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CUNNINGHAM BOUNDS, LLC was founded in 1958 by Robert T. Cunningham and Richard Bounds as a local general practice. The firm has represented plaintiffs exclusively since 1973. Throughout the firm's history, its members have championed individual rights, led the fight to protect the right to trial by jury and participated at all levels of national, state and local civic and professional organizations, including the International Academy of Trial Lawyers, International Society of Barristers, American College of Trial Lawyers, National Board of Trial Advocacy, American Board of Trial Advocates, The Association of Trial Lawyers of America, The Alabama Trial Lawyers Association and Inns of Court.

The firm has expertise in national and state class action litigation involving defective products, consumer fraud, and complex litigation. The firm continues to represent victims in traditional personal injury, wrongful death, general negligence, products liability, insurance fraud, bad faith, medical malpractice and admiralty and maritime cases.

Statement of Practice

General Trial Practice, Admiralty Law, Automobile Accidents, Aviation Accidents, Bad Faith, Business Disputes and Litigation, Class Actions, Complex Litigation, Industrial Accidents, Insurance Fraud, Maritime Accidents, Medical Malpractice, Medical Negligence, Oil and Gas Litigation, Personal Injury, Product Liability, Railroad Accidents, Sports and Recreation Injuries, and Wrongful Death.

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Address

1601 Dauphin Street P.O. Box 66705
Mobile, AL 36660, (Mobile Co.)

Phone

Phone: 251-471-6191
Fax: 251-479-1031

Website

http://www.alabamatruckaccident.net

Office Hours

Monday: 08:00 AM - 06:00 PM
Tuesday: 08:00 AM - 06:00 PM
Wednesday: 08:00 AM - 06:00 PM
Thursday: 08:00 AM - 06:00 PM
Friday: 08:00 AM - 06:00 PM
Saturday: 09:00 AM - 12:00 PM

Robert T. Cunningham, Jr. (Member) born El Paso, Texas, October 25, 1946; admitted to bar, 1975, Alabama. Education: University of South Alabama (B.A., with honors, 1973); University of Florida (J.D., with honors, 1975). Executive Editor, University of Florida Law Review. Listed in Best Lawyers in America, 1990—. Fellow: International Academy of Trial Lawyers (Board of Directors, 2003—; State Chair, 2001); American College of Trial Lawyers; International Society of Barristers. Advocate, American Board of Trial Advocates. [Capt., U.S. Marine Corps, 1965-1970]. (Certified as a Civil Trial Specialist by the National Board of Trial Advocacy). Practice Areas: Personal Injury; General Negligence; Complex Litigation; Products Liability; Insurance Fraud; Bad Faith; Medical Malpractice; Admiralty and Maritime.Email: Robert T. Cunningham, Jr.

Joseph M. Brown, Jr. (Member) born Birmingham, Alabama, August 29, 1950; admitted to bar, 1977, Alabama and U.S. District Court, Southern District of Alabama; 1982, U.S. Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit; 1985, U.S. Supreme Court. Education: Samford University (B.A., magna cum laude, 1972); Cumberland School of Law of Samford University (J.D., cum laude, 1977). Phi Delta Phi; Omicron Delta Kappa. Listed in Best Lawyers in America, 1997—. Active Member, Inner Circle of Advocates. Life Fellow, Alabama Law Foundation. Member: Mobile County and American Bar Associations; Alabama State Bar; American Board of Trial Advocates; Alabama Association for Justice; The American Association for Justice; Lawyer-Pilots Bar Association. Fellow: International Academy of Trial Lawyers. [Capt., USAF, 1973-1979]. (Certified Civil Trial Advocate by the National Board of Trial Advocacy). Practice Areas: Personal Injury; General Negligence; Products Liability; Insurance Fraud; Bad Faith; Medical Malpractice; Admiralty and Maritime.Email: Joseph M. Brown, Jr.

