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Whatley Drake & Kallas, LLC has a national practice, focusing on class actions and providing legal services from the representation of the individual client to governmental entities, and pension and employee benefit funds. The firm has handled cases in courts of all levels through the United States Supreme Court. Lawyers at Whatley Drake & Kallas have tried more than 250 jury cases to verdict and countless non-jury cases on behalf of clients. The firm's practice is concentrated on complex civil litigation including healthcare, governmental, anti-trust, consumer and securities fraud, labor and employment law, and products liability. Additionally, the firm has extensive experience in white collar criminal defense. Whatley Drake & Kallas lawyers handle mass torts including injuries arising from medical and pharmaceutical products.

Statement of Practice

Antitrust and Trade Regulation; Civil Rights/Discrimination; Class Actions; Complex/Multi-District Litigation; Consumer Fraud; Corporate Compliance; Election Law; Environmental Law; Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA); Governmental Litigation; Healthcare Litigation; Internal Corporate Investigations; Labor and Employment Law; Mass Torts; Pension and Health and Welfare Funds; Personal Injury; Products Liability, RICO Act - Civil and Criminal; Securities Fraud and Insider Trading; Taft-Hartley Plans; White Collar Criminal Cases.

Clients

COUNSEL FOR:

The Connecticut State Medical Society
California Medical Association
Florida Medical Association
Louisiana State Medical Society
Texas Medical Association
The Medical Society of the State of New York
The Medical Society of New Jersey
South Carolina Medical Association
Tennessee Medical Association
Northern Virginia Medical Societies
North Carolina Medical Society
Nebraska Medical Association
Washington State Medical Association
Hawaii Medical Association
Alaska Medical Association
Rhode Island Medical Society
Vermont Medical Society
New Hampshire Medical Society
El Paso County Medical Society of Colorado
California Chiropractic Association.

United Steelworkers of America, AFL-CIO
Alabama AFL-CIO
Alabama Democratic Party
International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers AFL-CIO Local Lodge 985
Birmingham Plumbers & Steamfitters Local Union No. 91 Pension Fund and Health and Welfare Fund
Sheet Metal Workers Local Union No. 48 Welfare Fund
Birmingham Building Trades Towers
Laborers' District Council of Alabama Health and Welfare Fund and Education Training Fund
Carpenter Local 127 Pension Fund, Health and Welfare and Apprenticeship Fund
Asbestos Workers Local No. 78 Pension Fund
Local Union 136, International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers Health and Welfare Fund
Operating Engineers Local Union No. 312 Health and Welfare Fund and Joint Apprenticeship and Training Fund
Millwright and Machinery Erectors Local 1192 Defined Contributions Pension Plan
Teamsters and Chauffeurs Union Local 612
The Alabama Association of the Deaf, AFL-CIO
Local 558, International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers, AFL-CIO
Laborers' International Union of North America, Local 559
District 75 of the International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers, AFL-CIO-CLC
International Union of Operating Engineers
Sheet Metal Workers Local Union No. 48
United Food and Commercial Workers Local 1657
International Union of Elevator Constructors, Local 24
The Pate Companies
Alabama New South Coalition
Jefferson County Citizens Coalition.

