Tommy was born in Birmingham, Alabama in 1949. He graduated from Auburn University in 1971 and Vanderbilt Law School in 1976. That same year, he was admitted to the Alabama State Bar and clerked for The Honorable Chief Judge Frank McFaddin of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Alabama. Tommy is a member of the Birmingham Bar Association and the litigation section of the American Bar Association. He is a member of the Trucking Industry Defense Association and the Alabama Defense Lawyers Association. Tommy is “AV” rated by Martindale-Hubbell and has extensive experience in insurance defense law, complex litigation, transportation law, among many other areas and has many years of trial experience in a variety of areas of the law in all Federal and State Courts in the State of Alabama. Tommy works hard to aggressively and comprehensively defend his clients, keeping them fully advised of the status of the matter in litigation, while, at the same time, effectively managing legal fees and expenses. Tommy’s ultimate goal, no matter the client, is to conclude all litigation efficiently and in a cost effective manner, monitoring all matters in litigation and conferring with each client on decisions concerning strategy, plan of action, and resolution.

Tommy has over thirty years experience in a broad range of litigation areas:

• Commercial Litigation
• Transportation Law
• Products Liability
• Wrongful Death Actions
• Personal Injury Actions
• Multi-Party Complex Litigation
• Environmental Law
• Toxic Torts
• Blasting Litigation
• Municipal Law
• Insurance Coverage Issues
• Construction Defect Law
• Trucking Litigation
• Bad Faith Cases
• Fire Loss Claims and Investigation