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Address
940 Concord Center
2100 Third Avenue North
Birmingham, Alabama 35203 (Jefferson & Shelby Cos.)
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(Main Office) Formed in April, 2001, Spotswood Sansom & Sansbury LLC is privileged to represent a corporate clientele in a complex litigation practice. We emphasize a team approach to successful litigation, working closely with our clients to provide the highest quality legal services to the business community. We are experienced at matching our expertise with our clients' own legal resources to provide effective and economical solutions to their problems. Spotswood Sansom & Sansbury LLC concentrates on civil litigation affecting business interests including air carrier liability, antitrust, securities, business torts, contracts and other corporate litigation, employment and civil rights, false advertising, insurance coverage, lender liability, and unfair competition. We have extensive experience litigating class action issues in Alabama and in other jurisdictions. Our employment practice includes representing employers in matters ranging from class-wide claims involving allegations of employment discrimination and the violation of employment benefits law to audits of government contractors by the Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs. Statement of PracticeCommercial Litigation, Class Actions and Complex Litigation, Appellate Practice, Employee Benefits, Antitrust and Trade Regulation, Aviation and Aerospace, Constitutional Law, Insurance, Intellectual Property, Labor and Employment, Litigation, Products Liability, Professional Liability, Toxic Torts, Transportation. Year Established: 2001
Firm Size: 6
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Address940 Concord Center
2100 Third Avenue North
Birmingham, AL 35203, (Jefferson & Shelby Cos.)
PhonePhone: 205-986-3620
Fax: 205-986-3639
Website
http://www.spotswoodllc.com
Robert K. Spotswood (Member) born Baltimore, Maryland, July 11, 1952; admitted to bar, 1977, Alabama; 1979, U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit; 1981, U.S. Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit; 1987, U.S. Supreme Court; 1995, U.S. Court of International Trade; 2002, U.S. Courts of Appeals, Seventh and Ninth Circuits; 2005, U.S. Court of Appeals, First and Sixth Circuits. Education: University of Virginia (B.S., with highest distinction, 1974; J.D., 1977). Tau Beta Pi. Member: Birmingham and American (Litigation and Tort and Insurance Practice Sections, Commercial and Business Litigation and Employment and Labor Relations Law Committees) Bar Associations; Alabama State Bar; Federation of Defense & Corporate Counsel. . Reported Cases: Martin v. Wilks, 490 U.S. 755, 109 S.Ct. 2180, 104 L.Ed. 2d 835 (1989); On the House Syndication, Inc. v. Federal Express Corp., 79 Fed. Appx. 247, 2003 WL 22071278 (9th Cir. (Cal.) 2003); Evans v. U.S. Pipe & Foundry Co., 696 F.2d 925 (11th Cir. (Ala.) 1983); Thornton v. FedEx Ground Package Sys., Inc., 2006 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 41618 (M.D. Ala. 2006); Dugan v. FedEx Corp., 2002 WL 31305208 (C.D. Cal. 2002); Atkins v. GE Capital Mortg. Services, Inc., 993 F.Supp. 1406 (M.D. Ala. 1998); Henderson v. GE Capital Mortg. Corp., 1997 WL 470001 (M.D. Ala. Jan. 31, 1997); Ex parte Haynes Downard Andra & Jones, LLP, 924 So. 2d 687 (Ala. 2005); Good v. Broyhill Furniture, Inc., 2003 WL 21760027 (Cal. App. 2003); U.S. Pipe & Foundry Co., Inc. v. Curren, 779 So.2d 1171 (Ala. 2000); Jim Walter Resources, Inc. v. Argo, 779 So.2d 1167 (Ala. 2000); Circle S Industries, Inc. v. Berryman, 613 So.2d 329 (Ala. 1993); Roach v. Bynum, 437 So.2d 69 (Ala. 1983). Practice Areas: Class Actions; Complex Commercial Litigation; Appellate Practice; Employment Litigation.Email: Robert K. Spotswood
Kenneth D. (Ken) Sansom (Member) born Houston, Texas, August 16, 1968; admitted to bar, 1999, Alabama; 2000, U.S. District Courts, Northern, Middle and Southern Districts of Alabama and U.S. Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit; 2002, U.S. Courts of Appeals, Seventh and Ninth Circuits; 2005, U.S. Courts of Appeals, First and Sixth Circuits. Education: Rice University (B.A., 1990); University of Texas School of Law (J.D., with honors, 1999). Articles Editor, Best Constitutional Law Note, Texas Law Review, Volume 77. Member, Board of Advocates. Law Clerk, Hon. Emmett R. Cox, U.S. Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit (1999-2000). Author, "Note, Sharing the Burden: Exploring the Space Between Uniform and Specific Applicability in Current Free Exercise Jurisprudence," 77 Texas L. Rev. 753 (1999); "Who May Speak for the King? Challenging Common Assumptions About Representing the Government in Class Litigation," Class Action Litigation Report, Vol. 5, No. 15. Member: Birmingham, Federal and American Bar Associations; Transportation Lawyers Association; Alabama State Bar. [United States Navy (Submarine Service), 1990-1996, Lieutenant]. Reported Cases: On the House Syndication, Inc. v. Federal Express Corp., 79 Fed. Appx. 247, 2003 WL 22071278 (9th Cir. (Cal.) 2003); Dugan v. FedEx Corp., 2002 WL 31305208 (C.D. Cal. 2002); A.I.B. v. FedEx Corp., 358 F.Supp. 2d 239 (S.D.N.Y. 2004); Ex parte Haynes Downard Andra & Jones, LLP, 2005 Ala. LEXIS 121 (Ala. 2005); Good v. Broyhill Furniture, Inc., 2003 WL 21760027 (Cal. App. 2003); Rowe v. N.H. Motor Transp. Ass'n, 128 S.Ct. 989 (2008) (amici curiae). Practice Areas: Class Actions; Complex Commercial Litigation; Appellate Practice; Transportation Law; Employment Benefits Litigation; Employment Discrimination Litigation.Email: Kenneth D. (Ken) Sansom
Michael T. Sansbury (Member) born Atlanta, Georgia, April 27, 1976; admitted to bar, 2001, Georgia; 2002, Alabama; U.S. District Courts, Northern and Middle Districts of Alabama; U.S. Courts of Appeals, Ninth and Eleventh Circuits; 2003, U.S. District Courts, Southern District of Alabama and Middle District of Georgia; 2005, U.S. Supreme Court and U.S. Courts of Appeals, First and Sixth Circuits. Education: University of the South (B.A., magna cum laude, 1998); Yale Law School (J.D., 2001). Phi Beta Kappa; Pi Sigma Alpha. Senior Editor, Yale Law and Policy Review. John M. Olin Fellow. Law Clerk, Hon. Emmett R. Cox, U.S. Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit, 2001-2002. Member: Birmingham, Federal (Member, Federal Litigation and Transportation Law Sections; Treasurer, Birmingham Chapter) and American (Member, Litigation Section) Bar Associations; State Bar of Georgia; Alabama State Bar. Reported Cases: Hope for Families & Community Service, Inc. v. Warren, 2008 WL 630469 (M.D. Ala. 2008); Williams v. Select Media Services, LLC, 2008 WL 544914 (M.D. Ala. 2008); Holland v. MGA, Inc., 221 Fed.Appx. 911 (C.A.11 (Ala.) 2007); Whitaker v. MGA, Inc., 220 Fed.Appx. 929 (C.A.11 (Ga.) 2007); Yessayan v. FedEx Ground Package System, Inc., 2007 WL 5162454 (C.D. Cal. 2007); Clark v. MGA, Inc., 208 Fed.Appx. 723, 2006 WL 3422345 (11th Cir. 2006); Hicks v. Airborne Express, Inc., 367 Ill.App.3d 1005, 858 N.E.2d 48, 306 Ill.Dec. 603 (Ill.App. 5 Dist. 2006); Ex parte Haynes Downard Andra & Jones, LLP, 924 So. 2d 687 (Ala. 2005); On the House Syndication, Inc. v. Federal Express Corp., 79 Fed. Appx. 247, 2003 WL 22071278 (9th Cir. (Cal.) 2003). Practice Areas: Class Actions; Complex Commercial Litigation; Appellate Practice.Email: Michael T. Sansbury
ASSOCIATESEmily J. Tidmore (Associate) born Boise, Idaho, November 15, 1978; admitted to bar, 2004, Alabama. Education: Taylor University (B.A., English Literature, summa cum laude); University of Virginia (J.D., 2004).. Omicron Delta Kappa; Order of the Coif. Mary Claiborne and Roy H. Ritter Scholar. Articles Editor, Virginia Law Review, 2003-2004. Law Clerk, Hon. Ed Carnes, U.S. Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit, 2004-2005. Author, "Considering COPA: A Look at Congress's Second Attempt to Regulate Indecency on the Internet," 11 Va. J. Soc. Pol' y & L. 373 (2004). Member: Birmingham and American (Litigation Section) Bar Associations; Alabama State Bar. Reported Cases: Thornton v. FedEx Ground Package Sys., Inc., 2006 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 41618 (M.D. Ala. 2006). Practice Areas: Appellate Practice; Class Actions; Complex Commercial Litigation; Commercial Litigation.Email: Emily J. Tidmore
Grace Kipp (Associate) admitted to bar, 2006, Alabama. Education: University of Virginia (B.A., with distinction, 2002); University of Alabama (J.D., summa cum laude, 2006). Order of the Coif.; John A. Campbell Moot Court Board; Bench and Bar Legal Honor Society. Recipient: Hugo L. Black Scholar Award; Dean M. Leigh Harrison Award. Editor-in-Chief, Alabama Law Review, 2005-2006. Law Clerk, Hon. Ed Carnes, U.S. Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit, 2006-2007. Member: Alabama State Bar. Practice Areas: Appellate Practice; Complex Litigation.
William Paulk (Associate) born 1981; admitted to bar, 2007, Alabama; 2008, Florida. Education: University of Alabama (B.A., Philosophy, cum laude, 2003); University of Alabama School of Law (J.D., magna cum laude, 2007). Order of the Coif. Member, National Moot Court Team. Managing Editor, Alabama Law Review, 2006-2007. Law Clerk to Hon. Emmett R. Cox, U.S. Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit, 2007-2008. Member: American Bar Association.Email: William Paulk
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