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| | Address | | 2119 3rd Avenue North | | Birmingham, Alabama 35203-3314 | | (Jefferson & Shelby Cos.) | |  | Free Initial Consultation |
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| John D. Saxon, P.C. practices in the following areas of law:
Civil 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 Profile:
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. | | 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. | References:
Compass Bank; First Commercial Bank. | Office Hours:
Monday: 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
| Rate Information:
Fixed Hourly Rates
Fixed Fees Available
Free Initial Consultation
| | 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. 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. 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; Washington, D.C. Local Development Corporation, 1986-1988. Member, Birmingham Cable Commission, 2000-2004. 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. 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 Trial Lawyers Association (Member, Board of Governors, 1990-1994; Executive Committee, 1994-2000); The Association of Trial Lawyers of America; National Employment Lawyers Association (Board of Directors, Alabama Chapter). Reported Cases: 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; Entertainment Law; Election Law; Mediation; Government Relations; Appeals. Email: John D. Saxon | | OF COUNSEL | | Redding Pitt (Of Counsel) born Decatur, Alabama, March 29, 1944; admitted to bar, 1981, Alabama; 1983, U.S. District Court, Middle District of Alabama; 1986, U.S. District Court, Northern District of Alabama; 1993, U.S. Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit; 1994, U.S. Supreme Court. Education: University of Alabama (B.A., 1967); Boston College Law School (J.D., 1977); University of the Americas, Mexico City, Mexico. Omicron Delta Kappa; Pi Sigma Alpha; Jasons; Scabbard and Blade . Member, Leadership Montgomery, 1998. Member: President's Cabinet, University of Alabama, 1999—; Advisory Board, The John L. Blackburn Institute, University of Alabama, 1997—. Board Member, 1996-2003 and President, 2001-2003, Alabama Center for Law and Civic Education. Author: "The Office of U.S. Attorney and Public Safety: A Brief History," 28 Capital University Law Review, 753-73 (2000). Editor, "Office of the State Attorney General: Powers and Duties," National Association of Attorneys General, 1988. Assistant Attorney General, 1981-1987, Chief Deputy Attorney General, 1987-1994 and Acting Attorney General, 1987-1988, State of Alabama. United States Attorney, Middle District of Alabama, 1994-2001. Member: U.S. Department of Justice Executive Working Group, 1996-2001; U.S. Attorney General's Advisory Committee, Subcommittees on: Investigation and Intelligence; Justice Programs; Juvenile Justice; U.S. Deputy Attorney General's Hate Crimes Working Group. Chairman, Law Enforcement Coordinating Committee, Middle District of Alabama, 1994-2001. Member, National Association of Former U.S. Attorneys, 2001—. Chairman, Alabama Democratic Party, 2001-2005. Chairman, Alabama Kerry for President Campaign, 2004. Member, Democratic National Committee, 2001-2005. Member: Alabama State Bar; Birmingham and American Bar Associations; Alabama Trial Lawyers Association; American Trial Lawyers Association; Federal Bar Association (President, Montgomery Chapter, 1996-1998). [Captain, Bronze Star, U.S. Army, 1969-1972]. Practice Areas: White Collar Crime; Administrative Law; Election Law; Government Relations; Personal Injury; Education Law; Employment Law; Appeals. Email: Redding Pitt | | —————————— | | Carolyn Lam (Associate) born April 22, 1982; admitted to bar, 2006, Alabama. Education: University of Alabama (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. Member: Birmingham Bar Association; Alabama State Bar. Languages: Vietnamese. Practice Areas: Education Law; Employment Law; Immigration Law. | | 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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