, Southern District of Alabama, 1990
• Alabama Association for Justice
• Member, Editorial Board, Journal of The Legal Profession, 1975–1977
• Member, Merit Panel Re: Reappointment of U.S. Magistrate T. Michael Putnam, U.S. District Court, N. Dist. Al. 1994
• Birmingham Bar Association
• The American Association for Justice
• Special Assistant to Vice President Walter F. Mondale, 1978–1979
• Chairman, Budget Committee, Birmingham Bar Association, 1999
• Board, Legal Services Alabama Fellow
• President and Chairman of the Board, White House Fellows Association and Foundation, 1983–1984
• Board of Directors, Birmingham Bar Foundation, 2007–2009
• Federal Bar Association
• Chairman, Farrah Law Society, 1992–1994
• Member, President's Commission on White House Fellowships, 1993–2001
• U.S. District Court, 1977
• Member, Permanent Code Commission, Alabama State Bar, 1992–1995
• Chairman, University of Alabama Law School Capital Campaign, 2002–2005
• President's Advisory Council, Birmingham-Southern College, 1993–2009
• U.S. District Court, Middle District of Alabama, 1989
• Editorial Board, The Alabama Lawyer, Alabama State Bar, 2002–2005
• Member, Advisory Board, The Birmingham Pledge, 2000–present
• Attorney Participant, 11th Circuit Judicial Conference, 1999
• U.S. Court of Appeals, 5th Circuit, 1992
• Executive Committee, Alabama Association for Justice, 1994–2000
• U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee, Sub-Committee on Jurisprudence and Governmental Relations, 1979–1980
• Chairman, Grievance Committee, Birmingham Bar Association, 1997

Pro bono/Community Service:

• Delegate, 1996 National Democratic Convention
• Director, Corporate Issues, RCA Corporation, 1983–1986
• Authorized Representative, State Steering Committee, Alabama Hillary Clinton for President Campaign, 2008
• Associate Counsel, U.S. Senate Select Committee on Secret Military Assistance to Iran and The Nicaraguan Opposition, 1987
• Member, Board of Directors, Center for Community & Economic Development, Miles College
• Member, Birmingham Cable Commission, 2000–2004
• Chairman, Alabama Clinton-Gore Campaign, 1996
• Member, U.S. International Debate Team, 1973–1975
• Chairman, Alabama Wesley Clark for President Campaign, 2003–2004
• Special Counsel, U.S. Senate Armed Services Committee, 1988
• National Governing Board, Common Cause, 1992–1995
• Washington, D.C. Local Development Corporation, 1986–1988
• Chairman, Alabama Clinton-Gore Campaign, 1992
• Treasurer, Alabama Democratic Party, 1995–1999
• Washington Representative, General Electric Co., 1986–1987
• Member, Federal Appointments Patronage Committee, 1997–2000
• Staff Director, U.S. Senate Select Committee on Secret Military Assistance to Iran and The Nicaraguan Opposition, 1987–1988
• Member, Board of Directors, Kiwanis Club of Birmingham, 2009–present
• Member, Birmingham Parking Authority, 2006–2010

Scholarly Lectures/Writings:

• "The Scope of Legislative Ethics," in Representation and Responsibility (Plenum, 1985), Note, 2 The Journal of the Legal Profession 167-81, 1977
• Congressional Testimony: "Reforming the Ethics Disciplinary Procedures of the U.S. Senate," Testimony before the U.S. Senate Ethics Study Commission, May 20, 1993
• Congressional Testimony: "Reforming Congressional Ethics Disciplinary Procedures," Testimony before Joint Committee on the Organization of Congress, February 25, 1993
• Adjunct Professor, Washington College of Law, The American University, 1988
• Adjunct Instructor, Administrative Law, University of Alabama at Birmingham, 1998–2000

Representative Clients:

• Hogue v. Gibraltar Packaging, 146 F. 3d 871, 11th Cir. 1998
• Mack, et al. v. ST Mobile Aerospace Engineering, Inc., 195 Fed. Appx. 829 (11th Cir. 2006) (unpublished)
• Burks v. American Cast Iron Pipe Co., 212 F. 3d 1333, 11th Cir. 2000, cert. denied 531 U.S. 1074, 2001
• Simmons v. Clark Equipment Credit Corp., 554 So. 2d 398, Ala. 1989
• Bruce A. Baker v. Birmingham Board of Education, 531 F.3d 1336, 11th Cir. 2008
• Anniston Lincoln Mercury Dodge v. Conner, 720 So. 2d 898 , Ala. 1998

Educational Background:

• University of North Carolina, M.A., 1973
• University of Alabama, B.A., 1972