- Began mediation practice in 1996 and by 1999, practice was full-time, involving mediations in a wide variety of complex and multi-party cases. His extensive trial experience, together with his extensive experience as a mediator, give him the ability to work with all parties to achieve a satisfactory resolution for all concerned.
- CPR Institute for Dispute Resolution, panelist
- Member of numerous panels of neutrals in both the state and federal courts of Alabama
- Qualified mediator with the Alabama Center for Dispute Resolution
- Alabama Alternative Dispute Resolution Foundation, trustee
- American College of Civil Trial Mediators, fellow
- University of Alabama School of Law, adjunct professor of Mediation Process and Practice
- Frequent speaker at local, Alabama and American Bar Association meetings on the topic of mediation
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- Birmingham Magazine, Top Attorney, Alternative Dispute Resolution, 2009
- Birmingham Business Journal's Best of the Bar, 2005-06
- Recipient of the highest rating attainable by Martindale-Hubbell, a reflection of having achieved preeminent status in the areas of professional skill and integrity
- Alabama Super Lawyers, Alternative Dispute Resolution
- Best Lawyers in America, Alternative Dispute Resolution, Mediation
- Best of US, Arbitration Law
- Alabama Bar Association
- Litigation Section, 1998
- Dispute Resolution Committee
- National Association of Railroad Trial Counsel, president, 1997
- The American Board of Trial Advocates, Alabama chapter, vice president, 1999
- Alabama Academy of Attorney-Mediators, past president
- Frequent lecturer in the areas of civil litigation and trial tactics
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- Assistant Attorney General for the state of Alabama, 1972-74
- During his years as a litigator, represented clients in all of Alabama's federal and state trial and appellate courts
- Tried cases as lead counsel in most of Alabama's 40 judicial circuits
- Civil trial experience includes products liability, premises liability, professional liability, breach of contract, breach of warranty, fraud, negligence, insurance coverage claims and extra-contractual liability claims in such diverse areas as construction cases, cases involving environmental claims, cases for violation of civil rights or other statutory rights, occupational injury cases and worker's compensation
- Represented both plaintiffs and defendants in trials seeking damages for personal injury, property damage, economic loss and wrongful death, as well as for injunctive relief
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