Clients/Notable Cases

Representative Clients

  • Music Group Alabama
  • V.I. Prewett & Son, Inc.
  • Cooper Hosiery Mills, Inc.
  • Devan Lowe, Inc.
  • Woodson Jones Chevrolet, Inc.
  • Northeast State Community College
  • First Federal Bank
  • Williamson Oil Company, Inc.
  • Gildan, Inc.
  • Alexander Automotive Group
  • Northeast Alabama Community College
  • Sand Mountain Electric Cooperative
  • Merchants and Marine Bank
  • Horizon Bank
  • First Federal Bank
  • Mapco Express, Inc.
  • Humane Society Animal Resources of DeKalb, Inc.
  • DeKalb County Tourist Association
  • Shan Bruce Enterprises, Inc.

Local Counsel for the following clients

  • Ford Motor Company
  • General Motors
  • National Collegiate Athletic Association
  • Exxon/Mobil
  • Nucor Corp.
  • State Farm Insurance Company
  • HRH Insurance
  • Mississippi Valley Title Insurance Company
  • Constellation Energy Partners
  • Robinson’s Bend Operating Partners, II, LLC
  • Vantage Energy Black Warrior, LLC
  • Cahaba Resources, LLC

Approved Attorneys for the following companies

  • Mississippi Valley Title Insurance Company
  • Federal Land Bank

Notable Cases

  • Edwards v. Jefferson County, et al., $51 million judgment for plaintiff class entered by trial court. On appeal to Alabama Supreme Court.
  • Gregory, et al. v. Chemical Waste Management, Inc., CV-93-2343, U.S. District Court, Western District, Tennessee; represented plaintiff, judgment for plaintiff for $101 million
  • Stryker, et al. v. Phillips Petroleum Corp., Circuit Court, Washington County, Alabama; represented plaintiffs, judgment for plaintiffs for $27 million
  • Higginbotham v. The BOC Group, Inc., et al., CV-97-471, Circuit Court, DeKalb County, Alabama; represented plaintiff, judgment for plaintiff for $2.58 million
  • Bank of New York, et al. v. AmSouth Bank of Alabama, et al., CV-95-1252-RSM, Circuit Court, Etowah County, Alabama; represented defendant, claim against defendant for $8 million liquidated damages, judgment for defendant at trial, affirmed on appeal
  • Hundleys v. ABC Pest Control, Inc., Circuit Court, Marshall County, Alabama; represented plaintiffs in claim for damages from exposure to pesticides; judgment for plaintiff for $1.4 million
  • Ragland v. FoodCraft Industries, Inc., et al., Circuit Court of Etowah County, Alabama; represented defendant, plaintiff sought damages of $3 million, verdict returned for the defendant
  • Lowe v. Triad, et al., Circuit Court of Etowah County, Alabama; represented plaintiff in a case regarding defective waterproofing in a residence. Jury verdict in plaintiff’s favor of $700,000.00
  • Forester v. Textron, Inc., Circuit Court of DeKalb County, Alabama; represented defendant in a products liability case regarding defective golf cart design. Jury returned verdict for defendant
  • Matthews v. LaPenna, Circuit Court of Baldwin County, Alabama; represented plaintiffs, beneficiaries of undivided interest in 12,000-acre trust estate in south Alabama, in a three-week bench trial regarding trust construction and roper administration of the $30 million trust estate. Judgment for plaintiffs on all issues.
  • Cooper Hosiery v. Renfro Corporation, In the United States District Court For the Northern District of Alabama Middle Division, CV-02-C-42-M, represented plaintiff Cooper Hosiery, judgment for the plaintiff $300,000.00.
  • Keller v. NCAA, Circuit Court, Jackson County, Alabama; represented defendant NCAA in 4 week jury trial, $5 million verdict for plaintiff reversed and judgment entered for defendant on post-judgment motions.

Appellate Decisions

  • Jefferson County Com’n v. Edwards, 32 So.3d 572 Ala., 2009
  • Jefferson County Com’n v. Edwards, 49 So.3d 685 Ala., 2010
  • City of Rainsville v. State Farm Mut. Auto. Ins. Co., 716 So.2d 710 (Ala.Civ.App. 1998)
  • Gregory, et al. v. Chemical Waste Management, Inc., Nos. 97-5895, 96-6736 (6th Cir. Court of Appeals)
  • Ex parte Mitchell, 690 So.2d 356 (Ala. 1997) Bank of New York, et al. v. AmSouth Bank of Alabama, et al., Docket No. 1961566 (Ala.1997)
    • Alabama Real Estate Appraisers Bd. v. Walker, 1997 WL 754803 (Ala.Civ.App. 1997) Wooten v. Mitchell, 696 So.2d 1092 (Ala.Civ.App. 1996) Grider v. McKenzie, 659 So.2d 612 (Ala.Civ.App. 1994)
  • Rutledge v. City of Hueytown, 11 F.3d 168 (C.A.11 (Ala.) 1993) McCloud v. City of Irondale, 622 So.2d 1272 (Ala. 1993)
  • Friddle v. Raymond, 575 So.2d 1038 (Ala. 1991)
    • Mayes v. City of Irondale, 577 So.2d 556 (Ala.Cr.App. 1990)
  • Phillips Petroleum Co. v. Stryker, 723 So.2d 585 (Ala. 1998)
  • Parsons v. Aaron, 2002 WL 31225798 (Ala. 2002)
  • Exxon Corp. v. Department of Conservation and Natural Resources, 2002 WL 31845900 (Ala. 2002)
  • Slaby v. Mountain River Estates Residential Ass’n, Inc., —So.3d —, 2011 WL 4790638 (Ala.Civ.App. 2011)
  • Clayton v. Clayton, — So.3d —, 2011 WL 835096, (Ala.Civ.App. 2011)
  • Gilbreath v. Harbour, 24 So.3d 473, (Ala.Civ.App. 2009)
  • Gilbreath v. Harbour, 3 So.3d 875 (Ala.Civ.App. 2008)
  • V.I. Prewett & Son, Inc. v. Brown, 896 So.2d 564 (Ala.Civ.App. 2004)