Birmingham, AL
Immigration Lawyer at Birmingham, AL
Practice Areas: Immigration, Personal Injury ... +3 more
OUTCOME: Summary Judgment granted for the F.B.I. The case was affirmed by the Eleventh Circuit.
I defended the F.B.I. on this case. It was a case of first impression in the Northern District of Alabama. It dealt with First Amendment Rights, child pornography, and more specifically the Privacy Pro ... tection Act.
OUTCOME: In District Court, Judge Lynne granted summary judgment to the Defendants. On appeal the ruling against the DOL was reversed in the Eleventh Circuit. It was remanded back to District Court where the case was settled for $42 Million.
I worked on this case with Tim Hauser on the District Court level. These three onsolidated cases concern an ERISA trustee's paying $80 million from the assets of an employee stock ownership plan to pur ... chase allegedly worthless stock from a closely held corporation's owner, his relatives, and related entities. Claiming ERISA expressly prohibits this stock purchase,
OUTCOME: The United States District Court for the Northern District of Alabama, No. CV 96-H-496-NE, dismissed the case and it was affirmed in the Eleventh Circuit
This case was a case of first impression for the Eleventh Circuit. I defended the USDA and their employees. A former employee, who had been terminated from his position as executive director of county ... office of United States Department of Agriculture's Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation Service (ASCS), brought Bivens action against various federal officials and agencies, alleging unconstitutional termination from employment.