Alabama Update (Tuscaloosa)

Christopher Gerety Related Seminars and Products

Protective Life Insurance Company

Mr. Gerety is an attorney with Protective Life in Birmingham. Prior to that, he served as a Vice President in the legal department of Region Banks; as General Counsel for a financial institution headquartered in Birmingham; and advised many companies across the states of Alabama and Florida while in private practice. Mr. Gerety received his J.D. from The University of Alabama School of Law and served as law clerk to federal Judge Robert Varner. He earned his undergraduate degree from the University of Alabama at Birmingham and a Masters in Business Management degree from Birmingham-Southern College. Mr. Gerety is a long-time speaker and presider at CLE Alabama seminars.

Thomas M. Goggans Related Seminars and Products

Law Office of Thomas M. Goggans

Mr. Goggans maintains an active litigation practice and is listed in the National Directory of Criminal Defense Lawyers. He is a Past President of the Alabama Criminal Defense Lawyers Association and received the Mollie S. Jordan Award of Excellence from that organization in 1991. He is a member of the National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers and he serves on the Alabama Supreme Court's Advisory Committee on Rules of Criminal Procedure. Mr. Goggans has taught courses in criminal procedure and criminal evidence at Alabama State University and has given numerous lectures at continuing legal education seminars.

Whitney Brown Related Seminars and Products

Lehr Middlebrooks Vreeland & Thompson

Whitney Brown is a shareholder with the firm. Whitney represents  employers in a range of employment litigation, including harassment and  discrimination cases, Family Medical Leave Act, and cases involving  state law claims. Over the past few years, Whitney’s practice has led  her to manage the defenses of three multi-plaintiff race or national  origin discrimination and retaliation cases. This included mapping a  course that led to our client’s receiving summary judgment on all of the  claims by ten individual plaintiffs. A significant focus of her  litigation has been on health care facilities and restaurants. Whitney  enjoys helping these employers come up with solutions to the particular  challenges they face.  Whitney also counsels and educates employers on all employment  related topics and especially navigating employee health issues at the  intersections of the FMLA, ADA, PDA, and attendance policies. Whitney  leads the firm’s Effective Supervisor® program on a regular basis and is  also frequently invited to speak to clients, industry associations, and  human resources groups about a variety of emerging trends in employment  law.

Price Evans Related Seminars and Products

Mississippi Valley Title Services Company

Price Evans is Vice President and Commercial Underwriting Counsel at Mississippi Valley Title Services Company and Old Republic National Title Insurance Company. He advises Company agents and approved attorneys on title insurance policy coverages and handles commercial real estate transactions throughout Alabama and across the country. Price is a co-author of soon to be published Alabama Property Rights and Remedies, Sixth Edition, professor at Birmingham School of Law, member of the Alabama Law Institute Real Estate Study Committee and a frequent speaker on real property and title insurance matters. 

He is involved with the Alabama State Bar, having served two terms as Chairman of the Real Property, Probate and Trust Section and a member of the ASB Leadership Forum Class 15 (2020). Price is also an active member in the Birmingham Bar Association, having served as the Secretary/Treasurer, along with previous officer positions with the Young Lawyers Section, and participant in the Future Leaders Forum (2016). Price also is the Alabama Governmental Affairs Chairman for the Southeast Land Title Association. Price received a B.A. from The University of Alabama and a J.D., with honors, from Birmingham School of Law.