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| | Address | | 250 Commerce Street, Suite 100 | | Montgomery, Alabama 36104 | | (Montgomery Co.) | | Mailing Address: P.O. Box 1988, Montgomery, AL, 36102 | |  | Free Initial Consultation |
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| | Contact Information | | Phone: 334-834-5311 | | Fax: 334-834-5362 | | | | Send Us Email |  |
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| Beers, Anderson, Jackson, Patty & Fawal, P.C. practices in the following areas of law:
General Civil Litigation Practice. Trials in all Federal and State Courts. Insurance, Bad Faith/Fraud Litigation, Ethics Law, Personal Injury, Health, Telecommunications, Business, Products Liability and Corporate Law. Administrative Proceedings, Workers Compensation, Election Law, Mediation. | | Year Established: 1988 | Firm Profile:
The law firm was formed in 1988. It is primarily an insurance defense firm which specializes in first party suits against insurance companies for fraud and bad faith and defense of insureds. The lawyers are trial attorneys who also concentrate in personal injury including workers compensation, both plaintiff and defense. | | Firm Size: 11 | Representative Clients:
AIG Specialty Auto; Alabama Democratic Party; Alabama Education Association; Alfa Insurance Company; Allstate Insurance Company; Alabama Home Builders Association; American Empire Surplus Lines; American Family Home Insurance Company; American General Insurance Company; American Indemnity Group; American International Group; American Liberty Insurance Company; American Title Company; Amerisure; Averitt Express; Auto Owners Insurance Company; Birmingham Insurance Company; Capital Adjustment Company; Casualty Reciprocal Exchange; Cincinnati Insurance Company; Colonia Insurance Company; Crawford & Company; Empire Fire and Marine; Farm Bureau Insurance Companies of North Carolina; GAB Services, Inc.; Gallagher Bassett Services; General Accident; Guide One Insurance Companies; Graward General Insurance Company; GRE Insurance Group; Great American Insurance Company; The Guidant Group; Hanover Insurance Company; The Hartford Insurance Company; Infinity Insurance Company; KM Administrative Services; Lincoln Benefit Insurance Company; Lincoln General Insurance Company; Midwest Mutual Insurance Company; Montgomery Housing Authority; National Casualty Company; National Security Fire and Casualty Company; Ohio Casualty Insurance Companies; Oklahoma Farmers Union Mutual Insurance Company; Prepaid Legal Insurance Services, Inc.; Riscorp Insurance Company; Schlumberger Industries, Inc.; Scottsdale Insurance Companies; Seibels-Bruce Group; Secretary of the Senate; Southern Risk Services; State Auto Mutual Insurance Company; State Farm Fire & Casualty Company; State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Company; Title Loans of America; United Insurance Company of America; United States Fidelity and Guaranty Insurance Company. | Office Hours:
Monday: 08:30 AM - 05:30 PM
Tuesday: 08:30 AM - 05:30 PM
Wednesday: 08:30 AM - 05:30 PM
Thursday: 08:30 AM - 05:30 PM
Friday: 08:30 AM - 05:30 PM
| Rate Information:
Fixed Hourly Rates
Fixed Fees Available
Free Initial Consultation
| | Michael B. Beers (Member) born Charleston, West Virginia, July 19, 1952; admitted to bar, 1977, Alabama and Georgia. Education: Mercer University (B.A., 1974); Cumberland School of Law of Samford University (J.D., 1977). Delta Theta Phi. Assistant District Attorney, Fifteenth Judicial Circuit of Alabama, 1977-1981. Director, Governor's Arson Task Force, 1985—. Member: Montgomery County and American Bar Associations; Alabama State Bar; State Bar of Georgia; Alabama Defense Lawyers Association. Practice Areas: Insurance Defense; Extra Contractual Insurance Claims; Arson and Insurance Fraud. Email: Michael B. Beers | | James H. Anderson (Member) born Princeton, Kentucky, July 5, 1954; admitted to bar, 1979, Alabama; U.S. District Court, Middle, Northern and Southern Districts of Alabama; U.S. Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit; U.S. Supreme Court. Education: Huntingdon College (B.A., 1976); Cumberland School of Law of Samford University (J.D., 1979). Delta Theta Phi. Member and Chairman, 1986-1991, Alabama Ethics Commission. Certified Mediator, Alabama Center for Dispute Resolutions. Member: Montgomery County (Young Lawyers Section; President, 1985) and American Bar Associations; Alabama State Bar (State Law Day Chairman, 1985; President, Young Lawyers Section, 1989-1990; Member, Board of Bar Commissioners, 2000—. ); Alabama Trial Lawyers Association; Alabama Defense Lawyers Association. Member, Hugh Maddox Inn of Court (President, 1997). Practice Areas: Litigation; Insurance Defense; Life Insurance Defense; Workers Compensation; Mediation; Products Liability; Personal Injury; Political Law; Ethics Law; Election Campaign Law. Email: James H. Anderson | | Micheal S. Jackson (Member) born Montgomery, Alabama, July 12, 1954; admitted to bar, 1979, Alabama. Education: Auburn University (B.A., 1976); Cumberland School of Law of Samford University (J.D., magna cum laude, 1979). Phi Kappa Phi; Order of Barristers; Curia Honoris. Associate Editor, Cumberland Law Review, 1978-1979. Law Clerk to: Justice James N. Bloodworth, Alabama Supreme Court, 1979-1980; Judge Robert B. Propst, U.S. District Court, Northern District of Alabama, 1980-1981. Member: Montgomery County (President, 1998) and American Bar Associations; Alabama State Bar (State Law Day Chairman, 1986); Alabama Defense Lawyers Association; Defense Research Institute. Practice Areas: Insurance Defense; First and Third Party Insurance Defense; Insurance Coverage; Workers Compensation. Email: Micheal S. Jackson | | William F. Patty (Member) born Anniston, Alabama, October 25, 1963; admitted to bar, 1990, Alabama; U.S. District Court, Middle, Northern and Southern Districts of Alabama; U.S. Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit; U.S. Supreme Court. Education: Auburn University (B.S., with honors, 1985); Cumberland School of Law of Samford University (J.D., summa cum laude, 1990). Phi Kappa Phi; Curia Honoris. Recipient, American Bankers Outstanding Student Award, 1985. Associate Editor, Cumberland Law Review, 1989-1990. Member: Madison County and Montgomery County Bar Associations; Alabama State Bar; Alabama Defense Lawyers Association. Practice Areas: Public School Law; Insurance Defense; Employment Law. Email: William F. Patty | | A. David Fawal (Member) born Birmingham, Alabama, September 21, 1964; admitted to bar, 1990, Alabama and U.S. Court of Appeals for the Armed Forces; 1995, U.S. Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit and U.S. District Court, Northern, Middle and Southern Districts of Alabama. Education: Birmingham-Southern College (B.S., 1986); Cumberland School of Law of Samford University (J.D., 1990). Member, Cumberland School of Law Trial Advocacy Board. Associate Managing Editor, American Journal of Trial Advocacy. Author: "Salesmen in the Dorms: A Look at Board of Trustees of the State University of New York v. Fox and the New Twist in Commercial Speech Cases," 13 American Journal of Trial Advocacy, 957, Winter, 1989. Member: Birmingham (Member, Professional Responsibility Committee) and American Bar Associations; Alabama State Bar (Member, Military Law Committee); Alabama Defense Lawyers Association; Defense Research Institute. [U.S. Navy, 1990—; LCDR, JAGC, USNR]. (Resident, Birmingham Office). Transactions: Co-lead Counsel, first case against Metabolife International to reach trial (November 2002, $4.1 million verdict against Metabolife). Practice Areas: Insurance Defense; Bad Faith; Fraud Defense; Class Action Defense; Appellate Practice; Products Liability Defense. | | —————————— | | Constance T. Buckalew (Associate) born Tuscaloosa, Alabama, November 24, 1947; admitted to bar, 1996, Alabama; U.S. District Court, Northern, Middle and Southern Districts of Alabama; U.S. Court of Appeals, 11th Circuit. Education: University of Alabama (B.S., 1969); Jones Law School (J.D., 1996). Member: