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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

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" 2008-2009
Super Lawyers- Alabama , 2009 edition
AV Rated
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
Who's Who Among Students in American Universities & Colleges
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- Ernest Cory
- Leila H. Watson
- Charles R. Crowder
- Annesley H. DeGaris
- G. Rick DiGiorgio
- Jason A. Shamblin
- Doug A. Dellaccio, Jr.
- Jon C. Conlin
- Elizabeth Ellis Chambers
- B. Kristian W. Rasmussen, III
- F. Jerome Tapley
- Hirlye R. “Ryan” Lutz, III
- Stephen Hunt Jr.
- Courtney Sach
- Andrea L. Sapone
- Alyssa Noles Daniels
- Richard A. Wright
- Patrick W. Samuelson
- John Michael Barclay
- Bryant Isom
- Ashton L. Thompson
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