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Education:
- Cumberland School of Law, Samford
University, Birmingham, Alabama, 1977, Doctor
of Jurisprudence
Honors: Cum Laude
Honors:¸Member, Curia Honoris
Law Review: Cumberland Law Review, Member, Editorial
Board, 1976 - 1977
- Samford University, Birmingham, AL,
1974, B.A.
Honors:¸Summa Cum Laude
Major:¸ Economics
Major:¸ History
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Published
Works:
- Alabama Tort Law, 4th Edition,
Lexis, 2004
- Alabama Tort Law Handbook,
Michie Company, April 1990
- Alabama Tort Law Handbook, 2nd
Edition, Michie Co., 1996
- Alabama Tort Law Handbook, 3rd
Edition, LEXIS, 2000
- Alabama Tort Law Handbook,
1991-1995 Cumulative Supplements, Michie.
- Alabama Tort Law, 2nd Edition Cumulative
Supplements, 1997-1999
- Alabama Tort Law, 3rd Edition Cumulative
Supplements, 2001-2003
- "ATLA's Litigating Tort Cases,
Chapter 68 "Fraud" (Thomson-West 2003)
- Recovery for Lost Profits of Nascent
Businesses, 3 Matthew Bender Commercial Damages
Reporter 67, April-May, 1988
- Sexual Harassment Remedies,
4 Alabama Trial Lawyers Journal 15, 1985
- Proposed Alabama Rules of Evidence:
What's the Same? What's Different?, 45 Alabama
Law Review 109, 1993
- Profit Recovery for the New or
Unestablished Business, 48 Alabama Lawyer
78, March, 1987
- The Televised Trial: A Perspective,
7 Cumberland Law Review 323, 1976
- Note: Expert Economic Testimony
Regarding Inflation's Effect on Future Pecuniary
Damages Held Admissible, 6 Cumberland Law
Review 733, 1976
Representative
Cases:
- Super Valu Stores, Inc. v. Peterson,
506 So.2d 317 (Ala.¸1987)
- Dillard v. Pittway Corp., 719 So.
2d 188 (Ala¸1998)
- Kelton v. Gulf States Steel, Inc.,
575 So. 2d 1054 (Ala.¸1991) ¸
Classes/Seminars
Taught:
- Premises Liability, 1989 and 1996,
Alabama Trial Lawyers Association
- Proving Lost Profits - Plaintiff Perspective,
Business Torts Litigation Seminar, 1992
- Recovery of Lost Profits for New Business,
Alabama State Bar Business Torts Section, 1987
- Lecturer, Continuing Legal Education,
Alabama Bar Institute, 1992
- Lecturer, Tort Law Update, Continuing
Legal Education, Alabama Bar Institute, 1998-2004
- Lecturer, Continuing Legal Education,
Alabama Trial Lawyers Association, 1989
- Lecturer, Continuing Legal Education,
Alabama Trial Lawyers Association, 1996 ¸
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Honors
and Awards:
- Listed in Best Lawyers in America,
2001 - 2006
- 2001 Professionalism Award, Alabama
Trial Lawyers Association
- 2003 Walter P. Gewin Award, AL Bar
Institute for Continuing Legal Education
Professional
Associations and Memberships:
- Alabama State Bar, 1977 - Present
Member
- Alabama Trial Lawyers Association,
1987 - Present Member, Executive Committee
- Association of Trial Lawyers of America
Member
- Alabama Trial Lawyers Association,
1984 - 1987 Member, Board of Governors
- Etowah County Bar Association, 1979
- 1980 Secretary-Treasurer
- Etowah County Bar Association 2004
President
- The Alabama Lawyer, 1991-1992 Board
of Editors
- Arbitrator, American Arbitration Association
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Past Employment
Positions:
Alabama Court of Civil Appeals, Presiding Judge
L. Charles Wright, Law Clerk, 1977 - 1978 ¸
Fraternities/Sororities:
Phi Alpha Delta; Phi Delta Phi; Omicron Delta
Kappa; Phi Kappa Phi ¸
Birth Information:
February 26, 1952, Gadsden, Alabama, United States
of America
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"Whether
a law student, a young lawyer, or an experienced
attorney, Alabama Tort Law is a must. Roberts
and Cusimano provide a comprehensive look at the
history of tort law in Alabama complete with many
case citations."—Rusty Flemming,
Attorney, Birmingham, AL
