Best Lawyers Near You in Vestavia Hills, Alabama for Product Liability Litigation - Defendants
Mike Vercher is a partner and former chair of Christian & Small’s Insurance and Financial Services Practice Group. For over 20 years, he has represented insurance companies and their insureds in litigation and coverage disputes. Mike also routinely represents businesses in complex mass tort, workplace exposure, construction, transportation, product liability, premises liability, breach of contract and fraud litigation. He has tried cases as lead counsel in seven different Alabama co...
Rudy is a partner in the firm’s Litigation and Intellectual Property Practice Groups. In his litigation practice, Rudy handles matters at both trial and appellate levels. At the trial level, he has first-chaired jury trials in both federal and state courts. Rudy has also briefed and presented oral arguments in both state and federal appellate courts.
Maggie C. Key is a top attorney recognized by Best Lawyers in the practice area(s) of Commercial Litigation, Insurance Law, Litigation - Construction, Personal Injury Litigation - Defendants, Product Liability Litigation - Defendants and Transportation Law. Maggie C., who practices law in Birmingham, Alabama, has been recognized since 2024. This recognition is based on an exhaustive peer-review survey, reflecting the high esteem in which Maggie C. is held by other top lawyers in the same geog...
Carmen Weite litigates a wide array of civil and commercial disputes — including business torts, breach of contract, product liability, restrictive covenant agreements, trademark infringement, and trade secret misappropriation — in state and federal courts throughout the Southeast. Carmen helps clients navigate virtually all stages of litigation, from pre-suit through appeal. She has particular experience with written and document discovery, and taking depositions, as well as draf...
As a member of Butler Snow’s Products, Catastrophic and Industrial Litigation and Appellate practice groups, Xan focuses her practice on defending product manufacturers in complex litigation and mass tort cases. Xan’s experience spans every stage of a case, from initial investigations to final resolution. Xan has prevailed in bench and jury trials in state and federal courts, completed numerous arbitrations, handled appellate briefing on interlocutory and final appeals and mandamu...
Riley McDaniel concentrates his practice on high-stakes and appellate litigation throughout the federal and state court systems. He has experience at all stages of litigation in cases that vary in size from single-party disputes to mass-action litigation. Riley regularly assists clients with legal strategy, motion practice, and appeals. He has assisted with appeals at the U.S. Courts of Appeals for the Seventh, Ninth, and Eleventh circuits and in appellate courts in Alabama and Wisconsin. He ...
Chadwick Lamar began his legal career as a law clerk for the Hon. Corey L. Maze of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Alabama (2021–2022) and for the Hon. Leslie H. Southwick of the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit (2020–2021). Now an advocate, Chadwick draws from his litigation experience and humble roots to protect clients’ most sensitive and nationally important interests at all stages of litigation. He regularly handles appe...
Emily Walters is a top attorney recognized by Best Lawyers in the practice area(s) of Commercial Litigation, Personal Injury Litigation - Defendants and Product Liability Litigation - Defendants. Emily, who practices law in Birmingham, Alabama, has been recognized since 2022. This recognition is based on an exhaustive peer-review survey, reflecting the high esteem in which Emily is held by other top lawyers in the same geographic and legal practice area.
Wilson Landers is a top attorney recognized by Best Lawyers in the practice area(s) of Commercial Litigation, Insurance Law, Litigation - Construction, Personal Injury Litigation - Defendants, Product Liability Litigation - Defendants and Transportation Law. Wilson, who practices law in Birmingham, Alabama, has been recognized since 2024. This recognition is based on an exhaustive peer-review survey, reflecting the high esteem in which Wilson is held by other top lawyers in the same geographi...
Trey Perdue is a senior managing associate in Dentons Sirote's Litigation group in Birmingham, Alabama, where he has a diverse general litigation practice handling matters in complex commercial, product liability, construction, aviation and transportation litigation. Trey has substantial experience representing clients in both state and federal courts throughout Alabama, including managing all phases of litigation from pre-suit strategy and discovery through trial and appeals. Trey has succes...
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