Ashland Lawyers

John graduated from Auburn University in 2011 where he received a Bachelor of Arts in Economics with a minor in Political Science. In the fall of 2012, John attended Cumberland School of Law at Samford University. While at Cumberland, John was a member of Cumberland’s National Trial Team and advocated in competitions in Florida, Georgia, Washington D.C., and California. In addition to gaining invaluable trial experience both nationally and locally, John also served as Articles Editor for the American Journal of Trial Advocacy, the oldest law review in the nation dedicated to the advancement of trial advocacy. During his time...

"The greatest leader is not necessarily the one who does the greatest things. He is the one that gets the people to do the greatest things." - Ronald Reagan

Brett Turnbull has embraced that philosophy in distinguishing himself as a leading trial lawyer, recognized for his jury verdicts and settlements on behalf of clients killed or injured by the negligent and wrongful actions of others. When he goes before a jury, he realizes he has one job; to get justice for his client by proving the claims and guiding the jury to award a fair and reasonable verdict.

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A strong desire to help people led Stephen to become an attorney. “I see people put in situations they have never experienced before and don’t know their rights,” he says. “It bothers me to see people being taken advantage of, and it’s unfortunate knowing companies will do that to people.” For Stephen, he gets personal satisfaction knowing that his clients are protected from the unscrupulous practices of businesses and insurance companies. A civil trial lawyer specializing in personal injury and disability law, Stephen Collins has practiced law in Alabama since 2010. Mr. Collins has successfully represented clients in many jurisdictions, and...

Adam Pittman became a lawyer to fight for those who need help. After beginning his practice, Adam litigated civil rights and discrimination lawsuits on behalf of teachers, employees, and government workers. Adam now litigates against some of the most powerful corporations, and he fights to hold them accountable for defective products, fraud, and other deceptive practices.

Adam is honored to be the person his clients trust when the stakes are high. It’s not enough just to win—Adam works hard every day to change corporate behavior and make consumers safer. “I became a lawyer because I wanted my work to make a...

David was raised in Mobile County as the son of a paper mill worker and a middle school teacher. He graduated from the University of South Alabama with a bachelor’s degree in communications and marketing and earned his Juris Doctor from Jones School of Law. Since the creation of the Greene & Phillips, David has a proven track record of success, including a $1.8 million jury verdict in a motorcycle accident case and a $9.5 million settlement in a commercial trucking accident case. David also served as lead-counsel on a commercial carrier case which was resolved for $10.5 million and...

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Ernest “Ernie” Cory has practiced law for more than 40 years with a focus on dangerous drugs, defective medical devices, product liability, mass torts, and class actions. He has represented clients across the U.S., as well as Asia, Africa, and Latin America. Ernie is nationally recognized for his ability to level the playing field against corporate America. He is frequently appointed as lead counsel and to other leadership positions in high-profile complex litigation, mass torts, and class actions. As a founding principal of Cory Watson, Ernie’s legal roots are local. He tried his first jury trial just 11 months after becoming...

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To Stephen Hunt, Jr., respect is a two-way street. He has been profoundly inspired by mentors whom he respected and has been sought after to counsel others who respect him.

It was while growing up in Birmingham, Alabama, that Hunt was inspired to become an attorney by the influence of a mentor worthy of respect. Retired Judge H.W. “Bucky” McMillan coached Hunt’s youth basketball team, and Hunt, who admired the Judge’s fair demeanor, believed that trait must have developed from the Judge’s practice of law.

After graduating from The University of Alabama at Birmingham, Hunt pursued his law degree from Cumberland School...

Christopher Stanfield was born in Montgomery, Alabama in 1984. He graduated from Troy University with a Bachelor of Science degree in Biology in 2006. He received his Juris Doctor degree from Cumberland School of Law at Samford University in 2011. He became a member of the Alabama State Bar in 2011. He is currently licensed to practice in all Alabama State Courts and the United State District Court for the Middle District of Alabama. He joined Brock & Stout in September of 2012, and his primary area of practice is Consumer Bankruptcy.

