Obtaining a complete defense summary judgment in the Alabama Court for Civil Appeals in a contentious cemetery outrage case. The plaintiff’s estate asserted claims of outrage, wantonness, negligence and trespass related to the alleged desecration of burial spaces. After successfully obtaining summary judgment on all counts, the trial court subsequently affirmed this decision against the estate’s motion for reconsideration.

Securing a complete dismissal of defamation claims against a broadcasting company. Our innovative approach involved persuading the judge to assess the sufficiency of the plaintiff’s grounds prior to reaching summary judgment. This strategic move led to the judge dismissing the suit in its entirety, setting a precedent for similar cases in media law.

Securing summary judgment on behalf of an NBC affiliate to dismiss a series of defamation and fraud claims against the NBC affiliate regarding its reporting on charges against a criminal defendant. The Alabama Supreme Court upheld the summary judgment ruling on appeal.

Securing summary judgment on behalf of a global online news outlet, dismissing claims that reporters and editors from that outlet knowingly published defamatory statements in its coverage of the rape and subsequent suicide of a college student in Alabama.

Briefing, arguing and ultimately winning a Rule 12(b)(6) dismissal of a defamation lawsuit filed by a public offical against a print and online media company.

Briefing, arguing and ultimately winning a motion to quash in Alabama federal court to successfully keep journalists from being compelled to testify in lethal injection protocol litigation.

Obtaining summary judgment on all claims, including agency and res ipsa loquitur, in favor of a national cemetery and property service company in Alabama state court, which was affirmed on appeal.

Obtaining victory on appeal to the Alabama Supreme Court to compel the plaintiff to arbtiration, reversing the trial court’s holding that the arbitration provision was unconscionable.

Securing a Rule 12(b)(6) dismissal of federal antitrust claims against a national cemetery and property service company in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Alabama.

Serving as second-chair during arbitration in which a former employee sought $10 million in damages against a national provider of insurance and investment products and services. Obtained complete judgment for defense.

Winning emergency injunctive relief on behalf of an online and print media organization resulting in the release of more than 7,700 pages of public records relating to a fatality during the Terminal Modernization Project at the Birmingham International-Shuttlesworth Airport.

Briefing, arguing and ultimately winning a motion to enforce a forum-selection clause requiring suit in Prince George’s County, Maryland, on behalf of a Maryland manufacturer.

Briefing, arguing and ultimately winning a motion to quash a subpoena seeking the disclosure of the identities of anonymous commenters on an online news story.