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Scott W. Faulkner

Associate

Bar Admissions:
Alabama, 2001

E-mail Scott Faulkner

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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SCOTTW.FAULKNER
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  Mr. Faulkner’s practice is centered on litigation and general civil practice. He has experience in defending government entities in lawsuits alleging civil rights violations and employment discrimination. He also has experience with employment issues in the private sector. He has worked on cases involving shopping centers, manufacturers, government contracts, jail conditions, First Amendment claims, and excessive force and police brutality.

Mr. Faulkner is admitted to practice before the United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit, U.S. District Court (Northern, Middle, and Southern Districts of Alabama), and all Alabama state courts.

EDUCATION

  • J.D., summa cum laude, 2001, University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, AL
    Order of the Coif
    Hugo Black Scholar
    Dean M. Leigh Harrison Scholar
    Managing Board, Alabama Law Review
    Who’s Who Among American Law Students
    Best Papers In American Legal History, Civil Procedure, Constitutional Law, Contracts II,
    Personal Income Tax, Property, Torts, Legal Writing, Conflicts of Law, Legal Profession,
    American Labor Law History I & II, Poverty Law, Payment Systems
  • B.A., 1996, Stanford University, Stanford, CA
    Varsity Baseball Team


    PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATIONS

  • American Bar Association
  • Alabama Bar Association
  • Huntsville-Madison County Bar Association
  • Defense Research Institute


    CIVIC ACTIVITIES & OTHER EXPERIENCES

  • Law Clerk for Judge Edward Carnes, United States Circuit Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit, Atlanta, GA (2001-2002).
  • Graduate study at Yale University in American and English legal history (2002-2003).


    PUBLICATIONS

  • “The Tort of Negligent Supervision and Personal Liability,” Alabama Defense Lawyers Association Journal, April 2006 (with George W. Royer).
  • “§ 1983 Claims and State Remedy Requirements,” For the Defense, August 2005 (with George W. Royer).
  • “Still on the Backburner: Reforming the Judicial Selection Process in Alabama,” Alabama Law Review (2001).
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