PERSONAL INJURY PLAINTIFF: GENERAL THROUGH SOCIAL SECURITY DISABILITY
SUPER LAW YERS / ALABAMA 2011
Leah Taylor has been trying lawsuits for over 25 years throughout
Alabama. She has always represented plaintiffs in personal
injury, wrongful death, products liability, medical malpractice,
fraud, and insurance bad faith cases. Leah has won numerous
million- and multimillion-dollar verdicts and settlements. She
received her Bachelor of Arts degree (magna cum laude) from
The University of Alabama and her Juris Doctorate degree from
The University of Alabama School of Law.
PERSONAL INJURY PLAIN TIFF: GENERAL
LEAH O. TAYLOR
TAYLOR & TAYLOR
2130 Highland Avenue South
Birmingham, AL 35205
Tel: 205-558-2800
Fax: 205-558-2860
lotaylor@taylorlawyers.com
www.taylorlawyers.com
DAVID MADISON
TIDMORE
WEAVER TIDMORE, LLC
300 Cahaba Park Circle
Suite 200
Birmingham, AL 35242
Tel: 205-980-6065
Fax: 205-980-6165
dtidmore@weavertidmorelaw.com
www.weavertidmorelaw.com
David Tidmore focuses his practice on wrongful death,
motor vehicle negligence, premises liability, product liability,
and employment law, specifically workplace injury, workers’
compensation, and retaliatory discharge. He is also co-author
of a book titled Personal Injury Law: An Overview for Alabama
Accident Victims which was published in 2010. Mr. Tidmore is
a member of the Alabama, Shelby County, and Birmingham
Bar Associations, the Alabama Association for Justice, and the
American Association for Justice.
PERSONAL INJURY PLAIN TIFF: GENERAL
For 37 years John has provided legal services primarily to
plaintiffs in east central Alabama. He has represented clients in
a wide variety of cases including medical negligence, personal
injury/wrongful death, fraud, and business disputes. His diverse
practice has also allowed him to represent clients in criminal,
domestic, real estate, and county governmental matters. John
graduated from The University of Alabama in 1974 and practices
in all state and federal courts. He also serves on the Executive
Committee of the Alabama Association for Justice. John’s son,
Clay, joined him in the Roanoke practice in 2007.
CRIMINAL DEFENSE
FAMILY LAW
PERSONAL INJURY PLAINTIFF: GENERAL
JOHN A. TINNEY
ATTORNEY AT LAW
739 Main Street
PO Box 1430
Roanoke, AL 36274
Tel: 334-863-8945
Fax: 334-863-7114
treadwel@teleclipse.net
ERNEST CORY
CORY, WATSON,
CROWDER & DEGARIS, PC
2131 Magnolia Avenue
Birmingham, AL 35205
Tel: 205-328-2200
Fax: 205-324-7896
ecory@cwcd.com
www.cwcd.com
Ernest Cory has practiced law for more than 27 years. Currently, his
practice is devoted to mass torts, class actions, pharmaceuticals,
defective medical devices, and tax shelter litigation. Mr. Cory has
been appointed to serve as class counsel, as lead counsel, and
on the management committees in many class actions and in
multidistrict litigation. He is AV-rated by Martindale-Hubbell.
Mr. Cory was voted one of Top 100 Attorneys in Birmingham in
a peer-review survey of Birmingham attorneys. He is a founding
shareholder of Cory, Watson, Crowder & DeGaris, the first
Alabama firm to establish a practice devoted to mass torts. The
firm has recovered more than $1 billion for its clients.
CLASS AC TION/MASS TORTS
PERSONAL INJURY PLAINTIFF: GENERAL
PERSONAL INJURY PLAIN TIFF: PRODUC TS
DENNIS R. WEAVER
WEAVER TIDMORE, LLC
300 Cahaba Park Circle
Suite 200
Birmingham, AL 35242
Tel: 205-980-6065
Fax: 205-980-6165
rweaver@weavertidmorelaw.com
www.weavertidmorelaw.com
Rusty Weaver focuses his practice on pharmaceutical drug
litigation, nursing home abuse, motor vehicle accidents, defective
products, and fraud. His litigation experience also includes cases
involving the violation of constitutionally protected rights by
municipal employees and claims against entities that negligently
design and construct road ways. In 2003, Mr. Weaver received the
Frank Carrington Champion of Civil Justice Award recognizing
extraordinary efforts in seeking civil justice for victims of crime.