Montgomery County Bar Association; Alabama State Bar; Alabama Defense Lawyers Association; Alabama Association of Arson Investigators. Practice Areas: Insurance Defense; Extra Contractual Insurance Claims; Arson and Insurance Fraud. Email: Constance T. Buckalew | | Angela Taylor Baker (Associate) born Montgomery, Alabama, November 10, 1968; admitted to bar, 2001, Alabama and U.S. District Court, Middle District of Alabama; 2002, U.S. District Court, Northern and Southern Districts of Alabama. Education: Auburn University (B.S., 1991); Jones Law School (J.D., 2000). Secretary, Alabama Association of Arson Investigators, 2003 and 2004. Member: Montgomery County Bar Association (Board of Directors, Young Lawyers Section, 2001-2002); Defense Research Institute; Hugh Maddox Inn of Court. Practice Areas: Insurance Defense; Extra Contractual Insurance Claims; Arson and Insurance Fraud. Email: Angela Taylor Baker | | William R. Gordon, Jr. (Associate) born Montgomery, Alabama, July 31, 1976; admitted to bar, 2004, Alabama. Education: University of Alabama (B.A., 1999); New York Law School (J.D., 2004). Member: Montgomery County Bar Association (Member, Young Lawyers Division); Alabama State Bar; Alabama Arson Association of Investigators; Alabama Defense Lawyers Association; Defense Research Institute. Practice Areas: Insurance Defense; Education Law. Email: William R. Gordon, Jr. | | Ryan Wesley Shaw (Associate) born Wetumpka, Alabama, August 14, 1977; admitted to bar, 2005, Alabama. Education: University of Alabama (B.A., 2000; M.A., Anthropology, 2003); Cumberland School of Law (J.D., 2005). President, Anthropology Club, University of Alabama. Member: Cumberland's Henry Upson Sims Moot Court Board (Chief Justice, 2004-2005); Cumberland's Richard "Red" Jones National Moot Court Team, 2003-2004; Cumberland's Honor Court (Associate Justice, 2003-2004). Winner, Donworth Freshman Moot Court Competition. Finalist, Saad Senior Moot Court Competition. Author: unpublished Master's thesis, "Preference, Function, and Law: Examining Changes in Tabasco Bottle Design," on file with the University of Alabama Library, 2003. Member: Montgomery County (Member, Young Lawyers Section) and American Bar Associations; Alabama State Bar. Practice Areas: Insurance Defense; Extra Contractual Insurance Claims; Arson and Insurance Fraud. Email: Ryan Wesley Shaw | | Hilary B. Yother (Associate) born Gadsden, Alabama, December 29, 1980; admitted to bar, 2006, Alabama. Education: Auburn University (B.A., Spanish, 2003); Cumberland School of Law of Samford University (J.D., 2006). Former: Member, Organizations Board and Senior Class Representative, Student Bar Association; Director, Cumberland's Rascal Day; Senior Class Secretary and Associate Justice, Henry Upson Sims Moot Court Board. Cumberland's Winner and Regional Representative, 2005 Negotiation Competition. Named as Who's Who Among American Law School Students, 2006. Member: Alabama State Bar Association; Montgomery County Bar Association (Member, Young Lawyers Section); Alabama Defense Lawyers; Alabama Association of Arson Investigators; Defense Research Institute. Practice Areas: Insurance Defense; Corporate Law; Employment Law; Election Law; Personal Injury; Plaintiffs Personal Injury; Personal Injury Defense. Email: Hilary B. Yother | | Veranita J. Waller (Associate) born Selma, Alabama, August 28, 1981; admitted to bar, 2007, Alabama. Education: Auburn University (B.S. in B.A., 2003); Cumberland School of Law of Samford University (J.D., 2007). Practice Areas: Insurance Defense(85%); Education Law(10%); Election Law(5%). Email: Veranita J. Waller | | LEGAL SUPPORT PERSONNEL | | Michelle Hayes (Office Manager) | | Jody Herring (Paralegal) | | Tanna Davis (Paralegal) | | Debra Taylor (Paralegal) | | Tammy Grantham (Paralegal) | | Brenda Russell (Paralegal) | Other Office Addresses:
Birmingham, Alabama Office: Colonial Plaza. 2101 6th Avenue North, Suite 1125. 35203. Telephone: 205-327-5331. Fax: 205-327-5383.
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