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2119 3rd Avenue North
Birmingham, Alabama 35203-3314 (Jefferson & Shelby Cos.)
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Average Peer Review Rating
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 Free Initial Consultation (Main Office) John D. Saxon created his own Professional Corporation and opened his office as a sole practitioner in April 1995, after practicing for eight years with several Birmingham firms and spending ten years in Washington, D.C., where he held a number of governmental positions in both Congress and the Executive Branch. He has since added two partners and two associates. Their practice consists primarily of civil litigation, representing primarily individuals and small businesses, or serving as local counsel to out-of-state firms. The firm's practice is state-wide, and routinely has cases pending in a dozen Alabama counties, the U.S. District Courts for the Southern, Middle and Northern Districts of Alabama, and the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit. The Firm is listed in the Martindale-Hubbell Bar Register of Preeminent Lawyers. Statement of PracticeCivil Trial and Appellate Practice in Federal and State Courts and before Administrative Agencies. Labor Law, Employment Discrimination, Wrongful Termination, Sexual Harassment, Employment Contracts, Education Law, White Collar Crime, Personal Injury, Automobile Accidents, Fraud, Insurance Bad Faith, Products Liability, Wrongful Death, Business Torts, Entertainment Law, Election Law, Mediation, Municipal Law and Government Relations. Year Established: 1995
Firm Size: 5
Representative Clients:Alabama Education Association
Alabama Inpatient Medicine Associates, LLC
Americare School of Nursing
Anniston Iron Works
Asheboro Elastics Corp.
BioSound Esaote, Inc.
Bullock Garages, Inc.
Carbon Processing & Reclamation, Inc.
Chesapeake Partners
City of Homewood
City of Irondale
Contract Engineering
Crosscreek Television Productions, Inc.
Digital Diagnostic Imaging, Inc.
Eagle Hospital Physicians of Alabama, LLC
Eagle Hospital Physicians, LLC
Edison Schools, Inc.
Energen Corp.
Express Care, Inc.
Express Services, Inc.
Faulkner Energy Corp.
Felder Cleaning Service
Florence Lumber Co.
Great American Airbrush, Co.
The Hackney Group, Inc.
H.D. Johnson Construction Co., Inc.
J.F. Ingram State Technical College
Humphries Logging
Humphries Trucking
Insituform Mid-America, Inc.
International Association of Bridge, Structural, Ornamental and Reinforcing Iron Workers, Local Union No. 92
Johnson Electric
Keahey Law Firm
Lair Entertainment, L.L.C.
Law Office of Sanford M. Gage, P.C.
Lee & Son Lawn Care
Legal Assistant Services, Inc.
Liberty Consulting Group
Liberty Financial Services, L.L.C.
Matrix, LLC
May Trucking Co.
My Joy, Inc.
Object Systems Group, Corp.
Object Systems Group, Inc.
Omega Software Development, Inc.
Paralegal Contracting, Inc.
Peacock Homes, L.L.C.
Peakload, Inc.
Perini Building Co. Inc.
The Quick Stop, L.L.C.
R.A.M. Hauling Service
Saxon Properties, L.L.C.
SEPS Graphics
Sims Machinery Co., Inc.
Southeast Alarm, Inc.
Southpace Properties
Stegall Mechanical, LLC
Stone Electric Co., Inc.
TitteTech Services, Inc.
The Truck Insurance Store, Inc.
Torchmark Development Corporation
Tots 'N' Teens Pediatrics, P.C.
Tri-Tech Services, Inc.
United Assoc. of Journeyman & Apprentices of the Plumbing & Pipefitting Indus., Local 548
United Food and Commercial Workers International Union
United Food and Commercial Workers Union, Local 1657
United Steelworkers of America, AFL-C10-CLC, District 9
Venue Management, Inc.
W & D Enterprises
Yes of Russellville, Inc.
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Address2119 3rd Avenue North
Birmingham, AL 35203-3314, (Jefferson & Shelby Cos.)
