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David is a principal and trial attorney in Beasley Allen's Mass Torts section, where he is assisting clients with claims against pharmaceutical and medical device companies. He is primarily working on litigation related to Xarelto blood thinner, Transvaginal Mesh injuries, as well as Hormone Replacement Therapy class action litigation in California.. Prior to moving to Mass Torts, David practiced in the firm's Environmental & Toxic Torts section, where he has handled numerous complex environmental cases in state and federal courts throughout the United States.  He has been actively involved in litigation related to the BP Oil Spill disaster. Additionally, David's cases have involved such wide-ranging topics as drinking water contamination, toxic air emissions, contaminated waste water discharges, toxic exposure, improper landfill activities, petroleum spills, medical monitoring claims and soil and groundwater contamination. During the course of his environmental practice, David has represented individuals, businesses and municipalities, and assisted numerous clients in obtaining multi-million dollar settlements or verdicts. In 2003, David was involved in the landmark $700-million toxic tort settlement with Solutia, Monsanto and Pharmacia over PCB contamination in Anniston, Alabama.. In connection with the BP Oil Spill litigation, David has assisted the State of Alabama and numerous counties and cities in Alabama and northwest Florida that have been damaged by the disaster.. In addition, David recently served as co-lead counsel in the federal trial against the Tennessee Valley Authority over the company’s catastrophic release of more than 1 billion gallons of coal ash sludge from an impoundment at its Kingston Fossil Plant. Beasley Allen represents hundreds of individual property owners and businesses who were damaged when the Kingston impoundment ruptured on December 22, 2008, and released an enormous wave of toxic coal slurry into local neighborhoods and the Watts Bar Reservoir. The environmental ramifications of the TVA spill have been enormous and cleanup is slated to cost more than $1 billion and continue for years to come.. David also recently served as co-lead class counsel in a New Jersey federal court case involving PFOA contamination of public and private drinking water supplies near the DuPont Chambers Works facility in Deepwater, NJ. In 2011, the Court approved a class settlement that is expected to provide water filtration systems and other relief to over 15,000 local residents.. In addition, David has assisted clients in obtaining multi-million dollar settlements or verdicts in other types of cases involving food-product franchises, the Federal Tort Claims Act, accounting malpractice, motor vehicle franchise disputes, consumer fraud, the funeral services industry, premises liability, insurance agent contract disputes, and defective products.. David is a 1989 graduate of the Citadel where he served on the Cadet Honor Committee. In 1992, he obtained his law degree from the Cumberland School of Law at Samford University. During his time at Cumberland, David was elected to the positions of Chief Justice of the Student Honor Court and Director of the Student Trial Advocacy Board. David's peers elected him Best Student Advocate in 1991.. Following graduation, David served as a Deputy Alabama Attorney General and as a law clerk to U.S. District Judge Robert Varner and Alabama Court of Criminal Appeals Judge John M. Patterson. Before joining Beasley Allen, David was a partner with the Montgomery, Ala., law firm, Beck & Byrne, P.C.. David currently serves as the Chair of the Alabama State Bar's Federal Court Practice Section. David is a past-president of the Montgomery County Trial Lawyers Association and currently serves on the Board of the Federal Bar Association (Middle District of Alabama Chapter).  David is also a member of the Board of Governors for the Alabama Association for Justice and is a Master Bencher with the Justice Hugh Maddox American Inn of Court.  In 2009, David was appointed to serve as the Chair of the Alabama Bar's Federal Practice Section Task Force. He was named to the Best Lawyers in America list.. David is a regular speaker at state, regional and national environmental law seminars.  Most recently, he served as a speaker and faculty member for the HB Litigation Coal Ash & Slurry Contamination seminar and the American Association for Justice's Gulf Coast Oil Spill Litigation seminar.. David and his wife Betty Bobbitt have been married for 22 years, and they have two children. They attend First Baptist Church in Montgomery, Ala.

