About Ricky
Ricky practices in the firm’s Litigation Section, specifically in the areas of Labor & Employment and Insurance. He handles Title VII lawsuits, sexual harassment lawsuits and age discrimination cases. In the insurance litigation area, Ricky handles agent lawsuits, contract disputes and bad faith and fraud claims. He also handles a variety of general litigation matters. Ricky also serves as a Step IV Arbitrator in employment disputes relative to Alabama Department of Transportation Consent Decree. He is a member of the firm’s Diversity Committee.
Ricky received his B.A. in History from Talladega College in 1980, where he received the Presidential Scholarship, and his M.P.A. from Mississippi State University in 1983, where he was a Robert F. Kennedy Scholar. In 1986, he received his J.D. from the University of Alabama School of Law.
He is a member of the American Bar Association, the National Bar Association, the Alabama State Bar (1986), the Mississippi Bar (2004), the Texas Bar (2004), the Tennessee Bar (2004), the Birmingham Bar Association, the Magic City Bar Association, and the Alabama Lawyers Association. He is a member of the Torts and Insurance, Litigation, and Labor and Employment Sections of the American Bar Association and a Charter Fellow of the Litigation Counsel of America. Ricky is a 2000 graduate of Leadership North Talladega County.
What community projects are you involved in? I serve as Pastor of the First Missionary Baptist Church, Talladega, Alabama. We have a membership of about 150. Our mission is to reach those who do not attend church. Not just to bring them to church, but bring them to Christ. I also coach basketball to keep kids out of trouble.
What was your first job? Janitor, mopping floors at the high school. I was 14 years old.
What are your hobbies? My hobby is basketball with my three children. We are constantly traveling from one game to the next. It’s a year round activity at my house. My wife and I have been blessed with gifted athletes.
What advice would you give to a young student in law school? Things are not as difficult as they seem. Just give your best effort and you will find that it is always good enough.
How do you define a “good day?” Regardless of what happens at work or in the courtroom, if I can come home and see that all is well with my family, that is a “good day.”