About Paul
Paul practices in the Litigation section, focusing primarily on mass tort and complex litigation with particular emphasis on product liability litigation. He has served as a National Trial Counsel and as Regional Counsel for defendants in mass tort litigation. His experience also includes commercial and insurance litigation, medical device litigation, FELA and ERISA litigation.
Paul is a member of the American Bar Association (Tort and Insurance Practice Section of Litigation, and Trial Practice Committee). He also belongs to the Alabama State Bar, the Birmingham Bar Association, the Defense Research Institute (Committee on Industry-wide Litigation), and the International Association of Defense Counsel. Paul is a member of the U.S. District Courts for the Northern, Middle, and Southern Districts of Alabama, the U.S. Courts of Appeals for the Fifth and Eleventh Circuits, and the U.S. Supreme Court. He has been a speaker at national litigation seminars.
A 1984 graduate of Cumberland School of Law at Samford University, Paul served on the Moot Court Board and was selected to the Order of the Barristers. He was also Captain of the Jessup Competition Moot Court Team. He received his B.A. in Natural Sciences from the University of South Florida.