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Joseph E.B. Stewart, Partner
JStewart@maplaw.com
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| Born:
| January 27, 1967; Lexington, Virginia
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| Admitted to Bar:
| September 1998, Alabama
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| Educated:
|  Randolph-Macon College (B.A. 1990)
Cumberland School of Law (J.D. 1998)
Cumberland Law Review Associate Editor, 1997-98; Member, 1996-97
Moot Court Board: Member, 1996-98.
ABA Moot Court National Team, Member 1997.
Scholar of Merit: Commercial Transactions I, 1997.
Cordell Hull Teaching Fellow, 1996-97.
Winner, Justice Janie Shores Summer Moot Court Competition, 1996.
Winner, Donworth Freshman Moot Court Competition, 1996.
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Rated BV in Martindale-Hubbell.
Professional Associations
Alabama State Bar; Birmingham Bar Association; Alabama Defense Lawyer’s Association, Defense Research Institute.
Specific Areas of Practice
Civil Litigation; Insurance Defense, Insurance (Bad Faith, fraud and Coverage Issues), automotive/transportation,
Malpractice/Errors and Omissions. Trials and appeals in both State and Federal Courts.
Reported Opinions
King v. Cape, 907 So.2d 1066 (Ala. Civ. App. 2005);
Kaufmann & Associates, Inc. v. Davis, 908 So. 2d 246 (Ala. Civ. App. 2004); Poplin v. Bestway Express, 286 F. Supp 2d 1316 (M.D. 2003); Landstar Ranger v. Kent,
828 So. 2d 322 (Ala. Civ. App. 2002); Royal Ins. Co. of America, Inc. v. Whitaker Contracting Corp., 295 F.3d 1381
(11th Cir. 2002); Royal Ins. Co. of America, Inc. v. Whitaker Contracting Corp., 824 So. 2d 747 (Ala. 2002) (on a
certified question from the Eleventh Circuit); Royal Ins. Co. of America, Inc. v. Whitaker Contracting Corp., 242
F.3d 1035 (11th Cir. 2001); Canal Insurance Company v. M&G Tank Lines, Inc., [No. 00-0183-AH-L, May 10, 2001] ---
F. Supp. ---, 2001 WL 530450 (S. D. Ala. 2001); American Termite & Pest Control, Inc. v. Riley, 775 So. 2d 179
(Ala. 2000); Canal Ins. Co. v. U.S. Fire Ins. Co., [CV-04-0094-KD-C], --- F. Supp. 2d ---, 2007 WL 1266351 (S.D. Ala. May 01, 2007); Nicholson v. McCabe, [CV-02-H-1107-S.] --- F. Supp. 2d ---, 2003 WL 25676476 and 2003 WL 25676474 (N.D. Ala. 2003).
Publications
Alabama Law Update, Richard W. Lewis & Joseph E. B. Stewart (1999-2008); Co-Author, "Defending an Insured in a Criminal Case: The Circumstances Under Which an Insurer Should Assume This Duty", Coast to Coast Quarterly: Transportation and Insurance Newsletter, Vol 1 (Summer 2005); Co-Author, Alabama Law Concerning Spoliation of Evidence (May 10, 2001); Richard W. Lewis and Joseph E. B. Stewart, Principal's Agency and Punitive Damage Liability in Light of Daisy Johnson II (2000).
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