Wallace, Jordan, Ratliff & Brandt, L.L.C. has an extensive appellate-advocacy practice with several experienced attorneys who focus a significant amount of their practice on handling appeals. This practice includes cases before the United States Supreme Court, the United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit, the Supreme Court of Alabama, the Alabama Court of Civil Appeals, and appeals from administrative agencies. 

Attorneys in the appellate-advocacy practice pursue and defend appeals from cases that were handled at the trial-court level by attorneys within the firm as well as attorneys from other firms.

The appellate practice updates the Recent Supreme Court of Alabama Decisions page on the Wallace, Jordan, Ratliff & Brandt, L.L.C. web site.  The appellate-advocacy practice also sends out an e-mail update listing and briefly summarizing the cases released by the Supreme Court of Alabama and also providing news concerning Alabama's appellate courts.  If you are interested in subscribing to this update, please send an e-mail message to Mike Jackson,  mlj@wallacejordan.com, and ask to be placed on the Supreme Court of Alabama Update e-mail list.

Dillard v. Baldwin County Comm’rs,
376 F.3d 1260 (11th Cir. July 13, 2004);
Dillard v. Baldwin County Comm’n,
833 So. 2d 13 (Ala. 2002);
Dillard v. Baldwin County Comm’rs,
225 F.3d 1271 (11th Cir. 2000)

Ex parte E.T., No. 2020423, 2003 WL 22110936 (Ala. Civ. App. 2003)

Serra Toyota, Inc. v. Johnson, No. 1021051, 2003 WL 22161440 (Ala. Sept. 19, 2003)

Ex parte Woodward, 859 So. 2d 425 (Ala. 2003)

Ex parte Third Generation, Inc., 855 So. 2d 489 (Ala. 2003);

Ex parte Third Generation, Inc., 820 So. 2d 89 (Ala. 2001)

Ex parte Connors, 855 So. 2d 486 (Ala. 2003)

National Auction Group v. Hammett, 854 So. 2d 65 (Ala. 2003)

Dillard v. Baldwin County Comm’n, 833 So. 2d 13 (Ala. 2002)

Ex parte Glover, 801 So. 2d 1 (Ala. 2001) (amicus curiae)

Jefferson County Comm'n v. ECO-Preservation Servs., L.L.C., 788 So. 2d 121 (Ala. 2000)

Wilson v. Minor,
220 F.3d 1297 (11th Cir. 2000)

Ex parte Employers Modern Life Co.,
772 So. 2d 433 (Ala. 2000)

Boackle v. Bedwell Constr. Co., 770 So. 2d 1073 (Ala. 2000)

James v. James, 769 So. 2d 356 (Ala. 2000)

Ex parte State Farm Fire & Casualty Co.,
764 So. 2d 543 (Ala. 2000) (amicus curiae)

Summit Med. Assocs. v. Pryor, 180 F.3d 1326 (11th Cir. 1999)

Ex parte Alfa Fin. Corp., 762 So. 2d 850 (Ala. 1999)

Eubanks v. Hale, 752 So. 2d 1113 (Ala. 1999)

Crimson Indus., Inc. v. Kirkland, 736 So. 2d 597 (Ala. 1999)

Brilliant Homes, Ltd. v. Lind, 722 So. 2d 753 (Ala. 1998)

Blue Cross & Blue Shield of Alabama v. Sanders, 138 F.3d 1347 (11th Cir. 1998)

Mitchell v. Probate Court of Jefferson
County
, 689 So. 2d 17 (Ala. 1997)

White v. State of Alabama, 74 F.3d 1058 (11th Cir. 1996)

Roe v. State of Alabama, 68 F.3d 404 (11th Cir.), stay vacated sub nom., Hellums v. Alabama, 116 S. Ct. 355 (1995) (see also related cases, Roe v. State of Alabama, 43 F.3d 574 (11th Cir. 1995); Roe v. State of
Alabama, 52 F.3d 300 (11th Cir. 1995)) (all
concerning dispute over counting of
unnotarized, unwitnessed absentee ballots in 1994 state general election)

Michael L. Jackson
Tel: (205) 870-0555 
Fax: (205) 871-7534 
E-mail: mlj@wallacejordan.com


Albert L. Jordan
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