Drake Law Firm
 
 
Admittance:
Admitted to bar in 1989; Admitted to practice law in all courts in Alabama, all federal courts and 11th Circuit Court of Appeals.

AV Rated Attorney
Mr. Drake has been awarded the highest rating achievable through the LexisNexis Martendale-Hubbell Peer Review Ratings.

Education:
University of Alabama (B.A. 1986; J.D. 1989)
Apprentice to Alabama Supreme Court, 1988

Personal Information:
Whit Drake comes from a long line of lawyers. There are a total of 12 lawyers in his family, including firm member and wife, Katie, several judges and former Speaker of the House of Representatives, Tom Drake.
 

Speeches and Publications:
“Preparing The Nursing Home Case – Plaintiff’s Perspective”; “Retaliatory Discharge”, Cumberland Law School Workmen’s Compensation Seminar; “On-the-Job Injuries and Negligent Third Parties”; Medical Malpractice Litigation – Plaintiff’s Perspective; “Employer’s Subrogation in Third Party Cases: Does Anyone Really Understand It? (The Alabama Lawyer, November 2007); “Effective Cross-Examination of Experts at Trial”, AIM Seminar (December 2008); "Using Evidence at Trial", Alabama Bar Institute seminar (November 2009)

Reported Cases:
Hill v. General Motors, Haddock v. Multivac, Inc., Oliver v. Medical Center East, Trippe v. Baptist Medical Center, Whisenant v. Gulf States Steel, Young v. Huntsville Hospital, Adams v. Douglas Battery, Inc.

Drake Law Firm places an emphasis on severe and catastrophic personal injury cases, including those involving quadriplegia, paraplegia, traumatic brain damage, wrongful death, back surgery, amputations, severe burns, etc.

 
Truck accidents, auto accidents, construction accidents, on-the-job injuries, product liability, boating accidents, wrongful death, nursing home negligence, personal injury accidents, etc.

Third-party Cases:
Many injured workers mistakenly believe that their only remedy for an on-the-job accident is through Alabama’s worker’s compensation law. However, they also have a statutory right to pursue a claim against any third-party who may be responsible for their personal injury. For example, if a worker is injured due to a defective product, such as a drill press, he may collect workers comp benefits from his employer and still sue the manufacturer of the drill.

 
 
Drake Law Firm - Personal Injury Lawyers.  1000 Urban Center Drive, Suite 550, Birmingham, AL 35242

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