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Carr Allison Welcomes New Associate
Carr Allison is pleased to announce that LaTara D. Johnson has joined the Birmingham office as an associate. Johnson will practice in the firm's litigation practice group. In May of this year, she graduated from Samford University's Cumberland School of Law where she was on the Dean's List. In law school, Johnson was selected as a Caruthers Teaching Fellow, was a Who's Who Among Students 2008 Inductee, and received a Scholar of Merit award. In addition, she served as her Senior Class Secretary, was a member of the Black Law Student Association, and was a quarter finalist in the Donworth Moot Court Competition. Johnson was a member of Women in Law and served as a justice in the Phi Alpha Delta Legal Fraternity. Prior to law school, she received her B.A. in Political Science from the University of North Carolina. Johnson was a member of Gamma Sigma Alpha National Honor Society, Order of Omega and Theta Nu Xi Multicultural Sorority.
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Kathy Davis Named Chair of Construction Defect SLG
Kathy Davis, a shareholder in Carr Allison's Birmingham office, was recently named Chairman of DRI's Construction Defect SLG. Davis is the Chair of Carr Allison's Construction Law Group. She is an active member of DRI and speaks frequently on Construction Law issues.
The Construction Defect SLG is designed to involve all legal professionals who represent owners, real estate developers, suppliers, general contractors, construction managers, and subcontractors in defending construction defect and other construction-related industry cases. For more information, please visit The Critical Path.
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Carr Allison Welcomes New Associates to Birmingham Office
Carr Allison is pleased to welcome Ben Barron, Andrew Stanley and Jared Wood to the Birmingham office as associates.
Ben Barron has joined the firm's litigation practice group. He graduated from Samford University's Cumberland School of Law in May 2008, where he was on the Dean's list and a Scholar of Merit award recipient. During law school, Barron was a member of the Phi Alpha Delta Legal Fraternity. Prior to law school, he graduated from Auburn University, summa cum laude, in May 2004. While at Auburn, Barron made the National Dean's List and received both the Phi Eta Sigma Freshman Scholastic Honorary and the Pi Sigma Alpha Political Science Honorary. He was a member of the National Society of Collegiate Scholars and the Golden Key International Honor Society.
Andrew Stanley is practicing in Carr Allison's litigation practice group. In May of this year, Stanley graduated from Samford University's Cumberland School of Law, where he was on the Dean's List as well as active in the Street Law Program. At Cumberland, he was a member of the Henry Upson Sims Moot Court Executive Board and the Phi Alpha Delta Professional Law Fraternity. Stanley was a finalist in the Saad Moot Court Competition and a semifinalist in the Shores Moot Court Competition and the Fall 2006 Negotiation Competition. Prior to attending law school, Stanley graduated with a B.S. in Business Administration from Auburn University. While in college, he served as Recording Secretary of the Sigma Nu Fraternity.
Jared Wood practices in the firm's litigation practice group. He received his J.D. from Samford University's Cumberland School of Law in May 2008, where he was on the Dean's List. Before attending law school, Wood graduated magna cum laude from Auburn University in December 2004. While in college, he was on both the Liberal Arts Dean's List and the National Dean's List. He received the Pi Sigma Alpha Political Science Honorary, the Pi Lambda Sigma Pre-Law Honorary and the Tau Sigma Transfer Students Honorary. He served as the Project Coordinator to IMPACT Service/Outreach Organization and volunteered weekly at the Opelika Boys and Girls Club.
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Carr Allison Attorneys Obtain Defense Verdict in Landlord Negligence Case
Carr Allison lawyers Hal Mardenborough and Ellen Pappas obtained a defense verdict in a landlord negligence case on September 4,2008 after a three day jury trial. The case involved a claim by a tenant's guest after she was injured when a fire occurred on the stove, causing her to fall. The plaintiff suffered a partial thickness tear to her rotator cuff, and later developed a frozen shoulder. The defense position was that the fire was caused by a spontaneous failure of the stove element, and the defendant had no notice of any problem with the stove. Plaintiff claimed the stove and prior problems and the tenants had warned the landlord. The jury found the landlord was not negligent. The defense verdict will entitle the defendant's insurer to recover attorney's fees because there was an expired $1000 Proposal for Settlement.
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Russ Allison Appointed Vice Chair by FDCC
Russ Allison, a shareholder in Carr Allison's Birmingham, Alabama office, was named Vice Chairman of the Federation of Defense and Corporate Counsel's Reinsurance, Excess and Surplus Lines Section. Mr. Allison is a member of the Defense Research Institute as well as the Alabama Defense Lawyers Association. He is a graduate of Cumberland School of Law in Birmingham, Alabama, and currently serves on the Law School Advisory Board at the university.
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