Steven P. Gregory has practiced law since 1991. Today Mr. Gregory’s law practice focuses on mediation, arbitration, and selected complex litigation matters. Mr. Gregory has been admitted on a pro hac vice basis to practice in federal courts in many other states, and he has appeared and presented oral argument on several occasions before the Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation. Listed in MidSouth Super Lawyers, Mr. Gregory is a member of the Birmingham Bar Association, the Alabama State Bar, the American Bar Association (Section of Dispute Resolution (Arbitration Committee, Mediation Committee, Securities in ADR Committee)), and the Atlanta International Arbitration Society. Mr....

Tripp Watson is the founder of The Watson Firm. He is an Entrepreneur Attorney, which means that he is an an advocate and counselor to risk-takers. Watson is one of the only lawyers in the county who offers both business consulting and legal advice to entrepreneurs.

From a family of entrepreneurs, Watson went to law and business schools with the explicit purpose of opening a firm dedicated to advising aspiring and existing entrepreneurs. Unlike many business attorneys, Watson is also a business owner who personally knows the stresses and demands of running a small business and who can advise on both...

Glenda G. Cochran is an experienced trial lawyer and owner of Glenda Cochran Associates Attorneys at Law. She was born in Mobile, Alabama and has been providing successful representation to victims of serious personal injury and their families for more than 25 years. Her knowledge and thorough approach to every client creates a formidable legal ally both in and out of the courtroom.

The Managing Attorney at the Morgan & Morgan Birmingham, Alabama office, Erby J. Fischer focuses his practice primarily on plaintiff’s personal injury and wrongful death litigation. He provides compassionate and astute representation to clients throughout the state who have incurred economic and noneconomic losses due to the negligence of other persons or entities. Mr. Fischer’s cases have covered truck and other motor vehicle crashes, premises liability, medical malpractice and defective products. He also has significant experience in insurance fraud and bad faith actions as well as complex business litigation.

Mr. Fischer has been able to obtain many sizable settlements and jury...

There are so many lawyers advertising, how do you decide who to call? If you call the billboard attorneys, do you think you’ll ever really speak to the lawyer on the billboard? Will the lawyer on the billboard even know your name? Probably not.

Birmingham area accident victims need an experienced, honest, hard-working, knowledgeable attorney to ethically and zealously pursue justice for them. Tracy Cary is that kind of lawyer. If you hire Tracy, you’ll speak with Tracy and Tracy will personally work on your case for you.

In practice since 1994, Tracy takes care of...

Andrew is a proven litigator whose practice is entirely devoted to representing plaintiffs in complex civil litigation, including business litigation, technology litigation, catastrophic personal injury, medical negligence, and product liability cases. Andrew counts as one of his greatest accomplishments, the impact he has made in the lives of his clients, and the preparation necessary to ensure that his clients’ experiences are heard, understood and validated. In the courtroom, Andrew has served as lead and co-lead counsel in obtaining significant results in extremely challenging cases. His experience has led to the representation of clients across the country and before numerous state courts,...

Michael graduated in 2009 from Auburn University where he received a Bachelor’s of Arts in radio, television and film and a minor in political science. In the fall of 2009, Michael began his legal education at Cumberland School of Law at Samford University. While at Cumberland, Michael was a member of the National Trial Team. He was an advocate on Cumberland’s national team that won the 2012 championship in Las Vegas, Nevada. Individually, Michael was selected to the National Order of Barristers Honors Society, awarded the Nat Bryan American Board of Trial Advocates Award, and named the 2012 Rasmussen Advocate...

Mr. Walker practices in the areas of Workers' Compensation, Federal Black Lung Benefits, and Personal Injury. Having worked as a paralegal at a successful civil defense firm for more than a decade prior to graduating law school, Tom has valuable hands-on experience in many facets of civil litigation. Tom is an active member of the Birmingham Bar Association. He is a graduate of the Birmingham Bar Associations’ Mentoring Program and is currently the co-chair of the Birmingham Bar Association Mentoring Committee and Program. When Tom is not at work, he enjoys spending time with his wife, Brooke, and son, Joseph. He...

