David J. Hodge

Bar / Professional Activity

• Civil Rules Committee for the U.S. District for the Northern District of Alabama, 2024
• Litigation Support Groups: American Association for Justice (pediatric injuries in lawnmower accidents) and Chromated Copper Arsenate (CCA) (in building materials), 2025
• Alabama State Bar Association's Judicial Liaison Committee, 2025

Verdicts / Settlements (Case Results)

• Lead counsel resulting in a $17,500,000 jury verdict regarding the sale of a log skidder.  $2,000,000 verdict regarding a collision with a drunk driver., 2009
• Hodge has won more than $30 million in verdicts and settlements for his clients and he's done so in state and federal courts all over the U.S., including California, Oklahoma, Illinois, New York, Tennessee, Louisiana, Georgia, and the U.S. Virgin Islands.
• Lead counsel resulting in a $3,200,000 jury verdict against a livestock brokerage regarding the sell of livestock and subsequent intentional interfence with the Plaintiff's business., 2012

Pro bono / Community Service

• Usher First United Methodist Church, Huntsville Alabama Board of Directors for Alabama Association for Justice Driver Safety Scholarship Taxi Tow for Safe Streets 

Honors

• Best Lawyers in America - Business and "Bet the Company" Litigation
• With Honors, University of Alabama School of Law
• Hugo Black Scholar; George "Peach" Taylor Trial Advocacy; Senior Law Review Editor; Cum Laude Honors
• Recognized in The Best Lawyers in America for Business and "Bet the Company" Litigation since 2014.  Received a Lawyer of the Year designation the last three years. , The Best Lawyers in America, 2025

Educational Background

• Samford University, Birmingham, B.A. in Political Science, 1997

Scholarly Lectures / Writings

• Speaker, Southern Trial Lawyers Association
• Lecturer, American Association for Justice Sections Products Liability, Insurance and "Litigation at Sunrise"
• Speaker, Mass Torts Made Perfect and the Alabama Bar Institute for Continuing Education Regarding Products Liability
• Senior Editor of the Law Review, University of Alabama School of Law

Other Outstanding Achievements

• Appointed Co-Chair, Settlement Committee for Blue Cross Blue Shield MDL, 2013
• Recognized in The Best Lawyers in America as "Lawyer of the Year; Products Liability, 2025

“In my opinion, David is hands-down the best lawyer in this state, and one of the best in the country. He is extremely intelligent, hard-working and honest. Watching him perform at trial is unbelievable. David also invests time in mentoring young lawyers.”

“Scary smart. He just operates on another level. To manage such big cases and to do so with such fearlessness leaves me in awe. He could be in Manhattan or Silicon Valley doing this sort of thing and he wouldn't miss a beat. ”