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Hank Sherrod - Florence, AL
119 South Court Street Florence, AL 35630 - 5641
Hank Sherrod, Civil Rights Trial Lawyer
Updated: 02/18/2024
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Florence Civil Rights Lawyer
About Hank Sherrod
Practice Areas
- Civil Rights
- Jail Death and Injury
- Constitutional Law
- Civil Rights Section 1983 Claims
- Racial Harassment
- Sexual Harassment
- Prisoner Rights
- Police Liability
- Police Misconduct
- Police Excessive Force
- Police Brutality
- Illegal Search and Seizure
- False Arrest
- False Imprisonment
Litigation
- 100%
Qualifications
Bar Admissions
- Texas, 1990
- Alabama, 1993
- U.S. District Court Northern District of Texas, 1990
- U.S. District Court Northern District of Alabama, 1993
- U.S. District Court Middle District of Alabama, 2001
- U.S. District Court Southern District of Alabama, 2006
- U.S. Court of Appeals 5th Circuit, 1992
- U.S. Court of Appeals 11th Circuit, 1993
- U.S. Supreme Court, 2006
Other Affiliations
- Lauderdale County Bar Association (Member)
- American Bar Association, Sections on Litigation, Labor and Employment Law (Member)
- Alabama State Bar Association, Section on Labor and Employment Law (Member)
- State Bar of Texas (Member)
- National Employment Lawyers Association (Member)
- NELA - Alabama (Founding Board Member and President (2005 - Present))
- The National Police Accountability Project (Member)
- American Association for Justice, Sections on Employment Rights and Civil Rights (Member)
- Alabama Association for Justice (Member)
- Alabama affiliate of the National Employment Lawyers Association (Founding Board Member and President)
- American Civil Liberties Union of Alabama, 2005 - Present (Legal Committee Member)
Past Positions
- Carrington, Coleman, Sloman & Blumenthal, Dallas, Texas, Associate, 1990 - 1993
- Hon. Patrick E. Higginbotham, United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit, Law Clerk, 1989 - 1990
Education
- Vanderbilt University Law School, Nashville, Tennessee, 1989
J.D.
Honors: summa cum laude
Honors: Order of the Coif
Law Review: Vanderbilt Law Review, Associate Articles Editor - Birmingham-Southern College, Birmingham, Alabama, U.S.A., 1986
B.A.
Honors: summa cum laude
Honors: Phi Beta Kappa
Fees
Accepts Credit Cards
Office Information
Address
119 South Court Street Florence, AL 35630 - 5641
Phone
Fax
- 877-684-0802 (Toll Free)
Office Hours
8:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. weekdays. Evening and weekend hours available by appointment.
Achievements
Other Sources of Feedback About Hank Sherrod
Honors
- West Publishing Co. Book Award (One of Top 5 Persons in Class)
- Am Jur Book Awards in Contracts I, Constitutional Law I, Administrative Law, Criminal Constitutional Law, and Accounting
- Best Brief Award and Semifinalist, Intramural Moot Court Competition
- Moot Court Board
- Cabaniss, Johnston, Gardner, Dumas & O'Neal Scholar
- Andrew Ewing Scholar Finalist
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