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Joe R. Whatley Jr. 
1540 Broadway, 37th Floor
New York, New York 10036
 

Communication Center 
Phone: 212-447-7070
E-mail: jwhatley@wdklaw.com
Fax: 212-447-7077
Web site: http://www.whatleydrake.com


Areas of PracticeEducationAffiliations
ReferencesRepresentative ClientsRepresentative Cases


Areas of Practice:
Antitrust and Trade Regulation
Civil Rights
Discrimination
Class Actions
Complex and Multi-District Litigation
Consumer Fraud
Corporate Compliance
Election Law
Environmental Law
ERISA
Government Litigation
Health Care Litigation
Internal Corporate Investigations
Labor Law
Mass Torts
Nursing Home Abuse and Neglect
Pension and Health & Welfare Bonds
Personal Injury
RICO
Civil Practice
Criminal Law
Securities Fraud
Insider Trading
White Collar Criminal Cases
Litigation Percentage:
100% of Practice Devoted to Litigation
Bar Admissions:
Alabama, 1978
Texas, 1997
New York, 2006
Colorado, 2007
U.S. Supreme Court, 1997
U.S. Court of Appeals 5th Circuit, 1979
U.S. Court of Appeals 11th Circuit, 1981
U.S. District Court Middle District of Alabama, 1979
U.S. District Court Northern District of Alabama, 1979
U.S. District Court Southern District of Alabama, 1979
Education:
The University of Alabama School of Law, Tuscaloosa, Alabama, 1978
J.D.


Harvard College, 1975
A.B.
Honors: Cum Laude


Representative Cases:
PacifiCare Health Systems, Inc. v. Book, 123 S. Ct. 1531 (United States Supreme Court 2003)
In re Managed Care Litigation, 246 F.Supp. 2d 1363 (Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation 2003)
In re Humana Inc. Managed Care Litigation, 285 F. 3d 971 (United States Court of Appeals Eleventh Circuit 2002)
In re Managed Care Litigation, 209 F.R.D. 678 (United States District Court, S.D. Florida 2002)
In re Managed Care Litigation, 135 F. Supp. 2d 1235 (United States District Court S.D. Florida 2001)
Thompson v. Metropolitan Life Ins. Co., 2003 WL 21222151 (United States Court of S.D. of New York 2003)
United States v. State of Alabama, 571 F. Supp. 958 (United States Court N.D. Alabama 1983)
United States v. State of Alabama, 574 F. Supp. 762 (United States District Court, N.D. Alabama, Southern Division 1983)
United States v. State of Alabama, 582 F. Supp. 1197 (United States District Court, N.D. Alabama, Southern Division 1984)
United States v, State of Alabama, 791 F. 2d 1450 (United States Court of Appeals Eleventh Circuit 1986)
United States v. State of Alabama, 628 F.Supp. 1137 (United States District Court, N.D. Alabama, Southern Division 1985)
United States v. State of Alabama, 787 F. Supp. 1286 (United States District Court, N.D. Alabama, Southern Division 1991)
United States v. State of Alabama, 828 F.2d 1532 (United States Court of Appeals Eleventh Circuit 1987)
United States v. State of Alabama, 14 F. 3d 1534 (United States Court of Appeals Eleventh Circuit 1994)
Dunn v. ConRail, 890 F. Supp. 1262 (United States District Court Louisiana 1995)
Shuford v. Alabama State Board of Education, 894 F.Supp. 1511 (1995)
Shuford v. Alabama State Board of Education, 897 F. Supp. 1535 (United State District Court M.D. Alabama Northern Division 1995)
Cox v. Administrator, 17 F.3d 1386 (United States of Appeals Court Eleventh Circuit 1994)
Kelly v. Arrington, 599 So. 2d 24 (Supreme Court of Alabama 1992)
Kelly v. Arrington, 624 So. 2d 546 (Supreme Court of Alabama 1993)
Representative Clients:
United Steelworkers of America
City of Birmingham
Alabama A&M University
References:
AmSouth Bank
Compass Bank
Classes/Seminars Taught:
ERISA, University of Alabama School of Law, 1995


Professional Associations and Memberships:
American Bar Association, Labor and Employment Section
Member


American Bar Association, Litigation Section
Member


Alabama State Bar, Labor and Employment Law Section, 1990 - 1991
Past President


Alabama Trial Lawyers Association
Member


The Associaiton of Trial Lawyers of America
Member


Past Employment Positions:
Hon. Frank H. McFadden, Chief U.S. District Judge, Northern District of Alabama, Law Clerk, 1978 - 1979





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