Attorney Names

David Wilson is senior partner of the firm who practices primarily in the area of defense, workers’ compensation, automobile and motor carrier liability, products liability and employment related matters. Mr. Wilson earned his Juris Doctorate from the Birmingham School of Law and was admitted to the Alabama State Bar in 1985.

Prior to embarking on a legal career, Mr. Wilson attended Auburn University, where he earned a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration from the School of Transportation in 1979. He was employed with a trucking company in Birmingham for several years before and during law school, and his background in this industry provides additional experience in legal matters relating to transportation. He frequently lectures and authors articles on this subject as well as workers’ compensation and insurance matters.

Mr. Wilson is board certified as a Civil Trial Specialist by The National Board of Trial Advocacy. He is a member of several organizations, including the Birmingham Bar Association, the Alabama Defense Lawyers Association; the Alabama Workers’ Compensation Defense Lawyers Association, the Defense Research Institute, where he serves as Chairman of the Workers’ Compensation Committee, and is also a member of the Products Liability, Trucking Law and Trial Tactics Committees, and is a member of the Self Insurers Institute of America.

Mr. Wilson is a member of the Cathedral Church of the Advent. He is married and the father of three children.

david@wilsonberryhill.com

Jonathan Berryhill is the managing partner of the firm. A native of Birmingham, Mr. Berryhill earned his undergraduate degree in political science from Birmingham Southern College in 1993 and his Juris Doctorate from Birmingham School of Law in 1996.

Mr. Berryhill’s practice is principally devoted to civil litigation defense work in the areas of workers’ compensation, personal injury, automobile and trucking liability, & premises liability. A member of the Alabama State Bar, Mr. Berryhill also holds memberships in the Alabama Defense Lawyers Association, the Defense Research Institute where he is the State Liason for the Workers' Compensation Section, the Alabama Workers’ Compensation Organization, the Alabama Claims Association, the Workers’ Compensation section of the Alabama State Bar and the Alabama Workers’ Compensation Defense Lawyers Association. With the Birmingham Bar Association, Mr. Berryhill served on the Unauthorized Practice of Law Committee. He served two terms as a member of the Executive Committee of Young Lawyers Section and has served two terms on the Technology Committee. Mr. Berryhill is a member of Manufacture Alabama and a member of the Young Contractors Forum. He is licensed to practice in all state and federal courts in Alabama.

While completing law school, Mr. Berryhill clerked for the Honorable J. Scott Vowell of the 10th Judicial Circuit and received the 1995 Outstanding Participant Award for Moot Court. He served as a member of the Friends of Scouting (Fund-raising Committee 1999, 2000) and continues as a volunteer with the Greater Alabama District, Boy Scouts of America. He also has worked as a counselor with Alabama Boys State (1997 & 1998). Mr. Berryhill is married with a son and daughter and attends Vestavia Hills United Methodist Church.

Jud C. Stanford

A native of Jasper, Alabama, Jud Stanford received his B. S. degree in Economics from the University of Alabama at Birmingham in 1993 and theJuris Doctorate from the Birmingham School of Law in 1997. He has practiced in the area of insurance litigation, including personal injury, workers’ compensation, products liability and small business representation since 1997. He is admitted to practice in Alabama state courts. Memberships include the Birmingham Bar Association, Alabama Bar Association, Alabama Defense Lawyers Association, and Defense Research Institute. He is a volunteer with Boys State of Alabama. He is married to Kathryn Faucett Stanford and they are members of First Baptist Church of Birmingham, Alabama.