Gregory B. Breedlove (Member) born Prattville, Alabama, November 21, 1953; admitted to bar, 1979, Alabama and U.S. District Court, Northern District of Alabama; 1980, U.S. District Court, Southern District of Alabama; 1981, U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit and U.S. Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit; 1984, U.S. Supreme Court. Education: Auburn University (B.S., 1976); Cumberland School of Law of Samford University (J.D., magna cum laude, 1979). Member and Associate Editor, American Journal of Trial Advocacy, 1979. Member, Cumberland Trial Advocacy Board, 1979. Law Clerk to Honorable James H. Hancock, U.S. District Judge, Northern District of Alabama, 1979-1980. Listed in Best Lawyers in America. Member, Judicial Oversight Committee - 2000 (Appointed by Chief Justice, Alabama Supreme Court). Member, Advisory Committee, United States District Court of the Southern District of Alabama. Member: Mobile County Bar Association; Alabama State Bar (Chairperson, Intra Bench/Bar Task Force, 1998-1999, 1999-2000); Alabama Association for Justice (President, 1998-1999); Alabama Civil Justice Foundation (Board Member; President, 1998-1999); The American Association for Justice (State Delegate, 1989-1990); Alabama Law Institute (Council Member); National Board of Trial Advocacy (Member, Board of Directors, 2002—). International Academy of Trial Lawyers. Advocate, American Board of Trial Advocates. Co-Lead Counsel Amtrak "Sunset Limited" Train Crash (September 22, 1993) Multi-District Litigation Docket No. 1003. Certified as a Civil Trial Specialist by the National Board of Trial Advocacy.. Practice Areas: Personal Injury; General Negligence; Complex Litigation; Products Liability; Insurance Fraud; Bad Faith; Medical Malpractice; Admiralty and Maritime.Email: Gregory B. Breedlove

Michael A. Worel (Member) born Pocatello, Idaho, February 28, 1954; admitted to bar, 1981, Alabama; 1986, Georgia; 1989, U.S. District Court, Southern District of Alabama. Education: Jacksonville State University (B.A., 1976); Cumberland School of Law of Samford University (J.D., 1981). Member, Cumberland Trial Advocacy Board. Recipient, Best Advocate Awards in Federal Court Competition, 1979-1980 and in Jefferson County Court Competition, 1980-1981. Law Clerk for Justice Janie L. Shores, Supreme Court of Alabama, 1981-1982. Associate Editor, Alabama Trial Lawyers Journal, 1988-1990. Listed, Best Lawyers in America. Member: Mobile Bar Association; Alabama State Bar; The American Association for Justice; Southern Trial Lawyers Association, North Alabama Trial Lawyers Association (President, 1987-1989); Alabama Association for Justice (Executive Committee). Fellow: International Society of Barristers. Advocate, American Board of Trial Advocates. Fellow: Litigation Counsel of America. Certified as a Civil Trial Specialist by the National Board of Trial Advocacy. Practice Areas: Medical Malpractice.Email: Michael A. Worel

David G. Wirtes, Jr. (Member) born Danbury, Connecticut, March 4, 1960; admitted to bar, 1985, Alabama; 1987, U.S. District Court, Middle District of Alabama; 1988, U.S. District Court, Northern District of Alabama; 1990, U.S. District Court, Southern District of Alabama; 1991, U.S. Supreme Court and U.S. Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit. Education: University of the South (B.A., 1981); Cumberland School of Law of Samford University (J.D., 1985). Sigma Nu Phi. Articles Editor, Adelphia Law Journal, 1984. Associate Editor, The American Journal of Trial Advocacy, 1984-1985. Municipal Court Judge, City of Goodwater, Alabama, 1987-1990. Member, Supreme Court of Alabama, Standing Committee on Alabama Rules of Appellate Procedure. Sustaining Fellow: Trial Lawyers for Public Justice; Roscoe Pound Institute. Member: Mobile County Bar Association; Alabama State Bar; Alabama Association for Justice (Member, Board of Governors, 1992-1996; Executive Committee, 1997—; Co-Editor, Alabama Association for Justice Journal, 1996—; Chairman, Amicus Curiae Committee, 1997-2005); The American Association for Justice (State Delegate, 1999-2001; Board of Governors, 2002—; Member, Amicus Curiae Committee, 1999—); South Alabama Trial Lawyers Association. Fellow: Litigation Counsel of America. Practice Areas: Personal Injury; General Negligence; Complex Litigation; Products Liability; Insurance Fraud; Bad Faith; Medical Malpractice; Admiralty and Maritime.Email: David G. Wirtes, Jr.

