Top best Class Action Lawyers Near me in ZIP 35242

Taylor Bartlett represents clients in complex litigation involving significant damages claims at both the trial and appellate levels. He has extensive experience in consumer class actions and pharmaceutical mass tort litigation. Since joining the firm in 2011, Taylor has successfully represented over 5,000 individuals and businesses throughout the United States. Taylor has also been appointed class counsel on multiple consumer class action lawsuits that resulted in settlements to the classes of over $25 million. Through his work, he has gained extensive knowledge of the specific rights of individuals and classes as prescribed by the US Constitution. Taylor understands that the key to resolving complex cases is organization, diligence, and action.. After obtaining his undergraduate degree in Mechanical Engineering from Auburn University in 2007, he received his J.D. cum laude from Cumberland School of Law in 2010. While at Cumberland, Taylor served as Associate Editor of the Cumberland Law Review, was selected as a Judge Abraham Caruthers Teaching Fellow, and was elected Senior Honor Court Justice. After law school, Taylor attended King’s College London from where he received a Masters of Law. While in London he was selected for the KCL International Arbitration Moot Court Team and honed his trial advocacy skills while travelling internationally for oral arguments. These skills are now applied in his legal practice as he litigates across the country. He has presented argument in the state and federal courts of Alabama, New York, New Jersey, Illinois, California, Louisiana, Florida, Georgia, South Carolina, Missouri, Ohio, Virginia, and Maryland. He lectures at attorney conferences, where he has made presentations on consumer class actions as well as best practices for digital depositions.. Taylor was admitted as a member to the Alabama Bar in 2010. He is also admitted to practice law in New York, New Jersey, and Georgia. Taylor is a member of the Birmingham Bar Association, the American Association for Justice, and the Alabama Association for Justice. Taylor has been named as a Mid-South Super Lawyer Rising Star each year since 2014. In 2017 he was recognized as a Top Attorney by his peers in Birmingham Magazine.

Richard Frankowski is the founding member of The Frankowski Firm, LLC.  His firm is based in Birmingham, Alabama and Incline Village, Nevada and has additional offices in Atlanta, Los Angeles, Miami, Houston, Nashville, Las Vegas, Washington DC, Manhattan, Sacramento, and San Francisco. He has represented hundreds of investors around the country in FINRA arbitrations and in civil litigation.  His practice focuses on stock broker fraud, consumer class actions and direct and derivative shareholder cases.  Richard also represents individual brokers in employment cases against broker dealers.  Mr. Frankowski is a 5.0 Preeminent AV-rated attorney and is a member of the Alabama and Florida Bars as well as a member of the American Bar Association, the American Association for Justice, and National Trial Lawyers.  In 2012, National Trial Lawyers named Mr. Frankowski one of Alabama's top 100 lawyers.  Currently, Richard served on the Board of Directors for the Public Investors Arbitration Bar Association, an international organization dedicated to investor protection.  He currently serves as Vice President and Treasurer of the PIABA Foundation, a 501(c)(3) public charity with a core mission of educating investors to prevent investment abuse and to level the playing field for investors in FINRA arbitrtation.

Opened in 2002, Heather Leonard PC is a full service law practice concentrating on litigation and mediation of all employment law matters.. Consistently recognized as one of the top employment lawyers in Alabama, Heather Leonard has been handling employment law matters for both individuals and businesses since 1998.  She has been ranked as one of the Top 25 female attorneys as well as one of the the Top 50 overall attorneys in Alabama by Thompson Reuters' Superlawyers publication.  Her firm has also been ranked as a Tier One provider of employment law services by U.S. News and World Report's "Best Law Firms.". Confining her practice to employment law issues, Ms. Leonard has the unique expertise and knowledge to successfully navigate the complicated disputes that arise between employers and employees in all facets of the employment relationship.  Ranging from internal investigations for a business or filing an EEOC charge on behalf of an employee - all the way to complex multi-plaintiff multi-state litigation, we have handled it.

