The firm enjoys a wealth of experience in the complex litigation and appellate arenas. The attorneys of Webster, Henry, Bradwell, Cohan, Speagle & DeShazo have coordinated the defense of numerous multi-party cases, class actions, multi-forum litigation, and adversary proceedings in bankruptcy court. In addition, they have directed appeals in more than fifty cases since 1995. The firm handles not only simple appeals, but all aspects of appellate practice, including mandamus and certiorari petitions, amicus briefs, rehearing applications and oral arguments. Firm members are often sought to handle the appellate aspects of cases that were litigated at the trial level by attorneys at other firms. The partners are licensed to practice before all of Alabama’s state and federal courts, the United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit and the United States Supreme Court.
Partners’ Representative Reported Decisions:
Ballard Services, Inc. v. Conner, 807 So. 2d 519 (Ala. 2001)
Bell v. Greer, 853 So. 2d 1015 (Ala. Civ. App. 2003)
Blanton v. Geist, ___ F. Supp. 2d ____, 2009 WL 597192 (M.D. Ala. 2009)
Boyd v. Town of Hayneville, 144 F. Supp. 2d 1272 (M.D. Ala. 2001)
Brabham v. American Nat’l Bank of Union Springs, 689 So. 2d 82 (Ala. Civ. App. 1996)
Christensen v. Southern Normal School, 790 So. 2d 252 (Ala. 2001)
City of Orange Beach v. Duggan, 788 So. 2d 146 (Ala. 2000)
City of Wetumpka v. Central Elmore Water Authority, 703 So. 2d 907 (Ala. 1997)
Coker v. Penfield Chair, Inc., 836 So. 2d 838 (Ala. Civ. App. 2002)
Dana v. City of Lanett, Alabama, 2000 WL1863485 (M.D. Ala. 2000)
Duncan v. Windover Condominium Ass’n, 896 So.2d 522 (Ala. Civ. App. 2004)
Ex parte Anderson, 789 So. 2d 190 (Ala. 2000)
Ex parte AU Hotel, Ltd., 677 So. 2d 1160 (Ala. 1996)
Ex parte Certain Underwriters at Lloyd’s of London, 815 So. 2d 558 (Ala. 2001)
Ex parte Delta Airlines, Inc., 785 So. 2d 327 (Ala. 2000)
Ex parte Farmers Exchange Bank, 783 So. 2d 24 (Ala. 2000)
Ex parte Green Tree Financial Corp., 723 So. 2d 6 (Ala. 1998)
Ex parte Mayflower Nat’l Life Ins. Co., 771 So. 2d 459 (Ala. 2000)
Ex parte Mitchell, 989 So. 2d 1083 (Ala. 2008)
Ex parte Norfolk Southern Ry. Co., 992 So. 2d 1286 (Ala. 2008)
Ex parte Parker, 730 So. 2d 168 (Ala. 1999)
Ex parte Rite Aid of Alabama, Inc., 768 So. 2d 960 (Ala. 2000)
Ex parte Sparks, 699 So. 2d 1268 (Ala. Civ. App. 1997)
Ex parte State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Co., 761 So. 2d 1000 (Ala. 2000)
Ex parte Trinity Industries, Inc., 680 So. 2d 262 (Ala. 1996)
Gates v. Variety Wholesalers, Inc., 882 F. Supp. 157 (M.D. Ala. 1995)
George H. Lanier Hospital v. Andrews, 809 So. 2d 802 (Ala. 2001)
Green Tree Agency, Inc. v. White, 719 So. 2d 1179 (Ala. 1998)
Green Tree Financial Corp. v. Davis, 729 So. 2d 329 (Ala. 1999)
