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George W. 'Wally' Walker III

George W.
"Wally"
Walker III

Phone: 334-834-1180
Fax: 334-834-3172
walker@copelandfranco.com

Education

  • B.S., Auburn University (1986)
  • J.D., magna cum laude, Samford University, Cumberland School of Law (1989)

Practice Areas

Associations & Community Involvement

  • Sunday school teacher, First United Methodist Church
  • Administrative Board and Finance Committee, First United Methodist Church
  • Auburn University College of Business Advisory Board

Honors & Awards

  • Curia Honoris
  • Phi Kappa Phi
  • Best Lawyers in America
  • Alabama Super Lawyers
  • Cumberland Law Review
  • Clerk, United States District Judge Robert E. Varner (1989-1990)

Reported Cases

  • White Sands Group, LLC v. PRS II, LLC, 998 So.2d 1042, 2008 WL 1759113, Ala. April 18, 2008 (1070050)
  • Ex parte First Tennessee Bank Nat. Ass'n, 994 So.2d 906, 2008 WL 1097797, Ala. April 11, 2008 (1061392)
  • Express Enterprise, Inc. v. Waites, 979 So.2d 754, 2007 WL 1953899, Ala. July 6, 2007 (1060082)
  • Austin v. Alabama Check Cashers Ass'n, 936 So.2d 1014, 2005 WL 3082884, Ala. November 18, 2005 (1011907 and 1011930)
  • Dunning v. New England Life Insurance Company, 890 So.2d 92, 2003 WL 22753145 Ala., November 21, 2003 (1011927)
  • Jim Walter Homes, Inc. v. Saxton, 880 So.2d 428, 2003 WL 22418641, Ala., October 24, 2003 (1020513)
  • Jim Walter Homes, Inc. v. Spraggins, 853 So.2d 913, 2002 WL 31845990, Ala., December 20, 2002 (1011659)
  • Ex parte Jim Walter Homes, Inc., 776 So.2d 76, 2000 WL 869620, Ala., June 30, 2000 (1981532)
  • Leeth v. Jim Walter Homes, Inc., 789 So.2d 243, 2000 WL 283892, Ala.Civ.App. March 17, 2000 (2981435)
  • Ex parte Jim Walter Homes, Inc., 712 So.2d 733, 1998 WL 122740, Ala., March 20, 1998 (1970138)
  • Cooks v. Jim Walter Homes, Inc., 695 So.2d 19, 1996 WL 661728, Ala.Civ.App., Nov. 15, 1996 (2950634)
  • Ex parte New England Mutual Life Ins. Co., 663 So.2d 952, 1995 WL 396888, Ala., July 7, 1995 (1940934)
  • Ex parte Sims, 627 So.2d 380, 1993 WL 179899, Ala., May 28, 1993 (1911395)
  • Ex parte TranSouth Financial Corp., 608 So.2d 385, 1992 WL 317725, Ala., Nov. 6, 1992 (1911702)
  • Bama Budweiser of Montgomery, Inc. v. Anheuser-Busch, Inc., 611 So.2d 238, 1992 WL 187145, Ala., August 7, 1992 (1910623)
  • Martin v. Scaife, 587 So.2d 995, 1991 WL 184543, Ala., September 13, 1991 (1900515)
  • Hopkins v. BP Oil, Inc., 81 F.3d 1070 (11th Cir. (Ala.), April 26, 1996) (No. 94-6906)
  • Universal Underwriters Ins. Co. v. Stokes Chevrolet, Inc., 990 F.2d 598 (11th Cir. (Ala.), May 10, 1993) (No. 91-7977)
  • Pickett v. IBP, Inc., 197 F.R.D. 510 (M.D.Ala., Oct. 18, 2000) (No. Civ. 96-A-1103-N)
  • Pickett v. IBP, Inc., 182 F.R.D. 647, 1998-2 Trade Cases P 72,287 (M.D.Ala., Sept. 15, 1998) (No. Civ. A. 96-A-1103-N)
  • Young v. Jim Walter Homes, Inc., 110 F.Supp.2d 1344 (M.D.Ala., Aug. 25, 2000) (No. Civ. A. 00-A-417-N)
  • Production Marketing, L.L.C. v. Commodity Credit Corp., 108 F.Supp.2d 1294 (M.D.Ala., Aug. 8, 2000) (No. 99-A-1453-N)
  • State Farm Fire & Cas. Co. v. Burkhardt, 96 F.Supp.2d 1343 (M.D.Ala., May 5, 2000) (No. Civ. A. 99-A-1327-N)
  • McDaniel v. IBP, Inc., 89 F.Supp.2d 1289 (M.D.Ala., March 21, 2000) (No. Civ. A. 99-A-1527-S)
  • Archible v. Metropolitan Life Ins. Co., 85 F.Supp.2d 1203 (S.D.Ala., Feb. 2, 2000) (No. 99-0361-MJ-C)
  • Wallace v. Jim Walter Homes, Inc., 68 F.Supp.2d 1303 (M.D.Ala., Oct. 15, 1999) (No. Civ. A. 99-T-173-N)
  • Mann v. Olsten Certified Healthcare Corp., 49 F.Supp.2d 1307 (M.D.Ala., May 18, 1999) (No. Civ. A. 98-T-776-N)
  • Barlow v. Evans, 992 F.Supp. 1299 (M.D.Ala., Aug. 4, 1997) (No. Civ. A. 94-D-1319-N)
  • WMX Technologies, Inc. v. Jackson, 168 F.R.D. 64 (M.D.Ala., July 3, 1996) (No. Civ. A. 95-A-92-N)
  • Retirement Systems of Alabama v. Merrill Lynch & Co., 209 F.Supp.2d 1257 (M.D.Ala. 2002)
  • Jones v. Roy, 202 F.R.D. 658 (M.D.Ala. 2001)
  • Liberty Mutual Insurance Co. v. Metropolitan Life Insurance Co., 260 F.3d 54 (1st Cir. 2001)
  • Executive Risk Indemnity Co. v. AFC Enterprises, Inc., 510 F.Supp.2d 1308 (N.D.Ga. 2007) aff'd No. 07-14678 (11th Cir., May 28, 2008)

Attorney Profile

Wally's practice over the last 20 years, since he clerked for United States District Judge Robert E. Varner, has allowed him to represent Fortune 500 companies to individuals on both the plaintiff and defense sides, ranging from construction litigation to coverage litigation, to consumer litigation, to class action litigation. He has been involved in litigation in virtually every county in Alabama, and has tried cases from Montgomery to Atlanta to Boston in state and federal courts, as well as arbitration. Wally has been primary counsel of record in over 20 reported appellate decisions.