Best Lawyers Recognizes 23 Carr Allison Attorneys

Carr Allison is excited to announce that 23 attorneys have been selected for inclusion in The Best Lawyers in America©  2018 for their excellence in practice areas that include:  Appellate, Commercial Litigation, Insurance Law, Construction Litigation, Personal Injury Litigation, Product Liability, Medical Malpractice, Labor and Employment, and Workers’ Compensation.

Included from our Birmingham (AL) office are:  Brett Adair (Employment Law), Russell Q. Allison (Insurance Law), C. Steven Ball (Commercial Litigation),  Charles F. Carr (Personal Injury Litigation and Workers’ Compensation), Joseph H. Driver (Appellate Practice and Workers’ Compensation), Glenn E. Ireland (Insurance Law), Elizabeth J. Kanter (Labor and Employment and Personal Injury Litigation), Donald B. Kirkpatrick, II (Workers’ Compensation), David L. McAlister (Insurance Law, Personal Injury Litigation and Workers’ Compensation), Thomas L. Oliver, II (Workers’ Compensation), Thomas S. Thornton, III (Workers’ Compensation), and Jeremy N. Trousdale (Insurance Law and Workers’ Compensation).  In the firm’s Mobile office D. Gregory Dunagan (Workers’ Compensation), Tara W. Lockett (Workers’ Compensation), Vincent A. Noletto (Construction Litigation), William H. Sisson (Workers’ Compensation, Personal Injury Litigation and Insurance Law) and Judson W. Wells, Sr. (Labor and Employment and Workers’ Compensation) were recognized along with Ryan G. Brake (Insurance and Employment Law) and David K. Howard (Personal Injury Litigation and Products Liability Litigation) from the Florence (AL) office.

Christopher Barkas (Personal Injury Litigation), Douglas P. Jones (Medical Malpractice Law) and William B. Graham (Commercial Litigation and Insurance Law) from the Tallahassee (FL) office were recognized as well as Thomas L. Carpenter (Insurance Law) from the Gulfport (MS) office.

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Thornton Elected to the USLAW Board of Directors

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Alison H. Sausaman and Katie L. Iturra of our Jacksonville (FL) office secured a complete defense victory on behalf of a national auto parts retailer in a federal slip-and-fall lawsuit. The plaintiff alleged that rainwater tracked into the store caused a fall that resulted in cervical fusion surgery and was […]


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