Bio

I am a 1984 graduate of the University of Alabama School of Law. Since that time, my practice has consisted primarily of the conduct of complex civil litigation including class actions.

I am admitted to practice law in (i) all state courts of Alabama, (ii) in the United States District Courts for the Northern and Middle Districts of Alabama, (iii) the United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit, and (iv) the United States Supreme Court. I am currently admitted pro hac vice in (i) the United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit, (ii) the United States District Court for the Western District of Missouri, and (iii) the United States District Court for the Western District of Tennessee.

I have been rated “AV” by Martindale-Hubbell since the mid 1990’s. I was inducted into the Society of the Outstanding Lawyers of America in 2003. I have been certified as Lead Counsel in Securities Law by the Lead Counsel Review Board. I was named a 2017 Elite Lawyer of the South by Martindale-Hubbell.

I have extensive experience in business tort litigation, primarily representing plaintiffs in both individual cases and class cases.

With respect to class actions, I was among those named class counsel for a nationwide class of purchasers of bonds issued by Just For Feet, Inc. in AAL High Yield Fund, et. al. v. Ruttenberg, et al., Case No.: CV-00-C-1404-S, United States District Court for the Northern District of Alabama.

I was named class counsel for the class of bondholders in Martin, et al. v. SouthTrust Bank, et al., Case No. CV 01-7367, Circuit Court of Jefferson County, Alabama.

I was named class counsel for the class of retirees of the Lloyd Noland Foundation in Sellers, et al. v. Tenet Healthcare, Inc., United States District Court for the Northern District of Alabama, Case No. CV-03-PWG-0457-S.

I was among those named class counsel for a nationwide class of securities holders in Lauriello v. Caremark, et al., Circuit Court of Jefferson County, Alabama, Case No. CV-2003-6630.

I was among those named class counsel for a nationwide class of purchasers of bonds issued by the City of Moberly, Missouri in Cromeans, et al. v. Morgan Keegan & Company, et al., Case No. 2:12-CV-04269-NKL, United States District Court for the Western District of Missouri.

With respect to business and securities litigation on behalf of individuals, I successfully tried cases against, among others, Arthur Young & Company, Bear Stearns, Inc., Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith, Inc., Raymond James Financial Services, Inc., Sterne Agee & Leach and Morgan Keegan & Company. I have prosecuted and settled business tort and securities cases against, among others, Drexel Burnham Lambert, Kohlberg, Kravis, Roberts, & Company, Chase Manhattan, BT Securities Corporation, Merrill Lynch, Prudential Securities, Salomon Brothers, Citigroup, American Express Financial Advisors, Arthur Andersen, Morgan Keegan, Deloitte & Touche, Compass Bank, SouthTrust Bank, Ernst & Young, Bank of Alabama, Stifel Nicolaus & Company, Inc. and Regions Bank.

I have also successfully prosecuted and tried personal injury actions, including the trial of Parker v. Blackmon, Case No. CV-06-4264-HSL, Circuit Court of Jefferson County, Alabama, where an $8 million judgment was obtained on behalf of my client.

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