Chris is a lifelong resident of Birmingham. He graduated from Birmingham-Southern College in 2008 with a degree in English. During his time at Birmingham-Southern he was a member of Theta Chi Fraternity and earned the Robert Hewlin-Jackson Award for Scholastic Achievement.

Chris attended Samford University’s Cumberland School of Law and graduated in 2011. During his time at Cumberland, Chris was a Senior Member of the Trial Advocacy Board. During law school, Chris was honored as a member of the Dean’s List, won numerous Dispute Resolution competitions, and received multiple Scholar of Merit Awards for Scholastic Achievement. He was also named one...

I am currently serving as the Deputy Director of Legal Management at the Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC). In this role, I assist in managing the operations of the SPLC’s legal department and coordinate programming for attorneys and law students. My professional background encompasses a variety of legal and advocacy work focused on economic justice, as well as habeas litigation for indigent petitioners. I earned my bachelor’s degree from Jackson State University and went on to receive a law degree from Harvard Law School. During my time at Harvard, I was actively involved in the Harvard Legal Aid Bureau.

As founding attorney at Tidwell Law Group, Birmingham lawyer Jay Tidwell provides counsel in DUI and other criminal defense cases. Since 2004, Mr. Tidwell has been practicing as a lawyer in Alabama. Before establishing his current practice, Attorney Tidwell was a partner at the firm Cloud and Tidwell, LLC. Mr. Tidwell received a Master’s degree in Business Administration from University of Alabama in Birmingham and a Juris Doctor degree from Cumberland School of Law. He holds memberships with several professional organizations including the Birmingham Bar Association, Alabama State Bar and Alabama Criminal Defense Lawyers Association.

Mr. Dickson joined the firm in 2005. His clients include individuals who have been injured or had loved ones killed because of the negligence of others or as the result of defective products, including automobiles, boats, defectively designed or maintained roads, pharmaceuticals and medical devices, and heavy equipment. He also represents individuals and small businesses who have suffered financial loss due to the wrongful acts of others, including defective farm and logging equipment, tainted agricultural seed, site-built and manufactured home construction defects, breach of contract, fraudulent and inappropriate investment products, fraudulent misrepresentation, deceptive trade and business practices, breach of warranty,...

Hal Coker is a dedicated and hardworking attorney from Alexander City, Alabama. He earned his Bachelor of Arts and Sciences in Strategic Communications, with a minor in General Business, graduating summa cum laude from the University of South Alabama. During his time at South Alabama, Hal was a member of various honor club societies and served as the President of his fraternity, Kappa Sigma. Following my undergraduate degree, I attended the Thomas Goode Jones School of Law. It was here that I developed a keen interest in civil litigation and client advocacy. My commitment to these areas was evident...

Nika D. Gholston is an Alabama native. She graduated cum laude from Alabama A&M University with a Bachelor of Science degree in 2001 and received her Juris Doctor from Cumberland School of Law, Samford University in 2005. At Cumberland, Nika focused her studies on alternative dispute resolution techniques and was a member of the Cumberland National Mediation Team. In 2005, the team placed first at the American Bar Association (ABA) National Mediation Competition in Los Angeles, CA. Nika went on to represent the United States at the Inaugural International Chamber of Commerce Mediation Competition in Paris, France.

After law school,...

Family law has always been a passion for Ms. Martin. She has focused her entire career on family law and continues to maintain her practice where her passion is. She began clerking for the Honorable Judge Bailey in family and juvenile court before going into private practice. Ms. Martin has a passion for people and truly loves her work.

Passed Alabama Bar 1992 and have assisted my father in every many of the cases and trials he lists in his background. In a I grew up in Phenix City and graduated from Auburn University in 1988. Married to Keeli Sharp Floyd in 1994 and have son, Charles IV and daughter, Karsyn, Worked with my father, Charles E Floyd Jr--now law partner--while commuting to Jones Law School in Montgomery for four years. I consider that experience in his law office as comparable to as many years practicing law--investigating cases, writing legal briefs, preparing legal documents and court pleadings. I became...

