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Richard W. Lewis, Partner
R-Lewis@maplaw.com
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| Born:
| December 11, 1957; Port Arthur, Texas
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| Admitted to Bar:
| September 1985, Alabama
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| Educated:
|  University of Alabama (B.S. 1981)
Cumberland School of Law (J.D. 1985)
American Journal of Trial Advocacy, Member.
Trial Advocacy Board
Authored “Opening Statement: a Constitutional Right”, published in the American Journal of Trial Advocacy.
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Rated AV in Martindale-Hubbell.
Professional Associations
Alabama State Bar, Birmingham Bar Association, American Bar Association, Alabama Defense Lawyers Association and the Defense Research Institute. Member of the Tort and Insurance Practice Section of the ABA as well as the Air and Space Law and Construction Forum Committees of the ABA.
Specific Areas of Practice
Civil Litigation; Products Liability Defense (including aircraft litigation), Professional Malpractice Defense, Employment Law, Construction Litigation, Business Litigation and Insurance Defense. Trials in all State and Federal Courts. Appeals in both State and Federal Courts.
Reported Opinions
Waikar v. Royal Insurance Co. of America, Inc., [No. 2971314, Oct. 1, 1999 So. 2d (Ala. Civ. App. 1999), Cert. Denied, No. 1990117 (Ala. Feb. 25, 2000); EBSCO Indus. Inc. v. Royal Ins. Co. of America, Inc., 775 So. 2d 128 (Ala. 2000); Royal Ins. Co. of America, Inc. v. Whitaker Contracting Corp., 242 F.3d 1035 (11th Cir. 2001); Royal Ins. Co. of America, Inc. v. Whitaker Contracting Corp., [No. 27985, Jan. 11, 2002] So. 2d (Ala. 2002) (on a certified question from the eleventh circuit).
Publications
Principal’s Agency and Punitive Damage Liability in Light of Daisy Johnson II, Richard W. Lewis (2000); Alabama Law Update, Richard W. Lewis (1999-2000); Batson Update, Richard W. Lewis (1998 Steamboat Springs ADLA Seminar); Conflict of Laws, Richard W. Lewis (1997 Lake Tahoe ADLA Seminar).
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