Terry McCarthy is a partner at the Birmingham law firm of Lightfoot, Franklin & White, and is the co-author (along with Charles Gamble and Robert Goodwin) of the Seventh Edition of McElroy’s Alabama Evidence, the Fourth Edition of Gamble’s Alabama Rules of Evidence, and the forthcoming Gamble’s Alabama Rules of Evidence: Pocket Edition. He has also authored numerous scholarly articles on evidence issues and gives several CLE presentations each year on various evidence topics. Terry has taught evidence courses as an adjunct professor for most of his legal career at multiple law schools, and the last three years he taught first year Civil Procedure at his alma mater, The University of Alabama School of Law. He serves on the advisory committee for the Alabama Rules of Evidence, and has a diverse trial and appellate practice. He may be reached at tmccarthy@lightfootlaw.com.