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Address

1000 Park Place Tower
2001 Park Place North
Birmingham, AL 35203-2767, (Jefferson & Shelby Cos.)

Phone

Phone: 205-328-9576
Fax: 205-328-9669

Website

http://www.wdklaw.com

Firm/Affiliate Offices

MEMBERS

Russell Jackson Drake (Member) born Jefferson County, Alabama, July 3, 1945; admitted to bar, 1969, Alabama; 1972, U.S. Supreme Court; 1997, Texas; 2007, New York. Education: University of Alabama (J.D., 1969). Omicron Delta Kappa. Member: Jasons; Bench and Bar. Author: "Enforcing the Right to Treatment," 10 American Criminal Law Review 587, 1972; "Judicial Implementation and Wyatt v. Stickney," 32 Al. L. Rev. 299, 1981. Lecturer in Law, University of Alabama Law School, 1983-1987. Member, 1998-2003 and Chairman, 2003, Alabama Ethics Commission. Lawyer Member, 11th Circuit Judicial Conference, 1984-1986, 1991, 1995, 2005. Member, Lawyers Advisory Committee, 11th Circuit Judicial Conference, 1986-1988. Member, Lawyer's Advisory Committee, U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Alabama, 1989—. Member, Advisory Group to the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Alabama, 1990. Member of Vestry, Christ Episcopal Church, 1984-1987. Senior Warden, 1987, Junior Warden, Vestry, Grace Episcopal Church, 2003. Member, State Democratic Executive Committee, 1986-1996. Executive Board of the State Democratic Executive Committee, 1986. Member, Board of Trustees: Birmingham Museum of Art, 2001—; President Collectors Circle, 2004. Member: Tuscaloosa County (Member, Executive Committee 1979; President, 1980-1981), New York State and American Bar Associations; Alabama State Bar (Member, 1973— and Chairman, 1979—, Committee on Prepaid Legal Services; Chairman, Task Force on Illiteracy, 1989; Member, IOLTA Task Force; Member, Committee on Local Bar Activities; Member, Supreme Court Task Force on Judicial Building; Member, Supreme Court Advisory Committee on Criminal Procedure; Member, Labor Law Section; Executive Committee, Young Lawyers Section, 1977; Task Force on Minority Participation, 1995-1996, Chairman, 1996-1997); State Bar of Texas; Alabama Trial Lawyers Association (Member: Board of Governors, 1976, Executive Committee, 1984); American Association for Justice. Fellow: International Academy of Trial Lawyers, 1995. Reported Cases: Avis Rent-a-Car Systems v. Heilman, 976 So. 2d 1111 (Ala. 2003); Peters v. Amoco, 57 F.Supp. 2d 1268 (M.D. Ala. 1999); Clark v. Container Corporation of America, Al. Sup. Ct. 589 So. 2d 184 (Ala. 1992); Henderson v. Graddick, 641 F.Supp. 1192 (Three Judge court), appeal dismissed, 107 S. Ct. 681 (1986); Ex Parte Graddick, 495 So.2d 1367 (Ala. 1986); Ex Parte Baxley, 497 So.2d 30 (Ala. 1986); Dodson v. Atrax, 437 So.2d 1294 (Ala. Civ. App. 1983); DeStafney v. University of Alabama, 413 So.2d 391 (Ala. 1982); City of Tuscaloosa v. Board of Trustees, Fire and Police, 677 So.2d 198 (Ala. 1996); Henderson v. Alabama Power Co., 627 So.2d 878 (Ala. 1993); Wyatt v. Stickney, 344 F.Supp. 373, 387 (M.D.Ala. 1972). Practice Areas: Class Actions; Personal Injury Litigation; Products Liability Litigation; Wrongful Death Litigation; Appellate Practice in State and Federal Courts; Constitutional Litigation; Complex Litigation.Email: Russell Jackson Drake

