Practice Areas

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

Communication Center

Phone: (205) 322-8880

Fax: (205) 328-271

Website: www.PDKHlaw.com

E-mail: JeffK@PDKHlaw.com

Jeff has devoted his over twenty-six-year professional career to representing plaintiffs in a myriad of civil litigations, specializing in injuries arising out of workplace accidents.  He also regularly handles cases involving motor vehicular accidents, ATV accidents, defective products, exposures to toxic substances, medical negligence, violations of the Civil Damages and Dram Shops Acts, wrongful termination from a job, fraud, breach of contract, and bad-faith denial of an insurance claim.  Over the years, he has dealt with cases involving, among others, motor vehicles, ATVs, aircraft, medical devices, pharmaceuticals, nail guns, power saws, punch presses, industrial valves and agricultural, logging and mining equipment.  With regard to medical-negligence cases, he has handled matters involving chiropractic care, anesthesiology, otolaryngology, ophthalmology, family practice medicine, obstetrics, gynecology, internal medicine, orthopedics, pediatrics, plastic surgery, radiology, general surgery, neurosurgery, urology, cardiology and pain management.

Jeff was born in Gadsden, Alabama.  In 1977, he graduated from the University of Alabama.  In 1981, he received a Doctor of Jurisprudence from the Cumberland School of Law and a MBA from Samford University.  That same year, he was admitted to the Alabama State Bar.  His initial employment was with a law firm that represented various municipalities, allowing him to try thirteen jury trials as a municipal prosecutor within in this first year of practice.  He has tried over one hundred civil cases in state and federal courts throughout Alabama.  He is admitted to practice in both the Seventh and Eleventh Circuits of the United States Court of Appeals.  He is a member of the Birmingham Bar Association, the Alabama Association of Justice, the American Bar Association and the American Board of Trial Advocates.  He is AV rated by Martindale-Hubble.  Jeff frequently lectures at CLE seminars.

 

Current Employment Position(s):

Member

Areas of Practice:

ATV Accidents

Defective Products

Exposures to Toxic Substances

Violations of Civil Damages

Dram Shop Acts

Wrongful Termination from a Job

Fraud

Breach of Contract

Bad Faith / Denial of an Insurance Claim

Medical Malpractice

Motor Vehicle Accidents -- Plaintiff

Nursing Home

Personal Injury -- Plaintiff

Products Liability Law

Toxic Torts

Workers' Compensation Law

Aviation

Nursing Home Abuse and Neglect

Litigation Percentage:

100% of Practice Devoted to Litigation

Bar Admissions:

Alabama, 1981

U.S. District Court Middle District of Alabama

U.S. District Court Northern District of Alabama

U.S. District Court Southern District of Alabama

Supreme Court of Alabama

U.S. Court of Appeals 7th Circuit

U.S. Court of Appeals 11th Circuit

Education:

Cumberland School of Law, Samford University, Birmingham, Alabama, 1981
J.D., Doctor of Jurisprudence

Samford University, 1981
M.B.A., Master of Business Administration

University of Alabama, 1977
B.S.

Published Works:

Strategy & Tactics, Alabama Bar Institute for Continuing Legal Education, Seminar, September, 1988

Practical and Procedural Trial Aspects of Underinsured and Uninsured Motorist Coverage, Alabama Trial Lawyers Association, March, 1988

Recent Developments Concerning the "Willful Conduct" Exception in Co-Employee Cases, Cumberland School of Law, March, 1991

Medical Records and the Law, Alabama Trial Lawyers Association, August, 1991

Effective Voir Dire, Cumberland School of Law Seminar, December, 1991

Damages and "Tort Reform", Cumberland School of Law, December, 1994

Before the Case is Filed, Alabama Bar Institute for Continuing Legal Education, April, 1995

Assessing & Evaluating the Malpractice Case: The Plaintiff's View, Alabama Bar Institute for Continuing Legal Education, April, 1996

Before the Case is Filed, National Business Institute, Birmingham, Alabama, July, 1996

Arbitration: Ways Around the Wall Created by Allied Bruce Terminix, Cumberland School of Law, November, 1996

Arbitration: Ways Around the Wall Created by Allied Bruce Terminix Updated, Alabama Trial Lawyers Journal, Spring, 1997

Pretrial Motions & Discovery in Civil Damages Caes: Pretrial Motions & Paper Discovery, Birmingham Bar Association Continuing Legal Education, Birmingham, Alabama, October, 1999

Alabama Law-Zone of Danger, Alabama Trial Lawyers Mid Winder Conference, Birmingham, Alabama, January, 2001

Zone of Danger-Homeowners Beware

Damages-Plaintiff's Perspective, Alabama Trial Lawyers Journal, Summer, 2001

Professional Associations and Memberships:

Alabama Bar Institute for Continuing Legal Education, 1993 - 1996

Member: Planning Committee

Alabama State Bar

Member

Alabama Trial Lawyers Association, 1987 - Present

Member, (Board of Governors 1987-89); (Executive Committee 1989-2001)

Association of Trial Lawyers of America, 1981 - Present

Member

American Bar Association, 1981 - Present

Member

Birmingham Bar Association, 1981 - Present

Member

American Board of Trial Advocates (ABOTA), 2007
Member

Fraternities/Sororities:

Delta Theta Phi

Birth Information:

April 1, 1955, Gadsden, Alabama, United States of America