James B. NewmanHelmsing, Leach, Herlong, Newman & Rouse, Mobile, USAAreas of Practice: Business Litigation, Construction Law, Employment Law -- Employer, Health & Health Care Law, Insurance, Insurance Defense, Insurance Law, Labor Law, Labour and Employment, Litigation, Litigation & Appeals, Litigation - Civil, Litigation - Commercial, Litigation - Corporate Commercial, Litigation - Family Law, Litigation - Intellectual Property, Litigation - Personal Injury, Litigation - Product Liability, Personal Injury -- Defense, Products Liability Law Contact Information:
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| James B. Newman was born in Charlottesville, Virginia, in 1948. He grew up in Tuscaloosa, Alabama, and attended Vanderbilt University where he graduated in 1970 with a B.A. degree. Following college, he spent three years in the U.S. Navy as a Lieutenant Junior Grade. He entered Cumberland School of Law in Birmingham, Alabama where he received his law degree with high honors in 1976. Following his graduation from law school, he was admitted to the Bar of the State of Alabama and became a law clerk to U.S. District Judge William Brevard Hand. He has been in private practice in Mobile, Alabama, since finishing his clerkship with Judge Hand.While in law school, Mr. Newman served on the staff of the Cumberland Law Review and, during his last year in law school, was the Managing Editor of the Law Review. He was inducted into Curia Honoris and Phi Kappa Phi, societies honoring academic achievement, and graduated magna cum laude.As a practicing Attorney, Mr. Newman has held memberships in the Alabama Defense Lawyers Association and the Defense Research Institute. He is a member of the Mobile Bar Association, the Alabama State Bar, the American Bar Association and has served as President of the Young Lawyers' Section of the Mobile Bar Association. He has served as a member of the Board of Directors of the Alabama Defense Lawyers Association and is a past president of the Litigation Section of the Alabama State Bar. Mr. Newman is a member of the Paul W. Brock chapter of the American Inns of Court. He served as Chancellor of the Episcopal Diocese of the Central Gulf Coast from 1998 to 2005. Mr. Newman is a frequent speaker and faculty member at continuing legal education programs and seminars.Mr. Newman is admitted to practice before the United States Courts of Appeals for the Fifth and Eleventh Circuits, the United States District Courts for the Southern, Middle and Northern Districts of Alabama, and all courts of the State of Alabama, including the Alabama Supreme Court. Bar Admissions Alabama, 1976 U.S. District Court Southern District of Alabama U.S. District Court Middle District of Alabama U.S. Court of Appeals 5th Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals 11th Circuit U.S. District Court for Northern District of Florida U.S. District Court Northern District of Alabama Education Cumberland School of Law, Birmingham, Alabama (J.D. 1976) magna cum laude; Curia Honoris; Law Review Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee (B.A. 1970) Published Works
Representative Clients Cogburn Health Services, Inc. The Cessna Aircraft Company State Farm Fire and Casualty Company American National Property and Casualty Company Associated Aviation Underwriters AmSouth Bank J. S. Walton Construction Company Sizeler Property Investors Professional Associations and Memberships United States Navy, 1970 - 1972; Lt. (jg) MBA, Young Lawyers'' Section, 1984; President Mobile Mental Health Center, 1996 - 1998; President Episcopal Diocese of Central Gulf Coast, 1997 - Present; Chancellor Alabama State Bar Association, Litigation Section, 1999 - 2000; President Defense Research Institute Alabama Defense Lawyers Association (Director, 1998-2002) |
