Janet L. Humphreys

Janet L. Humphreys

Biography

Janet L. Humphreys is currently of-counsel to the firm specializing in highly-complex litigation. Ms. Humphreys is a seasoned trial attorney who handles some of the firm’s most sophisticated commercial litigation matters and class actions. She is well recognized for her recent lead role in obtaining an $88.5 million product liability jury verdict for two commercial clients. Ms. Humphreys also handles many of the firm’s appellate matters, and has successfully negotiated many multi-million dollar settlements.

Although Ms. Humphreys joined the firm in 1987 and quickly became a shareholder, she left the firm for a short time in 1994 to work as Associate General Counsel for Knight Ridder, Inc. where she specialized in libel and first amendment matters, antitrust, and intellectual property. Since returning to the firm in 1998, she has focused primarily on products liability, RICO, antitrust, and class action matters.

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Education

• B.A.,  Highest Honors, University of Alabama at Huntsville
• J.D.,  summa cum laude, University of Alabama,
• Associate Editor for the Alabama Law Review
• Clerk for US District Court Judge Sam C. Pointer, Jr. Chief Judge of the Northern District of Alabama