CASES:

Domestic / Family Law

 

Ex Parte Smith, 429 So.2d 1050 (Ala. 1983)

On appeal in the Supreme Court of Alabama, the firm was successful in obtaining a reversal of the trial court's judgment for its client in a case involving modification of a divorce decree resulting from a dispute over real property.

 

Buckhalter v. Ala. Dept. of Pensions & Sec., 484 So.2d 1119 (Ala.Civ.App. 1986)

In the Court of Civil Appeals, the firm was successful in obtaining a reversal of judgment in a case involving termination of parental rights.

 

Ex Parte Beckham, 643 So.2d 1373 (Ala. 1994)

In the Supreme Court of Alabama, the firm was successful in obtaining a reversal of judgment of the Court of Civil Appeals for its client in a case involving child custody.

 

B.R.O. v. G.C.O., 646 So.2d 126 (Ala. 1994)

In the Court of Civil Appeals, the firm was successful in defending an appeal against its client in a case involving a grandmother's petition for an award of visitation with her grandchildren.

 

McMillian v. State of Alabama, 2010 Ala. Crim. App. LEXIS 4

McMillan was an appeal of a conviction of domestic violence first degree. In order to sustain a conviction of domestic violence first degree the State of Alabama was required to prove that the injuries resulted from an assault with a deadly weapon. The Defendant had allegedly bitten his spouse’s eye out of its socket. As no weapon was utilized in the assault, the only “weapon” was the defendant’s teeth, a body part. As the term “deadly weapon” has been defined to exclude a body part, the Supreme Court vacated the conviction.

 

Woodward v. Nor-Am Chem. Chem. Co., 1996 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 7372;

In the United States District Court for the Southern District of Alabama, the firm successfully obtained a class action Settlement on behalf of its client in a case involving occupational exposure to agricultural pesticides.

 

Johnson v. Norwest Financial Alabama, 1996 U.S. U.S. Dist. LEXIS 22319;

In US District Court, the firm was successful in upholding its client's original verdict in a class action settlement involving life insurance.

 

Middleton, et al. v. Alredge, et. al, 2008 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 77352 (S.D. Miss.);

In the United States District Court for the Southern District of Mississippi, the firm successfully defended its client's interests against plaintiff's Motion for Class Certification in a case involving settlement against a diet drug manufacturer.