Cole serves as section head of Beasley Allen Law Firm's Personal Injury and Product Liability Section. He represents mothers and fathers who lost their children, spouses who lost their life-long mates, and severely injured children who will be unable to care for themselves due to unreasonably dangerous and defective products.. Cole's hope is that manufacturers of consumer products will safely engineer and produce products instead of placing profits over safety so that innocent victims won't be hurt or killed.. Notable Cases. In order to encourage the engineering and manufacture of safe consumer products, Cole will continue to prosecute companies that manufacture defective automobiles, aircraft, ATVs, farm equipment, logging equipment, textile machines and other products. Cole and his staff have successfully handled more than 100 cases that were tried or resolved for more than one million dollars. More importantly, Cole and his staff are blessed to be able to counsel and care for their clients.. Awards and Ratings. An AV-rated lawyer by Martindale-Hubbell, Cole is selected annually as an Alabama Super Lawyer, and to the Best Lawyers in America list. He also has been selected to LawDragon 3000, which represents the top 3,000 attorneys in the United States. In December 2010, he was named one of Beasley Allen's two Litigators of the Year.. In addition, he was selected as a finalist for Public Justice’s 2014 Trial Lawyer of the Year, along with the other members of the trial team, for his work in the verdict against Toyota in Bookout, et al v. Toyota that was tried in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, in October 2013. This award is given by Public Justice to the lawyer or trial team who makes the most outstanding contribution to the public through precedent-setting litigation each year. Cole also was featured on the 2015 National Law Journal Plaintiffs Hot List for his work on the Toyota sudden unintended acceleration case in Oklahoma.. Professional Associations. Cole believes it is important to use the gifts God has given him in the community. Thus, as an attorney, he has used his gifts to participate in legal organizations. Currently, Cole is president of the Alabama State Bar. He is past president of the Montgomery County Bar Association (2002), past president of the Alabama Young Lawyers Association (2000-2001), past president of the Montgomery County Trial Lawyers Association (1999) and past president of the Auburn University Bar Association (1999).. Community Involvement. Cole has been an active member of Morningview Baptist Church for more than 40 years. He previously served as chairman of the Deacons. He recently completed service as a lay elder. In addition, he teaches the Adult 2 Sunday School class.. He has served as president of the Jimmy Hitchcock Award, a prestigious award honoring Christian student athletes in Montgomery. He also serves on the Board of Directors for the Fellowship of Christian Athletes and previously served on the Board of Directors for Trinity Presbyterian School.. Background. Cole's mother is originally from Laurel, Mississippi, and his father was raised in Lowndes County, Alabama. Cole is married to the former Joy Mikell of Millbrook, Alabama, and they have four daughters and five sons. Cole and his wife are strong advocates for adoption and foster care. They have adopted six of their nine children. The couple also are foster parents.. More important than his legal accomplishments, church involvement, community involvement or even his family, Cole recognizes that apart from Christ, he is absolutely nothing.

Cole Leonberg is not new to the pressures of competition as he’s been competing for most of his life. Since the tender age of 4, Cole has always welcomed a challenge, from playing a vast amount of sports or participating in academic competitions. Competition and self-development are two of his core pillars, and becoming an attorney was simply fate.. Cole grew up in Freedom, Pennsylvania, a small town outside of Pittsburgh, and played everything from tee-ball to racing barrels. In addition to sports, Cole was a gifted orator and competed in several high school speech contest. He had the opportunity to travel and compete in Washington D.C., Nashville, TN, and placed in the Regional Semi-Finalists in the National Trial Competition held in Tuscaloosa, Alabama. Cole’s competitiveness in sports and speech drew him to law and further compelled him to advocate for his clients. While attending Faulkner School of Law, he encountered a new mode of the competition-the courtroom and acquired a newfound love for the legal process. Because of his driven spirit and his exceptional debating skills, Cole was presented the opportunity to gain valuable courtroom experience in different regions of the country.. His education includes graduating from Lake Erie College magna cum laude with a bachelor’s degree in Legal Studies in 2014 and true to form four years later he earned his law degree from Faulkner School of Law cum laude in May 2018. Cole has received several recognitions and placed in trial competitions being named a Semi-Finalist in the Greg Allen Mock Trial Competition in 2017 and Regional Semi-Finalist in 2018 for Honor Court Justice National Trial Competition.. Cole concentrates on victims of personal Injury litigation from car accidents, slips and falls, medical malpractice, nursing home abuse, and products liability cases. He is an experienced attorney who obtains premier results for his clients.

Bobby Rives is a native of Huntsville, Alabama, and was admitted to the Alabama State Bar in 1996. He received his B.S.B.A. from Auburn University in Montgomery in 1990 and his J.D., cum laude, from the University of Alabama in 1996. While at the University of Alabama, Bobby was a Student Editor for the American Journal of Tax Policy. In addition, Bobby was awarded the University of Alabama Federal Tax Clinic Scholarship.. Bobby concentrates his practice in the areas of real estate and finance, with a special emphasis on real estate development and commercial lending. He regularly advises clients in the acquisition, development and operation of a variety of commercial and residential real estate projects, such as shopping centers, multifamily properties, condominiums, mixed-use developments and traditional neighborhood developments. Further, Bobby represents landlords and tenants in all types of commercial leasing negotiations.. Bobby routinely represents lenders and borrowers in connection with a wide array of construction and permanent financing facilities, including participating loans, for commercial properties such as shopping centers, apartments, office buildings, hotels and planned unit developments. His practice also involves a special emphasis on representation of lenders making construction and permanent loans for multifamily housing for lower-income households, including loans that are made in connection with HOME loans, Section 42 tax credits and Affordable Housing Program grants. Further, Bobby represents lenders in commercial and residential foreclosures and workouts.