Michael Todd Wheeles is a partner at Morris Haynes Attorneys at Law. Mr. Wheeles served as an Alabama State Trooper, where he became proficient in investigating traffic accidents. Then, in 1996, Mr. Wheeles joined the Alabama Bureau of Investigations, where he served as a hostage negotiator, a polygraph examiner, and a case agent in the major crimes division. He was appointed to act as legal counsel to the Alabama Board of Polygraph Examiners by Governor Bob Riley. Mr. Wheeles has been recognized by many prestigious legal organizations for his client-centered approach to cases and multi-million dollar verdicts and settlements including a $239 million in a firearm defect class action settlement, a confidential 7 million dollar settlement in Fulton County, a $1.25 million verdict in an unintentional gun discharge case, and a $4.5 million verdict from a Legionnaires disease case.

Mark is an Alabama native who has lived all over the southeast.  In 2007, Mark graduated magna cum laude with a Bachelor of Science in History from North Carolina State University, where his senior thesis analyzed the consistent failure of Christianity to find a foothold in Japan, and compared Christianity’s failure in Japan with the success it was able to sustain in South Korea. Following his stint in North Carolina, Mark returned to Alabama where he graduated cum laude from the University of Alabama School of Law in 2010.  During his time in law school he was active on the Alabama Law Review as a Notes Editor.  Mark completed his formal education in 2011 when he earned his LL.M. in Taxation from the University of Florida Levin College of Law.  His Master’s Thesis examined the United States corporate tax code and explored methods to simplify and reform it in order to make it easier to understand and comply with while, at the same time, increasing the amount of corporate tax revenues collected by the Treasury.

Marion Walker was born in Tuscaloosa, AL and has practiced law in Birmingham for 40 years. Her practice has been varied but she has handled primarily employment discrimination litigation, contracts and business disputes for employers for the last 17 years. She has handled more than 86 cases to verdict and appeared before courts in multiple jurisdictions as well as arbitral forums, the EEOC and the DOL. Clients with from 200 to 65,000 employees have relied upon Marion for counsel in employment matters, including whistleblower defense. For more than 20 years, Marion has been involved in providing mediation services for varied types of cases. In addition to employment matters,  Marion has handled litigation involving personal injury, including products liability (drug & appliance), vehicular accidents, Qui Tam claims, tax, real estate, construction, business dissolutions, stock holder derivative suits and securities.. Among professional organizations, Marion belongs to the International Association of Defense Counsel, Litigation Counsel of America where she is a Fellow, Defense Research Institute, American Bar Association, Alabama and Georgia Bar Associations and the Birmingham Bar. She is licensed to practice law in AL and GA and in federal courts in those states and in Southern Mississippi, Northern & Middle Florida and Alaska. She is a member in good standing of the Fifth, Ninth, Eleventh and Federal Circuit Courts of Appeal.  In law school Marion served on the Cumberland Law Review for 3 years, was Comments editor for one and served as an Associate Justice of the Moot Court for 3 years.. In the last  6 years, Marion has written articles and presented seminars on trade secrets, the OFCCP, Davis-Bacon and Service Acts,  E-discovery preservation and production duties, social media in the workplace, the Sarbanes-Oxley Act Whistleblower provisions. and the interaction of the FMLA, ADA and Work Comp statutes.. While generally working on hourly rates for legal services, Marion will consider contingency fee agreements in business cases where appropriate.

