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Since 1998, Tom has been the managing attorney of the Beasley Allen Law Firm. When he became managing attorney, he organized the firm into sections based on case type. This is very common in law firms today but was unusual at that time. It has allowed our lawyers to concentrate in certain areas and to be on the cutting edge in their legal fields. He led Beasley Allen to become a national powerhouse in providing legal advice and representation to victims of wrong doing.. Background. Tom was born in Eufaula, Alabama, in 1963. Tom graduated from the University of Alabama with a degree in corporate finance. He then earned his law degree in 1988 from Cumberland School of Law in Birmingham, Alabama. He began his legal career at Beasley Allen that same year. Tom’s family has served as lawyers, judges and other elected officials in Alabama for over 200 years. He always knew he wanted to be an attorney.. Notable Cases. Tom was the lead lawyer in a landmark predatory lending case involving a door-to-door sales and finance scam. The verdict of $581 million is the largest predatory lending verdict in American history. Consumer advocates hailed this verdict because as a result of this litigation, the defendant finance company shut down its business in the state of Alabama.. He was also co-counsel in other consumer fraud cases resulting in verdicts of $50 million, $45 million, $34.5 million, $25.4 million and $15 million. Tom has tried a total of 13 cases that have resulted in verdicts in excess of $1 million.. Awards and Ratings. Tom is a Martindale-Hubbell AV Preeminent Rated attorney. Since 2006, hehas been selected yearly for inclusion on the Best Lawyers in America list, and he has been selected to Alabama Super Lawyers from 2008 to 2014. He was also named the Best Lawyers 2014 Montgomery Mass Tort Litigation / Class Actions – Plaintiffs Lawyer of the Year. Tom also is included on the Chambers USA Leading Lawyers list for 2010.. In 2011, the Birmingham Business Journal named him a “Leading Lawyer of Alabama.” In 2011 and again in 2016, he was selected by The Trial Lawyer magazine as a member of The RoundTable: America’s 100 Most Influential Trial Lawyers. This selection places him among the top 100 civil plaintiff attorneys in the United States. Tom also was named to The American Lawyer “Top Lawyers” list.. Professional Associations. Tom has been an active member of the Alabama State Bar Association, serving on the Board of Bar Commissioners for nine years and the Executive Council for two years. He became president of the Alabama State Bar in July 2009, where he served through July 2010. While bar president, Tom focused on Access to Justice and increasing pro bono services to those in need.. Tom is a fellow in the Alabama Law Foundation, which promotes access to justice for the poor. He is a former member of the Finance Committee for the Access to Justice Commission, which was founded by the Chief Justice of the Alabama Supreme Court to find new ways to provide access to justice for the poor in Alabama. In 2014, Tom was presented with the Harold Albritton Pro Bono Leadership Award, which honors individuals who through their leadership and commitment have enhanced the human dignity of others by improving pro bono services to our state’s poor and disadvantaged.. In 2009, Tom was selected as a Fellow in the American Bar Foundation. Also in 2009, the Montgomery County Bar Association (MCBA) established the Thomas J. Methvin Volunteer Lawyer of the Year Award.. Tom is a former President of the MCBA (1996); a former member of the Board of the Montgomery County Bar Foundation, which oversees the Montgomery County Bar Volunteer Lawyers Program; and a former President of the Montgomery County Association for Justice (1996). He is currently a mentor for young lawyers in the Montgomery County Bar Mentor Program, a member of the Alabama Association for Justice, a member of the Cumberland Law School Advisory Board and president of the Montgomery Cumberland Law School Club.. Publicity. Tom is a national spokesman for the rights of consumers and the law that applies to their rights. He has appeared on “Good Morning America,” “The O’Reilly Factor,” and on all the major networks to discuss these issues. He also has appeared in numerous publications, including The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, Business Week Magazine and Fortune Magazine.. Community Involvement. Tom is a member of the Alabama Alumni Association, the Montgomery-Lowndes County Chapter of the Alabama Alumni Association and the Capital City Crimson Tide club. Tom is also president of the local chapter of the Commerce Executives Society, which promotes the interest of the University of Alabama Business School.. Tom is past president of the Board of Directors for Brantwood Children’s Home, a home for abused and neglected children, and still active in support of the organization and the children it serves. He also serves on the Board of Directors of Children’s Hope ministry in Haiti, which operates a children’s home, a medical clinic and other missionary outreach in that country.. He serves on the Cystic Fibrosis Advisory Panel, which helps fight this terrible disease. In 2009, he received the Sheena Diane Ayers Humanitarian Award for his longtime service and support for the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation. In 2014, Tom was selected as the March of Dimes Citizen of the Year. He also is a member of the River Region United Way Tocqueville Society and is a former member of the United Way Campaign Cabinet.. Tom currently serves on the Board of Directors for the Montgomery Area Chamber of Commerce and is a member of Leadership Alabama Class XVIII.

