Top Rated Personal Injury Attorney in Huntsville, AL

Educational Background

• BS, Accounting, University of South Alabama, 1992

Scholarly Lectures/Writings

• Speaker and Author. On October 6, 2017, the Alabama Association for Justice sponsored a seminar titled The Future of Workers' Compensation. The seminar was conducted in Birmingham and open to attorneys throughout Alabama. The Co-Chairs of the seminar asked me to speak on the issue of trial strategy in workers' compensation cases. In addition to speaking, I authored a paper containing my remarks., Speaker and Author, Alabama Workers' Compensation Trial Strategy, Alabama Association For Justice Seminar, 2017
• I was asked to present and speak at a CLE titled Advanced Personal Injury: Mastering Your Practice. , Author / Speaker, Presenting Damages and Expert Testimony at Trial, National Business Institute, Personal Injury, Trial, Legal, 2012
• I was invited to speak as part of a panel of workers compensation experts on evolving issues in that field of the law., Speaker / Panel Member, Evolving Issues and Practices in Workers' Compensation Cases, Cumberland School of Law CLE, Lawyers, Workers Compensation, 2012
• During my years of practice, I have tried bench trials across Alabama. The National Business Institute (NBI) invited me to write and speak to a CLE on bench trial tips., Author / Speaker, Bench Trial Tips, National Business Institute, Lawyers, Workers Compensation, Personal Injury, 2011
• I wrote and presented a paper to a CLE on summary judgment hearings., Author / Speaker, Summary Judgment Hearings, National Business Institute, 2011
• I authored a paper on personal injury law in Alabama, including trends and developments in the legal specialty. I then presented the paper and answered questions at a National Business Institute (NBI) CLE., Author / Speaker, Personal Injury 101 (Trends and Developments in Personal Injury and Product Liability Law in Alabama), National Business Institute, Personal Injury, Trial, Legal, 2010
• I was asked to moderate a panel discussion involvling several northern Alabama Circuit Court Judges. I facilitated the discussion and fielded topical questions / suggestions from the audience., Panel Moderator, What Civil Judges Want You To Know, National Business Institute, Personal Injury, Trial, Legal, 2009
• I authored a paper on the rights of withdrawing partners from law firm partnerships., Author, The Rights of a Withdrawing Partner and the Proper Distribution of Firm Assets, The Journal of the Legal Profession (University of Alabama), Legal, 1995

Honors/Awards

• The National Trial Lawyers follows a multi-phase process to select the top 100 trial lawyers in each state or region. Those lawyers are invited to membership., Top 100 Lawyers (Alabama), The National Trial Lawyers, 2019
• AV Peer Review Rated, Martindale-Hubbell, 2012
• Life Member, Million Dollar Advocates Forum, 2011
• Presidential Scholarship Recipient, University of South Alabama, 1988
• Rated "10" (Superb), AVVO
• Ticor National Title Insurance Award, University of Alabama School of Law, 1993
• Corpus Juris Secundum Award, University of Alabama School of Law, 1993
• Advocate, American Association for Justice National College of Advocacy, 2001

Verdicts/Settlements

• $190,000 Settlement for worker injured in workplace assault, 2021
• $550,000 Settlement for client injured by defective product in northern Alabama, 2021
• $150,000 Settlement for worker injured in mobile home factory, 2021
• $184,000 Settlement for worker injured in forklift accident in Athens, Alabama, 2021
• $375,000 Settlement for construction worker injured by lightning strike while performing outdoor work in Athens, Alabama., 2021
• $115,000 Settlement for construction worker who suffered rib fractures on a worksite near Florence, Alabama, 2021
• $1,939,000 Settlement for minivan driver injured when pick-up truck crossed the median in Huntsville, Alabama, 2020
• $350,000 Settlement in workers' compensation claim for utilities worker who suffered a work-related back injury in Cullman County, Alabama., 2020
• $160,000 Settlement for worker who injured his shoulder., 2020
• $148,000 Settlement for driver rear-ended at a red light., 2020
• $291,571.46 City employee suffered work-related back injury, 2019
• $150,000 Settlement for school bus driver who suffered a trip and fall injury near her bus., 2020
• $600,000 Settlement, Man Injured in All-Terrain Vehicle Rollover, 2019
• $493,696.78 Trial Judgment, Truck Driver Injured In Fall, 2019
• $315,000 Settlement, Work-Related Back Injury Claim, 2019
• $200,000 Settlement, Driver Injured In Neighborhood Collision, 2019
• $245,000 Settlement, Road Crew Worker Struck By Car, 2019
• $325,000 Settlement, Retail Worker Suffered Work-Related Back Injury, 2018
• $5,350,000 Verdict, Nursing Home Neglect, Elderly patient attacked by fire ants
• $1,893,000 Judgments and Settlements, Industrial Accident and Injury, Overhead Crane Collision
• $600,000 Judgments and Settlements, Commercial Truck Accident, Successful judgment against an uninsured motorist carrier
• $267,000 Verdict, Industrial Accident Injury, Boilermaker injured by falling equipment
• $250,000 Verdict, Uninsured Motorist Claim, Local attorney injured in hit and run accident
• $805,000 Judgments and Settlement, Automobile Accident, Cervical Spine Injury
• Confidential Settlement, Industrial Accident, Welder injured by chemical release, Judgment against one defendant obtained at trial with value in excess of $582,000. A second defendant later settled for an additional confidential amount.
• $454,000 Judgments and Settlements, Wrongful Death Claim, Paramedic Struck and Killed on Interstate, All available insurance proceeds recovered by judgments and settlements
• Confidential Settlement, Industrial Accident, Scissors Lift Collapse, Approximately $500,000 obtained by judgment against one defendant. A second defendant then settled for an additional confidential amount at the conclusion of a week long jury trial
• $475,000 Settlement, Life Insurance Claim
• $313,000 Verdict, Slip and Fall Accident, Kmart patron injured in fall caused by floor hazard
• Confidential Settlement, Business and Environmental Tort, Lead counsel for Alabama waste water treatment facility in a claim against a multi-national chemcial company

Bar/Professional Activity

• Lawyer Public Relations Task Force, Alabama State Bar, 2021
• The National Trial Lawyers Top 100 (Alabama), 2019
• Alabama Association for Justice, 2019
• The Alabama Civil Justice Foundation, 2019
• Huntsville-Madison County Bar Association (Served in prior years as Vice-Chair of the Library Committee; Member of Nominating Committee), 2019

Pro bono/Community Service

• Sponsor, Grissom High School Boys Baseball Program, 2022
• Huntsville Tinsel Trail Tree Sponsor, 2021
• Sponsor, Huntsville Junior High School PTA, 2022
• Sponsor, Huntsville Junior High School PTA, 2021
• Session, Central Presbyterian Church, 2021
• Sponsor, Grissom High School Ladies Soccer Program, 2020
• Sponsor, Austin High School Baseball Team, 2019
• Sponsor, Huntsville High School Marching Band, 2019
• Member, Alabama Civil Justice Foundation, 2019
• Huntsville Tinsel Trail Tree Sponsor, 2018
• Board of Directors, Boys and Girls Clubs of North Alabama, 2009

Industry Groups

• Alabama Association For Justice
• American Association For Justice