Michael T. Sansbury SPOTSWOOD SANSOM & SANSBURY LLC 940 Concord Center 2100 Third Avenue North Birmingham, AL 35203-3329 Tel: (205) 986-3623 Fax: (205) 986-3639 download vCard

Michael Sansbury is a trial and appellate lawyer, representing clients in state and federal courts nationwide and in arbitrations.

Michael has represented clients before the U.S. Supreme Court, the U.S. Courts of Appeals for the First, Sixth, Ninth and Eleventh Circuits, the Alabama Supreme Court, and courts of appeals in California, Illinois, and Tennessee. He has frequently been asked to file briefs amicus curiae on behalf of industry groups.

In addition to his appellate work, Michael regularly represents both plaintiffs and defendants in complex commercial litigation in state and federal trial courts. He has successfully defended numerous class actions in jurisdictions throughout the United States. He also provides independent representation to employees who have been sued as individuals in commercial disputes.

Before joining Spotswood Sansom & Sansbury LLC, Michael clerked for Judge Emmett R. Cox of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit. He is a member of the Executive Committee of the Yale Law School Alumni Association, the PARCA Roundtable, the Board of Junior Patrons of the Birmingham Museum of Art, and the Board of the Downtown Birmingham Chapter of Ducks Unlimited. He has also been a fundraiser for Sewanee, the Yale Law School, and the Muscular Dystrophy Association.

Position:
Member

Practice Areas:
Antitrust and Trade Regulation
Appellate Practice
Class Actions & Complex
   Litigation
Commercial Litigation
Constitutional Law
Insurance
Intellectual Property
Securities Litigation
Transportation Law

Admitted:
Alabama
Georgia
U.S. Supreme Court
U.S. Courts of Appeals, First,
   Sixth, Ninth and Eleventh
   Circuits
U.S. District Courts, Northern,
   Middle and Southern
   Districts of Alabama, Middle
   District of Georgia

Education:
University of the South (B.A.,
   magna cum laude,
   Economics, Political Science
   (with honors), 1998)
   Phi Beta Kappa; Pi Sigma
   Alpha

Yale Law School (J.D., 2001).
   Senior Editor, Yale Law and
   Policy Review; John M. Olin
   Fellow

Clerkship:
Hon. Emmett R. Cox,
   U.S. Court of Appeals,
   Eleventh Circuit, 2001-2002

Affiliations:
Birmingham Bar Association
Federal Bar Association
   Treasurer, Birmingham
   Chapter, Federal Litigation
   and Transportation Law
   Sections
American Bar Association
   Litigation Section
 

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