Robert Potter
Attorney Profile
Top Rated Personal Injury Attorney in Birmingham, AL
Focusing his practice exclusively on personal injury and wrongful death litigation, Robert Potter is a co-founder of Mann & Potter, PC. Located in Birmingham, he represents clients throughout the greater metropolitan area and across his native state of Alabama. As an undergraduate, Mr. Potter attended The University of Alabama in Tuscaloosa, and he received a Bachelor of Science in 1990. After he graduated, he remained in the state and went on to pursue his legal education at Birmingham School of Law, and in 1994, he was awarded his Juris Doctor.
Mr. Potter provides aggressive advocacy on behalf of clients who have been harmed as a result of the negligence or recklessness of other persons or entities. The types of cases that he has handled during his distinguished career have arisen out of truck, motorcycle, and other motor vehicle crashes, auto-pedestrian accidents, and birth injuries and other forms of medical malpractice. Mr. Potter has been able to garner significant amounts of compensation for his plaintiff clients, through jury awards after trials as well as through settlements that he has negotiated out of court with defendants and their liability insurance providers.
Some of the representative results that Mr. Potter and other members of his firm have been able to obtain have included a $6.5 million award in a wrongful death lawsuit involving a big rig accident and $2.6 million in a premises liability case for a client who slipped and fell. These and other successes have earned him an AV Preeminent* peer review rating through Martindale-Hubbell. Admitted to practice in Alabama, Mr. Potter is also admitted to practice before the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 11th Circuit.
*AV®, AV Preeminent®, Martindale-Hubbell Distinguished and Martindale-Hubbell Notable are certification marks used under license in accordance with the Martindale-Hubbell certification procedures, standards and policies. Martindale-Hubbell® is the facilitator of a peer review rating process. Ratings reflect the anonymous opinions of members of the bar and the judiciary. Martindale-Hubbell® Peer Review Rating™ fall into two categories – legal ability and general ethical standards.
- 100%Personal Injury - General: Plaintiff
Animal Bites, Assault, Motor Vehicle Accidents, Personal Injury - Plaintiff, Slip and Fall, Wrongful Death, Dram Shop Laws, Construction Accident, Brain Injury, Sexual Abuse - Plaintiff, Toxic Mold, Trucking Accidents, Premises Liability - Plaintiff
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- Super Lawyers: 2020 - 2022
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About Robert Potter
First Admitted: 1994, Alabama
Professional Webpage: https://www.mannpotter.com/attorneys/robert-potter/
Verdicts/Settlements
- $250,000 – Trip/Fall – Ankle Fracture
- $275,000 – MVA – Low Back Injury
- $275,000 – MVA – Leg Fracture
- $275,000 – MVA – Collapsed Lung/Ankle Fracture
- $400,000 – MVA – Hip Fracture
- $300,000 – MVA – Uninsured Motorist – Low Back Injury
- $395,000 – Slip/Fall – Knee Injury
- $400,000 – Slip/Fall – Back Injury
- $400,000 – 18 Wheeler – Soft Tissue Back Strain
- $400,000 – Slip/Fall – Low Back Injury
- $400,000 – Slip/Fall – Back Injury
- $400,000 – Slip/Fall – Back Injury
- $400,000 – 18 Wheeler – Back Strain
- $400,000 – Work Vehicle/Motorcycle – Back Injury
- $400,000 – Products – Death
- $440,000 – Slip/Fall – Knee Injury
- $450,000 – Products – Hip Injury
- $450,000 – MVA – Back Injury
- $600,000 – Slip/Fall – Knee Injury
- $475,000 – Fall – Leg Fracture
- $500,000 – MVA – Death
- $550,000 – Slip/Fall – Back Injury
- $650,000 – MVA – Back Surgery
- $650,000 – Industrial Negligence – Back Injury
- $700,000 – Log Truck – Back Injury
- $705,000 – 18 Wheeler – Back Injury
- $750,000 – Dump Truck – Low Back Injury
- $750,000 – MVA – Neck Injury
- $750,000 – Slip/Fall – Low Back Surgery
- $800,000 – 18 Wheeler – Death
- $750,000 – 18 Wheeler – Back Injury
- $950,000 – MVA – Leg Fracture, Surgery, Burn Injury
- $800,000 – Dump Truck – Back Injury
- $1,000,000 – Medical Negligence – Suicide
- $950,000 – Gas Line Disruption – Nuisance
- $1,000,000 – MVA – Neck/Back Injury
- $1,000,000 – Dump Truck – Low Back Strain
- $1,000,000 – 18 Wheeler – Neck Surgery
- $1,000,000 – MVA/Uninsured Motorist – Low Back Surgery
- $1,000,000 – Class Action
- $1,000,000 – MVA – Neck Injury
- $1,100,000 – Trip/Fall – Low Back Surgery
- $1,250,000 – Products – Rollover – Partial Paralysis
- $1,100,000 – Products – Back Injury
- $1,500,000 – MVA – Death
- $1,500,000 – 18 Wheeler – Death
- $1,770,000 – Products – Eye Injury
- $1,800,000 – Company Truck – Multiple Fractures
- $1,800,000 – Products – Arm Fracture/Degloving
- $1,800,000 – MVA – Death
- $2,000,000 – Train Derailment – Amputation
- $1,900,000 – Dump Truck – Cervical Fusion
- $2,600,000 – Slip/Fall – Low Back Surgery
- $2,200,000 – Products – Death
- $2,400,000 – Train/Products – Amputation
- $2,500,000 – Company Truck – Amputation
- $2,650,000 – MVA – Leg Amputation
- $2,800,000 – Company Truck – Death
- $2,750,000 – Products – Death
- $3,000,000 – Products – Rollover – Death
- $4,200,000 – Company Truck – Back Injury
- $3,300,000 – Commercial Truck – Neck Injury
- $3,600,000 – 18 Wheeler – Cervical Fusion
- $4,000,000 – Dump Truck – Back Injury
- $4,500,000 – Company Truck – Multiple Fractures
- $4,500,000 – Commercial Truck/Bicycle – Leg Fracture, Surgery
- $4,500,000 – 18 Wheeler – Partial Paralysis
- $4,500,000 – Products – Rollover – Paralysis
- $4,500,000 – Dump Truck – Neck/Low Back Injury
- $5,000,000 – Railroad FELA – Amputation
- $4,500,000 – Commercial Truck – Leg Fracture
- $10,000,000 – Medical Negligence – Death
- $6,000,000 – 18 Wheeler – Death
- $6,500,000 – Commercial Truck Wreck – Death
- $6,500,000 – Commercial Truck Wreck – Paralysis
- $10,000,000 – Contract Claim
- $10,000,000 – Commercial Truck Accident – Multiple Fractures
- $10,000,000 – Railroad FELA – Amputation
Videos
- What is the difference between a big truck and a passenger car accident?
- How much is my case worth?
- What is a wrongful death case?
- How long should a case take to settle?
- What is a contingency fee?
- What if I am injured on someone else’s property?
- What happens if I’m in an accident with someone who does not have insurance?
- How long do I have to file an injury case?
- , Can I sue if I am hurt by a product?
- How can I tell what my case is worth?
Honors/Awards
- AV® Preeminent™ Peer Review RatedSM Attorney by Martindale-Hubbell®
Bar/Professional Activity
- Birmingham Bar Association and Grievance Committee Member, 2011-2014
- The American Association of Justice
- Alabama State Bar
- Alabama Association for Justice
- Alabama, 1994
- American Bar Association
- Birmingham Bar Association
- Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals
Educational Background
- University of Alabama at Tuscaloosa, B.S., 1990
Last Updated: 6/21/2022