Hal is well-versed in Alabama’s sometimes arcane local rules of trial practice, both written and unwritten. Having practiced in his family’s firm for over 16 years in the small town of Andalusia, Alabama before coming to Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP, Hal is as at home in the rural courthouses around the state as he is in those in the cities.
Representative Experience
  • General Experience
    • Dram Shop Litigation
      Jury verdict for a private club charged with the wrongful death of one of its employees.

      Insurance Litigation
      Jury verdict for a life insurance company accused of breach of contract by the widow of one of its policyholders.

      Employment Litigation
      Exoneration of a coal mine operator charged with wrongful termination by one of its employees allegedly injured in an explosion of one of its mines.

      Medical Malpractice Litigation
      Jury verdicts in favor of two surgeons in three separate cases where the surgeons were charged with wrongful death in connection with failed gastric bypass surgeries.

      Medical Malpractice Litigation
      Jury verdict in favor of a surgeon accused of performing unnecessary surgery upon a patient with chronic pain, and then purposefully killing the patient to cover up his negligence.

      Medical Malpractice Litigation
      Jury verdict in favor of a dentist charged with negligently performing oral surgery on his patient while addicted to narcotics.

      Medical Malpractice Litigation
      Jury verdict in favor of a gynecologist charged with performing a hysterectomy on his patient without her consent.

      Nursing Home Litigation
      Summary judgment for a nursing home charged with neglect/abuse of a resident.

      Medical Malpractice Litigation
      Summary judgment for a psychiatrist charged with negligently releasing a patient from his care who subsequently committed suicide.