Larry is a principal and trial attorney in Beasley Allen Law Firm’s Fraud Section, where he has devoted his career to seeking justice on behalf of those who have been negligently or intentionally harmed. His clients include individuals and small businesses.. Notable Cases. Currently, Larry’s practice is focused on whistleblower litigation, retaliation, wage & hour litigation, sexual harassment, employment discrimination, business fraud and class actions. A particularly important area of the firm's Fraud Section work is whistleblower litigation. Under the whistleblower provisions of the False Claims Act, the whistleblower is entitled to receive up to 30 percent of any money the government recovers. This is both an incentive and a reward for the tremendous sacrifices – both personal and professional – whistleblowers often make by reporting the truth.. In addition, Larry helped to secure a $30 million settlement agreement in cooperation with the U.S. Department of Justice to settle whistleblower allegations that private contractor U.S. Investigations Services, Inc. (USIS), formerly the Federal Government’s largest provider of security background checks, violated the False Claims Act (FCA). Larry represented former USIS employee Blake Percival, who filed a whistleblower complaint in 2011 alleging USIS violated the FCA in performing a contract with the Office of Personnel Management to perform background investigations of federal employees and those applying for federal service. USIS acknowledged that it was hired by the U.S. Government to conduct background checks for Edward Snowden, who leaked NSA surveillance documents to the public. USIS also performed the security background check for Aaron Alexis, a technology contractor who shot 12 people to death at the Washington Navy Yard in 2013. The Snowden and Alexis cases drew the USIS’s work, or lack thereof, into the spotlight and underscored Percival’s allegations.. Larry was lead attorney on the trial team that obtained a $1.7 million verdict for a small business client involving business fraud in Perry County, Alabama, and has been involved in other notable cases that settled for substantial amounts. These include: a contractual dispute and business fraud case involving a consulting firm and Toyota; a whistleblower case involving a former defense contractor employee who informed the U.S. Government that it was being defrauded; and a case on behalf of police officers to recover unpaid overtime compensation.. He joined Beasley Allen in 2000 and prior to working in the Fraud Section, he worked in the firm’s Business Litigation Section and later the Environmental & Toxic Torts Section. While working in Environmental & Toxic Torts, Larry was a part of the legal team that obtained a settlement of the largest toxic exposure claims in U.S. history. That case involved PCB contamination in Anniston, Alabama, by Solutia, Monsanto and Pharmacia. The federal court settlement exceeded $700 million for more than 18,000 clients.. Awards and Ratings. A Martindale-Hubbell AV Rated lawyer, Larry was selected as Beasley Allen’s 2012 Lawyer of the Year for the Fraud Section.. Professional Associations. Larry serves on the Board of Directors for the Montgomery County Bar Association and has served as president of both the Alabama Lawyers Association and the Capital City Bar Association. He is also the former chairman of the Adams-Shores Caucus of the Alabama Association for Justice and is a member of the Federal Bar Association.. Publicity. Larry has been a lecturer on whistleblower litigation, employment law and trial strategies for various legal organizations, including CLE Alabama, the Alabama Lawyers Association and the Alabama Association for Justice. Larry is also frequently a guest on WSFA-TV’s “The Beasley Allen Report” program and on the WVAS 90.7 FM radio show “The Law & You,” where he has spoken extensively on whistleblower litigation and employment law issues such as sexual harassment, wage & hour litigation, discrimination, and retaliation.. Background. Originally from Birmingham, Alabama, Larry graduated from the University of Alabama in 1995, where he obtained his Bachelor of Arts degree in criminal justice. While attending college, Larry was initiated into Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Inc. and was a member of the University of Alabama Residential Life Judicial Council.. A recipient of the Trial Advocacy and Law School Foundation Scholarship, Larry is a graduate of the University of Alabama School of Law and is licensed to practice in Alabama, Florida and the District of Columbia. Larry served as a judicial law clerk for the Honorable James P. Smith of the 23rd Judicial Circuit in Madison County, Alabama, and he served as a law clerk for the Honorable Sue Bell Cobb on the Alabama Court of Criminal Appeals prior to entering private practice at Beasley Allen.. Community Involvement. Larry serves on the Board of Directors for the Montgomery YMCA-Bell Road Branch and regularly serves as a volunteer head coach for youth football and youth basketball with the YMCA. Larry also volunteers his time to speak to high school and grade school students about the law, the importance of getting a good post-secondary education, and the importance of the judicial branch of government.. He is married to Danielle Golston, and they have a daughter and a son. The Golston family attends Northview Christian Church-Safe Harbor in Montgomery, Alabama.