Ben practices as a member of Beasley Allen Law Firm’s Personal Injury and Product Liability Section.. Professional Associations. A Martindale-Hubbell AV Preeminent Rated attorney, Ben has served in leadership roles on a variety of boards, including the editorial board for The Docket, a publication of the Montgomery County Bar Association, and the board of trustees of the Montgomery County Association for Justice. He is a former member of the Paralegal Studies/Legal Studies Advisory Committee for South University.. Awards. Ben has been selected to the 2017 and 2018 Best Lawyers in America lists.. Education. After working three years as a police officer with the Montgomery Police Department, Ben completed his undergraduate degree at Auburn University at Montgomery and later attended law school at Cumberland School of Law. While in law school, Ben served as an editor for The American Journal of Trial Advocacy. Ben has been published in that and other publications.. Background. Following his graduation from law school, Ben served one year as a law clerk to the Honorable John C. Tyson III on one of the Alabama appellate courts. In 1990, he began his law practice with a local firm in which he later became a partner. Ben handled several cases, ranging from products liability to medical malpractice to personal injury cases, many of which resulted in six- and seven-figure settlements and verdicts. Ben returned to work as a senior staff attorney with the appellate court for 2004 and part of 2005, before joining Beasley Allen.. Community Involvement. Ben is married to Lisa Matthews Locklar. He has three daughters, Katie, Sarah Beth and Greyson. Katie, who is married to Kyle McMaster, is a graduate of the University of Alabama and of the Auburn University School of Veterinary Medicine. Sarah Beth is a graduate of the University of South Alabama. Greyson is currently a student at the University of Alabama.. Ben and his family are members of Frazer Memorial United Methodist Church. Ben has a small farm in south Montgomery County. In his free time, he enjoys his horses and his Harley Davidson motorcycle.

A summa cum laude graduate of the University of Alabama School of law, I have been representing clients as a civil litigator for over 20 years. I take my job as an attorney seriously and work hard to serve my client's interests as a zealous advocate.  Our law firm represents clients in the professional manner they deserve and with the dedication and fight we would give a member of our own family.. I am a native of Montgomery, Alabama.  My husband and I have two boys that keep us running, grounded, and thankful every day.

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April Dunaway Wise concentrates her practice in the area of estate and tax planning, estate and trust administration, and special needs planning and settlement planning. She also handles other probate court matters including guardianships, conservatorships, and adoptions. April received her bachelor’s degree in accounting, cum laude, from Auburn University in 2004 and her juris doctorate, magna cum laude, from Cumberland School of Law in 2008. A native of Enterprise, Alabama, April served on the Editorial Board of the Cumberland Law Review as the Symposium Editor and served as an Abraham Caruthers Fellow for Cumberland’s Legal Research and Writing program. While in law school, April also served as President of the Christian Legal Society. In addition to the practice of law, April has served as an adjunct professor at Auburn University Montgomery where she taught Estate Planning to upper-level under-graduate students and graduate students. April actively serves in the Montgomery Capital Rotary Club. April is a member of the Montgomery Emerge Torchbearers Leadership Class IV.

After working as a law clerk in Beasley Allen Law Firm’s Personal Injury/Products Liability Section, Stephanie began working in the firm's Toxic Torts Section in April 2011, handling cases related to the BP Oil Spill litigation and settlement. She is now an associate in the Personal Injury/Products Liability Section, where she handles complex litigation and appellate proceedings.. Notable Cases. Stephanie has successfully argued and tried cases in state and federal courts throughout Alabama and the United States. She has been a part of trial teams that have received over $30 million in verdicts or settlements and has become a legal scholar on the topic of personal jurisdiction. She frequently writes and speaks on this subject in court and at legal conferences.. Most recently, she was a member of the trial team that secured a verdict from a Georgia jury in favor of the family of Alfred Holt, who was killed after a Michelin Pilot tire failed on the recreational vehicle he was driving and the RV crashed into a tree. The case was brought against Southland Motor Home Center, which provided maintenance and service on the RV and had refused to take any responsibility for his death.. Professional Associations. Admitted to practice in the Supreme Court of the United States, Alabama state courts and all Alabama federal courts, Stephanie is an active member in the American Association of Justice, Attorney Information Exchange Group, Alabama Association of Justice, Montgomery County Young Lawyer’s Association and Montgomery County Association for Justice. She is president of the Montgomery chapter of the Alabama Head Injury Foundation.. Education. Stephanie graduated Summa Cum Laude from Troy University in 2007 with a double major in political science and psychology. Before starting law school, she worked as a crisis counselor with the Federal Emergency Management Agency during the Enterprise, Alabama, tornado recovery efforts. Stephanie graduated Summa Cum Laude from Faulkner University’s Thomas Goode Jones School of Law in May 2011. While in law school, she received ten Best Paper Awards and the Best Advocate Award in Trial Advocacy. She served as a senior editor on the Faulkner Law Review and as a senior member of the Board of Advocates.. Community Involvement. Stephanie and her husband, David, are members of Frazer United Methodist Church. They enjoy spending time with their daughter, family and friends.

A 2002 graduate of the University of Alabama School of Law, I have created a practice that focuses on family issues, whether it's a divorce or custody matter, a criminal case, or even a personal injury.  My goal is to resolve these disputes in a way that impoves the lives of my clients.