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William W. Sanderson, Jr.

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Bar Admissions:
Alabama, 1979

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

Street Address:
Suite 5000
200 West Side Square
Huntsville, AL 35801

Mailing Address:
Post Office Box 2087
Huntsville, AL 35804

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WILLIAMW.SANDERSON,Jr.
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  Mr. Sanderson’s practice is primarily devoted to utilities law, school law, and municipal litigation. He has experience with issues affecting municipalities, school boards, and municipal utilities, including employment and environmental laws, tenure, tax, public financing, and contracts.

Mr. Sanderson also devotes a significant portion of his practice to municipal litigation and education law. His litigation practice is concentrated on municipal and school board liability. He is listed on the roster of approved mediators maintained by the Alabama Center for Dispute Resolution. He is admitted to practice before the U.S. Court of Appeals (Fifth and Eleventh Circuits), the U.S. District Court (N.D. and M.D. of Alabama), and the U.S. Supreme Court.

Mr. Sanderson has been selected by his peers for inclusion in the education law section of Best Lawyers in America.

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


    PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATIONS

  • American Bar Association
  • Alabama Bar Association
  • Huntsville-Madison County Bar Association
  • Alabama Municipal Attorneys Association
  • Alabama Council of School Board Attorneys
  • Alabama Defense Lawyers Association


    CIVIC ACTIVITIES & OTHER EXPERIENCES

  • President, Broadway Theater League, 2005-2007
  • Recipient, Distinguished Leadership Award
    Leadership Huntsville-Madison Co., 2005
  • President, The Schools Foundation, 1999-2003 (Serving public schools of
    Huntsville, Madison County, and the City of Madison)
  • Member, Board of Directors, Chamber of Commerce Foundation
  • Member, Advisory Board, First Commercial Bank, Madison
  • Member, Board of Directors, Broadway Theater League
  • Graduate, Leadership Huntsville, 1991
  • Graduate, Leadership Alabama, 2002
  • Law Clerk for a Judge of the U.S. Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals, New Orleans, LA

    PUBLICATIONS

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