Lew Garrison is one of the firm's founders and primarily practices in the area of mass torts and pharmaceutical product liability.  He also represents clients in other complex civil litigation. Lew decided to become an attorney because the profession was always intriguing to him.   Even at a young age, he would go visit an attorney in his home town and ask questions about the law.  During his first year of college, Lew would often go to the law school to study. To him, the legal profession is an honorable calling. Lew believes that attorneys are called upon to represent their clients, but not to the point of pursuing a claim that is without merit.  He has always been drawn to the underdog, which was part of the reason that he was drawn to plaintiff representation.  Lew enjoys this side of the legal system because he believes representing a plaintiff levels the playing field---so that one person can stand toe to toe with the largest corporations. He is a member of the Alabama State Bar, as well as the State Bar of Georgia.   Lew is also a member of the Association of Trial Lawyers of America, the Alabama Trial Lawyers' Association, and the Birmingham Bar Association, where he has served on the grievance, public relations, and special assignments committees.  He is a frequent speaker at continuing legal education seminars.

Lauren Miller focuses her practice on several areas of personal injury litigation including products liability litigation involving pharmaceutical drugs and defective medical devices.. An advocate for survivors of sexual assault, Ms. Miller assists survivors of campus sexual assault, holding their assailants accountable, and when appropriate, holding accountable the colleges and universities that fail to protect the rights of those survivors.

Kevin McKie is a personal injury attorney whose primary area of practice is toxic tort litigation. Specialized in Environmental Law, he has provided quality legal representation for numerous clients who were severely affected by exposure to hazardous substances, recovering substantial compensation from the responsible companies. With a professional experience of over 10 years, Kevin McKie can successfully carry out a wide range of cases, including complex community exposure cases, as well as assist businesses in environmental matters. The attorney is currently affiliated with Environmental Litigation Group, P.C. in Birmingham, Alabama.. In 2001, Kevin McKie received his Bachelor’s Degree from Auburn University, which was subsequently followed by his earning of a Juris Doctor Degree from the University of Alabama School of Law. His admission to the Alabama State Bar ensued shortly after and in 2016, the lawyer also became a member of the Illinois State Bar. Prior to joining Environmental Litigation Group, P.C., Kevin McKie was a law clerk for Circuit Court Judge Tom King Jr. and has worked with Whatley Drake & Kallas, LLP as well. He is also a former public official, having served on the Board of Directors for the Birmingham Water Works Board for two years.. The attorney is a member of multiple renowned legal associations, including the Alabama Association for Justice and the American Association for Justice. Kevin McKie is also on the Board of Directors of Greater Crestwood, Inc. – a non-profit organization dedicated to creating a safe environment for the residents of Birmingham.

I joined Hare Wynn in 2015 and work primarily in the areas of class action and mass tort litigation. Recently, along with several other Hare Wynn lawyers and the Attorney General’s offices of Montana and Alaska, I negotiated the largest consumer protection settlement related to drug misbranding in both Montana and Alaska. These settlements resulted in a payout of $15.25 million to the state of Alaska and $16.7 million to the state of Montana. I was also part of a team of Hare Wynn lawyers who secured a $310 million settlement on behalf of a Class of investors who had been defrauded in the settlement of a prior class action.

Honza Prchal is an associate of the firm whose areas of emphasis include mass torts, especially pharmaceutical and medical device work, and also general litigation. He has spent at least half his time on mass torts even before he started working with W. Lewis Garrison, Jr. in 1997, and he continues to enjoy helping clients navigate and understand an esoteric and confusing area of law where it is far too easy and far too common for clients to feel like numbers, rather than individuals with claims. Since Honza had to go through immigration himself and help his wife through US Immigration, he is highly motivated to try and help clients get on with their lives with less of the unique dread a large impersonal bureaucracy like an MDL proceeding with Plaintiffs’ Management Committees can engender. Honza is a member of the American Bar Association, Phi Delta Phi, the Birmingham Bar Association, the American Association for Justice, a life member of the Antient and Honourable Edmund Burke Society at the University of Chicago. He is a member of the Federalist Society, where he was twice an officer at the University of Virginia School of Law and was an officer in the Birmingham Lawyers' chapter for several years. He was a founding member and officer of the International Civitan Club of Metro Birmingham Chapter of Civitan International and also a member of the ACTION Civitan chapter. He was captain of the Moot Court Team and was Dicta Editor at the Virginia Law Weekly. He served as English language press secretary for Vaclav Klaus, Finance Ministry, Czech and Slovak Federative Republic, 1991. He has been active in choral music since grammar school , has represented the firm at Croonin' for Critters and in trivia competition and used to be a competitive fencer in all three weapons, but especially epee.  Honza volunteers at All Saints Episcopal Church, his daughter’s school and at a number of Bar Association and alumni events, but his legal pro bono work is mostly with the Birmingham Volunteer Lawyers Program “Attorney for the Day” program where he can be found just about every month trying to help pro se claimants through the vagaries of the court system in Downtown Birmingham. Past volunteer work that he found interesting was interviewing veterans for the library of Congress. Since some of his own family was liberated by American troops in World War II and he saw the effects of their post-war departure on his family’s own country and on that of his friends,’  he found this particularly rewarding. He also did some pro bono work for the Birmingham Fencing Club.

