P.O. Box 530910
Birmingham, Alabama 35253

Phone: (205) 870-0555
E-mail: mv@wallacejordan.com
Fax: (205) 871-7534

Michael Velezis was born in Waterbury, Connecticut, in 1969. He graduated from Bentley College in 1991 where he received a Bachelor of Science degree in Finance and was selected for membership in, and later presided as president of, the Order of Omega Honorary. Mr. Velezis graduated Cum Laude from the Cumberland School of Law of Samford University in 1995, where he was inducted into Curia Honoris and served as the Comment Editor of the Cumberland Law Review.

While in law school, Mr. Velezis was named Dean Parham H. Williams Scholar and H. Hobart Grooms Scholar. Mr. Velezis's practice focuses on complex civil and commercial litigation, including mass tort and pharmaceutical litigation.

He is a member of the American Bar Association, Alabama State Bar, Alabama Defense Lawyers Association, Birmingham Bar Association, and the Defense Research Institute. Mr. Velezis currently serves on DRI's Technology Committee and on the Birmingham Bar Association's Alternative Dispute Resolution Committee.

Constitutional Law-Establishment Clause-a Panel Displaying the Ten Commandments in a County Courthouse Violates the Establishment Clause, 24 Cumb. L. Rev. 339, 1993

Languages:
Greek

Arbitration
Bad Faith
Banking Litigation
Collections & Repossessions
Commercial Litigation
Contracts
Construction Litigation
Employment Law
ERISA
Fraud
Health Law
Insurance Law
Insurance Subrogation
Litigation & Appeals
Mass Tort Litigation
Personal Injury
Pharmaceutical Litigation
Products Liability
Wrongful Death

Alabama, 1995

U.S. Court of Appeals 11th Circuit

U.S. District Court Northern District of Alabama

U.S. District Court Middle District of Alabama

Cumberland School of Law, Samford University, Birmingham, AL, 1995
J.D.
Honors: Cum Laude
Honors: Curia Honoris
Honors: Dean Parham H. Williams Scholar
Honors: H. Hobart Grooms Scholar
Law Review: Cumberland Law Review, Comment Editor, 1993 - 1995

Bentley College, Boston, Massachusetts, 1991
B.S., Finance

Sigma Gamma Delta

Phi Alpha Delta

Alabama State Bar

American Bar Association

Birmingham Bar Association

Defense Research Institute

1969, Waterbury, Connecticut