F. M. "Tripp" Haston III

Tripp Haston chairs Bradley’s Life Sciences Litigation team and represents a broad spectrum of clients on regional, national, and international engagements.

Tripp has been recognized nationally and internationally for his life sciences and products liability practice in numerous leading legal directories, including The Best Lawyers in America®, Chambers USA (nationally ranked for the last 10 years), Benchmark Litigation, and International Who’s Who Legal: Product Liability Defence. Tripp has served numerous clients as national trial and coordinating counsel and as a national team member in individual actions, as well as in mass tort and multidistrict litigation. His experience has involved matters throughout the United States, as well as matters in Canada, Europe, Asia, and South America.

Tripp is also active in the leadership of several legal and civil justice organizations. He is the past president of the International Association of Defense Counsel, an invitation-only, peer-reviewed organization of approximately 2,500 attorneys from more than 50 countries around the world. He has served as a member of DRI’s Board of Directors, the nation’s largest organization of defense counsel, as well as on the Board of Directors of Lawyers for Civil Justice, an organization comprised of leading corporate counsel and defense bar practitioners dedicated to promoting fairness in the U.S. civil justice system. He is the past chair of the Alabama State Bar’s Leadership Forum and the past president of the Young Lawyers Section of the Birmingham Bar Association. In addition, he is active in service to his alma mater, Auburn University, as a member of the Melton Scholars Advisory Board and as an adjunct professor. He also serves the United Way of Central Alabama and has served as an officer and board member of his community’s charitable foundation for its public schools.