Attorney Profiles

Recent Notable Verdicts, Awards and Settlements: In the last several years, Mr. Wright has participated in cases that rendered verdicts, awards and settlements totaling $30,000,000.00. Most recently, Mr. Wright obtained a $17.3 Million award in a commercial business dispute case.

Mr. Wright was recently honored by the Birmingham Business Journal as one of Birmingham's Top 40 Under 40, a group of top professionals under the age of 40 years old in the Birmingham, Alabama area.

Areas of Practice: Mr. Wright focuses on the following areas of law: Wrongful Death, Commercial Disputes, Dram Shop, Environmental, Personal Injury, Products Liability and Pharmaceutical Litigation.

Education/Awards: Mr. Wright is from the Atlanta, Georgia area and received his J.D. from the University of Alabama School of Law in Tuscaloosa, Alabama. While in law school, Mr. Wright was a member of the Order of Barristers, University of Alabama National Moot Court Team and John A. Campbell Moot Court Board. Mr. Wright was a recipient of the Corpus Juris Secundum Academic Excellence Award and the Edward M. Friend Outstanding Oral Advocacy Award while at the University of Alabama.

Mr. Wright received a Bachelor of Science degree in Economics from Auburn University in Auburn, Alabama. While at Auburn, Mr. Wright was selected as a member of the Spade Honor Society, served as the President of the Interfraternity Council, served as the SGA President for the College of Business and was selected as a member of the War Eagle Girls and Plainsmen.

Publications/Presentations: 

The Commercial Arbitration Marketplace: Turning a Commercial Dispute into an Arbitration Award, presented at 2006 ATLA Annual Convention, Seattle, Washington, July 2006.

Post-Arbitration Award Confirmation, Enforcement and/or Appeal, presented at Hot Topics Seminar, Wynfrey Hotel, Birmingham, Alabama, December 8, 2005.

Multiplying Insurance Coverage: Applying the Definition of "Occurrence" to Obtain More Coverage in Your Client's Motor Vehicle Collision Case, Journal of the Association of Trial Lawyers of America, TRIAL Magazine, December, 2005.

Professional Associations/Affiliations: Mr. Wright is a member of the Alabama State Bar and the Alabama Association for Justice, formerly known as the Alabama Trial Lawyers' Association. He is a former member of the Board of Governors and a former TRIAL Chairman for the Alabama Association for Justice, and is currently serving on the Executive Committee for the Association.  Mr. Wright was recently elected to serve as a Board of Directors member for the Association, which is a newly created position to help direct the agenda of the Association. Mr. Wright is admitted to practice in front of the Alabama Supreme Court and the United States Federal District Courts for the Northern, Middle and Southern districts in the State of Alabama. Mr. Wright is also admitted to practice in front of the Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals in Atlanta, Georgia.

Personal Profile: Wife Natalie; Son Paulson; Daughter Lillie; Son Parker