In 2005, he was voted Best of the Bar for his work in the field
of crime victims’ rights by his fellow lawyers. Mr. Weaver is a
member of the Million Dollar Advocates Forum and is currently
licensed to practice law in the States of Alabama, Minnesota,
Mississippi, and West Virginia.
PERSONAL INJURY PLAINTIFF: GENERAL
PERSONAL INJURY PLAIN TIFF: PRODUC TS
ANNESLEY H. DEGARIS
CORY, WATSON,
CROWDER & DEGARIS, PC
2131 Magnolia Avenue
Birmingham, AL 35205
Tel: 205-328-2200
Fax: 205-324-7896
adegaris@cwcd.com
www.cwcd.com
Founding shareholder Annesley H. DeGaris has practiced law
in the public and private sectors for over 20 years. Practice
areas include environmental, medical device, pharmaceutical,
motor vehicle accident, and mass tort litigation. A writer and
frequent speaker, he serves as his firm’s lead counsel in several
pharmaceutical mass torts and has been appointed to plaintiffs’
steering committees in multidistrict litigations. Mr. DeGaris is
AV-rated by Martindale-Hubbell and holds an LL.M. from the
University of Melbourne, Australia and a J.D., magna cum laude,
from Cumberland School of Law. He has taught courses at
Emory University School of Law and The University of Alabama
at Birmingham and is currently a professor of Constitutional Law
at Birmingham School of Law.
ENVIRONMENTAL LI TIGATION
CLASS AC TION/MASS TORTS
PERSONAL INJURY PLAIN TIFF: PRODUC TS
GILBERT B. LADEN
GILBERT B. LADEN, P.C.
273 Azalea Road
Suite 2-412
Mobile, AL 36609
Tel: 251-343-4355
Fax: 251-343-4155
gil@ladenlaw.com
www.ladenlaw.com
Gil Laden’s law practice focuses on representing disabled
individuals who are seeking Social Security disability benefits.
He is certified as a Specialist in Social Security Disability Law by
the National Board of Social Security Disability Advocacy and
is AV-rated by Martindale-Hubbell. He is a Sustaining Member
of the National Organization of Social Security Claimants’
Representatives (NOSSCR). In his over 30 years of law practice,
he has represented clients at all levels of the administrative
process and in federal court. He has been a speaker at numerous
seminars at national and local levels in the area of Social Security
disability law.
SOCIAL SECURI T Y DISABILI T Y
R. BENJAMIN HOGAN III
HOGAN LAW OFFICE, P.C.
2017 Morris Avenue
Suite 300
Birmingham, AL 35203
Tel: 205-327-5235
Fax: 205-327-5237
ben@hoganlawoffice.com
www.hoganlawoffice.com
Ben Hogan has represented clients who have obtained
million-dollar jury verdicts in each of the past five decades, from
the 1970s to 2010s. Mr. Hogan’s commitment to justice through
civil litigation has also led to product liability appellate decisions
favorable to injured consumers in Alabama and Florida. His
expertise focuses on automotive crashworthiness, but includes
products liability, personal injury, and corporate fraud. He has
been Board Certified in Civil Trial Advocacy by the National Board
of Trial Advocacy for 25 years and is a past President of Southern
Trial Lawyers and past President of the Alabama Chapter of the
American Board of Trial Advocates. He is a former chairman of
the Environmental and Toxic Torts Section and was the first chair
of the AAJ (then ATLA) Product Liability Section.
BUSINESS LI TIGATION
PERSONAL INJURY PLAINTIFF: PRODUCTS
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