Joe R. Whatley, Jr. (Member) born Selma, Alabama, June 14, 1953; admitted to bar, 1978, Alabama; 1997, Texas; 2006, New York; 2007, Colorado; 1980, U.S. Supreme Court; 1979, U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit; 1981, U.S. Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit; 2003, U.S. Court of Appeals, First Circuit; 2004, U.S. Court of Appeals, Ninth, Sixth and Second Circuits; 2007, U.S. Court of Appeals, Third Circuit; 1979, U.S. District Court, Northern, Middle and Southern Districts of Alabama; 2001, U.S. District Court, Southern District of Texas; 2002, Colorado; 2003, U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Michigan; 2004, U.S. District Court, Northern District of Illinois; 2006, U.S. District Court, Southern and Eastern Districts of New York. Education: Harvard University (A.B., cum laude, 1975); University of Alabama (J.D., 1978). Recognized, Best Lawyers in America, Labor & Employment, 2007. Speaker, "Class Actions: A Day in the Life of a Complex Litigation Lawyer," Complex Litigation, Mass Torts & Class Actions Continuing Legal Education Summit, Whatley Drake LLC, 2006. Law Clerk to Chief U.S. District Judge Frank H. McFadden, Northern District of Alabama, 1978-1979. Member: American Bar Association (Member, Sections on: Labor and Employment Law; Litigation); Federal Bar Association (Past President, Birmingham Chapter, 1990-1991); Alabama State Bar (Past President, Labor and Employment Law Section, 1990-1991); Birmingham Bar Association; American Association for Justice; Alabama Association for Justice; National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers. (Also at New York City Office). Reported Cases: PacifiCare Health Systems, Inc. v. Book, 538 U.S. 401, 123 S.Ct. 1531 (2003); In re Managed Care Litigation, 246 F.Supp.2d 1363 (Jud. Pan. Mult. Lit. 2003); In re Humana Inc. Managed Care Litigation, 285 F. 3d 971 (11th Cir. 2002); In re Managed Care Litigation, 209 F.R.D. 678 (S.D. Fla. 2002); In re Managed Care Litigation, 135 F.Supp.2d 1235 (S.D. Fla. 2001); Thompson v. Metropolitan Life Ins. Co., 2003 WL 21222151 (SDNY 2003); United States v. State of Alabama, 571 F. Supp. 958 (N.D. Ala. 1983), 574 F. Supp. 762 (N.D. Ala. 1983), 582 F. Supp. 1197 (N.D. Ala. 1984), aff'd, 762 F.2d 1021 (11th Cir. 1985), 791 F.2d 1450 (11th Cir. 1986), cert. denied, 479 U.S. 1085 (1987); 628 F. Supp. 1137 (N.D. Ala. 1985), rev'd, 828 F.2d 1532 (11th Cir. 1987); 787 F.Supp. 1286 (N.D. Ala. 1991), Aff'd in part, rev'd in part 14 F.3d 1534 (11th Cir. 1994), on remand, 900 F.Supp. 272; Dunn v. ConRail, 890 F. Supp. 1262 (M.D.La. 1995); Shuford v. Alabama State Board of Education, 894 F. Supp. 1511, 897 F. Supp. 1535 (M.D.Ala. 1995); Cox v. Administrator, 17 F.3d 1386 (11th Cir. 1994); Kelly v. Arrington, 599 So.2d 24 (Ala. 1992), 624 So.2d 546 (Ala. 1993). Practice Areas: Antitrust and Trade Regulation; Civil Rights; Class Actions; Complex and Multi-District Litigation; Consumer Fraud; Election Law; ERISA; Health Care Litigation; Labor Law; Mass Torts; Pension and Health and Welfare Funds; Personal Injury; Products Liability; RICO; Insurance Litigation; Civil Practice; Securities Fraud; Insider Trading.Email: Joe R. Whatley, Jr.

Glen M. Connor (Member) born Ft. Walton Beach, Florida; admitted to bar, 1984, Alabama and U.S. District Court, Northern, Middle and Southern Districts of Alabama; U.S. Court of Appeals, Third, Sixth, and Eleventh Circuits. Education: Birmingham-Southern College (B.A., cum laude, 1981); University of Alabama (J.D., 1984). Member, John A. Campbell Moot Court Board, 1983-1984. Member: Alabama State Bar; American Bar Association. Reported Cases: Rankin v. Rots, 220 F.R.D. 511 (E.D. Mich. 2004); Rankin v. Rots, F.Supp. 853 (E.D. Mich. 2003); McCoy v. Hess Oil of Virgin Islands, 206 F.Supp.2d 276 (D.V.I. 2002); United Steelworkers of America v. Cherokee Electric Co-op, 127 LRRM (BNA) 2375; 108 Lab.Cas.p. 10, 441; aff'd 829 F.2d 1131; cert. den. 458 U.S. 1038; 108 S.Ct. 1601 (1988); Operating Engineers Local 312 Health and Welfare Fund v. Rivers & Rhodes, Inc., 813 F.Supp. 791 (N.D. Ala. 1993); United Steelworkers of America v. Simcala, 111 F.Supp.2d 1287 (M.D. Ala. 2000); Kirwan v. Reynolds, 536 So. 2d 936 (Ala. 1988). Practice Areas: ERISA; Employee Benefits; Bankruptcy; Pension Plans.Email: Glen M. Connor

