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| | Address | 3500 Blue Lake Drive
Suite 425 | | Birmingham, Alabama 35243 | | (Jefferson & Shelby Cos.) | | | |
| | Contact Information | | Phone: 205-980-5888 | | Fax: 205-980-1098 | | Visit Our Website | | http://www.gwandk.com | | | Send Us Email |  |
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| Gaines, Wolter & Kinney, P.C. practices in the following areas of law:
General Civil Trial Practice. Insurance Defense, Insurance (Bad Faith, Fraud, Coverage Issues), Litigation, Subrogation, Personal Injury, Workers' Compensation, Products Liability, Property (Arson and Theft), Education Law, Title VII and Related Discrimination Claims, Medical and Professional Malpractice. Trials in all State and Federal Courts. | | Firm Size: 21 | Representative Clients:
Augmentation, Inc.; Auto-Owners Insurance Company; Balboa Insurance Company; Bruno's Supermarkets, Inc.; Camping World RV Insurance; CNA Insurance Company; Colony Insurance Company; Employers Reinsurance Company; ESIS Property & Casualty USA; Farmers Insurance Company; Fireman's Fund Insurance Company; GAB Robins North America, Inc.; Gallagher Bassett Services, Inc.; Gates McDonald; GMAC Insurance; Guide One Insurance Company; Hibbetts Sporting Goods; Integon National Insurance Company; ITT Specialty Risk Services; Lumbermen's Mutual Insurance Company; MetLife Auto & Home; Metropolitan Property & Casualty Insurance Company; Millers Insurance Group; National Alliance Insurance Company; Nationwide Insurance Company; O'Steen Adjusting Company; Phoenix Coatings, Inc.; Professional Claims Management; Republic Western Insurance Company; Royal & Sun Alliance Insurance Group; RSKCo Claims Services; Safeco Insurance Company; Safeway Insurance Company of Alabama; Sedgwick Claims Management Services, Inc.; Southern Guaranty Insurance Companies; Southern United Fire Insurance Company; Sphere Drake & Copenhagen; St. Paul Fire and Marine Insurance Company; State Auto Insurance Company; State Farm Fire & Casualty Insurance Company; State Farm Mutual Auto. Insurance Company; Sun States Insurance Group; The Hartford Insurance Company; U-Haul Co.; Vesta Insurance Company; Vulcan Materials Company; Ward North America; Westport Insurance Company; Zenith Insurance Company. | Office Hours:
Monday: 07:30 AM - 05:00 PM
Tuesday: 07:30 AM - 05:00 PM
Wednesday: 07:30 AM - 05:00 PM
Thursday: 07:30 AM - 05:00 PM
Friday: 07:30 AM - 05:00 PM
| Rate Information:
Fixed Hourly Rates
Fixed Fees Available
| | Ralph D. Gaines, III (Partner) born Talladega, Alabama, March 25, 1954; admitted to bar, 1983, Alabama and U.S. District Court, Northern, Middle and Southern Districts of Alabama. Education: Stetson University (B.A., 1976); Florida State University (M.S., 1977); University of Alabama (J.D., 1983). Member, National Trial Advocacy Team, Farrah Law Society, University of Alabama. Member: Jefferson County Bar Association; Alabama State Bar; Alabama Defense Lawyers Association. Practice Areas: Products Liability; Insurance Defense Law; Workers Compensation Law; Probate Law; Real Estate Law; Personal Injury Law; Civil Litigation. Email: Ralph D. Gaines, III | | Daniel S. Wolter (Partner) born Decatur, Alabama, November 23, 1964; admitted to bar, 1991, Louisiana and U.S. District Court, Eastern, Middle and Western Districts of Louisiana; 1992, Alabama, U.S. District Court, Northern and Middle Districts of Alabama and U.S. Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit. Education: Spring Hill College (B.S., 1987); University of Alabama (J.D., 1990). Senior Editor, Alabama Law Review. Member: New Orleans, Birmingham, Louisiana State and American Bar Associations; Alabama State Bar; Federal Bar Association. Practice Areas: Litigation; Insurance Coverage; Professional Liability; Construction Law; Title VII Discrimination; Fraud; Insurance Bad Faith. Email: Daniel S. Wolter | | Kyle L. Kinney (Partner) born Birmingham, Alabama, March 7, 1966; admitted to bar, 1992, Alabama and U.S. District Court, Northern, Middle and Southern Districts of Alabama. Education: University of Alabama at Birmingham (B.S., 1988); Cumberland School of Law of Samford (J.D., 1992). Associate Editor, American Journal of Trial