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Email: DAT@hfsllp.com
Phone: 205.251.1193
Fax: 205.251.1256



Education:
Alan Thomas received his Undergraduate Degree from Auburn University and his Juris Doctorate from Cumberland School of Law at Samford University.

Practice Areas:
He is a partner who specializes in the defense of automotive product liability actions in local and regional state and federal courts. He is admitted to practice in the state courts in Alabama; the Northern, Middle and Southern Districts of Alabama; the Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals; and the United States Supreme Court. He is also engaged in defending actions involving other types of product liability and complex litigation. Alan is a frequent speaker in the product liability arena and serves as lead trial counsel and coordinating counsel throughout the southeast and on a national basis.

Professional Profile:
Alan is a member of the Birmingham Bar Association, Alabama State Bar Association, and the American Bar Association. Additionally, he is a member of the Alabama Defense Lawyers Association, Defense Research Institute, International Association of Defense Counsel, Product Liability Advisory Council, Society of Automotive Engineers, Association for the Advancement of Automotive Medicine, Business Council of Alabama and is a Fellow with the Litigation Counsel of America. He is author of “Products Liability and Contributory Negligence in the Wake of Williams v. Delta International Machinery Corp.”, published in The Alabama Lawyer, Vol. 54, No. 4 (1993), “Products Liability - Warning to Prescribing Physician Regarding Unavoidably Unsafe Drug Held Adequate Under A.E.M.L.D.”, 15:2 Cumb. L. Rev. 541 (1985), co-authored "The Application of Seat Belt Laws in Automotive Trials", DRI, and has been quoted in Litigators On Experts, Strategies for Managing Expert Witnesses from Retention through Trial. Alan is also listed in "The Best Lawyers in America" (2001-Present); "Birmingham's Top Attorneys", Birmingham Magazine; "Top Attorneys in Alabama", Birmingham Magazine; "Alabama Litigation Star", Benchmark Litigation; and in the recently published Alabama Super Lawyers.
 
       
 

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Huie, Fernambucq & Stewart LLP, 2801 Highway 280 South, Suite 200, Birmingham, Alabama 35223-2484
Phone: 205.251.1193 - Fax: 205.251.1256