Gulf Life Insurance Co. v. Wal-Mart Stores, Inc., 972 F. Supp. 575 (M.D. Ala. 1997)
Bell v. Greer, 853 So. 2d 1015 (Ala. Civ. App. 2003)
Blanton v. Geist, ___ F. Supp. 2d ____, 2009 WL 597192 (M.D. Ala. 2009)
Boyd v. Town of Hayneville, 144 F. Supp. 2d 1272 (M.D. Ala. 2001)
Brabham v. American Nat’l Bank of Union Springs, 689 So. 2d 82 (Ala. Civ. App. 1996)
Christensen v. Southern Normal School, 790 So. 2d 252 (Ala. 2001)
City of Orange Beach v. Duggan, 788 So. 2d 146 (Ala. 2000)
City of Wetumpka v. Central Elmore Water Authority, 703 So. 2d 907 (Ala. 1997)
Coker v. Penfield Chair, Inc., 836 So. 2d 838 (Ala. Civ. App. 2002)
Dana v. City of Lanett, Alabama, 2000 WL1863485 (M.D. Ala. 2000)
Duncan v. Windover Condominium Ass’n, 896 So.2d 522 (Ala. Civ. App. 2004)
Ex parte Anderson, 789 So. 2d 190 (Ala. 2000)
Ex parte AU Hotel, Ltd., 677 So. 2d 1160 (Ala. 1996)
Ex parte Certain Underwriters at Lloyd’s of London, 815 So. 2d 558 (Ala. 2001)
Ex parte Delta Airlines, Inc., 785 So. 2d 327 (Ala. 2000)
Ex parte Farmers Exchange Bank, 783 So. 2d 24 (Ala. 2000)
Ex parte Green Tree Financial Corp., 723 So. 2d 6 (Ala. 1998)
Ex parte Mayflower Nat’l Life Ins. Co., 771 So. 2d 459 (Ala. 2000)
Ex parte Mitchell, 989 So. 2d 1083 (Ala. 2008)
Ex parte Norfolk Southern Ry. Co., 992 So. 2d 1286 (Ala. 2008)
Ex parte Parker, 730 So. 2d 168 (Ala. 1999)
Ex parte Rite Aid of Alabama, Inc., 768 So. 2d 960 (Ala. 2000)
Ex parte Sparks, 699 So. 2d 1268 (Ala. Civ. App. 1997)
Ex parte State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Co., 761 So. 2d 1000 (Ala. 2000)
Ex parte Trinity Industries, Inc., 680 So. 2d 262 (Ala. 1996)
Gates v. Variety Wholesalers, Inc., 882 F. Supp. 157 (M.D. Ala. 1995)
George H. Lanier Hospital v. Andrews, 809 So. 2d 802 (Ala. 2001)
Green Tree Agency, Inc. v. White, 719 So. 2d 1179 (Ala. 1998)
Green Tree Financial Corp. v. Davis, 729 So. 2d 329 (Ala. 1999)
Gulf Life Insurance Co. v. Wal-Mart Stores, Inc., 972 F. Supp. 575 (M.D. Ala. 1997)
Harris v. City of Opp, Alabama, 898 F. Supp. 839 (M.D. Ala. 1995)
Henry v. Butts, 591 So. 2d 849 (Ala. 1991)
Hooper v. Columbus Regional Healthcare System, Inc., 956 So. 2d 1135 (Ala. 2006)
Howard v. Mutual Savings Life Ins. Co., 608 So. 2d 279 (Ala. 1992)
Howe v. Choctaw Emergency Management Services, 725 So.2d 978 (Ala. Civ. App 1998)
Hurst v. Finley, 857 F. Supp. 1517 (M.D. Ala. 1994)
Industrial Technologies, Inc. v. Jacobs Bank, 872 So. 2d 819 (Ala. 2003)
Investment Management & Research, Inc. v. Hamilton, 727 So. 2d 71 (Ala. 1999)
Jackson v. Astrue, 506 F.3d 1349 (11th Cir. 2007)
Lett v. Rhodes, Inc., 967 F. Supp. 479 (M.D. Ala. 1997)
Millar v. Wayne’s Pest Control, 804 So. 2d 213 (Ala. 2001)
Moorer v. City of Greenville, 701 So. 2d 40 (Ala. Civ. App. 1997)
Nettles v. White, 36 So. 3d 48 (Ala. Civ. App. 2008)
Newton v. Town of Columbia, Alabama, 696 So. 2d 1213 (Ala. Civ. App. 1997)