Advocacy. Member: Alabama State Bar (Member, Workers Compensation Section); Alabama Defense Lawyers Association; Alabama Claims Association; Workers Compensation Association of Alabama. Practice Areas: Litigation; Workers' Compensation; Real Estate; Estate Planning; Corporate Law. Email: Kyle L. Kinney | | Julie Davis Pearce (Partner) born Columbia, South Carolina, March 6, 1972; admitted to bar, 1997, Alabama and U.S. District Court, Northern and Middle Districts of Alabama. Education: Lenoir-Rhyne College (B.A., cum laude, 1994); Cumberland School of Law of Samford University (J.D., 1997). Member, Henry Upson Sims Moot Court Board. Research and Writing Editor, American Journal of Trial Advocacy. Cordell Hull Legal Research and Writing Teaching Fellow Author, Recent Development, "Sexual Harassment: Should Schools be Held Liable for Peer Sexual Harassment Under Title IX of the Education Amendment Act of 1972?" 20 Am.J.Trial Advoc. 219, 1996. Member: Birmingham, Shelby County and American Bar Associations; Alabama State Bar. Practice Areas: Insurance Defense; Civil Litigation; Personal Injury; Corporate Litigation; Appellate Practice. Email: Julie Davis Pearce | | Aubrey Jefferson Holloway, Jr. (Partner) born Jacksonville, Florida, June 27, 1960; admitted to bar, 1987, Alabama; U.S. District Court, Northern, Middle and Southern Districts of Alabama and U.S. Court of Appeals, 11th Circuit. Education: Middle Tennessee State University (B.S., 1982); Cumberland School of Law of Samford University (J.D., 1986). Winner, Gordon T. Saad Moot Court Competition, Spring, 1986. Law Clerk to Hon. Charles R. Crowder, 10th Judicial Circuit of Alabama, 1986-1987. Associate Justice, Cumberland Honor Court, 1985-1986. Instructor, Cumberland Research Board, 1984. Formerly: Counsel, Allstate Insurance Company; General Counsel, Molton, Allen & Williams Co. Member: Alabama State Bar. Practice Areas: Insurance Defense. Email: Aubrey Jefferson Holloway, Jr. | | Wendy F. Pope (Partner) born Gadsden, Alabama, January 8, 1961; admitted to bar, 1993, Alabama; 2002, U.S. District Court, Northern District of Alabama and U.S. Court of Appeals, 11th Circuit. Education: University of Alabama (B.S., summa cum laude, 1990); Washington & Lee University School of Law (J.D., 1993). Phi Kappa Phi, Omicron Delta Kappa. Honors, Interdisciplinary Studies. Deputy District Attorney, Jefferson County, Alabama, 1993-1998. Member, Alabama District Attorney's Association, 1993-1998. Member: Alabama State Bar (Workers Compensation Section). Practice Areas: Insurance Defense; Litigation. Email: Wendy F. Pope | | Peter M. Wolter (Partner) born Decatur, Alabama, April 27, 1971; admitted to bar, 1999, Alabama. Education: University of Alabama (B.S., 1994); Cumberland School of Law (J.D., 1999). Member: Birmingham Bar Association; Alabama State Bar. Email: Peter M. Wolter | | Davis A. Barlow (Partner) born Atlanta, Georgia, April 27, 1970; admitted to bar, 2001, Alabama; U.S. District Court, Northern, Middle and Southern Districts of Alabama and U.S. Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit. Education: Furman University (B.A., 1992); Babcock School of Management, Wake Forest University (M.B.A., 1996); Cumberland School of Law of Samford University (J.D., 2000). Phi Delta Phi. Member: Birmingham and American Bar Associations; Alabama State Bar. Practice Areas: Fraud; Insurance Bad Faith; ERISA; Personal Injury; Workers Compensation; Nursing Home Liability. Email: Davis A. Barlow | | —————————— | | Ashley T. Senn (Associate) born Jacksonville, Florida, September 25, 1968; admitted to bar, 1994, Alabama and U.S. District Court, Northern, Middle and Southern Districts of Alabama. Education: Florida State University (B.S.,1991); Cumberland School of Law of Samford University (J.D., 1994). Practice Areas: Medical Liability; Insurance Defense; Fraud. Email: Ashley T. Senn | | Andrew Joseph Moak (Associate) born Mission Viejo, California, December 26, 1975; admitted to bar, 2002, Alabama and U.S. District Court, Northern and Middle Districts of Alabama. Education: University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa (B.A., 1999; J.D., 2002). Member: ATLA National Trial Team; Law and Psychology Review. Member: Birmingham and American