The Declassified blog offers commentary and insights on the latest class action suits, significant class action opinions, relevant changes to laws and rules, and important class action trends. Declassified covers topics ranging from significant Supreme Court and appellate court decisions regarding class certification requirements to proposed or enacted legislation, rules and regulations that impact class action litigation to key industry developments that may indirectly impact class action...
Practice Expertise
- Complex Business Litigation
- Healthcare Litigation
- Alternative Dispute Resolution
Areas of Practice
- Alternative Dispute Resolution
- Complex Business Litigation
- Healthcare Litigation
- Life Sciences Litigation
- Litigation
- Medical Malpractice
- Medical Staff Issues
- Policyholder Insurance Coverage
- Product Liability
- Professional Liability Litigation View More
Profile
Bar Admissions
- Alabama, 1985
Court Admissions
- United States Supreme Court
- Supreme Court of Alabama
- United States District Court, Northern District of Alabama
- United States District Court, Middle District of Alabama
- United States District Court, Southern District of Alabama
Education
- University of Alabama School of Law, J.D., 1985
- University of Alabama, B.A., 1982
Areas of Practice
- Alternative Dispute Resolution
- Complex Business Litigation
- Healthcare Litigation
- Life Sciences Litigation
- Litigation
- Medical Malpractice
- Medical Staff Issues
- Policyholder Insurance Coverage
- Product Liability
- Professional Liability Litigation
Professional Career
Hal is well-versed in Alabama’s sometimes arcane local rules of trial practice, both written and unwritten. Having practiced in his family’s firm for over 16 years in the small town of Andalusia, Alabama before coming to Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP, Hal is as at home in the rural courthouses around the state as he is in those in the cities.
Blogs
Patent 213
Patent law, like most things in life, is subject to change. Changes to patent laws not only impact investment in your existing IP, but directly shape strategies to protect your freedom to operate. The Patent 213 blog provides up-to-date, insightful analysis of the evolution in the written description and enablement requirements of 35 USC 112 and the subject matter eligibility requirements of 35 USC 101. The Patent 213 blog analyzes key decisions from the district courts and the Federal Circuit,...
The Law of Order
Bradley’s The Law of Order blog serves as a general parliamentary procedure resource, providing information about creation and revision of governing documents (constitutions, bylaws, or rules), application of Robert’s Rules of Order and other procedural authorities in a variety of contexts (such as nonprofits, political parties, homeowners associations, unions, churches, trade associations), and leadership of any type of organizational meeting. In an effort to make all things parliamentary more...
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