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