G. Rick DiGiorgio learned the art of problem-solving and the importance of caring for others from being the eldest of eight children. He was born in Tuscaloosa, Alabama while his father attended The University of Alabama.. After his dad graduated, the family moved around for a while, but eventually settled in Birmingham where both of his parents come from large families. Their family of eight added to an already massive extended family, boasting hundreds of cousins in the Birmingham area. It was natural that Rick would work, live, and serve in his home state of Alabama after law school.. Rick’s connection to family and a focus on his spiritual life have always inspired him in his role as a lawyer. Although he graduated from Cumberland School of Law at Samford University in 1981, with an immediate successful run in criminal defense, his deep-rooted desire to help people led him to form his own personal injury law firm in 1992 with his younger brother, Christopher.. Then in 2001, he joined the team at Cory Watson Attorneys. While grand verdicts and positive results are always preferred outcomes, he is most proud that his clients know he truly cares for them.. When Rick is not busy helping people through the law, he spends time with his wife, his two adult children, and his grandchild. Also, in keeping with the heart of Rick’s favorite quote, “Seek first the kingdom of God,” (Matthew 6:33), Rick spends much of his free time studying the bible and discussing the spiritual side of life. His gift to look beneath the surface of a person’s physical needs, allowing him to help clients on a deeper, more meaningful level.

For Jon Conlin, practicing personal injury law is more than filing lawsuits and going to court, it’s an act of chivalry. Emboldened by the idea that plaintiff’s attorneys can take on the biggest, most prepared defendants on behalf of injury victims, he pursued a career in law that’s spanned more than 15 years. In fact, he started working at Cory Watson Attorneys as a law clerk while studying at The University of Alabama School of Law, and he’s been at the firm since.. A Birmingham native with deep Alabama roots, Jon attended Indian Springs High School before earning his bachelor’s degree from Samford University. And while some believe you can either go big or go home, Jon chose to pursue multimillion dollar verdicts and settlements from the place he’s always called home.. A nationally-recognized litigator, Jon will tell you that his true pride comes from the positive effects his work is able to create for the clients he represents. When asked what he likes best about helping people through the law, he says, “Maybe it’s the Don Quixote in me, but sometimes the world needs more people who are willing to tilt at windmills.”

Floyd Gaines, partner of Gaines LLC, has built a powerful team with significant broad-based experience in jury trials and arbitration proceedings in state and federal courts. Gaines, LLC primarily defends national corporations and other clients in complex commercial litigation, including actions involving:. The firm also handles bankruptcy and restructuring litigation on behalf of commercial lending institutions and loan servicers, including lender liability claims, receiverships and foreclosure litigation.. Gaines, LLC also represents financial institutions on claims alleging violations of:. If you have been hurt, bullied, or cheated, we’ve got your back. Whatever your need is, give us a call at. Don’t hesitate!

