Toby D. Brown

Toby D. Brown

Mobile, AL recognized lawyers icon Recognized in Best Lawyers since 2011
Cunningham Bounds

12 Best Lawyers awards

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Awarded Practice Areas

Personal Injury Litigation - Plaintiffs Medical Malpractice Law - Plaintiffs
*Named the "Lawyer of the Year" in this practice area in the 2026 edition in Mobile.

Biography

Toby Brown is a tenacious litigator who has obtained numerous multi-million dollar verdicts and settlements for his clients over the course of his career. Unwavering in his commitment, Toby has earned national recognition as a top trial attorney and is known for his work in representing clients during some of the most traumatic and transformational times in their lives. For over thirty years, he has successfully handled a wide variety of cases including medical malpractice, consumer products defects, road design defects, industrial accidents, trucking and automobile accidents, admiralty and maritime law, environmental pollution, and fraud just to name a few. His diverse courtroom experience includes serving as lead and co-lead counsel on: a $108 million verdict against a chemical plant for illegally disposing of hazardous waste; a $40 million verdict against a major automobile manufacturer for the death of a 16-year-old girl for failure to recall a defective seatbelt buckle; and a $140 million verdict against a hospital and its outsourced medical transcription company for a woman’s death caused by a transcription error that led to a fatal medication dosage.

Toby's successes also include:

  • $10.25 million settlement for workplace injury;
  • $9 million class action settlement for fraud;
  • $8 million settlement for industrial accident case;
  • $7 million settlement for defective tire case;
  • $6.5 million settlement for client injured in head-on collision;
  • $5 million jury verdict for wrongful death for carbon monoxide poisoning;
  • $4 million jury verdict in medical malpractice case;
  • $2.75 million jury verdict for medical malpractice;
  • Numerous other verdicts and confidential settlements.

Born in Mobile, Alabama, Toby received his B.S. degree from the University of South Alabama, and his J.D. degree from the University of Alabama. Toby is an active member of the community, having served as a member of the Board of Directors of the Mobile Metropolitan YMCA and as Chairman of the Administrative Board, the Board of Trustees, and Stewardship for Spanish Fort United Methodist Church.

In addition to his involvement in the community, Toby has also been selected to numerous leadership positions in the legal profession including President of the Alabama Association for Justice and President of the Alabama Civil Justice Foundation.

Toby and his wife Shannon live in Daphne, Alabama. They have two daughters, Erin and Katie.

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Cunningham Bounds

12 Best Lawyers awards

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Overview

  • English

  • The University of Alabama, J.D., graduated 1990
  • University of South Alabama, B.S.

  • Mississippi, The Mississippi Bar, 2017
  • Alabama, Alabama State Bar Association, 1993

  • Alabama Association for Justice - Member / Past President
  • Alabama Civil Justice Foundation - Member / Past President
  • Alabama Civil Justice Foundation's "Pioneers for Justice." - Charter Member
  • American Bar Foundation - Fellow
  • Baldwin County Bar Association - Member
  • Mobile Bar Association - Member
  • Southern Trial Lawyers Association - Member

  • All state and federal courts in Alabama
  • All state and federal courts in Mississippi
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  • Mississippi, The Mississippi Bar, 2017
  • Alabama, Alabama State Bar Association, 1993
  • Alabama Association for Justice - Member / Past President
  • Alabama Civil Justice Foundation - Member / Past President
  • Alabama Civil Justice Foundation's "Pioneers for Justice." - Charter Member
  • American Bar Foundation - Fellow
  • Baldwin County Bar Association - Member
  • Mobile Bar Association - Member
  • Southern Trial Lawyers Association - Member
  • The University of Alabama, J.D., graduated 1990
  • University of South Alabama, B.S.
  • All state and federal courts in Alabama
  • All state and federal courts in Mississippi

