Huie attorneys Jennifer Reid Egbe, Jennifer “JD” Devereaux Segers, and Elizabeth Davis McCoy were selected as B-Metro 2024 Top Women Attorneys. The annual listing features the top women attorneys in the Birmingham metro area. Jennifer Egbe joined Huie in 2007 and initially specialized in the areas of automotive product liability, personal injury, medical malpractice, employment discrimination…
Huie Fernambucq & Stewart, LLP has been recognized for the tenth year as one of the Leading Law Firms in Alabama in the Chambers USA 2024 Guide. The firm achieved recognition for excellence in the general commercial litigation practice area for another consecutive year. The new edition of Chambers USA also recognized Huie partner Alan Thomas as…
The Alabama Supreme Court recently affirmed without opinion a summary judgment motion obtained by Huie partner Phil Collins, on behalf of a healthcare client in a medical negligence case. The Challenge This case involved claims that the hospital client breached the standard of care in its care and treatment of the Plaintiff patient. The Plaintiff…
On August 14, 2024, Stewart McCloud and Will Thompson obtained a defense verdict in the Circuit Court of Tuscaloosa County in favor of Joyride Tuscaloosa, LLC, a transportation service company which operates a fleet of specially licensed low-speed vehicles in and around the campus of The University of Alabama. The Plaintiff claimed that in October…
In the 31st edition of The Best Lawyers in America©, Huie attorneys received numerous accolades, including one “Lawyer of the Year” award and 60 placements for 22 attorneys across 17 practice areas in the 2025 Best Lawyers listings. Best Lawyers is the oldest peer-review publication in the legal profession and each year they recognize individual attorneys in designated metropolitan areas for…
On July 15, 2024, following a 10-day trial, Huie partners Jennifer ”JD” Segers and Allen Sydnor obtained a jury verdict for the Defendants in a medical negligence action wherein it was alleged that the failure to perform a follow-up chest CT scan resulted in the delayed diagnosis of lung cancer. In August 2017, an abdominal…