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Honora Mckeown Gathings
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About Honora
Biography
Honora McKeown Gathings is a founding partner in Gathings Law. She hails from St. Petersburg, Florida, where she continued on to earn a Bachelor of Science degree from Florida State University in 1975. She is a 1978 graduate of Cumberland School of Law, Samford University, in Birmingham, Alabama. While in law school, Mrs. Gathings served on the Moot Court Board from 1976-1978 and was also Associate Editor of The American Journal of Trial Advocacy.
Mrs. Gathings has been involved in complex litigation, including business tort litigation, toxic, environmental, and pharmaceutical tort litigation, serious personal injury, consumer class actions, products liability, fraud, and international law. She is a member of the Alabama Bar Association, the Florida Bar Association and the Birmingham Bar Association. She is also a member of the American Association for Justice, where she is a member of the business tort section, the international practice section and the toxic, environmental, and pharmaceutical tort section. Mrs. Gathings has been admitted to practice before the United States Supreme Court, various United States District Courts in Alabama, Florida and Mississippi, as well as both the Alabama and Florida Supreme Courts.
Practice Areas
4
Practice Areas
36 years
47 years
41 years
47 years
Fees and Rates
Cost
40%-50%
Sometimes
Payment Methods
- Cash
- Check
Awards
Licenses
Licensed in Alabama for 46 years
State: Alabama
Acquired: 1979
No misconduct found
Licensed in Florida for 46 years
State: Florida
Acquired: 1979
No misconduct found
Location
Online Presence
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Experience
Honors
2025
Super Lawyer, Super Lawyers
2025
AV Preeminent Rated, Martindale-Hubbell
2024
Super Lawyer, SuperLawyers
2024
AV Preeminent Rated, Martindale-Hubbell
2023
Super Lawyer, SuperLawyers
2023
AV Preeminent Rated, Martindale-Hubbell
2022
AV Preeminent Rated, Martindale-Hubbell
2022
Super Lawyer, SuperLawyers
2021
AV Preeminent Rated, Martindale-Hubbell
2021
Super Lawyer, SuperLawyers
2020
AV Preeminent Rated, Martindale-Hubbell
2020
Super Lawyer, SuperLawyers
2019
AV Preeminent Rated, Martindale-Hubbell
2019
Super Lawyer, SuperLawyers
2018
Super Lawyer, SuperLawyers
2017
Super Lawyer, SuperLawyers
2015
Top Attorneys, Birmingham Magazine
2015
AV Peer Review Rating, Martindale-Hubbell
2012
Top Attorneys, Birmingham Magazine
2012
Bar Register of Preeminent Women Lawyers, Martindale-Hubbell
2011
Top Attorneys, Birmingham Magazine
2010
Top Attorney, Birmingham Business Journal
2010
Bar Register of Preeminent Women Lawyers, Martindale-Hubbell
2010
Super Lawyer, SuperLawyers
2002
Strathmore's Who Who, Strathmore
Work Experience
1989 - Present
Partner, Gathings Law
1979 - 1981
Trial Attorney, Equal Employment Opportunity Commission
Associations
2014 - Present
American Bar FoundationFellow
2014 - Present
Birmingham Bar FoundationFellow
2010 - Present
Zonta International Birmingham ChapterBoard Member
2010 - Present
Alabama State BarWomens Section
2004 - Present
American Journal of Trial Advocacy FoundationBoard Member
2000 - Present
American Bar AssociationMember
1999 - Present
Birmingham Bar Association, Women Lawyers SectionExecutive Committee
1979 - Present
Alabama State BarMember
1979 - Present
Florida BarMember
Member
Board Member
Sample of Legal Cases
Successful in defeating cert to US Supreme Court
Education
1978
JD - Juris Doctor
1975
BS - Bachelor of Science
Speaking Engagements
2015
ESI Discovery
2005
Mentoring
Languages
English
Activity
Legal Answers
Legal Answers
I have sole legal custody of my children, my ex has supervised visitation only. Can his new wife get any visitation rights?
21 Jun 2018
Can my ex’s company deduct child support biweekly when the court order says monthly ?
17 Apr 2018
If a child go to school and tell the principal that he was beat by his mom and have bruises on his back to prove it and the po
16 Apr 2018