Waldrep Stewart & Kendrick, LLC


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Waldrep Stewart & Kendrick, LLC


2323 2nd Avenue North Birmingham, Alabama 35203View Map

Year Established: 1978

Firm Size: 18

Representative Clients:

City of Bessemer; Jefferson County Sherrif's Department; Birmingham-Jefferson Civic Center Authority; The Water Works and Sewer Board of the City of Birmingham; City of Homewood; Bessemer Utilities; Birmingham Board of Education; American Federation of Government Employees Local 1945; City of Pelham; Town of Brookside; Town of Kimberly; City of Troy; City of Brewton; Jefferson County; Faulkner University; Alabama State University; American Village; Troy City Board of Education; Brewton City Board of Education; Waste Corporation of America, Inc.; Sunbelt Environmental, Inc.; Blount Parrish & Company, Inc.; JP Morgan & Co.; JP MorganChase; Bear Stearns; NAMCO Metal Management, Inc.; Sunflower Waste, Inc.

Office Hours:
Monday: 07:45 AM - 05:45 PM
Tuesday: 07:45 AM - 05:45 PM
Wednesday: 07:45 AM - 05:45 PM
Thursday: 07:45 AM - 05:45 PM
Friday: 07:45 AM - 05:45 PM

SHAREHOLDERS

Charlie D. Waldrep (Shareholder) born Gainesville, Georgia, November 13, 1948; admitted to bar, 1976, Alabama, U.S. District Court, Northern District of Alabama and U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth, Eleventh and Federal Circuits. Education: Jacksonville State University (B.A., 1971); Cumberland School of Law of Samford University (J.D., cum laude, 1976). Phi Delta Phi. Chief of Staff, Governor Jim Folsom, 1993-1994. Member, Education Commission of the States, Southern Regional Education Board, Alabama Manufactured Housing Commission. Member: Birmingham, Montgomery and Federal Energy Bar Associations; Alabama State Bar; Alabama Trial Lawyers Association.

Thomas L. Stewart (Managing Partner) born Birmingham, Alabama, December 29, 1949; admitted to bar, 1975, Alabama and U.S. District Court, Northern District of Alabama; 1978, U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit; 1984, U.S. Supreme Court. Education: Vanderbilt University (B.A., 1971); University of North Carolina (J.D., 1975). Member: Birmingham and American Bar Associations; Alabama State Bar.

Michael G. Kendrick (Shareholder) born Birmingham, Alabama, November 13, 1949; admitted to bar, 1977, Alabama and U.S. District Court, Northern District of Alabama; 1978, U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit; 1984, U.S. Supreme Court. Education: University of Alabama (B.S., 1972); Cumberland School of Law of Samford University (J.D., 1977). Phi Delta Phi. Member, Homewood City Council, 1980-1985. Chair, Birmingham Racing Commission, 1989—. Member: Alabama State Bar; North American Pari-Mutual Regulators Association; Alabama Municipal Attorney Association (Vice President, 2002—); International Municipal Lawyers Association; National Association of College and University Attorneys. Practice Areas: Municipal Law; Business Litigation; Corporate Law; Administrative Law; Civil Litigation.

PARTNERS

Wayne Morse, Jr. (Partner) born Birmingham, Alabama, January 26, 1951; admitted to bar, 1976, Alabama; 2004, Tennessee; U.S. Supreme Court, U.S. Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit, U.S. Tax Court, and U.S. District Court, Northern, Middle and Southern Districts of Alabama. Education: Birmingham-Southern College (B.A., 1972); Cumberland School of Law of Samford University (J.D., 1976). Omicron Delta Kappa; Phi Delta Phi. Who's Who In American Colleges and Universities, 1972. Outstanding Young Men of America, 1987. Author: "Death Actions for Federal Rights Violations in Alabama," Vol. 29, No. 1, Cumberland Law Review; "The ABC's of ERISA: An Alabama Perspective," Vol. 57 No. 7 Ala. Lawyer, 1996. Fellow, Litigation Counsel of America. Member: Birmingham and American Bar Associations; Alabama State Bar. Practice Areas: Commercial Litigation; Civil Rights; Professional Liability; Labor and Employment; Insurance Bad Faith.