Charlene P. Ford (Member) born Limestone County, Alabama, February 3, 1961; admitted to bar, 1993, Alabama, U.S. Court of Appeals, 11th Circuit, U.S. Supreme Court; 2008, U.S. Court of Appeals, Third Circuit. Education: University of Montevallo (B.S., summa cum laude, 1982); Cumberland School of Law of Samford University (J.D., summa cum laude, 1993). Omicron Delta Kappa; Phi Kappa Phi. Member, 1991-1993 and Comment Editor, 1992-1993, Cumberland Law Review. Law Clerk to the Honorable Judge William M. Acker, Jr., U.S. District Court, Northern District of Alabama. Author: "Rule 11: Due Process Reconsidered," 22 Cumberland Law Review 729, 1991-1992. Member: Birmingham and American Bar Associations; Alabama State Bar; Alabama Association for Justice; American Association for Justice. Reported Cases: PacifiCare Health Systems, Inc. v. Book, 538 U.S. 401, 123 S.Ct. 1531 (2003); Klay v. Humana, Inc., 382 F.3d 1241 (11th Cir. 2004); McFarlin v. Conseco Services, L.L.C., 381 F.3d 1251 (11th Cir. 2004); In re Humana Inc. Managed Care Litigation, 333 F.3d 1247 (11th Cir. 2003); In re Humana Inc. Managed Care Litigation, 285 F.3d 971 (11th Cir. 2002); In re Managed Care Litigation, 246 F.Supp.2d 1363 (Jud. Pan. Mult. Lit. 2003); In re Managed Care Litigation, 236 F.Supp.2d 1336 (S.D. Fla. 2002); In re Managed Care Litigation, 209 F.R.D. 678 (S.D. Fla. 2002); In re Managed Care Litigation, 135 F. Supp.2d 1235 (S.D. Fla. 2001); Moore v. Liberty Nat. Ins.Co., 108 F.Supp.2d 1266 (N.D. Ala. 2000); Avis Rent A Car Systems, Inc. v. Heilman, 876 So.2d 1111 (Ala. 2003); Yeager v. General Motors Acceptance Corp., 719 So.2d 210 (Ala. 1998); Johnson v. Garlock, 682 So.2d 25 (Ala. 1996). Practice Areas: Class Actions; Complex Litigation; Small Business Law; Business Litigation; Appellate Practice.Email: Charlene P. Ford

Richard Paul Rouco (Member) born Miami, Florida, July 17, 1964; admitted to bar, 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. Education: Florida State University (B.A., cum laude, 1987); University of California, Irvine (M.A., Candidate, 1991); University of Alabama School of Law (J.D., magna cum laude, 1994). 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. Member: Alabama State Bar; American Bar Association. 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). Languages: Spanish. Practice Areas: Class Actions; Antitrust; ERISA; Union Labor Law; Securities Fraud.Email: Richard Paul Rouco

ASSOCIATES

Thomas J. Butler (Associate) admitted to bar, 1999, Alabama; 2001, Mississippi. Education: Birmingham-Southern College (B.A., 1995); University of Alabama School of Law (J.D., magna cum laude, 1999). Alabama Law Review. Law Clerk, Honorable Edwin L. Nelson, Northern District of Alabama, 1999-2000. Practice Areas: Securities Class Actions; Insurance Litigation; Products Liability; ERISA Litigation.Email: Thomas J. Butler

Jeven R. Sloan (Associate) born Oka-Tamuning, Guam, May 23, 1975; admitted to bar, 2000, Georgia; 2003, Texas; U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit; U.S. District Court, Northern, Southern, Eastern and Western Districts of Texas; U.S. District Court, Northern District of Georgia; U.S. District Court, Northern District of Illinois. (Not admitted in Alabama). Education: Abilene Christian University (B.B.A., 1997); Emory University School of Law (J.D., 2000). Member: Dallas Bar Association; State Bar of Texas; State Bar of Georgia; Dallas Association of Young Lawyers. Practice Areas: Tax Shelters; Complex Commercial Litigation; Complex Business Litigation; Securities Litigation; Business Torts; Professional Malpractice; Contracts.Email: Jeven R. Sloan

E. Ashley Cranford (Associate) born Birmingham, Alabama, July 13, 1978; admitted to bar, 2003, Alabama and U.S. District Court, Northern and Middle Districts of Alabama. Education: Auburn University (B.S., Secondary Education in English and Political Science, magna cum laude, 1999); University of Alabama School of Law (J.D., 2003). Gamma Sigma Alpha Honorary; Kappa Delta Pi Honorary; Golden Key Honorary; Mortar Board Honorary. Member, Bench and Bar Honor Society. Participant, Jessup International Moot Court Team. Member: Birmingham and American Bar Associations; Alabama Association for Justice; American Association for Justice. Practice Areas: Products Liability; Drug and Medical Device Litigation; Personal Injury; Litigation.Email: E. Ashley Cranford