PhonePhone: 205-324-0223
Facsimile: 205-323-1583
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Website
http://www.saxonattorney.com
Office HoursMonday: 08:00 AM - 05:00 PM
Tuesday: 08:00 AM - 05:00 PM
Wednesday: 08:00 AM - 05:00 PM
Thursday: 08:00 AM - 05:00 PM
Friday: 08:00 AM - 05:00 PM
John D. Saxon (Member) born Anniston, Alabama, July 21, 1950; admitted to bar, 1977, Alabama and U.S. District Court, Northern District of Alabama; 1983, U.S. Supreme Court; 1989, U.S. District Court, Middle District of Alabama; 1990, U.S. District Court, Southern District of Alabama and U.S. Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit; 1992, U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit. Education: University of Alabama (B.A., 1972; J.D., 1977); University of North Carolina (M.A., 1973); Stanford University Graduate School of Business. Omicron Delta Kappa; Omicron Delta Epsilon; Phi Alpha Theta; Pi Sigma Alpha; Scabbard & Blade; Jasons; The Order of Barristers; Phi Delta Phi. Member: Bench and Bar; National Moot Court Team. Finalist, John A. Campbell Moot Court Competition; Henderson M. Somerville Award; Bench and Bar Outstanding Senior Award, 1977. White House Fellow. Farrah Law Society (Chairman, 1992-1994). Leadership Birmingham, 1994. Member, U.S. International Debate Team, 1973-1975. Listed in: Who's Who in America; Who's Who in American Law. Member, Board of Directors and Vice President, 1996-1998; President, 1998-2000, University of Alabama Law School Foundation. Chairman, University of Alabama Law School Capital Campaign, 2002-2005. Vice President and Member, Executive Committee, University of Alabama National Alumni Association, 1987-1988. Sam W. Pipes Distinguished Alumnus Award, The University of Alabama School of Law, 2008. The Best Lawyers in America (Labor & Employment Law), 2009; 2010; Alabama Super Lawyers (Employment & Labor), 2008; 2009. Member, Advisory Board, Blackburn Institute. Member, Advisory Board, The Birmingham Pledge, 2000. Member, Editorial Board, Journal of The Legal Profession, 1975-1977. Author: "The Scope of Legislative Ethics," in Representation and Responsibility (Plenum, 1985); Note, 2 The Journal of the Legal Profession 167-81 (1977). Congressional Testimony: "Reforming the Ethics Disciplinary Procedures of the U.S. Senate," Testimony before the U.S. Senate Ethics Study Commission, May 20, 1993; "Reforming Congressional Ethics Disciplinary Procedures," Testimony before Joint Committee on the Organization of Congress, February 25, 1993. Visiting Scholar, The Hastings Center, 1983. Director, Corporate Issues, RCA Corporation, 1983-1986. Washington Representative, General Electric Co., 1986-1987. Adjunct Professor, Washington College of Law, The American University, 1988. Adjunct Instructor, Administrative Law, University of Alabama at Birmingham, 1998-2000. Special Counsel, U.S. Senate Armed Services Committee, 1988. Associate Counsel, U.S. Senate Select Committee on Secret Military Assistance to Iran and The Nicaraguan Opposition, 1987; Staff Director, 1987-1988. Counsel: U.S. Senate Select Committee on Ethics, 1980-1983; U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee, Sub-Committee on Jurisprudence and Governmental Relations, 1979-1980. Special Assistant to Vice President Walter F. Mondale, 1978-1979. Assistant to the Acting Chief Executive Officer, The University of Alabama, 1976-1977. Research Assistant, Alabama Law Institute, 1977. President and Chairman of the Board, White House Fellows Association and Foundation, 1983-1984, 2002-2003. Member: President's Commission on White House Fellowships, 1983-1984, 1993-2001, 2002-2003; National Governing Board, Common Cause, 1992-1995; Board of Directors, Common Cause Alabama, 1995. President's Advisory Council, Birmingham-Southern College, 1993; Member: Board of Directors, Center for Community & Economic Development, Miles College; Member, Board of Directors, Kiwanis Club of Birmingham, 2009; Washington, D.C. Local Development Corporation, 