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Matthew Fridy Related Seminars and Products

Judge

Alabama Court of Civil Appeals

Matt Fridy is a judge on the Alabama Court of Civil Appeals. Prior to his election to the Court in 2020, Judge Fridy was a lawyer with Wallace, Jordan, Ratliff & Brandt, LLC, where his practice focused on appellate litigation, constitutional law, campaign finance, business litigation, and agricultural law. Judge Fridy also served as a staff attorney on the Alabama Court of Civil Appeals and the Supreme Court of Alabama.

Judge Fridy is a 2001 magna cum laude graduate of the Cumberland School of Law at Samford University. While in law school, he served as Executive Editor of the Cumberland Law Review. After law school, Judge Fridy served a one-year federal clerkship for United States District Judge Edwin Nelson.  In 2014, Judge Fridy was elected to the Alabama House of Representatives, representing the citizens of District 73, which comprised parts of Montevallo, Alabaster, Pelham, and Helena. In the Legislature, he served as Chairman of the Committee on the Constitution, Campaigns, and Elections; Chairman of Shelby County Legislation; Vice Chairman of the Judiciary Committee; and Chairman of the Subcommittees on Civil Law and Healthcare Costs. He was reelected to the House of Representatives in 2018 and resigned from the House in 2020 upon his election to the Alabama Court of Civil Appeals.

Judge Fridy previously served as an Adjunct Professor of Business Law at the University of Montevallo. He is a Trustee of the University of Montevallo, a Fellow of the Alabama Law Foundation, a member of the Supreme Court’s Standing Committee on the Alabama Rules of Appellate Procedure, and a member of the Board of Directors of Shelby Emergency Assistance. He is also a member of the Federalist Society.  Judge Fridy and his wife Kimberly met while students at the University of Montevallo. Kimberly is a pharmacist, and the couple has five children — Jack, Beth, Cate, Emmy, and Mae. They reside in Pelham and attend Spring Creek Cumberland Presbyterian Church in Montevallo, where Judge Fridy serves as an elder on the session.

Charles Prueter Related Seminars and Products

Fortif Law Partners, LLC

Charles grew up in Northeast Ohio, started his legal career as a judicial law clerk in Houston, Texas (first for the Hon. Sim Lake, and later for the Hon. Jennifer Elrod), and has been in Birmingham since 2014. When he entered private practice, he litigated complex commercial disputes and governmental enforcement actions across the country with a large, Southeast-based law firm. He joined Fortif Law Partners, LLC, in 2022, both to continue his litigation and dispute resolution practice and to offer innovative and efficient guidance to clients seeking solutions outside the courtroom. Whether he is litigating matters in the state or federal courts or navigating a complex transactional matter, his practice now is dedicated to a mission that is shared by all the lawyers and team members at Fortif: To make our communities better places to live and work.