Experience

Representing plaintiffs and defendants in civil and criminal cases; bench and jury trials

Appellate practice - Brief Writing/Oral Argument:

Federal Courts

Research &; Writing: Over 25 years of extensive legal research and brief writing experience.

United States District Court for the 11 the Circuit - Civil Appeals.

United States District Court for the Northern District of Alabama,

Southern Division - including appeal(s) of decisions of Office of

Hearings and Appeals on Disability/Supplemental Security Income cases

under the Social Security Act

United States District Court for the Middle District of Alabama

(federal question/diversity; state statutory issues)

State Courts: - Alabama Supreme Court (various civil appeals, writs of mandamus)

Alabama Court of Civil Appeals (various civil appeals)

Alabama’s County Courts; various Virginia and Maryland County

Courts and Washington, D.C. Courts, pro hac vice (wide varies of cases,

including civil and criminal cases/bench and jury trials)

Administrative Law Experience:

Department of Health& Human Services: Social Security Administration - Hearings before Administrative Law Judges over span of 20 years representing clients in Disability and Supplemental Security Income denials/appeals in various Offices of Hearings and Appeals throughout state of Alabama; further appeals to Office of Disability Adjudication & Review and federal lawsuits in United States District Court.

Department of Homeland Security - U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services

(USCIS) - Representing and assisting clients in immigration petitions and hearings before Immigration Judges in Falls Church, Virginia;

immigration matters include: asylum, K-1 Visa, adjustment of status (green card petition).

Other Legal Experience:

Complex litigation/injunctions/declaratory judgments; Chapter 7 and 13 bankruptcy filings for individuals and companies, adversary proceedings - to determine dischargeability of debts under the Bankruptcy Code; 

Personal injury (automobile accidents) and property tort

Legal malpractice (defended employer’s law firm - $30 million case dismissed -won) 

Medical malpractice; constitutional issues; Title VII/discrimination cases/employment law; consumer/commercial and contract law; criminal cases - various traffic issues, misdemeanors, felonies)

Case mediation and arbitration