Frank G. Alfano (Partner) born Birmingham, Alabama, August 8, 1956; admitted to bar, 1983, Alabama, and U.S. District Court, Northern District of Alabama; 1991, U.S. Court of Veterans Appeals; 1992, U.S. Supreme Court and U.S. Court of Appeals, Eleventh and Federal Circuits. Education: University of Alabama, Birmingham (B.A., 1979); Cumberland School of Law of Samford University (J.D., 1983). Recipient, American Jurisprudence Award for Bankruptcy. City Assistant Attorney, City of Bessemer, 2003-2006. Prosecutor, City of Midfield, 1983-2004. Member: Birmingham Bar Association; Alabama State Bar; Alabama Association for Justice; American Association for Justice. Reported Cases: Shaw v. Dover Furniture Mfg. Co., 700 So.2d 1382 (Ala.Civ.App. 1997) Adams v. City of Pelham, 651 So.2d 55 (Ala.Crim.App. 1994) Hooper v. McCray, 593 So.2d 1018 (Ala. 1992) Cone v. City of Midfield, 561 So.2d 1126 (Ala.Crim.App. 1990) Matter of Installation Services, Inc., 101 B.R. 282, 21 Collier Bankr.Cas. 2d 1509 (Bankr.N.D.Ala. 1989) Isbell v. City of Midfield, 507 So.2d 1063 (Ala.Crim.App. 1987). Practice Areas: Plaintiffs Personal Injury; Litigation; Social Security Disability; Civil Appeals.

Judith E. Dolan (Partner) born Boston, Massachusetts; admitted to bar, 1985, Massachusetts; 1986, New Hampshire; 1988, Alabama; U.S. Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit. Education: Boston College (B.A., magna cum laude, 1980); New England School of Law (J.D., 1985). Member, New England School Law Review. Fellow, Litigation of America. Practice Areas: Employment Law; Insurance Defense; Personal Injury; Litigation; Insurance Coverage; Workers Compensation; Automobile/Trucking; Construction Law.

K. Mark Parnell (Partner) born Anniston, Alabama, November 10, 1960; admitted to bar, 1987, Alabama, U.S. District Court, Northern, Southern and Middle Districts of Alabama, U.S. Court of Appeals, Eleventh and Federal Circuits and U.S. Supreme Court. Education: Jacksonville State University (B.A. with special honors, Political Science, 1983); Cumberland School of Law of Samford University (J.D., 1987). Associate Editor, Cumberland Law Review, 1987. Board Member, Cumberland Trial Advocacy Board, 1986-1987. Delegate, James L. Hughes International Law Society of Cumberland School of Law, 1986-1987. Counselor, Cumberland Research Board, 1986. Member: Birmingham and American Bar Associations; Alabama State Bar; American Water Works Association (Member, Alabama-Mississippi Section). Practice Areas: Environmental Law; Public Utility Law; Municipal Law; Corporate Law; General Civil Litigation.

Mary H. Thompson (Partner) born Birmingham, Alabama, October 27, 1965; admitted to bar, 1992, Alabama; 1993, U.S. District Court, Northern, Southern and Middle Districts of Alabama; 1997, U.S. Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit; 1999, U.S. Supreme Court. Education: Auburn University (B.S., 1989); Cumberland School of Law of Samford University (J.D., 1992). Member, Cumberland Law Review. Cordell Hull Legal Research and Writing Fellow. Member: Birmingham (Member, Sections on: Young Lawyers; Women's; Member, Committees on: Public Service; Bar Bulletin) and American (Member, Sections on: Natural Resources, Energy and Environmental Law; Administrative Law; Young Lawyers) Bar Associations; Alabama State Bar (Member, Sections on: Environmental Law; Young Lawyers). Practice Areas: Natural Resources and Environmental Law; Municipal Law; Administrative Law.

