Member at the firm Whatley Drake & Kallas, LLC
Areas of Practice
Class Actions; Antitrust; ERISA; Union Labor Law; Securities Fraud
Admitted
1994, Alabama; 1995, U.S. District Court, Northern and Middle Districts of Alabama; 1996, U.S. District Court, Southern District of Alabama and U.S. Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit
Law School
University of Alabama School of Law, J.D., magna cum laude, 1994
College
Florida State University, B.A., cum laude, 1987; University of California, Irvine, M.A., Candidate, 1991
Membership
Alabama State Bar; American Bar Association.
Biography
Order of the Coif. Most Outstanding Undergraduate, Florida State University College of Arts & Sciences, 1987. Most Outstanding Student, Florida State University Department of Philosophy, 1986-1987. Recipient, University of California Regents Fellowship, 1987-1990. Senior Articles Editor, Alabama Law Review, 1993-1994. Author: "Available Remedies Under ERISA," Section 502 45 Alabama Law Rev., 1994. Speaker: "The Basics of 'Antitrust' Class Action Litigation," Complex Litigation, Mass Torts & Class Actions Continuing Legal Education Summit, Whatley Drake LLC, 2006. Adjunct Professor: University of Alabama School of Law, 2003-2004 and 2004-2005; Occidental College, Los Angeles, California, 1989-1991. Graduate Teaching Fellow, Department of Philosophy, University of California, Irvine, 1989-1990. Research Assistant, Alabama Law Institute, 1992-1994. Board Member, Greater Birmingham Ministries.
Languages: Spanish
Reported Cases
Adams v. United Steelworkers of America, 189 F.3d 1321 (11th Cir. 1999); Ryan et. al v. Flowserve Corp., 2007 WL 946052 (ED Tx); Boin v. Verizon South, 283 F.Supp. 2d 1254 (M.D. Ala. 2003); Estate of Rodriquez v. Drummond Company, 256 F.Supp. 2d 1250 (N.D. Ala. 2003); Williams v. United Steelworkers, 234 F.Supp. 2d 552 (M.D.N.C. 2002); United Steelworkers of America v. Ivaco, 216 F.R.D. 693 (N.D. Ga. 2002).
Born
Miami, Florida, July 17, 1964
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