Attorney Russell Drake, Whatley Drake, L.L.C., Birmingham, Alabama

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Russell Jackson Drake
2001 Park Place North
Suite 1000
Birmingham, Alabama 35203

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Phone:

(205) 328-9576

E-mail:

jdrake@whatleydrake.com

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(205) 328-9669

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http://www.whatleydrake.com

Position	Areas of Practice	Education
Honors	Published Works	Affiliations
Representative Clients	Representative Cases

Current Employment Position(s):: Partner

Areas of Practice:: Personal Injury Litigation; Products Liability Litigation; Wrongful Death Litigation; Appellate Practice in State and Federal Courts; Constitutional Litigation; Class Actions; Complex Litigation

Bar Admissions:: Alabama, 1969; Texas, 1997; U.S. Supreme Court, 1972

Education:: The University of Alabama School of Law, Tuscaloosa, Alabama, 1969
J.D.
Honors: Bench and Bar
Honors: Omicron Delta Kappa; University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, Alabama
Major: Political Science

Published Works:: "Enforcing the Right to Treatment", 10 American Criminal Law Reveiw 587, 1972; "Judicial Implementation" Wyatt v. Stickney, 32 Al. L. Rev. 299, 1981

Representative Cases:: Peters v. Amoco, 57 F. Supp. 2d 1268 (United States District Court M.D. Alabama 1999); Henderson v. Graddick, 641 F. Supp. 1192, 107 S.Ct. 681 (United States District Court M.D. Alabama Northern District 1986); Ex Parte Graddick, 495 So. 2d 1367 (Supreme Court of Alabama 1986); Ex Parte Baxley, 497 So. 2d 30 (Supreme Court of Alabama 1986); Dodson v. Atrax, 437 So. 2d 1294 (Court of Civil Appeals of Alabama 1983); DeSafney v. University of Alabama, 413 So. 2d 391 (Supreme Court of Alabama 1982); City of Tuscaloosa v. Board of Trustees, Fire and Police, 677 So. 2d 198 (Supreme Court of Alabama 1996); Henderson v. Alabama Power Co., 627 So. 2d 878 (Supreme Court of Alabama 1993); Wyatt v. Stickney, 344 F.Supp. 373, 387 (United States District Court, M.D. Alabama, Northern Division 1972)

Representative Clients:: City of Birmingham; Local 312, International Brotherhood of Operating Engineers; The Alabama Association of the Deaf; AFL-CIO; Local 558, International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers; International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers, AFL-CIO; Laborers' International Union of North America, Local 559; International Union of Operating Engineers; Shopman's Local 539, Local Union No. 78

Classes/Seminars Taught:: Lecturer in Law, University of Alabama School of Law, 1983 - 1987

Honors and Awards:: Fellow, International Academy of Trial Lawyers, 1995; Jasons

Professional Associations and Memberships:: Alabama Ethics Commission, 1998 - Present; Member; Birmingham Museum of Art, 2001 - Present; Member, Board of Trustees; 11th Circuit Judicial Conference, 1984 - 1986; Lawyer Member; 11th Circuit Judicial Conference, 1991; Lawyer Member; 11th Circuit Judicial Conference, 1995; Lawyer Member; 11th Circuit Judicial Conference, 1986 - 1988; Member, Lawyers Advisory Committee; U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Alabama, 1989 - Present; Member, Lawyers Advisory Committee; Christ Episcopal Church, 1984 - 1987; Member of Vestry; Grace Episcopal Church, 2003; Junior Warden, Vestry; Grace Episcopal Church, 1987; Senior Warden; State Democratic Executive Committee, 1986; Member; State Democratic Executive Committee, 1986; Executive Board; Tuscaloosa County Bar Associaiton, 1979; Member, Executive Committee; Tuscaloosa County Bar Association, 1980 - 1981; President; American Bar Association; Member; Alabama State Bar, 1973 - Present; Member; Alabama State Bar, 1979 - Present; Chairman; Alabama State Bar; Committee on Prepaid Legal Services; Alabama State Bar, 1989; Chairman, Task Force on Illiteracy; Alabama State Bar; Member, IOLTA Task Force; Alabama State Bar; Member, Committee on Local Bar Activities; Alabama State Bar; Member, Supreme Court Task Force on Judicial Building; Alabama State Bar; Member, Supreme Court Advisory Committee on Criminal Procedure; Alabama State Bar, Labor Law Section; Member; Alabama State Bar, Young Lawyers Section, 1977; Member; Alabama State Bar, 1995 - 1996; Member, Task Force on Minority Participation; Alabama Bar Association, 1996 - 1997; Chairman, Task Force on Minority Participation; State Bar of Texas; Member; Alabama Trial Lawyers Association, 1976; Member, Board of Governors; Alabama Trial Lawyers Association, 1984; Member, Executive Committee; The Association of Trial Lawyers of America; Member

Past Employment Positions:: Selma Interreligious Project, Staff Counsel, 1969 - 1971; Drake, Knowles & Still, Partner, 1971 - 1973; Drake & Knowles, Partner, 1973 - 1978; Drake & Pierce, Partner, 1978 - 1981; Drake, Knowles & Pierce, Partner, 1981 - 1990; Drake & Pierce, Partner, 1990 - 1996; Cooper, Mitch, Crawford, Kuykendall & Whatley, Associate, 1996 - 1998

Pro Bono Activities:: St. Andrews Foundation, 1997 - Present

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