Toby D. Brown (Member) born Mobile, Alabama, January 15, 1968; admitted to bar, 1993, Alabama and U.S. District Court, Southern District of Alabama; 1999, U.S. Supreme Court and U.S. Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit. Education: University of South Alabama (B.S., cum laude, 1990); University of Alabama (J.D., 1993). Beta Gamma Sigma (Mortar Board); Phi Alpha Delta. Member: Mobile County and American Bar Associations; Alabama State Bar; The American Association for Justice; Alabama Association for Justice, formerly known as Alabama Trial Lawyers Association (Member, Board of Governors, 1996, 1997; Executive Committee, 1998—; Chairman, Young Lawyers Section, 1998; Chairman, Legislative Affairs Committee, 2004; Treasurer, 2004; Secretary, 2005; Vice-President, 2006; 2nd Vice President, 2007; President Elect, 2008); South Alabama Trial Lawyers Association (Executive Committee, 2000—); Alabama Civil Justice Foundation (Member, Board of Directors; President, 2008-2009); American Board of Trial Advocates (Advocate). Fellow: American Bar Foundation. Certified as a Civil Trial Specialist by the National Board of Trial Advocacy. Practice Areas: Personal Injury; General Negligence; Complex Litigation; Products Liability; Insurance Fraud; Bad Faith; Medical Malpractice; Admiralty and Maritime.Email: Toby D. Brown

George W. (Skip) Finkbohner, III (Member) born Mobile, Alabama, November 9, 1960; admitted to bar, 1986, Alabama, U.S. District Court, Southern District of Alabama and U.S. Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit. Education: Duke University (B.A., magna cum laude, 1983; J.D., 1986). Listed, Best Lawyers in America. Member: Mobile Bar Association (State Court Civil Practice Committee, Chairman, 2000 and Vice Chairman, 1999); Alabama State Bar; South Alabama Trial Lawyers Association; Alabama Association for Justice (Member, Executive Committee). (Certified as a Civil Trial Advocate by the National Board of Trial Advocacy). Practice Areas: Personal Injury; Negligence; Products Liability; Insurance Fraud; Insurance Bad Faith; Medical Malpractice; Admiralty and Maritime Law.Email: George W. (Skip) Finkbohner, III

R. Edwin Lamberth (Member) born Norfolk, Virginia, August 31, 1971; admitted to bar, 1998, Alabama; 1999, U.S. District Court, Northern, Middle and Southern Districts of Alabama; 2000, Mississippi, U.S. District Court, Northern and Southern Districts of Mississippi and U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit; 2001, U.S. Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit. Education: University of Virginia (B.A., 1994); Cumberland School of Law of Samford University (J.D., cum laude, 1998). Member, Cumberland Law Review 1997-1998. Law Clerk, Justice Champ Lyons, Jr., Supreme Court of Alabama, 1998-1999. Author: "Establishing Hospital Liability for Physician Negligence," Alabama Trial Lawyers Journal, 2001; "Injustice by Process: A Look at Proposals for the Problems and Abuses of the Settlement Class Action," 28 Cumb. L. Rev. 149, 1998. Member: Birmingham and American Bar Association; Alabama State Bar; Trial Lawyers for Public Justice; The American Association for Justice; Alabama Association for Justice (Member: Board of Governors, 2000—; Legislative Committee, 1999—; Co-Chairman, Amicus Curiae Committee, 1999—). Practice Areas: Personal Injury; Negligence; Complex Litigation; Products Liability; Insurance Fraud; Insurance Bad Faith; Medical Malpractice; Admiralty and Maritime Law; Environmental Law; Toxic Torts.Email: R. Edwin Lamberth

David S. Cain, Jr. (Member) born Memphis, Tennessee, June 26, 1975; admitted to bar, 2003, Alabama and U.S. District Court, Northern and Middle Districts of Alabama. Education: Auburn University (B.S., 1998); University of Alabama (J.D., magna cum laude, 2003). Order of the Coif; Order of the Barristers. Hugo Black Scholar. Recipient, Ruben H. Wright Award, Best Appellate Advocate. Member, Alabama Law Review, 2001-2002 and 2002-2003. Member: John A. Campbell Moot Court Board; Jesup Moot Court Team. Member: Mobile Bar Association; Alabama State Bar; The American Association for Justice; Alabama Association for Justice (Member, Board of Governors, 2004—). Practice Areas: Personal Injury; Negligence; Products Liability; Insurance Fraud; Insurance Bad Faith; Medical Negligence; Industrial Accidents; Admiralty and Maritime Law.Email: David S. Cain, Jr.

