Experience

Prior Law Practice

  • Armbrecht Jackson Law Firm—June 1976 to March 31, 2005
  • Brady Radcliff & Brown Law Firm —April 2005 to January 31, 2022

Professional Organizations and Associations

  • Maritime Law Association of the United States, serving on the Board of Directors and the Arrangements Committee
  • Southeastern Admiralty Law Institute
  • General Mediator Certification from Tulane University, 2004
  • Federal Panel of Neutrals (Approved Mediator)
  • Alabama State Bar
  • Mobile Bar Association

Publication and Seminar Speeches

  • “Act of God in a Maritime Context” Southeastern Admiralty Law Institute (2006)
  • “Damages available in Personal Injury Claims after Miles, Yamaha and Amtrak,” 23 Tulane Maritime Law Journal 383 (Spring 1999)
  • “Nuke the Expert (Daubert)” Southeastern Admiralty Law Institute (1998)

Representative Cases

  • Ex Parte Abbott Industries, __So.3d__(Ala) 2021 WL 2176897.
  • In re Cooper Marine & Timberlands Corporation, Not Reported in F.Supp.2d, 2020 WL 5441910.
  • Murray v. Holiday Isle, Not Reported in F.Supp.2d, 2009 WL 3634099.
  • In re Amtrak “Sunset Limited” Train Crash in Bayou Canot, Ala. on September 22, 1993, 136 F.Supp.2d 1251, S.D. Ala., 2001, March 21, 2001.
  • In re Amtrak “Sunset Limited” Train Crash in Bayou Canot, Ala. on September 22, 1993, 121 F.3d 1421, 11th Cir. (Ala.), September 11, 1997.
  • Warrior & Gulf Navigation Co. v. U.S., 864 F.2d 1550, 11th Cir. (Ala.) February 6, 1989.
  • McClow v. Warrior & Gulf Navigation Co., 842 F.2d 1250, 11th Cir. (Ala.), April 19, 1988.
  • Drake Towing Co., v. Meisner Marine Construction Co., 765 F.2d 1060, 11th Cir. (Ala.), July 16, 1985.
  • Complaint of Joint Adventure, Inc., 1989 WL 201244, S.D.Ala., October 11, 1989.
  • Naviera Despina, Inc. v. Cooper Shipping Co., Inc., 676 F.Supp. 1134 S.D.Ala., April 3, 1987.
  • Dunavant Enterprises, Inc. v. Strachan Shipping Co., 730 F.2d 665, 11th Cir., (Ala.), April 23, 1984.
  • In the Matter of Complaint of Warrior & Gulf Navigation Co., Not Reported in F.Supp., 1997 A.M.C. 1432, S.D.Ala., November 13, 1996.
  • Warrior Tombigbee Transp. Col, Inc. v. 5,775.674 Net Tons of Coal, 570 F.Supp. 1405, S.D.Ala., September 16, 1983.
  • Matter of Italmar S.p.A., 541 F.Supp. 966, March 10, 1982.
  • Rayon Y Celanese Peruana, S.A. v. M/V Phgh, 471 F.Supp. 1363, S.D.Ala., June 13, 1979.
  • Benniefield v. Valley Barge Lines, 472 F.Supp. 314, S.D.Ala., May 17, 1979.
  • Clark v. Floyd, 514 So.2d 1309 ( Ala. 1987).

Representative Clients

  • AGCS Marine Insurance Company
  • Allianz Global Corporate & Specialty
  • American Interstate Insurance Co.
  • American National Property and Casualty Company
  • Cooper Marine & Timberlands Corp.
  • Cooper/T. Smith Stevedoring Company, Inc.
  • Crescent Towing Company
  • Fireman's Fund McGee Marine Underwriters
  • Gray Insurance Company
  • Grupo Nacional Provincial, SA
  • Gulf Coast Marine, LLC
  • International Marine Underwriters
  • National Security Fire & Casualty Insurance Co.
  • Pro-Mar Insurance Underwriters, Inc.
  • Steamship Insurance Management Services, Ltd