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Practice Areas: Environmental Law; Litigation; Natural Resources; Business Law; Appellate Practice; Mediation; Arbitration; Commercial Law; Fidelity and Surety; Insurance; Personal Injury; Oil and Gas Law; Products Liability; Real Estate; Securities; Torts; Toxic Torts;

Additional Information: Mobile and American (Member, Natural Resources and Environmental Section, Litigation Section and Tort and Insurance Practice Section) Bar Associations; Alabama State Bar (Environmental Law Section, Chairman, 1995; Executive Committee, 1996—; Oil, Gas and Mineral Section; Litigation Section; Business Torts and Antitrust Section); Alabama Defense Lawyers Association; Defense Research Institute; Alabama Trial Lawyers Association; The Association of Trial Lawyers of America; CPR Institute for Dispute Resolution; Mid-Continent Oil &Gas Association; Alabama Coastal Foundation (Member, Board of Directors, 1996-2001); Nature Conservancy of Alabama (Member, Board of Directors, 1998-2001).

Biography: Delta Theta Phi. Certified Civil Mediator by the Mediation Corporation. (Certified as a Civil Trial Specialist by the National Board of Trial Advocacy)

Reported Cases: D&F, LLC v. HHB, LLC, 843 So.2d 116 (Ala. 2002); Springhill Memorial Hospital v. Dixon, _So.2d _(Ala. 2003); WL21480602 (6-27-03); Ex parte Krages, 689 So.2d 799 (Ala. 1997); Miller v. Dobbs Mobile Bay, Inc., 661 So.2d 203 (Ala. 1995); Ex parte Mobile Oil Corp., 613 So.2d 350 (Ala. 1993); Mobil Oil Corp. v. Schlumberger, 598 So.2d 1341 (Ala. 1992); McGuire Oil Co. v. Mapco, Inc., 621 So.2d 417 (Ala. 1992); State v. Mapco Petroleum, Inc., 519 So.2d 1275 (Ala. 1987); Bates Motel, Inc. v. Environmental Management Commission, 596 So.2d 924 (Ala. 1991); Shell Offshore, Inc. v. Baldwin Co. Commission, 570 So.2d 698 (Ala. 1990); Ex parte Baldwin County Commission, 526 So.2d 564 (Ala. 1998); Ex parte Fowl River Protective Association, Inc. 572 So2d 446 (Ala. 1990); Graves v. Fowl River Protective Association, Inc., 572 So.2d 441 (Ala. 1988); Hickox v. Stover, 551 So.2d 259 (Ala. 1989); Citronelle Unit Operator's Committee v. AmSouth Bank, N.A., 536 So2d 1387 (Ala. 1988); Banks v. Corte, 521 So.2d 960 (Ala. 1988); Groeshner v. Mobile County, 502 So.2d 70 (Ala. 1987); State of Alabama v. Hickox, 507 So.2d 947 (Ala. 1986); Amoco Production Co. v. White, 453 So.2d 358 (Ala. 1984); Earle v. International Paper Co., 429 So.2d 989 (Ala. 1983); Benefield v. Aquaslide, 406 So.2d 873 (Ala. 1981); First Baptist Church v. Citronelle-Mobile Gathering, Inc., 409 So.2d 727 (Ala. 1981); U.S. v. Harrell, 926 F.2d 106 (11th Cir. 1991); Hallman v. Marion Corp., 411 So2d 130 (Ala. 1982); Board of Adjustment v. Dauphin Upham Joint Venture, 688 So.2d 823 (Ala. 1996); Thompson v. Skipper Real Estate Co., 729 So.2d 287 (Ala. 1999); Collins v. Amoco Prod. Co., 706 F.2d 1114 (11th Cir. 1983); Morrison v. Mobile County Board of Education, 495 So.2d 1086 (Ala. 1986).