MEMBERS OF FIRM
Lawrence T. King (Member) born Leesburg, Florida, July 27, 1962; admitted to bar, 1988, Georgia and Alabama; 1989, Florida; U.S. District Court, Southern and Middle Districts of Florida; U.S. Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit; 1991, U.S. District Court, Northern and Middle Districts of Alabama; 1996, U.S. District Court, Southern District of Alabama and U.S. District Court, Middle District of Georgia. Education: Florida State University (B.A., 1984); Cumberland School of Law of Samford University (J.D., 1988). Order of Barristers. Articles Editor, American Journal of Trial Advocacy, 1987-1988. Law Clerk to Chief Justice C.C. Torbert, Jr., 1988 and Chief Justice E.C. Hornsby, 1989, Supreme Court of Alabama. Author: "Fired in Retaliation for Claiming Workers' Compensation Benefits in Alabama," 24 Am. J. Trial Advoc. 539 (2001); "Re-Testing the Exclusivity Provision of the Alabama Workers' Compensation Act: Where We Are Now," 18 Am. J. Trial Advoc. 295 (1995); "On Civil Punishment and Tort Reform in Alabama," 20 Cumberland Law Review 47 (1989). Author, Note: "Testing the Exclusivity Provision of the Alabama Workmen's Compensation Act", 11 Am. J. Trial Advoc. 121 (1987). Member: Alabama State Bar; State Bar of Georgia; The Florida Bar; Birmingham Bar Association; Author's Court. Practice Areas: Wrongful Death; Personal Injury; Nursing Home Negligence; Wrongful Termination; Insurance Law; Commercial Vehicle Liability; Automobile Accidents; Consumer Law; Workers' Compensation; Products Liability; Labor Law.Email: Lawrence T. King
Richard F. Horsley (Member) born Mobile, Alabama, December 8, 1966; admitted to bar, 1992, Alabama. Education: University of Alabama at Tuscaloosa (B.A., 1989); Cumberland School of Law of Samford University (J.D., 1992). Member, Henry Upson Sims Moot Court Board. Member: Birmingham (Member, Young Lawyers Section, 1992; Member, Committee on Unauthorized Practice of Law, 1994; Public Relations, 1997-1999; Judicial Reform, 2000) and American Bar Associations; Alabama State Bar; The Association of Trial Lawyers of America; Alabama Trial Lawyers Association (Member, Board of Governors, 2002). Practice Areas: Personal Injury; Wrongful Death; Nursing Home Negligence; Automobile Accidents; Wrongful Termination; Products Liability; Employment Law; Workers Compensation.Email: Richard F. Horsley
Champ Lyons, III (Member) born Montgomery, Alabama, October 11, 1971; admitted to bar, 1997, Alabama; U.S. Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit; U.S. District Court, Northern, Middle and Southern Districts of Alabama. Education: Rhodes College (B.A., 1994); University of Alabama School of Law (J.D., 1997). Elected to Alabama State Bar Leadership Forum Class of 2006; President of Emerging Leaders Section of Alabama Trial Lawyers Association; 2006 Executive Committee and Board of Governors of Alabama Trial Lawyers Association 2005-2006; Appointed by Governor Bob Riley in 2003 to serve as Administrative Law Judge and Fair Hearing Officer for Certificate of Need hearings for the State Health Planning and Development Agency; Secretary/Treasurer (2003) and Executive Committee (2002 and 2003) of Young Lawyers Section of Birmingham Bar Association; Law Clerk to Chief Justice Perry O. Hooper of the Supreme Court of Alabama, 1997-1998. Member: Birmingham Kiwanis Club; Birmingham Monday Morning Quarterback Club. Member: Birmingham and American Bar Associations; Alabama State Bar; Alabama Trial Lawyer's Association. Practice Areas: Civil Litigation.
ASSOCIATE
Lindsey O'Dell (Associate) born Hueytown, Alabama, April 18, 1979; admitted to bar, 2005, Alabama and U.S. District Court, Northern, Middle and Southern Districts of Alabama. Education: University of Alabama (B.A., 2001); Cumberland School of Law (J.D., 2005). Member: Alabama State Bar (Member, Women's Section); Birmingham Bar Association (Co-Chair, Workers' Compensation Section; Member, Sections on: Young Lawyers; Women); Alabama Trial Lawyer's Association (Co-Chair, Emerging Leaders Membership Committee; Member, Sections on: Emerging Leaders, Workers' Compensation). Practice Areas: Personal Injury; Workers Compensation; Wrongful Termination; Wrongful Death; Insurance; Nursing Home Negligence; Automobile Accidents.Email: Lindsey O'Dell