Michael T. Sansbury

Michael T. Sansbury


Spotswood Sansom & Sansbury LLC

Recognized since 2014

Birmingham, Alabama

Practice Areas

Appellate Practice

Commercial Litigation

Litigation - Insurance

Litigation - Labor and Employment

Lawyer of the Year Badge - 2023 - Litigation - Insurance
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Michael Sansbury has represented clients in trial and appellate courts across the United States. He has argued in courts ranging from Oregon Circuit Court to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit. He has examined countless witnesses—from the president of a multi-national corporation in Minneapolis, Minnesota, to a newspaper publisher from Auburn, Alabama—and has tried issues in state and federal courts in Alabama.

Always thinking of the long-term impact, Sansbury specializes in developing big-picture solutions to large-scale problems. For instance, on behalf of a Fortune 100 company, he has helped to design and execute national litigation strategies to minimize the risk of particular theories of liability in class-action and wage-and-hour cases.

In Alabama, Sansbury has been involved in numerous high-profile cases, including litigation involving one of the largest corporate frauds in history, the Jefferson County sewer debt crisis, and electronic bingo. In 2012, he was part of a trial team that secured a $64 million jury verdict in a case involving anticompetitive conduct. The National Law Journal recognized that verdict as the 38th largest verdict in the United States for 2012.

Martindale-Hubbell has awarded Sansbury an AV rating, its highest rating. Best Lawyers Magazine listed Sansbury among the Best Lawyers in the field of Commercial Litigation in 2013. From 2010 through 2012, Alabama Super Lawyers magazine designated Sansbury as a "Rising Star,” a designation awarded to no more than 2.5% of the lawyers statewide. In 2013, Alabama Super Lawyers recognized Sansbury as a Super Lawyer in the field of business litigation. Benchmark Litigation recognized Sansbury as a Future Star from 2011-2013, and Benchmark Appellate designated Sansbury as an Eleventh Circuit Litigation Star in 2013.

Location
  • Financial Center
    505 20th Street North, Suite 700
    Birmingham, AL 35203
Languages
  • English
Education
  • Yale University, JD, graduated 2001
  • Sewanee-The University of the South, BA, graduated 1998
Bar Admissions
  • Alabama, Alabama State Bar Association
  • Georgia, State Bar of Georgia
Federal Clerkships
  • United States Court of Appeals

Lawyer of the Year Badge - 2023 - Litigation - Insurance
Named "Lawyer of the Year" by Best Lawyers® for:
  • Litigation - Insurance, Birmingham (2023)
Recognized in The Best Lawyers in America® 2024 for work in:
  • Appellate Practice
  • Commercial Litigation
  • Litigation - Insurance
  • Litigation - Labor and Employment
Additional Areas of Practice:
  • Litigation - Intellectual Property
  • Professional Malpractice Law - Plaintiffs

Publications

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