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University of Alabama System - Counsel Office
1720 2nd Ave S Ste AB 820
Birmingham, AL 35294
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(205) 996-2132
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PRACTICE AREAS:
Employment Law; Title VI; Title VII; Title IX; General Civil Litigation
BAR ASSOCIATION MEMBERSHIPS AND COURT ADMISSIONS:
Alabama State Bar; State Bar of Georgia; American Bar Association; Alabama Defense Lawyers Association; Defense Research Institute; National Association of College and University Attorneys.
Admitted: Alabama State Courts; Alabama Court of Civil Appeals; Alabama Supreme Court; U.S. District Courts for the Southern, Middle, and Northern Districts of Alabama; U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Georgia; Georgia State
Courts; Georgia Court of Appeals; Georgia Supreme Court; and Eleventh Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals
PROFESSIONAL PROFILE:
• Currently University Counsel for the University of Alabama System Office of Counsel.
• Prior litigation practice included representation of private sector employers and state governmental agencies
• Law Clerk to the Honorable William C. Thompson, Alabama Court of Civil Appeals, 1999-2000
• Trial experience at state, federal, and appellate level
• Deputy Attorney General, 2006 – 2013
• BV rating from Martindale-Hubbell
• Frequent speaker at continuing education seminars and client seminars
• Member: George Washington Institute for Civic Leadership
• Leadership Shelby County, 2005-2006
• Author: “Individual Liability as an Employer Under the Family and Medical Leave Act” 22
AM. J. TRIAL ADVOC. 449 (1998)
EDUCATION:
Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana - B.A., 1990
Cumberland School Of Law, Samford University, Birmingham, Alabama - J.D., 1999
Dean’s List 1996-1999
Senior Associate Editor, American Journal of Trial Advocacy 1998-1999
Cordell Hull Teaching Fellow 1998-1999
Scholar of Merit 1996, 1998
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