Rex Slate

Attorney

Guin, Stokes & Evans, LLC

Rex Slate graduated from the University of Alabama School of Law in 1996. While in school, Mr. Slate was elected a Student Bar Association Senator, was selected for the law school’s national trial advocacy competition team, received the George “Peach” Taylor award in trial advocacy, received the Stancil R. Starnes scholarship for trial advocacy, and served as Dean Charles Gamble’s research assistant and project manager.  Prior to attending law school, Mr. Slate graduated from the University of Alabama in 1982 with a B.F.A. in Theatre. He then studied acting at the University of California, Irvine, receiving his M.F.A. in Drama in 1986. He then moved to New York City to pursue an acting career for the next four years before homesickness set in and he moved back to Alabama to pursue a career in law – the family business. For more than fourteen years, Mr. Slate has represented plaintiffs in a wide variety of cases, including products liability, crashworthiness, medical malpractice, nursing home abuse, Dram Shop litigation, commercial motor vehicle accidents, and class actions.