Bar Associations; Alabama State Bar. Practice Areas: Insurance Defense; Civil Litigation; Workers Compensation; Personal Injury. Email: Andrew Joseph Moak | | Ashley E. Manning (Associate) born Birmingham, Alabama, March 11, 1976; admitted to bar, 2001, Alabama. Education: Birmingham-Southern College (B.A., 1998); Cumberland School of Law of Samford University (J.D., 2001). Phi Delta Phi. Member: Alabama State Bar. Practice Areas: Litigation. Email: Ashley E. Manning | | John B. Welsh (Associate) born March 12, 1976; admitted to bar, 2002, Alabama and U.S. District Court, Northern and Middle Districts of Alabama. Education: Auburn University (B.S., Marketing, 1999); University of Alabama School of Law (J.D., 2002). Member: Birmingham and American Bar Associations; Alabama State Bar. Practice Areas: Civil Litigation; Insurance Defense; Workers Compensation Defense; Personal Injury. Email: John B. Welsh | | Brandon T. Bishop (Associate) born Birmingham, Alabama, November 7, 1976; admitted to bar, 2003, Alabama. Education: Auburn University (B.S., 1999); University of Alabama School of Law (J.D., 2003). Member: Birmingham and American Bar Associations; Alabama State Bar. Practice Areas: Litigation. | | Shelley D. Lewis (Associate) born Birmingham, Alabama, April 24, 1977; admitted to bar, 2004, Alabama. Education: Birmingham-Southern College (B.A., History, 1999); Cumberland School of Law of Samford University (J.D., 2004). Recipient, Merit Award, Professional Responsibility. Member: Henry Upson Sims Moot Court Board, 2002-2004; Trial Advocacy Board, 2003-2004. Member: American Bar Association. Practice Areas: Insurance Defense. Email: Shelley D. Lewis | | Travis Gray McKay, Jr. (Associate) born Birmingham, Alabama, December 23, 1979; admitted to bar, 2005, Tennessee, Alabama and U.S. District Court, Northern District of Alabama. Education: Vanderbilt University (B.A., 2002); Cumberland School of Law of Samford University (J.D., 2005). Practice Areas: Insurance Defense. Email: Travis Gray McKay, Jr. | | Stephen R. Shows (Associate) born Dallas, Texas, July 8, 1976; admitted to bar, 2002, Alabama. Education: Auburn University (B.S., 1998); Cumberland School of Law of Samford University (J.D., 2002). Member: Birmingham Bar Association. Practice Areas: Litigation. Email: Stephen R. Shows | | James Alan Potts, II (Associate) born Birmingham, Alabama, February 9, 1977; admitted to bar, 2003, Alabama; 2004, U.S. District Court, Northern District of Alabama. Education: Auburn University (B.S., 1999); University of Alabama (J.D., 2003). Member, Farrah Law Society. Member: Birmingham Bar Association; Alabama State Bar. Practice Areas: Personal Injury Defense; Insurance; Employment Litigation. Email: James Alan Potts, II | | Patrick G. Montgomery (Associate) born Anniston, Alabama, 1977; admitted to bar, 2003, Alabama; U.S. District Court, Northern and Middle Districts of Alabama; 2007, U.S. Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit. Education: University of Alabama (J.D., cum laude, 2003); Auburn University (B.A., cum laude, 1999). Senior Editor, Farrah Law Society. Member: Birmingham Bar Association; Alabama State Bar. Practice Areas: Civil Appeals; Insurance Defense; Automobile Insurance Defense; Casualty Insurance Defense; Commercial Insurance Defense; General Liability Defense; Insurance Bad Faith Defense; Insurance Coverage Defense; Insurance Defense Subrogation; Property Damage Defense; Self Insured Defense. Email: Patrick G. Montgomery | | OF COUNSEL | | Jerry L. Fielding (Of Counsel) born May 9, 1947; admitted to bar, 1974, Alabama. Education: Auburn University (B.S.); Jones Law School (J.D.). Former Judge, 29th Judicial Circuit, Talladega, Alabama. | | No representation is made that the quality of the legal services to be performed is greater than the quality of legal services performed by other lawyers. This web site is designed for general information only. The information presented at this site should not be construed to be formal legal advice nor the formation of a lawyer/client relationship. Persons accessing this site are encouraged to seek independent counsel for advice regarding their individual legal issues. |
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