Steven L. Nicholas (Member) born Mobile, Alabama, June 13, 1959; admitted to bar, 1984, Alabama and U.S. District Court, Southern and Northern Districts of Alabama; 1985, U.S. Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit. Education: University of Georgia (B.B.A., 1981); University of Alabama (J.D., 1984). Order of the Coif. Member, Bench and Bar (Vice President, 1983-1984). Recipient: Dean Leigh Harrison Award; Corpus Juris Secundum Award. Hugo Black Scholar. American Jurisprudence Award. Editor, Alabama Law Review, 1983-1984. Author: "Recovery of Economic Damages Under Alabama's Extended Manufacturers Liability Doctrine," 35:2 Ala. L. Rev., 1984. Member: Mobile County Bar Association; Alabama State Bar (Chairman, Business Torts and Antitrust Section, 1999); Alabama Association for Justice (Member, Executive Committee); South Alabama Trial Lawyers Association (Chairman). Practice Areas: Class Actions; Construction Litigation; Business Torts; Complex Litigation.Email: Steven L. Nicholas

Stephen Olen (Member) born Mobile, Alabama, September 23, 1950; admitted to bar, 1979, Alabama and U.S. District Court, Southern, Northern and Middle Districts of Alabama; 1981, U.S. Court of Appeals, Eleventh and Fifth Circuits; 1996, U.S. Supreme Court. Education: Princeton University (B.A., 1976); Cumberland School of Law of Samford University (J.D., summa cum laude, 1979). Curia Honoris. Winner, Moot Court Competition, Fall 1978. Member, Cumberland Law Review. Editor-in-Chief: The American Journal of Trial Advocacy, 1978-1979. Member: Mobile County (Treasurer, 1984; Chairman, Civil Practice Committee, 1995) and American Bar Associations; Alabama State Bar; Alabama Trial Lawyers Association (Member, Executive Committee); South Alabama Trial Lawyers Association (Member, Executive Committee); The Association of Trial Lawyers of America. Practice Areas: Commercial Litigation; Class Actions; Bankruptcy Litigation; Insurance Bad Faith; Insurance Fraud.Email: Stephen Olen

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Robert Mitchell (Associate) born Mobile, Alabama, December 26, 1979; admitted to bar, 2007, Alabama. Education: University of Virginia (B.A., 2002); University of Alabama (J.D. magna cum laude, 2007).. Order of the Coif. Hugo Black Scholar. Senior Editor, Alabama Law Review, 2006-2007. Member: Mobile Bar Association; Alabama Association for Justice; American Association for Justice. Practice Areas: Admiralty and Maritime Law; Personal Injury; Negligence; Products Liability; Medical Malpractice.

Lucy Tufts (Associate) born Huntsville, Alabama; admitted to bar, 2008, Alabama. Education: University of Alabama at Birmingham (English, summa cum laude, 2004); Georgetown University Law Center (J.D., magna cum laude, 2008). Member: GULC National Trial Competition Team (2007, 2008); Barristers' Council, Trial Advocacy Division (2006-2008).Truman Scholar (2003). Member: Mobile Bar Association; Alabama State Bar Association; American Association for Justice; Alabama Association for Justice. Practice Areas: Personal Injury; Products Liability; Negligence; Premises Liability; Medical Malpractice.Email: Lucy Tufts

George M. Dent, III (Associate) born Jacksonville, Florida, December 29, 1954; admitted to bar, 1981, Alabama; 1999, U.S. District Court, Southern District of Alabama and U.S. Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit; 2002, U.S. Supreme Court. Education: Yale University (B.A., 1978); University of Alabama (J.D., 1981). Phi Delta Phi. Law Clerk, 1981-1982, and Staff Attorney, 1982-1999, Supreme Court of Alabama. Member, 1999— and Chairman, 2007—, Supreme Court Committee on the Alabama Rules of Civil Procedure. Member, Board of Directors, 1982-1992 and Board of Advisors, 2000-2006, the Legal Environmental Assistance Foundation. Member: Mobile and Montgomery County Bar Associations; Alabama State Bar; The American Association for Justice; Alabama Association for Justice (Member, Amicus Curiae Committee, 2000—); South Alabama Trial Lawyers Association. Practice Areas: Appellate Practice; Personal Injury; Negligence; Complex Litigation; Products Liability; Medical Malpractice; Class Actions; Consumer Fraud; Admiralty and Maritime Law.Email: George M. Dent, III

Bryan E. Comer (Associate) born Mobile, Alabama, February 3, 1980; admitted to bar, 2005, Alabama and U.S. District Court, Northern, Middle and Southern Districts of Alabama; 2007, Florida. Education: University of Alabama (B.A., magna cum laude, 2002; J.D., 2005). Member, Trial Advocacy Team, University of Alabama. Recipient, George Peach Taylor Award for Excellence in Trial Advocacy, University of Alabama, 2004. Member: Mobile (Member, Young Lawyers Executive Committee) and American Bar Associations; Alabama State Bar; The Florida Bar; American Association for Justice; Alabama Association for Justice; South Alabama Trial Lawyers Association. Practice Areas: Personal Injury; Negligence; Products Liability; Complex and Multi-District Litigation.Email: Bryan E. Comer

