Cabaniss, Johnston, Gardner, Dumas &
O’Neal LLP
2001 Park Place North, Suite 700
Birmingham, Alabama 35203-4804
Telephone: 205-716-5312
Facsimile: 205-716-5389
Email:
csm@cabaniss.com
Initial contact with this attorney by email does not create an attorney-client relationship.
Areas of Practice:
Business Litigation
Securities Litigation
Trade Regulation
Professional
Liability Defense
Personal Injury
Litigation
Employment Litigation
Education:
L.L.B., Harvard Law School, 1968
B.A., magna cum
laude, Honors
in English, Vanderbilt University,
1965
Admitted to Practice:
Alabama State Bar (1968)
All Alabama U.S.
District Courts
Eleventh
and Fifth Circuit Courts
of Appeal
U.S. Supreme Court
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Crawford S.
McGivaren, Jr.
Crawford McGivaren is a Fellow of the American College of Trial Lawyers. He has been listed
in The Best Lawyers in America in Business and Personal Injury
Litigation since 1989, and he is also listed in Antitrust Law, Bet-the-Company Litigation, Commercial Litigation, Professional Malpractice Law and Railroad Law . He has been named by Super Lawyers magazine as one of the top 50 lawyers in the state of Alabama. He is listed in the Who’s Who Legal
section under USA Commercial Litigation. He is also named in the inaugural edition of Benchmark as a leading lawyer. He serves as Alabama Division Counsel for Norfolk
Southern Corporation and he is on the Executive Committee of the
National Association of Railroad Trial Counsel.
His practice has encompassed contract, securities, trade regulation,
partnership, shareholder oppression, dissenter's rights,
director and officer liability litigation, insurance coverage, and all manner of personal injury/toxic tort litigation. Ultimately prevailing
after two en banc opinions, he was the principal defense counsel
in the securities case which first recognized the
"fraud-on-the-market" theory of Rule 10b-5 liability. He was trial
and appellate counsel in groundbreaking cases resulting in federal
preemption decisions favorable to the rail industry. He is
responsible for medical malpractice defense and other litigation
at two major Birmingham hospitals. He has defended class and
individual claims asserting product liability, consumer finance
violations and insurance fraud. He has handled employment,
non-compete, and tortious interference claims, and the successful defense of a long-running Human Rights
Act case in West Virginia. He was co-lead defense counsel in one of the largest property damage lawsuits in South Carolina history.
He is a member of the Defense Research Institute, the Alabama
Defense Lawyers Association and The Torts and Insurance Practice
and Health Law Sections of the ABA. He is active in bar,
community, and charitable affairs.
Professional Recognition:
- Fellow of the American College of Trial Lawyers
- Listed in the Best Lawyers in America-Antitrust Law, Bet-the-Company Litigation, Commercial Litigation, Personal Injury Litigation, Professional Malpractice Law, and Railroad Law
- Listed in Super Lawyers--Top 50 in Alabama 2008 & 2009
- Highest listing in Chambers USA for General Commercial work
- Selected in 2010 by Chambers USA as a "Leader In His Field" for Litigation and General Commercial work
- International Who's Who of Commercial Litigators
- "AV" rated for the highest ethical standards and legal ability by Martindale Hubbell, a peer review rating system
- Named a "Local Litigation Star" by Benchmark Litigation for his work in Commercial Litigation, Personal Injury and Securities
- Selected by the Birmingham Business Journal to be listed in the Who's Who in Law and Accounting 2010
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