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Telephone:  256-535-1100
Facsimile:  256-533-9322

Street Address:
Suite 102
2101 West Clinton Avenue
Huntsville, AL 35805
Mailing Address:
Post Office Box 2087
Huntsville, AL 35804-2087

Attorneys / William W. Sanderson, Jr. / Full Bio

William W. Sanderson, Jr.

Practice Areas

Profile

Mr. Sanderson's practice is primarily devoted to mediation and representation of school boards, municipalities, and utilities. He has extensive experience with alternative dispute resolution and issues affecting municipalities, school boards, and municipal utilities, including real estate, employment and environmental issues, tenure, tax, public financing, and contracts.

Mr. Sanderson also devotes a significant portion of his practice to municipal litigation and education law. He is listed on the roster of approved mediators maintained by the Alabama Center for Dispute Resolution and is a member of the Panel of Neutrals of the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Alabama.

Honors and Awards

  • Mr. Sanderson has been selected by his peers for inclusion in the education law section of The Best Lawyers in America (2006-2010).
  • Recipient, Distinguished Leadership Award, Leadership Huntsville-Madison Co., 2005.

Bar Admissions

  • Alabama, 1979

Court Admissions

  • United States Supreme Court
  • United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
  • United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
  • United States District Courts
  • Northern District of Alabama
  • Middle District of Alabama
  • All Alabama state courts

Professional Affiliations

  • American Bar Association
  • Alabama Bar Association
  • Huntsville-Madison County Bar Association
  • Alabama Municipal Attorneys Association
  • Alabama Council of School Board Attorneys
    President, 2008-2009
  • Alabama Defense Lawyers Association
  • Association for Conflict Resolution

Publications

  • “OSHA and the Private Litigant,” Alabama Law Review (1979).
  • “Could Employee Overtime Cost You?,” Alabama School Boards (magazine), 2002.

Education

  • J.D., 1979, University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, AL
    President, Bench and Bar Legal Honor Society
    Most Outstanding Senior, 1979
    Articles Editor, Alabama Law Review
    Finalist, John A. Campbell Moot Court Competition
  • M.P.A., 1979, University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, AL
  • B.A., cum laude, 1976, University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, AL
    Phi Beta Kappa

Community Involvement

  • President, The Schools Foundation, 1999-2003
  • Member, Board of Directors, Committee of 100
  • Member, Board of Directors, Broadway Theater League
    President, 2005-2007
  • Graduate, Leadership Huntsville, 1991
  • Graduate, Leadership Alabama, 2002
  • Member, First United Methodist Church of Huntsville