1986-1988. Member, Birmingham Cable Commission, 2000-2004. Member, Alabama Law Institute. Member, Birmingham Parking Authority, 2006. Chairman, Alabama Clinton-Gore Campaign, 1992, 1996. Delegate, 1996 National Democratic Convention. Treasurer, Alabama Democratic Party, 1995-1999. Chairman, Alabama Wesley Clark for President Campaign, 2003-2004. Senior Advisor, Alabama Kerry for President Campaign, 2004. Authorized Representative, State Steering Committee, Alabama Hillary Clinton for President Campaign, 2008. Member, Federal Appointments Patronage Committee, 1997-2000. Attorney Participant, 1999 11th Circuit Judicial Conference. Member, Merit Panel Re: Reappointment of U.S. Magistrate T. Michael Putnam, U.S. District Court, N. Dist. Al. 1994. Member: Birmingham (Chairman, Professional Ethics Committee, 1991; Chairman, Grievance Committee, 1997; Chairman, Budget Committee, 1999; Chairman, Long Range Planning Committee, 2001-2002; Executive Committee, 2003-2006; Board of Directors, Birmingham Bar Foundation, 2007; Board of Directors, Solo Practice/Small Firms Section, 1998-2006), Federal and American Bar Associations; Alabama State Bar (Member: Permanent Code Commission, 1992-1995; Committee on Alternative Dispute Resolution, 1996-1999; Committee on Character and Fitness, 2000; Editorial Board, The Alabama Lawyer, 2002-2005); Alabama Association for Justice (Member, Board of Governors, 1990-1994; Executive Committee, 1994-2000); The American Association for Justice; National Employment Lawyers Association (Board of Directors, Alabama Chapter). Fellow: American College of Trial Lawyers. Reported Cases: Bruce A. Baker v. Birmingham Board of Education, 531 F.3d 1336 (11th Cir. 2008); Burks v. American Cast Iron Pipe Co., 212 F. 3d 1333 (11th Cir. 2000), cert. denied 531 U.S. 1074 (2001); Hogue v. Gibraltar Packaging, 146 F. 3d 871 (11th Cir. 1998); Anniston Lincoln Mercury Dodge v. Conner, 720 So. 2d 898 (Ala. 1998); Simmons v. Clark Equipment Credit Corp., 554 So. 2d 398 (Ala. 1989). Practice Areas: Civil Trial; Employment Discrimination; Education Law; Personal Injury; Fraud; Insurance Bad Faith; Wrongful Discharge; Products Liability; Wrongful Death; Business Torts; Election Law; Mediation; Government Relations; Appeals.Email: John D. Saxon
——————————Carolyn Lam (Associate) born April 22, 1982; admitted to bar, 2006, Alabama, U.S. District Court, Northern, Middle and Southern Districts of Alabama and U.S. Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit. Education: University of Alabama at Birmingham (B.A., 2003); Cumberland School of Law of Samford University (J.D., 2006). Phi Alpha Delta; Sigma Tau Delta. Research Assistant: Professor Michael D. Floyd; Center for Minority Health and Research. President, Environmental Law Society. Vietnamese Interpreter, Shelby County Independent School District. Junior Board: Literacy Council; Ronald McDonald House; Charities of Alabama; Bell Center. Member: Birmingham Bar Association (Board of Directors, Women's Section; Chair, Leadership Development Committee, Women's Section); Alabama State Bar. Languages: Vietnamese. Practice Areas: Education Law; Employment Law; Immigration Law.Email: Carolyn Lam
James A. Butts (Associate) born 1978; admitted to bar, 2007, Alabama; 2008, U.S. District Court, Northern, Middle and Southern Districts of Alabama and U.S. Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit. Education: Birmingham-Southern College (B.A., cum laude, 2001); The University of Alabama School of Law (J.D., 2007). Senior Editor, Journal of the Legal Profession. Legal Extern, National Labor Relations Board. Director of Policy, Stephen Black for State Treasurer. Vice President, Finance, Alabama Young Democrats. Member: Birmingham Bar Association; Alabama State Bar; American Bar Association (Labor & Employment Law Section); Alabama Association for Justice; American Association for Justice. Practice Areas: Education; Employment; Litigation.Email: James A. Butts
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