Best's Recommended Insurance Attorneys - General Defense
- Telephone: 205-776-9000
- Fax: 205-776-9099
- E-Mail: cstockham@scplaw.net
- Website: www.scplaw.net
Practice Areas
- General Civil Trial and Appellate Practice
- Insurance Coverage
- Insurance Defense
- Extra-Contractual Liability
- Personal Injury
- Product Liability
- Drug
- Medical Devices
- Environmental Law
- Employment Law
- Toxic Torts
- State and Federal Courts
- Reinsurance Matters
- Professional Liability
About Us
Stockham, Cooper & Potts, P.C. is a litigation and consulting firm formed by a group of experienced and aggressive AV-rated trial and appellate lawyers. Combined, the lawyers of the Firm have tried countless cases to verdict and have handled an extensive number of appellate matters throughout the state and federal courts of Alabama.
Client Information
Insurance Clients
- Alfa Insurance Companies
- IFG Companies
- Munich Reinsurance America, Inc.
- National Indemnity Company
- Nationwide Insurance Company
- NCMIC Insurance Company
- PMA Companies, Inc.
Non-Insurance Clients
- Aldi
- Resolute Management, Inc. NE
- Werner Company, Inc.
Personnel Information
Shareholders
Connie Ray Stockham
Birmingham, AL
Admitted
- Alabama, 1979
- U.S. District Court, Middle, Northern and Southern Districts of Alabama
- U.S. Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit
Education:
- The University of Alabama, B.S. (summa cum laude), 1976
- The University of Alabama School of Law, J.D., 1979
Clerkship:
Law Clerk to Judge James Hancock, U.S. District Court, Northern District of Alabama
James "Jay" A. Potts, II
Birmingham, AL
Admitted
- Alabama, 2003
- Mississippi, 2022
- U.S. District Court, Middle, Northern and Southern Districts of Alabama
Education:
- Auburn University, B.A. Economics, 1999
- The University of Alabama School of Law, J.D., 2003
John K. Pocus
Birmingham, AL
Admitted
- Alabama, 2012
- U.S. District Court, Middle and Northern Districts of Alabama
Additional Biographical Details:
Fulbright Teaching Fellow, Andorra, 2007
Education:
- The University of Alabama at Birmingham, B.A. (summa cum laude), 2006
- The University of Alabama School of Law, J.D., 2012
Hugh B. Harris
Birmingham, AL
Admitted
- Alabama, 2013
- U.S. District Court, Middle, Northern and Southern Districts of Alabama
Education:
- The University of Alabama, B.S., 2010
- The University of Alabama School of Law, J.D., 2013
Associate
John T. Salmon
Birmingham, AL
Practice Areas
- Civil Defense
Admitted
- Alabama, 2017
- Tennessee, 2018
Education:
- University of Memphis, B.A. Political Science (summa cum laude), 2014
- The University of Alabama School of Law, J.D. (cum laude), 2017
Clerkship:
Law Clerk to Hon. T. Michael Putnam, Northern District of Alabama
Of Counsel
Richard J. Stockham, III
Birmingham, AL
Admitted
- Alabama, 1986
- U.S. District Court, Middle and Northern Districts of Alabama
- U.S. Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit
- U.S. Supreme Court, 1996
Education:
- Vanderbilt University, B.A., 1986
- Birmingham School of Law, LL.B., 1985
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