Daniel Shawn Pickens

Daniel Shawn Pickens is the owner and principal attorney of Daniel S. Pickens Law, with offices in Athens, Huntsville, and Florence, Alabama. The firm helps individuals, families, and businesses across North Alabama with real estate closings and title work, deeds, wills and estate planning, probate and estate administration, guardianships and conservatorships, business formations and contracts, and personal injury claims.

Daniel was born and raised in Sheffield, Alabama, and graduated from Sheffield High School in 2009. He earned an Associate of Applied Science in General Studies from Calhoun Community College, where he played on the golf team, and a Bachelor of Business Administration in Finance from the University of West Alabama in 2019, where he was named University Scholar in Finance and inducted into the Blue Key Honor Society.

He earned his J.D. from Birmingham School of Law in December 2022. In law school he received the Outstanding 1L award, was a member of the Judge Hugh Locke Honor Society, was named a "BSL Star," and was on the Dean's List.

Before law school, Daniel spent several years as a firefighter, including more than two years with the City of Madison, where he became an Advanced EMT. He also coached women's golf at Calhoun Community College for a year and a half.

In his free time, he enjoys golf, hiking, and reading.