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Carr Allison (AL)
100 Vestavia Parkway
Birmingham, AL 35216
United States
Phone: (205) 949-2925
Fax: (205) 822-2057
Primary Contact
Charles F. Carr
- Office: (205) 949-2925
- Cell: (251) 422-7070
- Fax: (251) 626-8928
Alternate Contact 1
Thomas L. Oliver, II
- Office: (205) 949-2942
- Cell: (205) 908-9405
- Fax: (205) 822-2057
Alternate Contact 2
Thomas S. Thornton, III
- Office: (205) 949-2936
- Cell: (205) 910-1885
- Fax: (205) 822-2057
About this Firm
Carr Allison, one of the fastest growing firms in the Southeast, has offices strategically located throughout Alabama, Mississippi and Florida to provide our clients with sophisticated, effective and efficient legal representation.rnrnWe are the largest pure litigation firm in Alabama and have been recognized as a top five law firm by the Alabama Trial Court Review. From complex class actions to the defense of professionals, retailers, transportation companies, manufacturers, builders, employers and insurers, we represent clients of all sizes. Our attorneys include two former USLAW Chairs, the Executive Director of the Alabama Self-Insurers Association, adjunct faculty in Alabama’s law schools and several national speakers and writers on legal subjects ranging from punitive damages in Mississippi to quantifying death verdict values in Alabama and around the country.
Areas of Practice
- Alternative Dispute Resolution
- Antitrust
- Appellate Law
- Auto Liability
- Aviation
- Banking and Financial Services
- Civil Rights
- Construction Law
- Franchise
- Government Relations
- IP and Technology
- Insurance Law
- Labor and Employment
- Life, Health and Disability
- Media and Communications
- Medical Malpractice
- Pharmaceutical and Medical Device
- Premises Liability
- Professional Liability
- Real Estate
- Retail and Hospitality Law
- School Law
- Telecommunications
- Transportation and Logistics
- Water Law
- Workers' Compensation
Representative Clients
- Arby’s
- Arch
- Autozone
- Bed Bath & Beyond
- Belk
- Bendix
- Boral Industries
- California Pizza Kitchen
- Certain Underwriters of Lloyd International
- Cinemark
- Circle K
- CNA
- Cracker Barrel
- Crete Carriers
- Davita
- Deep South
- Dollar Tree
- Everest
- Extended Stay Hotels
- FedEx Freight
- FedEx Ground
- FFIC-Interstate
- General Electric
- Hearthstone Assisted Living
- James River
- Johnson Controls
- Kellogg, Inc.
- Kelly Services
- Kirkland's
- Kmart
- Landstar
- LG Electronics
- Loomis Fargo
- McDonalds
- Mitsui-Sumitomo
- National Interstate Insurance Company
- Office Max
- Panda Express
- Pep Boys
- Proctor & Gamble
- Progress Energy
- Quality Carriers
- Red Robin
- Rugged Warehouse
- Ryder
- Schneider National
- Sears
- Select Specialty Hospital
- Selective Insurance
- Swift
- Thule Towing Systems
- Travelers Insurance Company
- UPS
- USXpress Enterprises
- Waste Management
- Wendy's
- Werner Enterprises
- Weyerhaeuser
- XL/Catlin Insurance
- Zurich
Additional Offices
200 Grove Park Lane
Suite 210
Dothan, AL 36305
United States
212 South Cedar Street
Florence, AL 35630
United States
6251 Monroe Street
Suite 200
Daphne, AL 36526
United States
1319 26th Avenue
Gulfport, MS 39501
United States
305 South Gadsden Street
Tallahassee, FL 32301
United States
Primary USLAW Practice Group Contacts
Business Litigation and Class Actions
Thomas L. Oliver, II
Carr Allison (AL)
Birmingham, AL
United States
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Complex Tort and Product Liability
Thomas L. Oliver, II
Carr Allison (AL)
Birmingham, AL
United States
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Construction Law
Thomas S. Creel
Carr Allison (AL)
Birmingham, AL
United States
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Healthcare Law
Thomas L. Oliver, II
Carr Allison (AL)
Birmingham, AL
United States
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Insurance Law
