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Greg Brockwell

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Greg Brockwell is a business trial lawyer.

What does it mean to be a business trial lawyer? Well, as a trial lawyer, Greg is first and foremost a litigator and advocate–with an emphasis on business disputes. He has handled litigation of every sort, representing both plaintiffs and defendants and a spectrum of clients from the most humble of individuals to the most profitable of corporations. Greg litigates in the practice areas of breach of contract litigation, construction litigation, partnership and shareholder disputes, business divorces, trust and estate disputes, and business torts.

Second, as a business lawyer, Greg handles business issues of every flavor, shape, and size. He serves as outside general counsel to many Alabama businesses, serving whatever need they may have. For those clients and many others, he handles business negotiations, transactions, contracts, buyouts, workouts, and reorganizations.

Greg is a registered mediator and arbitrator, listed on the panels maintained by the Alabama Center for Dispute Resolution. While Greg enjoys spending time in the courtroom as a litigator, he also knows that many times the best outcome for the parties is one achieved away from the courthouse, through thoughtful negotiation. Ultimately, his goal as a lawyer is to resolve every matter in the best way it can be resolved.

When not at work, Greg enjoys spending time with his wife, kids, and dog in their community of Homewood. Some may say he is a man with “too many hobbies and too little time,” but his free time is most often spent outdoors with his family, letting his kids teach him the finer points of things like playing tennis, dog walking, fly fishing, and bird hunting.

Bar and Community Involvement

Recognitions

  • Mid-South Super Lawyers (Business Litigation)

  • Alabama Super Lawyers (Business Litigation)

  • Best Lawyers in America (Construction Litigation)

  • B-Metro Magazine “Top Attorneys”

  • Birmingham Business Journal “Rising Star” Lawyer

  • AV Preeminent rating from Martindale-Hubbell

  • 10.0 rating from Avvo

Professional Results

  • Represented a local small business through a series of acquisitions, growing the business nationwide into a market leader

  • Successfully represented a class of owners of defective handguns, resulting in a class-action settlement valued in excess of $37 million

  • Won a trial for an aggrieved trust and estate beneficiary, resulting in a recovery for the client in excess of $2,500,000

  • Successfully represented the class of beneficiaries in the Prepaid Affordable College Tuition (“PACT”) class action, providing a $400 million benefit to the class and effectively resurrecting and saving the PACT program

  • Successfully represented three beneficiaries in an $85 million trust dispute

  • Successfully defended the borrowers in negotiating the workout of more than $150 million in CMBS loans

  • Negotiated a settlement in excess of $10,000,000 for several minority members of a family business conglomerate

  • Negotiated the adversarial buyout of a corporation’s president in excess of $5,000,000

  • Obtained payments in excess of $2,000,000 for a local contractor wronged by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers

  • Obtained settlement in excess of $1,300,000 in a wrongful death case

  • Obtained recovery in excess of $815,000 for homeowner in defective construction case

  • Lead counsel for winning side in Owners Ins. Co. v. Jim Carr Homebuilder, LLC, 157 So.3d 148 (Ala. 2014), a landmark case for the construction industry

  • Successfully represented numerous insurance policyholders when their insurance claims were wrongfully denied

  • Successfully defeated non-compete agreements for local employees

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Articles and Publications

Presentations

  • “Insurance Basics for the Construction Attorney,” September 1, 2020, National Business Institute “Construction Law from Start to Finish Seminar”

  • “The Thriving Plaintiff’s Firm in a Crazy World,” June 19, 2020, Alabama Association for Justice Summer Seminar

  • “Virus Law: Impacts on Business Webinar,” March 31, 2020, Alabama Association for Justice

  • “Life After Big Firm: The Do’s and Don’t of Leaving and Starting a Firm,” August 23, 2017, Birmingham Bar Association

  • “Current Topics in Business Torts,” December 16, 2015, Organizer/Moderator, ABICLE

  • “The New Alabama LLC Act,” October 22, 2015, St. Clair County Bar Association

  • “The Law Firm Divorce: Doing It the Right Way,” January 23, 2015, Alabama Association for Justice Mid-Winter Seminar

  • “The New Alabama LLC Act,” November 21, 2014, ABICLE Estate Planning Seminar

  • “The New Alabama LLC Act,” October 17, 2014, ABICLE Real Estate Seminar

  • “The New Alabama LLC Act: Impact on Members’ Rights and Internal Disputes,” Birmingham Bar Association Seminar, July 18, 2014

  • “Breach of Contract Litigation,” National Business Institute “Business Contracts A to Z Seminar,” October 8, 2013, Birmingham, AL

  • “What in the World is a Business Tort?” Alabama Association for Justice “Lunch and Learn Seminar,” September 18, 2013, Birmingham, AL

  • “Litigating Coverage and Bad Faith Issues for the Insured,” National Business Institute “Construction Insurance and Disputes Seminar,” October 9, 2012, Birmingham AL

  • “An Attorney’s Perspective on Professional Liability Risk,” Alabama Psychiatric Society, August 16, 2008, Tuscaloosa, AL

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