Client Testimonials

Awards & Focus

Lawyer of the Year Badge - 2026 - Personal Injury Litigation - Plaintiffs Lawyer of the Year Badge - 2023 - Medical Malpractice Law - Plaintiffs Lawyer of the Year Badge - 2019 - Personal Injury Litigation - Plaintiffs
Named "Lawyer of the Year" by Best Lawyers® for:
  • Personal Injury Litigation - Plaintiffs, Mobile (2026)
  • Medical Malpractice Law - Plaintiffs, Mobile (2023)
  • Personal Injury Litigation - Plaintiffs, Mobile (2019)
Recognized in The Best Lawyers in America® 2026 for work in:
  • Medical Malpractice Law - Plaintiffs
  • Personal Injury Litigation - Plaintiffs
Additional Areas of Practice:
  • Product Liability Litigation - Plaintiffs
Awards:
  • Best Lawyers in America®, Listed (2011 - present)
  • National Board of Trial Advocacy, Certified Civil Trial Specialist (2000 – present)

  • International Society of Barristers, Fellow (2008 – present)

  • American College of Trial Lawyers, Fellow (2020 – present)

  • International Academy of Trial Lawyers, Fellow (2021 –present)

  • American Board of Trial Advocates, Member (2007 – present)

  • Benchmark Litigation, “Litigation Star” (2014 - 2023)

  • Lawdragon 500 Leading Plaintiff Consumer Lawyers (2021-present)

  • Super Lawyers, Listed as one of the Top Plaintiff Attorneys in Alabama / Mid-South Region (Top 5% of attorneys in Alabama recognized)

  • Benchmark Plaintiff, Listed
  • Martindale-Hubbell AV® Preeminent™ 5.0/5.0 Peer Rating

  • National Law Journal - Top 100 Jury Verdicts in America

    • Jury verdict in 2012 for $140 million in medical malpractice / wrongful death case
    • Jury verdict in 2011 for $40 million in product liability case
    • Jury verdict in 2007 for $108 million in landfill contamination case

Additional Information

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Case History

Cases
  • Juno v. Douglas A. Amare, M.D., et al. | Baldwin County, Alabama, Circuit Court | Case No. CV-2008-901100
Cunningham Bounds’ attorneys obtained a $140 million wrongful death verdict against Thomas Hospital and its outsourced medical transcription companies in this case involving outsourced medical transcription services. When Sharron Juno was discharged from Thomas Hospital in Fairhope, Alabama, her doctor at the hospital dictated a discharge summary in which he stated that Ms. Juno’s bedtime dosage of insulin was eight (8) units. The companies in India that transcribed this discharge summary recorded the bedtime dose as eighty (80) units, and delivered the transcription to the hospital. When Ms. Juno was admitted to a rehabilitation facility after falling at home and the hospital delivered the erroneous medication transcription to the rehabilitation facility, orders were given that incorrectly specified the eighty (80) units of insulin at bedtime. As a result, Ms. Juno was given the wrong insulin dosage causing her to suffer full cardiopulmonary arrest, and causing her to remain unconscious until her death.
  • Dirt Inc. v. ShawCor Ltd., et al. | Mobile County Circuit Court | Case No. CV-05-001523
Cunningham Bounds represented Dirt Inc., a construction and demolition waste landfill, in its allegations against ShawCor Ltd., Halliburton and others for misrepresenting the true nature of their disposed waste which was in fact, hazardous and toxic to the environment. The jury found that ShawCor Ltd. and others were liable and awarded Dirt Inc. $108 million.
  • Leytham v. Kia Motors of America | Mobile County, Alabama Circuit Court | Case No. CV-2006-002263
The attorneys of Cunningham Bounds achieved a $40 million dollar wrongful death verdict against Kia Motors of America, Inc., Kia Motors Corporation, and DBI/Celltrion. The case involved the A97 seatbelt buckle in model years 1995 through 2000 Kia Sephia and Sportage vehicles. These buckles were found to have a safety defect that caused them to be susceptible to “false latching” so that users think they are properly belted when in reality they are not. In this case, a 16-year-old driver lost control of her 1999 Kia Sephia and it crashed. During the accident her seatbelt buckle failed, she was ejected from the vehicle and died from her injuries.

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