Attorney Charlene Ford, Whatley Drake, L.L.C., Birmingham, Alabama

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Charlene P. Ford
2001 Park Place North
Suite 1000
Birmingham, Alabama 35203

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Phone:

(205) 328-9576

E-mail:

cford@whatleydrake.com

Fax:

(205) 328-9669

Web site:

http://www.whatleydrake.com

Position	Areas of Practice	Education
Published Works	Affiliations	Representative Cases

Current Employment Position(s):: Partner

Areas of Practice:: Class Actions; Litigation; Complex Litigation; Appellate Practice

Litigation Percentage:: 100% of Practice Devoted to Litigation

Bar Admissions:: Alabama, 1993; U.S. Court of Appeals 11th Circuit, 1993; U.S. Supreme Court, 1993

Education:: Cumberland School of Law, Samford University, Birmingham, Alabama, 1993
J.D.
Honors: Summa Cum Laude
Law Review: Cumberland Law Review, Comment Editor, 1992 - 1993
Law Review: Cumberland Law Review, Member, 1991 - 1993; University of Montevallo, 1982
B.S.
Honors: Summa Cum Laude

Published Works:: "Rule 11: Due Process Reconsidered", 22 Cumberland Law Revew 729, 1991 - 1992

Representative Cases:: PacifiCare Health Systems, Inc. v. Book, 123 S. Ct. 1531 (U.S. 2003); In re Managed Care Litigation, 246 F. Supp. 2d 1363 (Jud. Pan. Mult. Lit. 2003); In re Humana Inc. Managed Care Litigation, 285 F. 3d 971 (11th Cir. 2002); In re Managed Care Litigation, 236 F. Supp. 2d 1336 (S.D. Fla. 2002); In re Managed Care Litigation, 209 F.R.D. 678 (S.D. Fla. 2002); In re Managed Care Litigation, 135 F. Supp. 2d 1235 (S.D. Fla. 2001); Moore v. Liberty Nat. Ins. Co., 108 F. Supp. 2d 1266 (N.D. AL 2000); Yeager v. General Motors Acceptance Corp., 719 So. 2d 210 (Ala. 1998); Johnson v. Garlock, Inc., 682 So. 2d 25 (Ala. 1996)

Professional Associations and Memberships:: Birmingham Bar Association; Member; American Bar Association; Member; Alabama State Bar; Member; Alabama Trial Lawyers Association; Member; The Association of Trial Lawyers of America; Member

Past Employment Positions:: Hon. William M. Acker, Jr., Judge, U.S. District Court, Northern District of Alabama, Law Clerk, 1993 - 1994

Fraternities/Sororities:: Omicron Delta Kappa; Phi Kappa Phi

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