Bingham D. Edwards

During 40 years in trial practice, Bingham D. Edwards has played an instrumental role in shaping the law, both as an Alabama State Senate representative and as an attorney-advocate who has fought and won cases at the trial and appellate levels. He graduated cum laude from the University of the South in 1965 with a Bachelor of Arts degree before attending the University of Alabama in Tuscaloosa, Alabama, where he graduated with his Juris Doctor in 1968. Upon graduation, Brigham had the prestigious honor of serving as a law clerk to Federal District Judge Sebourn H. Lynne from 1968 to 1969. He then served as an Assistant District Attorney from 1970 to 1973. He was later elected to Alabama State Senate Representing District 3 (Morgan and Lawrence counties) in the 1974 to 1978 term.

Mr. Edwards has been identified among the foremost practitioners of civil litigation by induction into Who’s Who in American Law, a directory published by Marquis Who’s Who, an independent publishing group providing research, analysis and reporting of keynote achievements among leaders in particular communities. In addition, he is the recipient of a prestigious Award for Excellence from Martindale-Hubbell® after being AV® Preeminent™ Peer Review Rated for more than two decades.

Practice Areas

• Personal injury
• Fraud
• Product liability
• Car, truck and motorcycle wrecks
• Family law
• Sales for equitable division
• Probate law

Admitted

• Alabama State Bar, 1968
• United States District Court for the Northern District of Alabama, 1970
• United States Court of Appeals for the 5th and 11th Circuits, 1970
• Supreme Court of the United States, 1970

Education

• University of the South, Sewanee, Tennessee, B.A., 1965
• University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, Alabama, J.D., 1968

Member

• Morgan County Bar Association (President, 1983-1984)
• Alabama Bar Association (1968-1995)

Appeals

• Ex parte Graham, 702 So. 2d 1215 (1997)
• Lee v. YES of Russellville, Inc., 784 So. 2d 1022 (2000)
• Ex parte Brewington, 445 So. 2d 294 (1983)
• Doe v. Swift, 570 So. 2d 1209 (1990)
• James v. Mizell, 265 So. 2d 866, 289 Ala. 84 (1972)
• Ex parte Moebes, 709 So. 2d 477 (1997)
• Mutual Savings Life Ins. Co. v. Montgomery, 347 So. 2d 1327 (1977)
• Spillers v. Spillers, 707 So. 2d 256 (1997)
• Ex parte Alabama Farmers Coop., Inc., 911 So. 2d 696 (2005)
• Johnson v. BP Oil Co., 602 So. 2d 885 (1992)
• Roden v. Roden, 937 So. 2d 83 (2006)
• McNalley v. State, 468 So. 2d 209 (1985)
• In re Black, 280 BR 680 (2001)
• Mohacsy v. Holiday Inns, Inc., 280 BR 680 (2001)
• Matter of Alexander, 201 BR 294 (1996)
• Patton v. City of Decatur, 337 So. 2d 173 (1975)
• Kellam v. Kellam, 587 So. 2d 355 (1991)
• Lindsey v. Lindsey, 380 So. 2d 880 (1980)
• Day v. Morgan County Com'n, 487 So. 2d 856 (1986)
• Moebes v. Tony Moore Buick-GMC Trucks, Inc., 709 So. 2d 475 (1996)
• Bennett v. Cell-Pest Control, Inc., 701 So. 2d 1122 (1997)
• Graham v. Community Action Agency, 702 So. 2d 1222 (1997)
• Blair v. Blair, 445 So. 2d 292 (1983)
• Willingham v. Trailways, Inc., 697 F. 2d 994 (1983)
• Norton v. Norton, 394 So. 2d 22 (1980)
• AL. Farmers Coop, Inc. v. Pricewaterhousecoopers, LLP, 911 So. 2d 703 (2005)
• Moebes v. Tony Moore Buick-GMC Trucks, Inc., 709 So. 2d 479 (1998)
• Peinhardt v. Megginson, 681 So. 2d 1054 (1996)
• Ex parte VFJ Ventures, Inc., 8 So. 3d 983 (2008)
• Dunkin v. State, 260 So. 2d 607 (1972) — aff’g 260 So. 2d 604 (1971)
• Mid-State Homes, Incorporated v. Holt, 293 So. 2d 476 (1974)
• Barber v. Jefferson County Racing Ass'n, Inc., 960 So. 2d 599 (2006)

Contact

• BEdwards@AlaAttorney.com