Deborah Alley Smith

Divorce, Mediation
Financial Center, 505 North Twentieth Street, Suite 1800
Birmingham, Alabama 352032696


Divorce

Admitted

1985, Alabama

Law School

University of Alabama, J.D., 1985

Law School Graduation Year

1985

College

University of Tennessee, B.A., 1982

Memberships

Birmingham and American Bar Associations; Alabama State Bar; Defense Research Institute; Alabama Defense Lawyers Association.

Biographical

Member, Alabama Law Review. Member, Bench and Bar. Adjunct Professor, Cumberland School of Law. Author: A Controversial Settling Of A Settlement Controversy: The Supreme Court Declared the Federal Arbitration Act Preemptive of State Laws and Applicable in State Courts, Vol. 36, No. 1, Alabama Law Review, Fall, 1984; Comparative Fault: A Primer - What Happens When the Lid Flies off Pandora's Box, 54 Ala. Law 56 (Jan. 1993); Comparative Fault, Ala. Def. Lawyers J. Vol. 8 No. 2 (Oct. 1992); Certiorari Practice —What You Need to Know, 17 B'ham Bar Association Bulletin 18 (Summer, 1996); The Nuts and Bolts of Civil Appeals, 56 Ala. Law. 304 (September, 1995). Member, Editorial Board, The Alabama Lawyer.Adjunct Professor, Cumberland School of Law, 1992-1998.

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