Grew up in Phenix City, Alabama and Columbus, Georgia area. Married to childhood sweetheart, Norma Wells Floyd, in 1959 until she died in 2011. Remarried to Martha Tomlin Floyd in 2013. Father dentist, mother housewife,grandfather medical doctor and long time mayor of Phenix City, and four uncles medical doctors or dentists. Three children, Gypsy retired high school teacher, Charles III, law partner since 1992, and Jennifer private school math teacher. All graduated from Auburn University. Seven grandchildren and two great grand daughters.All family lives in Phenix City area. Started as a criminal and divorce lawyer and evolved to personal injury...

Ken Guin is an attorney with a practice in Jasper, Alabama located on the historic courthouse square. Guin’s practice serves North Alabama from Birmingham and Tuscaloosa through the Tennessee Valley. Ken Guin represents clients who have suffered Personal Injury and work related injuries. Additionally, he represents clients seeking Social Security Disability, Criminal Defense, DUI Defense, Bankruptcy Protection and Probate Court. Ken Guin has significant experience in Municipal Courts. He is a former Cordova City Prosecutor and currently serves as Municipal Judge in Carbon Hill. Ken Guin is a registered Mediator. He registered...

Since being admitted to the Alabama Bar Association in May of 1998, Attorney Marshall A. Entelisano has practiced exclusively in the area of Business and Consumer Bankruptcy, having helped thousands of individuals, families, businesses, family farmers and family fisherman throughout west central Alabama find effective debt relief solutions while keeping their homes, vehicles, and property. Located in Tuscaloosa, the county seat for the Northern District of Alabama, Westen Division Bankruptcy Court, the law firm of Marshall A. Entelisano, P.C., continues to focus exclusively on bankruptcy matters, both personal and business, to those in need in West Alabama. We take pride in...

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1982 graduate, Cumberland School of Law Former Chair of the Jefferson County Council on Aging Current Chair of the Birmingham Bar Association's Elder Law committee Former Chair of the Alabama State Bar's Real Property, Probate and Trust bar section

Representative Decisions Dunbar v. Google, Inc., 2013 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 3643 (N.D. Cal. 2013) Dunbar v. Google, Inc., 2012 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 177058 (N.D. Cal. 2012) Sheppard v. Google, Inc., 2012 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 173184 (W.D. Ark. 2012) Panico v. BDR Thermea, 2012 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 110056 (N.D. Cal. 2012) Banks v. Nissan N. Am., Inc., 2012 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 37754 (N.D. Cal. 2012) Banks v. Nissan N. Am.,...

Kreps Law Firm, LLC practices DUI defense statewide including Jefferson County, Alabama. Joseph C. Kreps is an Alabama DUI Defense Attorney focusing on DUI and traffic violation cases throughout the state. Mr. Kreps is a certified Standardized Field Sobriety Test Practitioner and Instructor per NHTSA/IACP guidelines. He is also a member of the National College for DUI Defense. To discuss your pending Jefferson County, Alabama DUI Drunk Driving charge, please call Kreps Law Firm, LLC at (866) 348-2889, or email us at dui@WinWithKreps.com . You can also visit our firm website at www.Alabama-DUI-Defense.com .

R. Andrew “Andy” Jones is a man of action—inspired by those who take bold strides to help others. His favorite quote, “Do what you can, where you are, with what you have,” comes from the invigorating words of President Teddy Roosevelt, and it reflects the values that Andy holds dear in his personal and professional life.

From an early age, Andy was interested in becoming a lawyer to make a positive impact on others. Since joining Cory Watson Attorneys as a summer law clerk in 2011, Andy quickly distinguished himself among his colleagues and clients. Within three years of becoming an...

Maridi is an seasoned litigator with almost a decade of experience practicing law throughout the State of Alabama. She began her career defending first-party and third-party lawsuits on behalf of insureds and insurance companies. While working at two large defense firms in Birmingham, Alabama, Maridi had occasion to try many cases before a jury as first-chair attorney. In a time when trial experience is rare, Maridi feels fortunate that she has been able to take a number of her cases through trial, obtaining positive results for her clients. Maridi has sharpened her attorney tools over the years learning...