Established trial attorney Scott A. Powell has been with Hare Wynn since 1986. Throughout his extensive career, he has helped clients across the United States in everything from serious personal injury cases to commercial litigation to class actions and more. His outstanding representation both in and out of the courtroom has earned him great recognition from multiple prestigious publications and national legal organizations, including being selected as Benchmark Litigation's "Alabama Litigator of the Year" in 2013. Some of his most notable work includes being appointed co-lead plaintiff's counsel for the multi-district litigation against Syngenta on behalf of American corn farmers.

Ernest “Ernie” Cory has practiced law for more than 35 years with a focus on dangerous drugs, defective medical devices, products liability, mass torts and class actions. He has represented clients across the U.S. and in Asia, Africa, and Latin America. Ernie is nationally recognized for his ability to level the playing field against corporate America, and is frequently appointed as lead counsel and to other leadership positions in high-profile complex litigation, mass torts, and class actions.. A founding principal of Cory Watson, Ernie’s legal roots are local; he tried his first jury trial just 11 months after becoming an attorney in Gadsden, Alabama and over his career has helped thousands of people across the state. Ernie realized early that it was essential to establish client trust, and that successful results require hard work. Every client mattered. This commitment to service and unwavering integrity provided the foundation for the firm he founded more than two decades ago, and those values serve as guiding principles for Cory Watson Attorneys today.. He’s proud to have helped assemble a legal team that has served more than 150,000 families and recovered more than $2.7 billion in settlements and verdicts. According to Ernie, “We know corporations and insurance firms are going to hire the best lawyers they can afford. I have made it my goal for 35 years to be the best, to hire the best, and to never back down from a fight. Our clients deserve nothing less.”. Ernie grew up in Birmingham, Alabama where he graduated from Vestavia Hills High School. He went on to study at the University of Alabama, graduating magna cum laude. He earned his Juris Doctor from Cumberland School of Law at Samford University. Ernie feels it is important to give back to the community and profession that have provided him with so many opportunities, and he serves in a number of philanthropic and leadership positions within the bar and legal profession.. Ernie is an avid Alabama football fan and on Saturdays in the fall, he can generally be found in Tuscaloosa at Bryant-Denny Stadium. Ernie is an active member of Church of the Highlands where he and his wife, Vivian, lead a weekly small group. They enjoy supporting local causes serving children and supporting education. Ernie spends his free time with his family, in his gardens and traveling.

Dr. François Blaudeau is an Of Counsel attorney in the Birmingham office. In addition to his work as a practicing attorney, Blaudeau practices medicine as an obstetrician/gynecologist with a specialization in advanced gynecological surgery. Dr. Blaudeau’s dual experience as a practicing surgeon and an attorney makes him uniquely qualified to join our Class Action and Mass Tort department. He established the Southern Institute for Legal and Medical Affairs to advocate for patients’ rights and physicians’ rights, and parallel to his extensive work with that body, he’s litigated high profile medical malpractice claims on behalf of clients around the country. His experience and perspective will be particular assets to our clients. Dr. Blaudeau earned his undergraduate degree from Birmingham Southern College in 1981. He pursued a medical degree from the University of Alabama at Birmingham, graduating in 1987. After completing his residency at Tulane, Blaudeau went into private practice in 1991. He continues to practice medicine in Birmingham, and he trains surgeons from around the country. Dr. Blaudeau received his law degree from the Birmingham School of Law in 1998. He has served as a Governor of the American College of Legal Medicine, and he founded the Southern Institute for Legal and Medical Affairs. At Heninger Garrison Davis, Blaudeau’s work will focus on medical malpractice and healthcare litigation. He is a member of the Alabama State Bar and the Birmingham Bar Association. Dr. Blaudeau and his wife Tammi have five children and six grandchildren. He is fluent in Spanish, Italian and French.

Caroline is a 2007 graduate of the University of Alabama and a 2011 graduate of Bowen School of Law in Little Rock, Arkansas. At Alabama, she graduated cum laude with a degree in political science and minor in history and was a member of Phi Mu Sorority.  When Caroline was in law school, she was treasurer of the Christian Legal Society and a member of the Arkansas Association of Women Lawyers and a regular volunteer at city elementary schools. Additionally, while in Arkansas, she was active member of her church and Sunday School teacher. Caroline’s hobbies include running, cooking and watching college football.

