Carr Allison Wins Defense Verdict
Shareholder David L. McAlister and Associate Bain Hanning, from Carr Allison’s Birmingham (AL) office, successfully defended their client in a Jefferson County (AL) circuit court jury trial. The matter involved a premises liability claim, where the Plaintiff alleged to have sustained a slip-and-fall at a restaurant located in Birmingham. The […]
Lockett Named 2020 Best Lawyers “Lawyer of the Year” in Mobile
Just a couple of Carr Allison’s super heros hanging out in Washington, DC
Tom Oliver Receives O’Hagan Award from USLAW NETWORK
Thomas L. Oliver, II (Birmingham, AL) has been named the 2019 recipient of USLAW NETWORK’s O’Hagan Award. The award is named after Jim O’Hagan, a founding member of USLAW, and is given annually by the USLAW Chair to a USLAW member(s) who demonstrates outstanding service and commitment to the organization’s […]
New DOL Overtime Rule in Effect Jan 1, 2020
As expected, the United States Department of Labor (DOL) issued a final rule on September 24, 2019 regarding salaried employees and overtime pay. Effective January 1, 2020, employees who make less than $35,568 per year are eligible for overtime pay. Under the new rule, to be exempt from overtime pay […]
Adair to Speak at EPLI ExecuSummit
Shareholder Brett Adair (Birmingham, AL) will speak at the 15th Annual Employment Practices Liability Insurance (EPLI) ExecuSummit, which will be held in Uncasville, CT on September 24th and 25th. Brett will join a panel in a seminar titled “ Protected Activity Under the NLRA and the New NLRB Test for […]
Best Lawyers Recognizes 27 Carr Allison Attorneys
Carr Allison is excited to announce that 27 attorneys, across three states, have been selected for inclusion in The Best Lawyers in America® 2020 for excellence in their respective practice areas. In Alabama: · Birmingham office: o Brett Adair (Employment Law) o Russell Q. Allison (Insurance Law) o C. Steven Ball (Commercial Litigation) o Charles F. Carr (Personal […]
Carr Allison Attorneys Earn Defense Verdict in Federal Court
Carr Allison attorneys Katy Beth Carr (Florence, AL) and Brett Adair (Birmingham, AL) earned a defense verdict following a jury trial in the employment case of Spurling v. Total Computer Solutions in federal court in Decatur, Alabama. The Plaintiff claimed the Defendant owed substantial commission payments allegedly earned during employment […]
Carr Allison’s Darmer is Featured Speaker at AEI Event
Carr Allison Shareholder Angel A. Darmer (Birmingham, AL) spoke recently about product failure involving printed circuit boards during an Advanced Engineering Investigations (AEI) Corporation “Flashover Fridays” event in Littleton, Colorado. Angel focused her remarks on the legal implications of printed circuit board failures with regard to product liability claims and […]
Kirkpatrick to Speak on Opioid Crisis at 2019 WCI Conference
Shareholder Donald “Bo” Kirkpatrick, II (Birmingham, AL) is a featured speaker at the 74th Annual Workers’ Compensation Educational Conference on Monday, August 12th in Orlando FL. Bo’s presentation, “The Opium of the Working Masses: Understanding the Opioid Crisis and its Intersections with Workers’ Compensation Law” will survey the most common […]
