Experience in substantial civil disputes

Trial and appellate experience

The firm’s work includes representation of individuals, businesses, institutions, and groups of claimants in civil litigation. The matters below illustrate several parts of that practice. Our attorney profiles provide further detail about each lawyer’s experience.

• Jefferson County occupational tax litigation

  Representation of the taxpayer class in litigation that produced Alabama Supreme Court decisions in 2009 and 2010, including Jefferson County Commission v. Edwards.

• Trust construction and administration

  Representation of beneficiaries in Matthews v. LaPenna, a three-week bench trial involving the construction and administration of an Alabama trust estate encompassing approximately 12,000 acres.

• Real property and boundary litigation

  Representation in Gilbreath v. Harbour, a reported Alabama Court of Civil Appeals case concerning a property boundary, adverse possession, and a driveway easement.

• Institutional and commercial disputes

  The firm’s trial work includes the defense of the NCAA in the four-week trial of Keller v. NCAA, as well as commercial litigation involving manufacturing and financial institutions.

• Personal injury and product claims

  Experience includes wrongful death litigation, automobile collision claims, industrial and pesticide exposure, allegedly defective product design, and construction defects.

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