Adam P. Plant (Associate) born Huntsville, Alabama; admitted to bar, 2003, Alabama and U.S. Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit; 2005, U.S. District Court, Northern District of Alabama; 2007, District of Columbia. Education: Samford University (B.A., 1999); University of Alabama School of Law (J.D., cum laude, 2003). Law Clerk to Hon. William H. Pryor Jr., United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit, 2004-2005. Deputy Solicitor General, State of Alabama, 2003-2004. Editor in Chief, Alabama Law Review, 2002-2003. Recipient: Dean's Award; Dean's Community Service Award; Alabama Law Review Outstanding Scholar Award, 2003. Author: "With a Little Help from my Friends: The Intersection of the Gestational Carrier Surrogacy Agreement, Legislative Inaction, and Medical Advancement," 54 Ala. L. Rev. 639 (2003); "Selective Service Act of 1917," 3 Major Acts of Congress 178 (Thomson Publishing 2003); "Smoot Hawley Tariff Act (1930)," 3 Major Acts of Congress 194 (Thomson Publishing 2003). Member: American Association for Justice; Alabama Association for Justice; American Bar Association. Reported Cases: McPhail v. First Command Fin. Planning, Inc., 247 F.R.D. 598 (S.D. Cal. 2007); First Command Fin. Planning, Inc. v. McPhail, 128 S.Ct. 929 (2008) (cert. denied); Ex parte Medical Licensure Comm'n, 897 So 2d 1093 (Ala. 2004); McGinley v. Houston, 361 F.3d 1328 (11th Cir. 2004); Davis v. Judy, 540 U.S. 1075 (Brief of Amici Curiae 2003). Practice Areas: Securities; Complex and Multi-District Litigation; Appellate Practice; Agricultural Law; Class Actions.Email: Adam P. Plant

W. Tucker Brown (Associate) born Birmingham, Alabama, 1979; admitted to bar, 2004, Alabama; 2005, U.S. District Court, Northern and Middle Districts of Alabama. Education: Vanderbilt University (B.A., cum laude, 2001); Georgetown University (J.D., magna cum laude, 2004). Order of the Coif. Law Clerk to Hon. William M. Acker, Jr., U.S. District Court, NDAL, 2004-2005.Email: W. Tucker Brown

Amy Alexander Weaver (Associate) born Birmingham, Alabama, 1979; admitted to bar, 2005, Alabama. Education: Duke University (B.A., 2001); University of Alabama School of Law (J.D., 2005). Member: Birmingham and American Bar Associations; Alabama Association for Justice; American Association for Justice.Email: Amy Alexander Weaver

Sara C. Hacker (Associate) born Birmingham, Alabama, 1978; admitted to bar, 2005, Alabama and U.S. District Court, Northern District of Alabama. Education: Auburn University (B.A., magna cum laude, 2002); University of Alabama (J.D., 2005). Farrah Law Society. Senior Editor, Alabama Law Review. Law Clerk to: Judge Inge Johnson, U.S. District Court, Northern District of Alabama, 2006-2007; Judge Patricia Smith, Alabama Supreme Court, 2005-2006. Member: Birmingham Bar Association; Alabama State Bar.Email: Sara C. Hacker

STAFF ATTORNEYS

Andrew H. McElroy, III (Staff Attorney) born 1961; admitted to bar, 1986, Alabama; 1987, U.S. District Court, Northern and Southern Districts of Alabama; 1989, Florida; U.S. Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit. Education: University of Alabama (B.S., 1983); Cumberland School of Law of Samford University (J.D., 1986). Faculty Member, ABICLE. Certified Guardian ad litem, Supreme Court of Alabama. Member: Alabama State Bar; The Florida Bar; American Bar Association (Member, Real Property and Estate Law Section; Member, Advisory Panel); National Academy of Elder Law Attorneys (Charter Member). Reported Cases: Rogers v. Nall, 583 So.2d 271. Practice Areas: Securities Class Actions; Securities Litigation.Email: Andrew H. McElroy, III