J. Brian Duncan, Jr. (Associate) born Dallas, Texas, October 22, 1979; admitted to bar, 2008, Alabama and U.S. District Court, Northern, Middle and Southern Districts of Alabama. Education: Texas Tech University (B.A., 2002); Cumberland School of Law of Samford University, (J.D., cum laude, 2008). Member, Cumberland Law Review, 2006 - 2007 and 2007 - 2008. Order of the Barristers. Judge Abraham Caruthers Teaching Fellow. Member: Cumberland National Trial Team; Cumberland National Moot Court Team; Cumberland Moot Court Board. Best Advocate Award, Lone Star Mock Trial Competition; Regional Best Advocate Award, ABA National Appellate Competition; Scholar of Merit Award for superior performance in Medical Liability. Member: Mobile and American Bar Associations; Alabama State Bar; American Association for Justice; Alabama Association for Justice; South Alabama Trial Lawyers Association.

OF COUNSEL

Richard Bounds (Of Counsel) born East St. Louis, Illinois, November 13, 1928; admitted to bar, 1956, Alabama and U.S. District Court, Southern District of Alabama and Mississippi. Education: University of Alabama (B.S., 1951; J.D., 1956). Phi Delta Phi. Member, Board of Editors, Alabama Law Review, 1955-1956. Member: University of Alabama Law School Foundation, 1981-1998; Cumberland School of Law Advisory Board, 1982-1993. Member: Mobile Bar Association (President, 1994); Alabama State Bar; Alabama Trial Lawyers Association (President, 1966-1967); The Association of Trial Lawyers of America (Member, Board of Governors, 1972-1975). Fellow: International Academy of Trial Lawyers; International Society of Barristers; American College of Trial Lawyers; American Bar Foundation. Practice Areas: Personal Injury; General Negligence; Complex Litigation; Products Liability; Insurance Fraud; Bad Faith; Medical Malpractice; Admiralty and Maritime.Email: Richard Bounds

John T. Crowder, Jr. (Of Counsel) born Mobile, Alabama, January 4, 1947; admitted to bar, 1973, Alabama, U.S. District Court, Southern District of Alabama and U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth and Eleventh Circuits. Education: University of South Alabama (B.A., 1969); University of Alabama (J.D., 1972). Listed in Best Lawyers in America, 1992—. Member, Board of Bar Examiners, 1977-1979. Member, Supreme Court of Alabama Committee on Alabama Pattern Jury Instructions, 1982-1988. Member: Mobile County and American Bar Associations; Alabama State Bar; Alabama Association for Justice (Treasurer, 1984; 2nd Vice President, 1988; President, 1990-1991); The American Association for Justice; Southeastern Admiralty Law Institute; American Board of Trial Advocates; International Network of Boutique Law Firms (President, Mobile Chapter, 2004-2005). International Society of Barristers (Board of Governors). Certified as a Civil Trial Specialist by the National Board of Trial Advocacy. (Certified as a Diplomate of The American Board of Professional Liability Attorneys). Practice Areas: Personal Injury; General Negligence; Complex Litigation; Products Liability; Insurance Fraud; Bad Faith; Medical Malpractice; Admiralty and Maritime.Email: John T. Crowder, Jr.

Richard T. Dorman (Of Counsel) born Teaneck, New Jersey, March 19, 1947; admitted to bar, 1971, Alabama; 1981, U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit; 1987, U.S. Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit; 1991, District of Columbia; 1992, U.S. Supreme Court; 1993, New York. Education: University of Alabama (B.A., 1968; J.D., 1971); University of Oxford, England (Diploma in International Law, 1972). Order of the Coif. Alabama Editor, Alabama Law Review, 1969-1970, 1970-1971. Examiner, Alabama Board of Bar Examiners, 1984-1987. Member: Mobile County and American (Member, Sections on: Litigation; Corporation, Banking and Business Law) Bar Associations; Alabama State Bar; Alabama Association for Justice; American Association for Justice. Certified as a Civil Trial Specialist by the National Board of Trial Advocacy. Practice Areas: Class Action Litigation; Consumer Fraud; Product Liability; Construction; Commercial Law; Banking; Contract Law; Warranty Law; Civil Litigation.Email: Richard T. Dorman