Tax representation
Feb 14, 2017OUTCOME: Reduced or eliminated tax penalties and assessments
Too numerous to mention; often represent clients in state and federal tax issues to resolve in manners favorable to them.
Birmingham, AL
Estate planning Lawyer at Birmingham, AL
Practice Areas: Estate Planning, Wills & Living Wills ... +5 more
OUTCOME: Reduced or eliminated tax penalties and assessments
Too numerous to mention; often represent clients in state and federal tax issues to resolve in manners favorable to them.
OUTCOME: Successfully obtained judgment against defendant for $272,742.15
Represented landlord in breach of contract/lease matter.
OUTCOME: Successful resolution of matter through mediation after many successful hearings in arbitration
Collective action representing hundreds of employees of the defendant in pursuit of unpaid wages. Case filed in federal court and national arbitration.
OUTCOME: Successfully resolved matter through mediation after establishing new law in the 11th Circuit, prohibiting a debt collector from adding an artificial percentage collection fee to a debt without an agreement beforehand
Represented consumers who alleged debt collection company was illegally adding a percentage collection fee to unpaid debts without authority in federal district court, and appeal to the 11th Circuit Co ... urt of Appeals
OUTCOME: Favorable outcome and resolution in client's behalf
Jefferson County Civil Court case, provided expert testimony and report related to an expatriate and taxation of income to reduce amount of income being assessed
OUTCOME: Successfully defended all claims against client, obtained temporary restraining order against other party, and successfully mediated the case to a favorable resolution for clients
Represented two-owner wholesale company against much larger marketing company. Cross-claims filed against each other alleging interference with business relations, breach of covenants not to compete, a ... nd substantial damages.
OUTCOME: Successful resolution of matter through mediation with Rodney A. Max after five years of litigation
Federal court defense of shareholder derivative lawsuit.
OUTCOME: Obtained $1.5 million judgment against defendant by reversing trial court at the Alabama Supreme Court
Represented consumer in sale of house fraud case, including appellate work reversing trial court summary judgment at Alabama Supreme Court
OUTCOME: Obtained jury verdict of $3.22 million dollars in front of the Honorable William A. Jackson
Represented consumer in consumer fraud case through trial and subsequent appeal in Jefferson County Circuit Court.
OUTCOME: Matter successfully resolved through mediation resulting in payments to class members, payment of their attorneys fees, and related benefits of several million dollars
Class counsel for certified class approved by the Honorable Roy Moore. Represented individual debtors pursuing FDCPA claims.