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J. Rushton McClees
, Shareholder
Birmingham
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Rushton is co-chairman of the firm's litigation department as well as a member of Sirote's executive committee. For more than 25 years Rushton has tried jury and bench trials in state and federal courts throughout the State of Alabama including obtaining a $20 million verdict representing plaintiffs in a class action breach of fiduciary duty case. He routinely prosecutes and defends claims for injunctive relief, including enforcement and defense of non-competition/non-solicitation agreements, as well as injunctions seeking to protect or defend against assertions of trade secrets. He was instrumental in changing Alabama’s law on anticipated nuisances. Rushton's practice also includes the defense of product liability and contractor liability claims, and the representation of insurance brokers, banks and other clients in business fraud, breach of fiduciary duty, shareholder derivative, directors and officer liability matters and other complex litigation claims. Awards & Accreditations
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Recognition
- AV-Preeminent, Martindale-Hubbell® Peer Review Rating™
- The Best Lawyers in America©
- Insurance Law, 2014-19
- Litigation-Construction, 2014-19
- Commercial Litigation, 2015-19
- Mortgage Banking Foreclosure Law, 2018-19
Organization
- Admitted to practice
- US Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
- US District Court for the Middle District of Alabama
- US District Court for the Southern District of Alabama
- US District Court for the Northern District of Alabama
- Co-Chair of Sirote's Litigation Department
- Executive Committee/Board Member, Sirote & Permutt
- Birmingham Bar Association
- American Bar Association
- Business Torts Committee
- Defense Research Institute (DRI)
- Commercial Litigation and Trial Tactics Committees
Thought Leadership
- Experienced trial attorney; represents banks, insurance companies and other businesses in State and Federal Courts in Alabama
- Wholesale Insurance & Brokerage Defense
- Business Torts
- Breach of Fiduciary Duty
- Shareholder Derivative Suits
- Injunctive Relief
- Non-Competition Enforcement & Defense
- Product Liability Defense
The University of Alabama School of Law
JD, 1986
- National Trial Advocacy Team
University of Alabama
BS, summa cum laude, 1983
- Co-Author, "Which Might the Muffin Man Know? Using the Inevitable Disclosure Doctrine as a De-facto Non Competition Agreement," The Counselor, Fall 2010
- Author, "Discounting and Bartering of Legal Fees," Vol. 10, p. 189 The Journal of the Legal Profession, 1985