Leslie M. Klasing (Partner) born Huntsville, Alabama, November 13, 1966; admitted to bar, 1992, Alabama; 1994, U.S. District Court, Northern, Southern and Middle Districts of Alabama; 1997, U.S. Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit. Education: Birmingham-Southern College (B.S., magna cum laude, 1989); University of Alabama (J.D., 1992). Junior Editor, Law and Psychology Review, 1991-1992. Member: Birmingham (Member, Sections on: Women's; Commercial Law) and American (Member, Litigation Division) Bar Associations; Alabama State Bar. Practice Areas: Education Law; Municipal Law; Corporate Law.

ASSOCIATES

M. Fredrick Simpler, Jr. (Associate) born Andalusia, Alabama, 1955; admitted to bar, 1982, Alabama; 1983, Texas. Education: University of Alabama (B.S., 1976); Cumberland School of Law of Samford University (J.D., 1982). Order of Barristers. Associate Justice, Henry Upson Sims Moot Court Board. Articles Editor, Cumberland Law Review, 1981-1982. Law Clerk to Hon. Janie L. Shores, Alabama Supreme Court, 1982-1983. Member: Montgomery County Bar Association; Alabama State Bar; State Bar of Texas; National Association of Bond Lawyers. Practice Areas: Municipal Finance Law; Corporate Law; Securities; Municipal Law; Real Estate; Partnership Law; Business Planning.

Susan J. Walker (Associate) born Winchester, Ontario, Canada, December 16, 1962; admitted to bar, 1988, Alabama; 1989, U.S. District Court, Northern District of Alabama and U.S. Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit. Education: Catawba College (B.A., 1985); Cumberland School of Law of Samford University (J.D., 1988). Member: Birmingham and American Bar Associations; Alabama State Bar. Practice Areas: Personal Injury Law; Environmental Litigation.

Aaron Killings, Jr. (Associate) admitted to bar, 2000, Alabama. Education: Alabama State University (B.S., 1978); Miles College (J.D., 1998). Member: Alabama State Bar; Birmingham Bar Association; Bessemer Bar Association; Magic City Bar Association; American Bar Association; The Association of American Trial Lawyers of America. Practice Areas: Municipal Law.

James Esdale (Associate) born Birmingham, Alabama, April 1, 1959; admitted to bar, 2003, Alabama and U.S. District Court, Northern and Southern Districts of Alabama. Education: University of Alabama (B.S., 1990); Birmingham School of Law (J.D., 2002). Member: Birmingham Bar Association; Alabama State Bar; Alabama Trial Lawyers Association; Association of Trial Lawyers of America. Practice Areas: Civil Litigation; Municipal Law; Family Law.

Denise Poe (Associate) born Birmingham, Alabama; admitted to bar, 2000, Alabama. Education: Spelman College (B.A.); Birmingham School of Law (J.D., 2000). Member: Birmingham, Magic City and American Bar Associations; Alabama State Bar. Practice Areas: Public Sector; Municipal Law.

Robert M. Rosenberg (Associate) born New Orleans, Louisiana, September 22, 1950; admitted to bar, 1982, Louisiana; 2006, Alabama. Education: Southern Illinois University (B.A., 1973); Tulane University (M.S.W., 1976; J.D., 1982). Social Worker, Jefferson Parish and Orleans Parish School Boards, 1973-1975. Special Counsel, Orleans Parish School Board. Member: New Orleans, Louisiana State (Member, Sections on: Civil Law and Litigation; Fidelity, Surety and Construction Law; Governmental and Public Law; Sole Practitioners and Small Firms; Trusts, Estate, Probate and Immovable Property Law) and American (Member, Sections on: Public Contract Law and Forum on the Construction Industry) Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Education Law; Real Property; Estates; Wills.

(For complete biographical data on all personnel, see professional biographies at Montgomery, Alabama)

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