Frank M. Wilson - Montgomery, AL

Overview

Awards and Honors

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Education

• Legal Education

  • The University of Alabama School of Law, Tuscaloosa, Alabama, 1978
    J.D., Doctor of Jurisprudence
    Honors: Order of the Barristers, John A. Campbell Moot Court Board

• Non Legal Education

  • Birmingham Southern College, Birmingham, Alabama, 1975
    B.A., Bachelor of Arts
    Honors: magna cum laude

Current Employment Position(s)

• Of Counsel

Past Positions

• Hon. Robert E. Varner, United States District Court Judge, Middle District of Alabama, Law Clerk, 1978 - 1979

Classes and Seminars

• Practice Tips for the Plaintiff’s Lawyer: Building, Managing and Proving Your Case (ABICLE, Product Liability Seminar 2003)
  
• Numerous seminar presentations for the Alabama State Bar, ABICLE, Practicing Law Institute

Pro Bono Activities

• Chairman, Jubilee City Fest (2002)
• Board of Directors, Montgomery Museum of Fine Arts
• Family Sunshine Center

Representative Cases

• McMahon v. Yamaha Motor Corp., USA, 95 So.3d 769 (Ala. 2012)
• Yamaha Motor Corp., USA v. McMahan, 183 So.3d 145 (Ala. 2015)
• Parsons Steel Inc. v. First Alabama Bank, 474 U.S. 518 (1986)
• First Alabama Bank v. Parsons, 390 So.2d 640 (Ala. Cir. App. 1980)
• Fulton v. The Montgomery Advertiser, 388 So.2d 533 (Ala. 1980)
• Parsons Steel v. First Alabama Bank, 679 F.2d 242 (11th Cir. 1982)
• Harper v. First Alabama Bank, 514 So.2d 1366 (Ala. 1987)

Bar Admissions

• Alabama, 1978
• U.S. Court of Appeals 5th Circuit, 1980
• U.S. Court of Appeals 11th Circuit, 1982
• U.S. District Court Middle District of Alabama, 1979
• U.S. District Court Northern District of Alabama, 1979
• U.S. Supreme Court, 1985
• U.S. District Court Southern District of Alabama
• District of Columbia
• New York

Other Affiliations

• Alabama Pattern Jury Instructions Committee, 1985 - 1989 (Member)
• Montgomery County Bar Association (Member)
• American Bar Association (Member)
• Alabama State Bar (Member)
• Alabama Trial Lawyers Association, 1986 - Present (Member, Executive Committee)
• Montgomery County Trial Lawyers Association (Member)
• Association of Trial Lawyers of America (Member)
• Jt. Chair, Alabama State Bar Task Force on Merit Selection of Judges (1997)
• Member (Court-appointed), Commission on Judicial Political Advertising
• Member, Judicial Campaign Oversight Committee
• Member, Attorneys Information Exchange Group
• Alabama Association for Justice, Sustaining Member (1995-2008)
• Alabama Association for Justice, Executive Committee
• Alabama Association for Justice, Amicus Brief Committee