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22 Inverness Center Parkway Suite 600
Birmingham, AL 35242

(205) 949-3713 (direct)
(205) 980-5001 (fax)
wdm@phm-law.com

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William Dudley Motlow, Jr.

Profile:

  • Practice Devoted to Defense Litigation
  • Rated AV Preeminent by Martindale Hubbell

Practice Areas:

  • Appeals and Briefs
  • Automobile
  • Class Action Defense
  • Construction Defect Litigation
  • Employment Law
  • Environmental Law
  • Governmental Entity Liability and Trucking Law
  • Insurance Defense Litigation
  • Legal Malpractice
  • Medical Malpractice
  • Premises Liability
  • Products Liability
  • Professional Liability

Education:

  • University of Alabama in Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama - B.S. Business Management
  • Cumberland School of Law, Samford Univeristy, Birmingham, Alabama - 1980, J.D. Cum Laude

Bar Admissions:

-State-

  • Supreme Court of Alabama, 1980

-Federal-

  • U.S. District Court - Northern District of Alabama, 1981
  • U.S. District Court - Middle District of Alabama, 1980
  • U.S. District Court - Southern District of Alabama, 1980
  • U.S. Court of Appeals - 11th Circuit, 1981

Published Works

  • The Constitutionality of Punitive Damages and the Present Role of Common Law Malice in the Modern Law of Libel and Slander, initially published in Cumberland Law Review, Vol 10 Number 2 (Fall 1979); (portions still published in the law school textbook, Sebert, Robertson, Thompson and Gross: Remedies: Damages, Equity, and Restitution)
  • Also published in PEAL - Publishing Entertainment Allied Fields Law Quarterly

Honors - Awards - Community Involvement

  • University of Alabama in Birmingham - Dean's List
  • Cumberland School of Law - Dean's List, Cumberland Law Review - Associate Editor, Trial Advocacy Board
  • AV Rating
  • Alabama Defense Lawyers Association (ADLA) - President (2014-2015); President Elect (2013); Board of Directors (2005-2008; 2009-present); Vice President (2005)
  • Real Island Volunteer Fire Dept - Legal Advisor and Board Member

Professional Associations and Memberships:

  • Elected to the 2016 Fellows Class by Birmingham Bar Foundation
  • Recognized in Alabama Super Lawyer's Magazine
  • Top Attorney in Alabama as published in Business Alabama
  • Alabama Defense Lawyers Association (ADLA) - President Elect (2013); Board of Directors (2005-2008; 2009-present); Vice President (2005)
  • Birmingham Bar Association (formerly on Grievance Committee)
  • Trial Attorneys of America

Representative Clients

  • Terex Corporation
  • Travelers Insurance
  • Electolux/White Consolidated Industries
  • RealtySouth
  • Glatfelter Claims Management, Inc

Past Employment Positions

  • Alabama Attorney General's Office, Assistant Attorney General, 1980-1982
  • Emond & Vines, Associate, 1982-1983