Robert Cunningham - Mobile Environmental Lawyer Reviews & Ratings

Areas of practice include:. ·         complex litigation. ·         environmental torts. ·         class actions. ·         personal injury. ·         products liability. ·         insurance fraud. ·         bad faith. ·         intellectual property. ·         admiralty and maritime law. Have represented plaintiffs in numerous cases resulting in record breaking verdicts in Alabama and nationwide. Led the firm's pro bono representation of the University of Alabama in its fight against the NCAA sanctioning of the Crimson Tide football team and was lead trial counsel in the State of Alabama's $11.9 billion verdict against ExxonMobil for underpayment of royalties. In October 2007, was lead counsel for Dirt, Inc. in an environmental contamination trial resulting in a $108 million jury verdict against Halliburton, Inc.  In October 2008, was co-lead counsel, with partner Skip Finkbohner, in an intellectual property trial representing inventor Dr. Peter Mannsfeld against German chemical company Ineos Phenol GmbH & Co. KG which resulted in a jury verdict of $192 million.. In 2010, was appointed to the Plaintiffs’ Steering Committee (PSC) in the Multi-District Litigation arising out of the BP Deepwater Horizon explosion and resulting environmental disaster. After that appointment, served as a leader of the trial team preparing for the February 2012 trial. On the eve of that trial, a historic multi-billion dollar settlement of many claims was reached with BP. Beginning in February 2013, the remaining claims against BP, and the claims against Transocean and Halliburton, were tried during a two-month trial in the Federal District Court in New Orleans. The Judge has not yet ruled. Continue active involvement in preparing for the trial of test cases in coming months.