Jeremy P. Sherer (Staff Attorney) born Birmingham, Alabama; admitted to bar, 2004, Alabama. Education: University of Alabama (B.A., 2001); University of Alabama School of Law (J.D., 2004). District Policy Advisor, Congressman Artur Davis, 2004-2005. Governors' Blackbelt Commission (Member, Healthcare Committee). 2006 Democratic Party Nominee, Alabama State House District 34. Member: Birmingham Bar Association (Member, Young Lawyers Division). Practice Areas: Consumer Protection(45%); Election and Campaign Finance(5%); Election, Campaign and Political Law(5%); Mass Torts(45%).Email: Jeremy P. Sherer

Freddie Effinger (Staff Attorney) admitted to bar, 2009, Alabama. Education: Oberlin College (B.A., 2005); University of Alabama (J.D., 2008). Practice Areas: Labor and Employment; Complex and Multi-District Litigation.Email: Freddie Effinger

Derrick J. Carruth (Staff Attorney) born Roanoake, Alabama, 1979; admitted to bar, 2004, Alabama and U.S. District Court, Northern District of Alabama. Education: University of Alabama (B.A., 2001); University of Alabama School of Law (J.D., 2004). Member: Birmingham and American Bar Associations; Alabama State Bar.Email: Derrick J. Carruth

Virginia Applebaum (Staff Attorney) born Biloxi, Mississippi; admitted to bar, 2006, Alabama. Education: Jacksonville State University (B.S., 1995; M.S., 1999); Cumberland School of Law at Samford University (J.D., 2004). Recipient: Presidential Scholarship, Cumberland School of Law; Anders Memorial History Scholarship, Jacksonville State University. Recipient, W.H. Metz Newspaper Management Award, Jacksonville State University. Teacher: Alabama City Schools, Fort Payne, 1996-2001; Alabama Schools, Shelby County, 2004-2005. Member: Alabama State Bar. Practice Areas: Drug and Medical Device Litigation.Email: Virginia Applebaum

Daniel Gleason (Staff Attorney) born Memphis, Tennessee, 1981; admitted to bar, 2006, Alabama and U.S. District Court, Northern District of Alabama. Education: Birmingham-Southern College (B.A., Philosophy, magna cum laude, 2003); Washington & Lee University School of Law (J.D., 2006). Phi Beta Kappa. Member: Alabama State Bar; American Bar Association. Practice Areas: Complex and Multi-District Litigation; Personal Injury; Employment Law.Email: Daniel Gleason

Anna L. Hart (Staff Attorney) born 1977; admitted to bar, 2006, Alabama and U.S. District Court, Northern District of Alabama. Education: Georgia State University (B.A., 1999); Cumberland School of Law at Samford University (J.D., 2005). Member: Birmingham Bar Association.Email: Anna L. Hart

William Brett Brown (Staff Attorney) born Mobile, Alabama, March 7, 1980; admitted to bar, 2006, Alabama. Education: Auburn University (B.A., 2002); Cumberland School of Law (J.D., 2006). Member: Alabama State Bar; American Bar Association. Practice Areas: Products Liability; Class Actions; Personal Injury; Wrongful Death.Email: William Brett Brown

Lindsey R. Williams (Staff Attorney) born Birmingham, Alabama, 1981; admitted to bar, 2006, Alabama. Education: Auburn University (B.S., 2003); University of Alabama (J.D., 2006). Member: Alabama State Bar. Languages: Spanish.Email: Lindsey R. Williams

Laurie Hubbard (Staff Attorney) admitted to bar, 2009, Alabama. Education: Middle Tennessee State University in Murfreesboro, Tennessee (B.B.A., Accounting, 1993); Birmingham School of Law, Birmingham, Alabama (J.D., 2007).Email: Laurie Hubbard

DIRECTOR

Howard M. Miles (Executive Director/Attorney) born Ketchikan, Alaska, August 18, 1958; admitted to bar, 1983, Alabama, U.S. District Court, Northern District of Alabama and U.S. Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit. Education: University of Mississippi (B.B.A., 1979; J.D., 1983). Inactive Certified Public Accountant, Mississippi, 1980. Member: Alabama State Bar. Practice Areas: Law Firm Management; Business Law; Contracts; Commercial Transactions.Email: Howard M. Miles