Brett is honored to advocate for justice on behalf of his clients and work to hold some of the most powerful companies accountable. He says, “I am glad to be in a position to seek justice and advocate for individuals unable to help themselves, and these goals drive me to be the best lawyer I can be for my clients every day.”. Born and raised in Jackson, Mississippi, Brett Thompson developed a passion for justice and helping those in need from an early age. Despite growing up in a family of doctors, with his convictions and competitive nature, Brett knew that he would end up as a lawyer.. After attending undergraduate at Ole Miss, he received his Juris Doctorate from Cumberland School of Law, graduating cum laude. Among his accomplishments, Brett has been a voice of influence as the Associate Editor for the Cumberland Law Review.. Brett began his legal career at a regional defense firm, representing a variety of clients in civil and personal injury litigation. At Cory Watson Attorneys, he continues to help make a positive impact through the law. Brett’s ability to understand client’s needs, coupled with his ability to think creatively, provides a unique and dedicated representation.. In the community, Brett is involved in the Birmingham Bar Association and Alabama Association for Justice. He and his wife, Emily, reside in Birmingham and are active members of Redeemer Community Church. In his spare time, Brett also enjoys cooking and is an ardent fan of premier league soccer.

Attorney Jeremy Knowles is a partner at Morris Haynes Attorneys at Law. Since 1997, Mr. Knowles has practiced almost exclusively in the areas of automobile negligence, tractor trailer litigation, product liability, and motor vehicle crashworthiness. He has worked on some of the largest product liability cases in the country and is routinely consulted by national news organizations for his skill and experience with automobile product liability issues. The total of the verdicts and settlements which Mr. Knowles has attained exceeds $100,000,, including a 2005 verdict that was listed in the National Law Journal as one of the top 25 verdicts in 2005. Mr. Knowles is a member of the American and Alabama Associations for Justice, serving on the Board of Governors and in the Emerging Leaders section of the latter. He has also served as an adjunct Professor of Law with a concentration in Constitutional Law at Faulkner University.

Adam Pittman became a lawyer to fight for those who need help. After beginning his practice, Adam litigated civil rights and discrimination lawsuits on behalf of teachers, employees, and government workers. Adam now litigates against some of the most powerful corporations, and he fights to hold them accountable for defective products, fraud, and other deceptive practices.. Adam is honored to be the person his clients trust when the stakes are high. It’s not enough just to win—Adam works hard every day to change corporate behavior and make consumers safer. “I became a lawyer because I wanted my work to make a difference for real people.”. Protecting consumers in class actions and complicated product defect cases requires hard work, strategy, and innovation. Adam represented the plaintiff in Lisk v. Lumber One, an important case before the Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals, where these traits helped open the doors for consumers to bring class actions in Alabama’s federal courts for the first time.. Adam graduated from The University of Alabama School of Law in 2011, where he was named the best senior editor of the Alabama Law Review. Adam received his undergraduate degree from Auburn University, and grew up in Birmingham, Alabama. Adam continues to hold strong roots in the community. Adam is a member of the Alabama Association for Justice, and is actively involved in the Association’s Emerging Leaders section. He is admitted to practice in the highest state and federal courts in Alabama, and he handles complex litigation throughout the country.

A graduate of Harvard Law School, personal injury attorney Christopher S. Randolph, Jr. has litigated a wide variety of complex cases in 12 states across the country. He currently assists Hare Wynn with its representation of U.S. corn farmers in a national class action lawsuit against Syngenta, and regularly handles a number of injury and business law cases. In addition to being a skilled attorney, Chris is a published author. He has written several articles on complex litigation issues for the Alabama Lawyer and Defense Counsel Journal. Call Hare Wynn for a free consultation today!