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Kenneth D.
Sansom
SPOTSWOOD SANSOM
& SANSBURY LLC
940
Concord Center
2100 Third Avenue North
Birmingham, AL 35203-3329
Tel: (205) 986-3622
Fax: (205) 986-3639
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Ken Sansom is an experienced
litigator whose paramount objective is to attain the litigation
goals of each of his clients, whether those goals are victory in
court, cost control, vindication of important legal principles, or
other objectives grounded in the client’s competitive strategy.
Ken’s litigation experiences have
included successful handling of class litigation in state and
federal courts in many different venues, briefing and arguing
appeals—on behalf of both parties and amici—in state and federal
appellate courts (including the United States Supreme Court), and a
variety of commercial and employment litigation in trial courts.
Prior to law school, Ken served as a
submarine officer in the United States Navy, where he was trained in
the theory and operation of nuclear reactors, the tactical
employment of a submarine, and leadership. As a founding member of
his firm, Ken has consistently provided value to his clients in
challenging complex litigation of many varieties. He has achieved a
variety of outstanding results, including:
- Dismissal of significant class
actions in multiple states threatening liability under
consumer-protection laws and common-law theories for certain
transportation charges. The results in these cases have aided
transportation industry participants in ensuring that their
consumer relationships continue to be governed by established and
predictable federal law that can be relied upon with confidence
nationwide.
- Dismissal of business-tort claims
in New York using preemption principles to ensure the ability of a
company to change its vendor relationships when business
circumstances require that such changes be made.
- Clarification by the Alabama
Supreme Court of venue rules whose impact is to prevent
intra-county forum shopping.
- Strategic modifications of
contracts used in a variety of repetitive business circumstances
to better anticipate the litigation environment.
- A successful petition for writ of
certiorari to the United States Supreme Court.
- Industry amicus briefing in
various federal courts of appeal and the United States Supreme
Court.
- Assistance to an in-house legal
department in the development of litigation management systems.
- National coordination of complex
litigation defense.
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Position:
Member
Industry Experience:
Air & Ground Transportation
Financial Services
Health Care
Others
Practice Areas:
Complex Litigation
- Commercial Disputes
- Employment Disputes
- Class Actions
Appellate Litigation
Insurance Coverage Litigation
Strategic Counseling
Admitted:
Alabama
U.S. Courts of Appeals for the
First, Sixth, Seventh, Ninth,
and Eleventh Circuits
U.S. District Courts for the
Northern, Middle, and
Southern Districts of
Alabama
Education:
Rice University B.A.
University of Texas School of
Law, J.D.
- Texas Law Review
> Articles Editor
> Best Constitutional Law
Note
- Board of Advocates
(Advocacy Honor)
Clerkship:
Hon. Emmett R. Cox,
U.S. Court of Appeals,
Eleventh Circuit
Affiliations:
Selectee, Alabama Super
Lawyers® 2008 & 2009
Magazine
American Bar Association
(Member, Litigation &
Antitrust Sections, Forum on
Air & Space Law) Transportation Lawyers
Association
Alabama State Bar
Birmingham Bar Association
Federal Bar Association
Published Works:
Robert K.
Spotswood and
Kenneth D. Sansom, "Who
May Speak for the King?
Challenging Common
Assumptions about
Representing the
Government in Class
Action," Class Action
Litigation Report,
Vol. 5, No.
15, page 549.
Note, "Sharing the Burden:
Exploring the Space Between
Uniform and
Specific
Applicability in Current Free
Exercise Jurisprudence," 77
Texas L. Rev. 753 (1999).
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