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1100 Park Place Tower
2001 Park Pl.
Birmingham, Alabama 35203

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Phone: (205) 322-8880

Fax: (205) 328-271

Areas of Practice:: Consumer Protection; Environmental Law; Health Care Law; Appellate Practice; Medical Malpractice; Motor Vehicle Accidents and Injuries; Nursing Home Abuse and Neglect; Personal Injury; Products Liability; Toxic Torts; Workers Compensation; Aviation Law

Bar Admissions:: Alabama, 1991; Tennessee, 1991; Supreme Court of Alabama; U.S. District Court Northern District of Alabama; U.S. District Court Middle District of Alabama; U.S. District Court Southern District of Alabama; U.S. Court of Appeals 11th Circuit

Education:: The University of Alabama School of Law, Tuscaloosa, Alabama, 1990
J.D., Doctor of Jurisprudence
Honors: Vice Chairperson (Education), John A. Campbell Moot Court Board, 1989-1990
Honors: John A. Campbell Moot Court Competition-Quarter Finalist, 1989
Honors: Jessup International Moot Court Team-Manager, 1989-1990
Honors: Recognized among Outstanding Oral Advocates
Honors: Bench & Bar Legal Honor Society
Honors: First Year Moot Court Program, 1988; Auburn University, Auburn, Alabama, 1987
B.A., Bachelor of Arts
Honors: Jeffrey F. Stein Award (Most Outstanding Sophomore student)
Honors: Squires-President (Ten Most Outstanding Freshmen)
Honors: Lambda Sigma (Sophomore Honorary) Chapter Editor, Jr. Advisor, Sr. Advisor
Honors: Talons (Junior Honorary)
Honors: Omicron Delta Kappa (Junior/Senior Leadership Honorary)
Honors: Mortar Board (Senior Honorary)
Honors: Pi Lambda Sigma (Pre-Law Honorary)
Honors: Sigma Tau Delta (English Honorary)
Honors: Who's Who Among American Colleges and Universities
Major: Pre-Law/English
Minor: Russian Language
Minor: Piano/Vocal Performance

Published Works:: "Self-Advocacy: Petitioning the Court for a Writ of Habeas Corpus in Alabama", Law and Psychology Review, Vol. 14, Spring, 1990; "Law After Medtronic: State Law Product Liability Claims," Leader's Product Liability Law and Strategy, Vol. XV, No. 2, August, 1996; "State Law Product Liability Claims Prevail Over Preemption,", Alabama Trial Lawyers Journal, Vol. 16, No. 4, Fall, 1996; Under the Brush Arbor (135 year history of Canterbury United Methodist Church), Co-Editor

Classes/Seminars Taught:: Speaker, Association of Trial Lawyers of America Education Program, 2004 - Present; Speaker, Cumberland Continuing Legal Education Seminar -1992, 1995, 1997 and 2004; Speaker, Alabama Trial Lawyers Continuing Legal Education Seminar - 1997, 2001, 2003 and 2004; Speaker, Birmingham Bar Association Continuing Legal Education Seminar, 1996 - Present; Speaker, Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer Foundation Speakers Bureau

Honors and Awards:: 2002 Woman of the Year, Network Birmingham; Leadership Birmingham, Class of 2003

Professional Associations and Memberships:: Founding Chair, Women Trial Lawyers Caucus of the Alabama Trial Lawyers Association; Executive Committee, Alabama Trial Lawyers Association; Member, Association of Trial Lawyers of America; Member, American Bar Association; Member, Alabama State Bar; Member, Tennessee Bar Association; Member Fellow, Roscoe Pound Institute; Member, Trial Lawyers for Public Justice; Member, Birmingham Bar Association - Women's Section; Past President, Network Birmingham; Member, The Women's Network; Outstanding Young Women of America; International Who's Who of Professionals; Life Member, The National Registry of Who's Who; Canterbury United Methodist Church; Trustee; Pathways; Board of Directors; Forstman Foundation; Founder and President; Canterbury United Methodist Church Worship Committee; former Chair; Canterbury United Methodist Church Administrative Board/Church Council; Former Member; Canterbury United Methodist Church Choir; Member; Junior League of Birmingham (Editor of Newsheet Magazine); Member; Birmingham Bar Association Cabaret (benefiting Children's Hospital); Performer

Birth Information:: March 30, 1966, Auburn, Alabama, United States of America