Thomas L. Oliver, II
Carr Allison (AL)
Birmingham, AL
United States
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Labor and Employment
Thomas L. Oliver, II
Carr Allison (AL)
Birmingham, AL
United States
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Medical Law
Thomas L. Oliver, II
Carr Allison (AL)
Birmingham, AL
United States
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Professional Liability
Thomas L. Oliver, II
Carr Allison (AL)
Birmingham, AL
United States
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Retail and Hospitality Law
Thomas S. Thornton, III
Carr Allison (AL)
Birmingham, AL
United States
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Transportation and Logistics
Thomas L. Oliver, II
Carr Allison (AL)
Birmingham, AL
United States
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Resources & Articles
Legal Alert: Litigation Update from Florida in the Post-Tort Reform Era
ABOUT THIS ALERT On Friday, March 24, 2023, Florida Governor Ron DeSantis signed sweeping tort reform measures into law. Just before that deadline, more than 80,000 cases were filed to “beat the statute.” Kyle Weaver from Carr Allison in Tallahassee, Florida, shares an update about how procedural and substantive changes… Continue Reading
Legal Alert – Tort Reform in Alabama: Dram Shop Liability
ABOUT THIS ALERT Alabama has long had a strict liability scheme for dram shop cases. In the last two weeks, the legislature turned that scheme on its head, making it more difficult to prosecute dram shop cases and easing access to liquor liability insurance. FEATURING Pamela S. Hallford of Carr… Continue Reading
Legal Alert | Florida Politics Update: Tort Reform
ABOUT THIS ALERT On Friday, March 24, 2023, Florida Governor Ron DeSantis signed a comprehensive tort reform bill into law with important changes which should level the playing field for civil defendants in Florida. FEATURING Kyle Weaver of Carr Allison (Northwest Florida) | kweaver@carrallison.com | (850) 222-2107 Continue Reading
Carr Allison’s Pryor and Townsley obtain summary judgment
Carr Allison attorneys Caroline Pryor and Alex Townsley of our Mobile (AL) office, recently won summary judgment for a retail client in a case where the plaintiff tripped on a gas pump island, sustaining a fractured shoulder. In support of the argument that the gas pump island was open and… Continue Reading
Carr Allison | Shaun Decoudres and Grant Smith Earn Summary Judgment
Shaun Decoudres and Grant Smith of Carr Allison’s Birmingham, Alabama, office earned a summary judgment in the United States District Court for the Northern District of Alabama. They represented a landlord/management company that had been sued by a tenant for breach of contract, fraudulent misrepresentation/ suppression, conversion and violation of… Continue Reading
Pamela Halford of Carr Allison obtains favorable verdict for trucking client
Pamela Hallford of Carr Allison in Dothan, Alabama, represented a trucking client in a jury trial. The trial took place in Conecuh County (AL) and Hallford obtained a favorable verdict for her client. Click here for more information. Continue Reading
Alabama State Bar honors Carr Allison
The attorneys in Carr Allison’s Birmingham, Alabama, office have been honored by the Alabama State Bar with the 2021 Law Firm Award for their pro bono work with the Birmingham Volunteer Lawyers Program. Carr Allison attorneys have been assisting clients with a variety of legal issues, including evictions, collections, landlord-tenant… Continue Reading
Carr Allison secures defense verdict in a premise liability claim in Federal Court
Carr Allison Shareholders Charlie Ireland and Ginny Gambacurta in Birmingham, Alabama, have secured a defense verdict in a premise liability claim in Federal Court after a four-day trial with seven figures in claimed damages for AMC Theaters. Click here for more information. Continue Reading