Bio

Andy Campbell is the managing partner of the Campbell-Guin law firm and the chair of the Litigation Section.

In a diverse litigation career that has spanned more than 30 years, he has established himself as one of the state’s leading business litigators.

He has handled hundreds of both plaintiff and defense cases involving shareholder disputes and litigation and has authored articles on this developing area of the law. Andy is also recognized as one of the leading attorneys in the state in securities and derivative litigation, class actions, trust and estate litigation, will contests, and fiduciary duty claims. He has been appointed class counsel in numerous state and federal class actions, and he also has successfully defended such cases. He has successfully arbitrated and obtained multi-million dollar awards in state and federal courts as well as arbitrations including AAA, FINRA, and other panels. For many years Andy has been a member of the Best Lawyers in America and Super Lawyers and has held an AV Premier rating by Martindale Hubbell. He recently completed a term as a member of the Alabama Securities Commission and has served as Special Assistant Attorney General, representing the state of Alabama in civil cases.

After attending Birmingham Southern College, he graduated from the University of Alabama in 1978 where he was a member of the Order of the Coif, Dean M. Leigh Harrison Scholar, and member of the Alabama Law Review. Thereafter, he clerked for Judge Walter P. Gewin on the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit.

Over the years, he has served in many leadership capacities for the Birmingham and Alabama State Bar, served on numerous Alabama Bar Institute Committees including the recent Committee that drafted a new non-competition statute and serves as an arbitrator in various cases. He has also served on boards and committees of numerous community organizations in Birmingham and Cashiers, N.C., including the Board of Chattooga Club Homeowners Association.

He is married to Elizabeth Todd Campbell, former United States Magistrate Judge. They have three children, Anna Katherine Prum of Washington, D.C., Sarah Elizabeth Siefert of Houston, both of whom are social workers and Andrew Todd Campbell, who is an attorney in Birmingham. Andy and Beth are members of The Canterbury United Methodist Church. They have four grandchildren.

Education

Birmingham Southern College (BA, cum laude, 1975)

President of SGA

Phi Alpha Thela

University of Alabama (JD, 1978)

Order of the Coif

Alabama Law Review

Dean M. Leigh Harrison Scholar (Top 5%)

Bench and Bar Society

Honor Court

Admitted to Practice

Alabama, 1978

United States Supreme Court

United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit

United States District Court for the Northern, Middle and Southern Districts of Alabama

United States Tax Court

Articles and Publications

Co-Author, “Shareholder Rights, the Tort of Oppression and Derivative Actions Revisited: A Time for Mature Development?” The Alabama Lawyer, Vol. 63, No. 3, (Sept. 2002)

“Prosecuting Class Actions in State Court,” Alabama Trial Lawyers Journal, Vol. 14, No. 2 (1994)

“Interference with Business Relations: The Unified Tort Since Gross v. Lowder Realty,” The Alabama Lawyer, Vol. 50, (March 1992)

“Litigating Minority Shareholders Rights and the New Tort of Oppression,” The Alabama Lawyer, Vo. 53, (March 1992)

“RICO in the 11th Circuit after H.J., Inc.,” The Alabama Lawyer, Vol. 51, (September 1990)

“Agency Immunity and Officer Liability After Destafney: A Justifiable Dichotomy,” Cumberland Law Review, Vol. 14:1, (1983)

Affiliations

Alabama State Bar, Business Torts Section (Past Chair)

Alabama State Board of Bar Examiners

Birmingham Bar Association, Executive Committee, Litigation and Antitrust Sections

American Bar Association

Birmingham Legal Aid Foundation

Alabama Law Institute

Alabama Defense Lawyers Association

Alabama Trial Lawyers Association Bench and Bar

National Association of Bond Lawyers

Honors

2014 Birmingham Bar Foundation Fellow

The Best Lawyers in America: Commercial Litigation, Banking and Finance Litigation, Construction Litigation, Securities Litigation, and Trusts and Estates Litigation

Super Lawyers

AV Preeminent Rating by Martindale Hubbell

News

Campbell Guin Legal Team Scores Multi-Million Dollar Settlement [link to

http://www.reuters.com/article/2015/01/14/morgankeegan-lawsuit-idUSL1N0UT28H20150114

http://www.columbiatribune.com/news/local/sides-reach-settlement-in-mamtek-trial/article_49dd14dc-ab25-5e0b-97ef-05a20e415a47.html

http://www.bondbuyer.com/news/regionalnews/settlement-reached-in-civil-suit-over-missouri-sucralose-bonds-1069565-1.html

Campbell Guin Teams Up for Win in Missouri Bondholder case [link to

http://www.columbiatribune.com/news/politics/judge-rules-federal-suit-in-mamtek-collapse-to-be-tried/article_452590f2-d5d1-5ea1-b1c1-e8d48f4bc198.html ].

Campbell Wins Largest Jury Verdict Ever Rendered in Dadeville, Alabama For Local Businessman link to http://www.alexcityoutlook.com/2014/04/02/county-man-receives-500k-in-circuit-court/ ].

Campbell To Represent Home Owners in Claim Against Airport, UPS After Runway Crash [link to http://blog.al.com/spotnews/2013/10/residents_near_birmingham_runw.html ].

Campbell Secures Victory In Tuscaloosa School Board Contest [link to: http://www.tuscaloosanews.com/article/20131114/NEWS/131119904/0/search ].

Campbell Defends Broker in Claim of Diverted Assets [link to http://www.al.com/news/huntsville/index.ssf/2014/08/former_alabama_star_kenneth_da.html ].

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