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Annesley H. DeGaris
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E-mail: adegaris@cwcd.com
T:205.328.2200
F: 205.324.7896
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Legal Secretary - Judy Sisson
E-mail: jsisson@cwcd.com
T: 205.328.2200 x. 7132

Paralegal - Andrea Sapone
E-mail: asapone@cwcd.com
T: 205.328.2200 x. 7128

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EDUCATION

Cumberland School of Law, Samford University, Magna cum Laude, J.D.
University of Melbourne Law School, Melbourne, Australia
Samford University, Magna cum Laude, B.A.

PRACTICE AREAS

Pharmaceutical Drugs
Business & Commercial Law
Consumer Protection
Litigation & Appeals
Motor Vehicle Accidents - Plaintiff
Nursing Home
Personal Injury - Plaintiff
Products Liability Law
Toxic Torts
Workers' Compensation Law

BAR ADMISSION

Alabama State Bar

Court Admissions

The Supreme Court of the United States
U.S. Court of Appeals, Second, Fourth, Fifth, and Eleventh Circuits
U.S. District Court Northern District of Alabama
U.S. District Court Middle District of Alabama
U.S. District Court Southern District of Alabama
U.S. District Court Southern District of New York
U.S. District Court Northern District of Florida
The Supreme Court of Alabama

Professional Affiliations and Memberships

Alabama State Bar-Member
American Bar Association
Birmingham Bar Association-Member
Alabama Trial Lawyers Association-Member
American Association of Justice-Member
Association of Plaintiff Interstate Trucking Lawyers of America, National Advisory Board

Appointments

Plaintiff’s Steering Committee, In Re: Fosamax Products Liability Litigation, MDL 1789 (Co-Chair Science Committee, Member Administrative Committee)

Honors, Awards and Accomplishments

"Top 100 Trial Lawyers in Alabama" - American Trial Lawyers Association 2008, 2009 , 2010

Super Lawyers Alabama - 2009, 2010

Martindale –Hubbell AV Peer Review Rated

Million Dollar Roundtable- Life Member

Multi-Million Dollar Roundtable- Life Member

Top 100 Birmingham Attorneys- Birmingham Magazine 2009, 2010

Professor, Constitutional Law, Birmingham School of Law, 1993 – Present
Adjunct Professor, Research, Writing, and Appellate Advocacy, Emory University School of Law, 1992-1993

U.S. Court of Appeals, 11th Circuit, Staff Attorney, 1991-1993
Hon. E.B. Haltom, Jr., United States District Judge, Northern District of Alabama, Law Clerk, 1988-1989
Curia Honoris
Rotary Foundation Scholarship for International Understanding, 1990

PUBLICATIONS

"What Must be Done to Save our State’s Appellate Judicial System” Alabama Association for Justice Journal (2010)

“Crocodiles in the Bathtub, Gorillas at the Dinner Table: How Money and Politics are Destroying State Court Apellate Justice Across America” The Trial Lawyer (Spring, 2011)

“Crocodiles in the Bathtub, Gorillas at the Dinner Table: How Money and Politics are Destroying Civil Justice in Alabama and What Must be Done to Save our State’s Appellate Judicial System” Alabama Association for Justice Journal (2010)

“The Yamaha Rhino: A ‘Primer’ on the Emerging Rollover Litigation” Alabama Association for Justice Journal (2009)

“Childhood Lead Poisoning: The Danger Still Exists” 27 The Journal of the Alabama Trial Lawyers Association 65 (2007)

“Sharks in the Water: The Problem of Car Title Loans” 26 The Journal of the Alabama Trial Lawyers Association 58 (2007)

“Montreal Convention: Justice for Victims of International Air Disasters” 20 The Journal of the Alabama Trial Lawyers Association 58 (2000)

“The Role of Eleventh Circuit District Court Judges in the Settlement of Disputes” 176 F.R.D. 601 (1998)

“The Role of Federal Court Judges in the Settlement of Disputes” 13 University of Tasmania Law Review 217 (1994)

“The Summary Jury Trial: Judicial Alternative Dispute Resolution” 2 Australian Dispute Resolution Journal 51 (1991)

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