Sara Beth DeLisleShareholder

Primary Office

100 Vestavia Parkway
Birmingham, AL 35216

Phone

205.949.2904
205.822.2057 (fax)

Professional Profile

Sara Beth DeLisle is a shareholder in Carr Allison’s Birmingham (AL) office.  She is a trial attorney experienced in commercial and complex litigation and has litigated matters in areas of health care, products liability and transportation liability.  She is a member of Carr Allison’s accident response GO TEAM and has appeared in both state and federal courts. She is an active member of the Birmingham Bar Association.

Sara Beth earned her Juris Doctor from the University of Alabama School of Law where she served as vice president of the Bench & Bar Legal Honor Society, vice president of the Dorbin Society and ambassador for the law school.  She was a member of the Alabama Trial Advocacy Competition Team and a two-time recipient of the George “Peach” Taylor Award for Trial Advocacy Skills.  Prior to joining Carr Allison, she served as a law clerk for the Honorable Judge Robert S. Vance, Jr., a civil circuit judge in Birmingham.

Sara Beth earned her undergraduate degree with a major in political science and minor in French from Wake Forest University (NC), where she attended on a Division I volleyball scholarship.  After graduating from Wake Forest, she worked in Washington, D.C. and then in Madrid, Spain.

Outside of the office, Sara Beth enjoys international travel, spending time with her loved ones, nature and yoga.  She served on the board of the International Center, formerly known as the Birmingham International Center and the nation’s oldest cultural education organization.  Sara Beth is a member of the Society of International Business Fellows (SIBF) and serves as a recruiter for the 2019 SIBF Leadership Academy.

Practice Areas

Admitted to Practice

Alabama

US District Court, Northern District of Alabama

Education

BA, Wake Forest University (NC)

JD, University of Alabama School of Law

Affiliations

Alabama Defense Lawyers Association

American Bar Association

Birmingham Bar Association; Future Leaders Forum; Class of 2016, Young Lawyers Section, Executive Board Member (2013-2018), Vice President of Public Service (2016), Membership Committee

Birmingham International Center – The Global Arts, Business, and Education Institute; Young Professional Group Board Member (2010-2012), Young Professional Group Chairman (2013), Executive Board Member (2013-2018), Co-Chair of International Women’s Day: Spotlight on Colombia (2014)

Birmingham Museum of Art; Young Patron

Defense Research Institute

Society of International Business Fellows, Class of 2018; Leadership Academy Recruiter (2019), Academy Alumni Recruiter (2019), Executive Committee Member (2020), SIBF Secretary (2020), Executive Committee Member (2021), Legal Counsel (2021), Governance Committee Member (2021)

News Updates About Sara Beth DeLisle

DeLisle and Saunders Earn Summary Judgment

Sara Beth DeLisle and Anna Saunders of our Birmingham (AL) office earned a summary judgment in Madison County, Alabama. They represented a national home warranty company who had been sued by homeowners for negligence, gross negligence, wantonness, breach of contract, fraudulent misrepresentation and breach of the implied warranty of workmanship. […]

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DeLisle Elected to Serve on Board of Directors for BCFR

Shareholder Sara Beth DeLisle from our Birmingham (AL) office has recently been elected to serve on the Board of Directors for the Birmingham Committee on Foreign Relations.  The BCFR has been a leading international study group in Alabama since its inception in 1943. Congratulations!

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DeLisle and Saunders Obtains Dismissal

Sara Beth DeLisle and Anna Saunders of our Birmingham (AL) Office have recently gotten an order dismissing the Plaintiff’s entire case in federal court. After an altercation at the client’s trampoline park, the Plaintiff filed a lawsuit against them claiming negligent assault and battery, negligent hiring and negligent supervision. In […]

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Defense Win for Oliver, DeLisle and Saunders

Shareholders Tom Oliver and Sara Beth DeLisle and Associate Anna Saunders recently obtained partial summary judgment on behalf of a major transportation client in a lawsuit arising out of a motor vehicle accident involving a tractor-trailer and passenger vehicle in Calhoun County.  The plaintiff alleged she was injured due to […]

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Carr Allison Selects Six New Shareholders and Two New Counsel

Carr Allison is pleased to announce that Katy Beth Carr (Florence, AL), Sarah J. Cross and E. Glenn Smith, Jr. (Mobile, AL), Dixie Daimwood (Tallahassee, FL), and Angel A. Darmer and Sara Beth DeLisle (Birmingham, AL) have been named as Shareholders.  Carrie H. Bates (Birmingham, AL) and Pamela Springrose Hallford […]

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