Alabama Lawyers Christine Strong to Christopher Boutwell

Firm: Discover Financial Services

2312 Chestnut Rd , Vestavia Hills , Alabama 35216 Zip code: 35216

Practice Areas: General Practice, Employee Benefits, Employee Benefits, Employee Benefits, Employee Benefits, Employee Benefits, Employee Benefits, Employee Benefits, Employee Benefits, Employee Benefits, Employee Benefits

Firm: The Atchison Firm, PC

3030 Knollwood Dr , Mobile , Alabama 36693 Zip code: 36693

Practice Areas: Real Estate, State, Local And Municipal Law

Firm: Butler Snow O'Mara Stevens & Cannada, PLLC

2101 6th Ave N , Birmingham , Alabama 35203 Zip code: 35203

Practice Areas: Commercial

Firm: Fortune & Beard

3117 Blue Lake Drive , Vestavia , Alabama 35243

Practice Areas: Mergers & Acquisitions

Attorney Christopher S. Beard was born in Enterprise Alabama and moved to Birmingham to raise his children in the North Shelby/Jefferson County area.. Through his many successful businesses and diverse work experience, he has gained an interest in and become extremely proficient in aggressively protecting assets, acquisitions, construction litigation, business, and estate planning. Chris has a great deal of experience representing Auto-Owners, Progressive, State Farm, various other Insurance Companies, and has negotiated/closed many multi-million dollar transactions and acquisitions. Growing up, he was raised by self-employed parents that were prominent general contractors along the panhandle of Florida and this experience with the construction industry along with his own construction background makes him the best attorney for any construction dispute. The knowledge he has gained over the years from representing clients combined with his own entrepreneurial success has given him a great deal of insight in which his clients get the benefit.

Firm: Walding, LLC

2227 1st Ave S Ste 100 , Birmingham , Alabama 35233

Practice Areas: Wills & Living Wills

Firm: Beasley Allen Crow Methvin Portis & Miles, PC

218 Commerce Street , Montgomery , Alabama 36104 Zip code: 36104

Practice Areas: Environmental and Natural Resources

Since joining Beasley Allen Law Firm’s Toxic Torts Section in 2008, Chris has devoted his practice to providing legal advice to help protect the rights of those injured by exposure to toxic substances wrongfully placed in the environment by corporate giants and other polluters. Chris represents individuals, classes and groups in individual lawsuits, as well as in complex, multi-party litigation in state and federal courts and Multi-District Litigation (MDL) throughout the United States.. Notable Cases. Currently, Chris is the lead attorney in a class action pending in the United States District Court for the Middle District of Florida involving unfair and deceptive trade practices by the manufacturers and retailers of “flushable wipes.” In this case, the class includes Florida residents who purchased certain moist personal wipes that were falsely marketed to be safe for flushing.. In addition to his work on “flushable wipes” litigation, Chris represents individuals, property owners and business owners across the Gulf Coast to recover damages they suffered as a result of the 2010 BP / Deepwater Horizon oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico. Chris was heavily involved in the Deepwater Horizon MDL and class action litigation pending in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana. As a member of the Plaintiffs’ Steering Committee’s Science Team, which is made up of top environmental attorneys from around the nation, Chris and his colleagues worked to amass the scientific evidence necessary to define the types and extent of harm the oil spill inflicted on the pristine Gulf Coast environment and the catastrophic, far-reaching economic toll of that damage.. Chris is also the lead attorney in our cases involving leaking underground storage tanks (USTs). In these cases, Chris represents people whose health or property is injured by toxic petroleum contaminants, including benzene (known to cause cancer in humans), toluene, ethyl benzene, xylene and MTBE, that leak from USTs, usually from a convenience store or other gasoline sales or storage facility. Chris’s UST clients include people who live or own property near leaking USTs, residents who obtain drinking water from wells near a leaking UST and nearby businesses affected by a UST leak. During the past few years, Chris has successfully recovered damages for numerous clients harmed by leaking USTs.. Awards and Ratings. Chris, a Martindale Hubbell AV Preeminent Rated attorney, was named to the Super Lawyers' Alabama Rising Stars list in 2013, 2014 and 2015. In 2011, and again in 2015, he was selected as Lawyer of the Year for Beasley Allen’s Toxic Torts Section.. Publicity. He has spoken at several seminars and CLE events on various topics, including: class action and complex litigation, environmental litigation and the British Petroleum (BP) / Deepwater Horizon oil spill and settlement program.. Background. Prior to joining Beasley Allen, Chris served as assistant district attorney for Alabama’s Second Judicial Circuit, where he gained extensive trial experience in both jury and bench trials. He also served as attorney for the Butler County Department of Human Resources, where with that department he fought to protect abused and neglected children.. Chris graduated from the University of Alabama in 1992 with a B.S. in commerce and business administration. While at Alabama, he served as President of Phi Kappa Psi fraternity. After 10 years managing a family owned sales business, Chris attended Faulkner University's Thomas Goode Jones School of Law, where he served as executive editor of the Jones Law Review, completed an externship as a judicial clerk at the Alabama Supreme Court, received recognition for Best Scholastic Achievement in 11 classes and received the Ronald A. Canty Memorial Scholarship - awarded by Beasley Allen. In 2005, Chris graduated magna cum laude, number one in his class and was awarded the James J. Carter Scholarship Award.

Firm: Hall Booth Smith, PC

2001 Park Pl Ste 870 , Birmingham , Alabama 35203 Zip code: 35203

Practice Areas: General Practice, Medical Malpractice, Medical Malpractice, Medical Malpractice, Medical Malpractice, Medical Malpractice, Medical Malpractice, Medical Malpractice

Firm: Ellis & Bloom, L.L.C.

300 Office Park Drive , Birmingham , Alabama 35223 Zip code: 35223

Practice Areas: Litigation

Po Box 236 , Weaver , Alabama 36277

Firm: Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP

1819 5th Ave N , Birmingham , Alabama 35203

Practice Areas: Business & Commercial, Civil , Insurance , , , , ,

Firm: Heninger Garrison Davis, LLC

2224 First Avenue North , Birmingham , Alabama 35203 Zip code: 35203

Practice Areas: Litigation, Environmental Law, Appeals

424 Blount Ave , Guntersville , Alabama 35976

103 Willow Tree Dr , Meridianville , Alabama 35759

1215 Noble St , Anniston , Alabama 36201

Firm: Aflac

752 Oakdale Dr , Auburn , Alabama 36830 Zip code: 36830

Practice Areas: Insurance

Firm: Chestnut, Sanders, Sanders,Pettaway & Campbell, L.L.C.

1 Union Street , Selma , Alabama 36701 Zip code: 36701

Practice Areas: Civil Rights

2829 2nd Ave S Ste 282 , Birmingham , Alabama 35233

Firm: Regions Bank

1900 5th Ave N Ste 2264 Fl 22 , Birmingham , Alabama 35203 Zip code: 35203

Practice Areas: Business

Firm: Sirote & Permutt, PC

Po Box 55727 , Birmingham , Alabama 35255 Zip code: 35255

Practice Areas: Business , Consumer Fraud, Corporate , Insurance , Products Liability, Litigation, Litigation, Litigation, Litigation, Litigation

Firm: Mccorquodale & Mccorquodale

226 Commerce Street , Jackson , Alabama 36545 Zip code: 36545

Practice Areas: General Practice, Personal Injury, Personal Injury, Personal Injury, Personal Injury, Personal Injury, Personal Injury, Personal Injury