Marc James Ayers
Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP
Recognized since 2013
Birmingham, Alabama
Practice Areas
Appellate Practice
Marc James Ayers is a member of Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP's Appellate Litigation Group. He represents individual, corporate and governmental clients before state and federal appellate and trial courts. Marc is listed in Best Lawyers in Americain the field of Appellate Law, and has handled numerous appeals in the U.S. Courts of Appeals, the Alabama Supreme Court, the Alabama Court of Civil Appeals, and other state appellate courts. He has also represented clients on petitions for certiorari and amicus curiae briefs to the U.S. Supreme Court. From 2008-2010, Marc served as Chair of the Appellate Practice Section of the Alabama State Bar. Marc currently serves as General Counsel to the Alabama Senate Republican Caucus.
Marc clerked for Alabama Supreme Court Associate Justice J. Gorman Houston, Jr. (1998-99), and later served as Justice Houston’s senior staff attorney (2001-2004). Between those positions, Marc was in private practice, specializing in appellate litigation and constitutional and administrative law. During that time, he also taught as an adjunct professor of law, teaching First Amendment Law, Administrative Law, Public Interest Law, and legal writing/appellate advocacy.
Marc received a B.A. from Florida State University (Philosophy, 1993), and later undertook graduate studies in theology and apologetics at Reformed Theological Seminary. He received his J.D. from Cumberland School of Law at Samford University (1998), where he was the Research and Writing Editor for the American Journal of Trial Advocacy.
Marc is frequently invited to lecture on Alabama appellate practice, and is the author of several articles on that subject, among others. Recently, the Justices of the Alabama Supreme Court recommended his article on certiorari practice to the entire Alabama Bar. Marc is also a member of the Amicus Curiae Committee of the Alabama Defense Lawyers Association.
Marc clerked for Alabama Supreme Court Associate Justice J. Gorman Houston, Jr. (1998-99), and later served as Justice Houston’s senior staff attorney (2001-2004). Between those positions, Marc was in private practice, specializing in appellate litigation and constitutional and administrative law. During that time, he also taught as an adjunct professor of law, teaching First Amendment Law, Administrative Law, Public Interest Law, and legal writing/appellate advocacy.
Marc received a B.A. from Florida State University (Philosophy, 1993), and later undertook graduate studies in theology and apologetics at Reformed Theological Seminary. He received his J.D. from Cumberland School of Law at Samford University (1998), where he was the Research and Writing Editor for the American Journal of Trial Advocacy.
Marc is frequently invited to lecture on Alabama appellate practice, and is the author of several articles on that subject, among others. Recently, the Justices of the Alabama Supreme Court recommended his article on certiorari practice to the entire Alabama Bar. Marc is also a member of the Amicus Curiae Committee of the Alabama Defense Lawyers Association.
Contact & Links
- Lawyer Page: https://www.bradley.com/people/a/ayers-marc-james
Location
- One Federal Place
1819 Fifth Avenue North
Birmingham, AL 35203
Education
- Samford University, J.D., graduated 1998
Bar Admissions
- Florida, The Florida Bar
- Alabama, Alabama State Bar Association
Affiliations
- Alabama Defense Lawyers Association - Member
- Alabama State Bar Association - Member
- Birmingham Urban League Young Professionals - Member
- Defense Research Institute - Member
- Florida State Bar Association - Member
- Republican National Lawyers Association - Member
- St. Thomas More Society - Member
- The Federalist Society, Leadership, Federalist Society State Court Project - Member
State Clerkships
- Alabama - Supreme Court
Headquarters:
Birmingham, Alabama
297 The Best Lawyers in America® awards
95 Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch® in America awards
Recognized in The Best Lawyers in America® 2025 for work in:
- Appellate Practice
Awards:
- Alumnus, Alabama State Bar Leadership Forum (2011)
- Listed in Birmingham Magazine “Top Attorneys 2014,” Appellate
- Listed in Alabama Super Lawyers, Rising Star in Appellate Law, General Litigation, 2011
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