Norfolk Southern Ry. Co. v. Rolison Trucking Co., LLC, 225 Fed. Appx. 840 (11th Cir. 2007)
Parrott v. Home Quarters Warehouse, Inc., 699 So. 2d 228 (Ala. Civ. App. 1997)
Perry & Williams, Inc. v. Mitchell, 989 So. 2d 1074 (Ala. Civ. App. 2006)
Penn National Mut. Cas. Ins. Co. v. Southeastern Environmental Infrastructure, LLC, 416 Fed. Appx. 835 (11th Cir. 2011)
Quarles v. Nationwide Property & Casualty Insurance Company, 509 Fed. Appx. 914 (11th Cir. 2013)
Randolph v. Green Tree Financial Corp. – Alabama, 178 F.3d 1149 (11th Cir. 1999)
Scottsdale Ins. Co. v. Safeco Ins. Co. of America, 111 F. Supp. 2d 1273 (M.D. Ala. 2000)
Sloan Southern Homes, LLC v. McQueen, 955 So. 2d 401 (Ala. 2006)
Spivey v. First Commercial Bank, 681 So.2d 120 (Ala. 1995)
Sullivant v. Sullivan, 976 So. 2d 991 (Ala. 2007)
Walker v. City of Elba, Alabama, 874 F. Supp. 361 (M.D. Ala. 1994)
Williams v. Hill, 658 So. 2d 381 (Ala. 1995)
Wood v. City of Lanett, 564 F. Supp. 2d 1317 (M.D. Ala. 2008)
Henry v. Butts, 591 So. 2d 849 (Ala. 1991)
Hooper v. Columbus Regional Healthcare System, Inc., 956 So. 2d 1135 (Ala. 2006)
Howard v. Mutual Savings Life Ins. Co., 608 So. 2d 279 (Ala. 1992)
Howe v. Choctaw Emergency Management Services, 725 So.2d 978 (Ala. Civ. App 1998)
Hurst v. Finley, 857 F. Supp. 1517 (M.D. Ala. 1994)
Industrial Technologies, Inc. v. Jacobs Bank, 872 So. 2d 819 (Ala. 2003)
Investment Management & Research, Inc. v. Hamilton, 727 So. 2d 71 (Ala. 1999)
Jackson v. Astrue, 506 F.3d 1349 (11th Cir. 2007)
Lett v. Rhodes, Inc., 967 F. Supp. 479 (M.D. Ala. 1997)
Millar v. Wayne’s Pest Control, 804 So. 2d 213 (Ala. 2001)
Moorer v. City of Greenville, 701 So. 2d 40 (Ala. Civ. App. 1997)
Nettles v. White, 36 So. 3d 48 (Ala. Civ. App. 2008)
Newton v. Town of Columbia, Alabama, 696 So. 2d 1213 (Ala. Civ. App. 1997)
Norfolk Southern Ry. Co. v. Rolison Trucking Co., LLC, 225 Fed. Appx. 840 (11th Cir. 2007)
Parrott v. Home Quarters Warehouse, Inc., 699 So. 2d 228 (Ala. Civ. App. 1997)
Perry & Williams, Inc. v. Mitchell, 989 So. 2d 1074 (Ala. Civ. App. 2006)
Penn National Mut. Cas. Ins. Co. v. Southeastern Environmental Infrastructure, LLC, 416 Fed. Appx. 835 (11th Cir. 2011)
Quarles v. Nationwide Property & Casualty Insurance Company, 509 Fed. Appx. 914 (11th Cir. 2013)
Randolph v. Green Tree Financial Corp. – Alabama, 178 F.3d 1149 (11th Cir. 1999)
Scottsdale Ins. Co. v. Safeco Ins. Co. of America, 111 F. Supp. 2d 1273 (M.D. Ala. 2000)
Sloan Southern Homes, LLC v. McQueen, 955 So. 2d 401 (Ala. 2006)
Spivey v. First Commercial Bank, 681 So.2d 120 (Ala. 1995)
Sullivant v. Sullivan, 976 So. 2d 991 (Ala. 2007)
Walker v. City of Elba, Alabama, 874 F. Supp. 361 (M.D. Ala. 1994)
Williams v. Hill, 658 So. 2d 381 (Ala. 1995)
Wood v. City of Lanett, 564 F. Supp. 2d 1317 (M.D. Ala. 2008)