Gibson practices in Beasley Allen Law Firm’s Personal Injury and Consumer Fraud sections, concentrating in actions against those who negligently or intentionally harm others. His clients include individuals and small businesses. He has participated in dozens of jury trials in his legal career, many of which have resulted in large verdicts for his clients.. Notable Cases. Gibson has been appointed to serve on the Plaintiffs Steering Committee (PSC) for multidistrict litigation (MDL) surrounding a massive data breach affecting customers of Community Health Systems Inc. The litigation is consolidated under Judge Karon Owen Bowdre in the U.S. District Court, Northern District of Alabama. In January, Community Health Systems Inc. (CHS) admitted data from its affiliated physician practices and clinics was breached. Data taken included patients’ names, addresses, birth dates, social security numbers and, in some cases, telephone numbers and the names of employers or guarantors. An estimated 4.5 million individuals who obtained services from CHS-affiliated physicians in the last five years may have been affected.. In 2005, Gibson received a $2.9 million verdict in a securities fraud case in Henry County, Alabama.. Professional Affiliations. Gibson is heavily involved in the American Association for Justice, and is past president of the organization. As president, he was one of six national officers representing AAJ's 60,000 members. He has served on several key committees in AAJ, including the National Finance Committee, Public Affairs Committee, Budget Committee and Membership Oversight Committee. He served as chairman of the PAC from 2015-2016, and as a member of the AAJ Executive Committee 2015-2016. He also has served as president of the Alabama Association of Justice.. He was named in February 2017 as the president-elect of the Southern Trial Lawyers Association. The association aims to promote fellowship, learning and networking among trial lawyers throughout the 13 southern states it represents.. Gibson also has been active in the Montgomery County Bar Association. He served as president of its Young Lawyer's Section, was a member of the Board of Directors for several years, and served as president of the organization in 2005. He also has served as president of the Montgomery Trial Lawyers Association and as president of the Alabama Civil Justice Foundation.. Additionally, Gibson is a member of the Alabama State Bar, and is the Bar Commissioner representing the 15th Judicial Circuit. He also serves on the Alabama State Bar Elections, Ethics, and Government Relations Committee and the Alabama Legislative Business Litigation and Complex Litigation Study Committee.. In January 2017, Gibson joined the Fellows of the Alabama Law Foundation, established to honor lawyers who have been members of the bar at least 10 years and who have demonstrated outstanding dedication to their profession and to their community.. In November 2015, Gibson was inducted into membership for the American Board of Trial Advocates (ABOTA). ABOTA is a national association of experienced trial lawyers and judges dedicated to the preservation and promotion of the civil jury trial right provided by the Seventh Amendment to the U.S. Constitution. Membership into the American Board of Trial Advocates is by invitation only following a rigorous nomination and voting process. There are approximately 7,300 members of ABOTA in the United States; only 109 attorneys in Alabama are members. To be considered for participation in the Alabama Chapter, one must have tried to conclusion a minimum of 10 civil jury trials, be nominated by an existing member and be approved by 75 percent of those members voting on membership. Criteria evaluated include exceptional jury trial skills, civility, professionalism and integrity.. Awards. The Alabama Association for Justice presented Gibson with the ALAJ Spirit Sword / President's Award in 2009. Each outgoing president of ALAJ recognizes a member who during his or her years as an officer and particularly as president provided special spirit to him/her. However, Gibson was selected by the organization as the first recipient, because he "embodies the spirit of a trial lawyer and our association.". Additionally, Gibson was presented the Joe Tonahill Award by AAJ's New Lawyers Division for his outstanding service to the civil justice system. He also was the 2016 recipient of the AAJ Wiedemann & Wysocki Award. This is an award given to AAJ members who have made outstanding efforts to advance AAJ’s political outreach projects and priorities, and support AAJ’s Political Action Committee (PAC). The award is named in honor of Fritz Wiedemann and James Anthony Wysocki, two New Orleans-based attorneys and active American Association for Justice members who were traveling on an AAJ assignment when they died in a tragic plane crash. This award recognizes members who have carried on their legacy of commitment to the principles of the civil justice system and AAJ's mission.. Gibson was selected to the National Trial Lawyers: Top 100. This is an invitation-only organization composed of the premier trial lawyers from each state or region who meet stringent qualifications as civil plaintiff and/or criminal defense trial lawyers. Selection is based on a thorough multi-phase objective and uniformly applied process, which includes peer nominations combined with third-party research. Membership is extended only to the select few of the most qualified attorneys from each state or region who demonstrate superior qualifications of leadership, reputation, influence, stature and public profile measured by objective and uniformly applied standards in compliance with state bar and national Rule 4-7.. In 2014, Gibson was selected as the recipient of the Firm's first Chad Stewart Award. This honor was created in memory of Beasley Allen lawyer Chad Stewart, who passed away unexpectedly in April at the very young age of 41. In addition to being a dedicated lawyer who worked hard for his clients, Chad truly modeled Christ in his daily walk. The Chad Stewart Award was created to recognize an attorney who best exemplified Chad’s spirit of service to God, his family and the practice of law in the service of “helping those who need it most.”. In December 2010, Gibson was named one of two Beasley Allen Litigators of the Year. He has also been selected for the Best Lawyers in America list and Super Lawyers list for consecutive years.

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Experienced Consumer Protection attorney serving clients in Montgomery and surrounding areas.

Experienced Consumer Protection attorney serving clients in Montgomery and surrounding areas.

Experienced Consumer Protection attorney serving clients in Montgomery and surrounding areas.

Experienced Consumer Protection attorney serving clients in Montgomery and surrounding areas.

Experienced Consumer Protection attorney serving clients in Montgomery and surrounding areas.