Top Litigation Lawyers Near Me in Hoover Area

Scott Harwell – An Experienced Christian Attorney. BIRMINGHAM CHRISTIAN ATTORNEY. Scott Harwell, the owner of Harwell Law Firm LLC, is a Birmingham Christian Attorney that has been providing legal counsel from a Christian perspective for 18 years as an Alabama attorney. As a Christian attorney, Mr. Harwell believes that other than God, family is the most important aspect of a person’s life. If you need an Alabama attorney, please call Mr. Harwell at or click on the Contact Us link and send Mr. Harwell and his assistant an e-mail.. BIRMINGHAM CHRISTIAN ATTORNEY AND CHRISTIAN LAW FIRM. As a Christian lawyer, Mr. Harwell employs Biblical legal principles in advising and representing clients. This means that on most cases, the initial strategy employed will be efforts to avoid a legal dispute. If these efforts fail or your case has already reached the next level in the legal process, Mr. Harwell will then attempt to resolve your legal problem and will attempt to negotiate a fair and reasonable settlement prior to engaging in lengthy and expensive litigation. However, if the opposing party is being unreasonable and refuses to settle your case, Mr. Harwell will aggressively and diligently proceed with litigation and, if necessary, a trial.. Although Mr. Harwell often fails, he does his best to follow the Golden Rule by treating his clients as he would want to be treated. Mr. Harwell accomplishes this by completely explaining your legal rights, potential legal consequences, applying an economic cost and benefit analysis to your case, by employing fair and reasonable billing practices and by keeping clients informed about the status of their case. In over 18 years of practice as a Birmingham attorney and Shelby County attorney and after representing thousands of clients, only a handful of clients have ever had any questions about the time they were charged on their case.. LOCAL CHELSEA ATTORNEY AND CHELSEA LAW FIRM. Mr. Harwell was born and raised in Flomaton, Alabama and currently resides in Chelsea, Alabama. In order to better serve his clients, Mr. Harwell’s firm currently has four convenient office locations in the Birmingham area and in Shelby County. Harwell Law Firm LLC’s primary Office is located at The Narrows (link) in Shelby County, Alabama at the bottom of Double Oak Mountain and on the border of the city limits of Chelsea, Alabama. We also have a Downtown Birmingham Office at the Wells Fargo Tower, in Hoover at One Chase Corporate Center (link) and in Homewood at Southbridge Parkway. For directions to any of Mr. Harwell’s offices, please click on the above links.. HOOVER ATTORNEY / HOOVER LAWYER. After graduating with honors and as Salutatorian of his 1987 Flomaton High School (link ) class, Mr. Harwell was awarded a scholarship to Auburn University ( ) from the Escambia County Alumni Association. ) Mr. Harwell began college in 1987 and was named to the Dean’s List as a freshman and numerous times throughout college. While at Auburn, Mr. Harwell joined the fraternity of Tau Kappa Epsilon (TKE) (link ) and was active on campus. Mr. Harwell also participated in the Cooperative Education program and spent several quarters working for IBM.. BIRMINGHAM BANKRUPTCY ATTORNEY. After graduating with honors from Auburn, Mr. Harwell opted to attend the University of Oregon School of Law (link ). While in law school, Mr. Harwell clerked for several law firms in the Eugene, Oregon area. In addition, Mr. Harwell received an offer for a summer clerkship for the prestigious Alabama firm of Sirote & Permutt (link ) and was also offered a summer clerk position at Balch & Bingham. (link ) In addition to working as a law clerk and enjoying outdoor activities of camping, snowboarding, hiking, white-water rafting, kayaking, fly-fishing and other outdoor activities on a weekly basis (except close to finals), Mr. Harwell graduated in the top 10 of his class in 1995 and is a member of The Order of the Coif ( link ), one of the most prestigious awards for law students. Mr. Harwell was also named to the Who’s Who of Legal Students, The National Dean’s List and graduated Magna Cum Laude in his class.. HOMEWOOD CRIMINAL LAWYER / CRIMINAL DEFENSE ATTORNEY. After graduating law school, Mr. Harwell returned home to Alabama and became a licensed Alabama attorney in 1995. Rather than working for an Alabama law firm, Mr. Harwell immediately opened his own office and initially began practicing law in Atmore, Alabama and in Bay Minette, Alabama. During this first year, Mr. Harwell also practiced in Escambia County, Monroe County, Conecuh County and Baldwin County. Within 40 days of receiving his license to practice law, Mr. Harwell was appointed to defend a young man accused of robbery and successfully defended this man at a jury trial.

Managing Attorney Edward A. Merrell:. Mr. Merrell focuses his practice areas in civil litigation trials, property insurance law and trial work in domestic relations and criminal law. He has helped resolve matters worth hundreds of thousands of dollars for firm clients.  In 2018, Mr. Merrell was named one of Birmingham Magizines Top Civil Litigators.  ABC33/40 called him a "legal expert" during an on air interview regarding DNA.  In 2016, due to the number of hours of volunteer service, the Merrell Law Firm was the Birmingham Bar Associations Small firm of the Year. Background: Mr. Merrell's work history prior to becoming an attorney includes nearly 10 years in the criminal justice system working as a police officer, detention officer, and instructor.  He has over 8 years’ experience in the insurance industry working claims.  He has almost 10 years’ experience working with youth at the YMCA.  He was a member of the Birmingham School of Law's honor society, graduating as the organization's treasurer and also served as special prosecutor on the honor court.  He served a member of the United States Coast Guard Auxiliary for over 13 years where he was a staff officer, instructor, and crew member.   Mr. Merrell spends all of his time outside of the office with his family, especially his daughter.  He is an avid Golfer and enjoys history, Gettysburg and Williamsburg especially.  Member: Bar of the State of AlabamaAmerican Bar Association

As managing partner with the law firm of Gentle, Turner, Sexton and Harbison in Birmingham, Alabama, Edgar Gentle has served as an appointed settlement administrator and/or special master in several high-profile legal proceedings, including the multibillion-dollar MDL Blue Cross Antitrust Litigation and the multimillion-dollar Tolbert PCB Settlement with Monsanto and Solutia. Edgar Gentle also leads as treasurer of the Alabama Democratic Party and as director, board chairman, and one-third stockholder of Custom Cable Services, a Fultondale, Alabama-based company that generates annual sales of approximately $13 million.. Edgar Gentle maintains membership with the Alabama State Bar and is admitted to practice before multiple federal district and appellate courts. In addition to representing clients directly, he has written a number of published articles on subjects such as the use of cy-pres doctrine in settlements and tax reform in the State of Alabama. A writer outside of the field of law as well, he is the author of Pond Mountain Tales, book of short stories and poems.

Experienced Litigation attorney serving clients in Hoover and surrounding areas.

Experienced Litigation attorney serving clients in Hoover and surrounding areas.