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