Attorneys
- Katie D. Archer
- Dennis R. Bailey
- J. Evans Bailey
- Jeffrey W. Blitz
- Virginia “Ginny” Bradley
- L. Peyton Chapman, III
- Morgan E. Chappell
- Stephen P. Dees
- James R. Dickens, Jr.
- Jay Douglass
- Royal C. Dumas
- Landon M. Eley
- William I. Eskridge
- R. Mac Freeman, Jr.
- R. Brett Garrett
- Christopher M. Griffin
- Alan T. Hargrove, Jr.
- William S. Haynes
- Brock Hendon
- Amanda C. Hines
- Paul M. James, Jr.
- Thomas H. Keene
- Daniel L. Lindsey, Jr.
- Philip A. Sellers, II
- T. Grant Sexton, Jr.
- Patrick M. Shegon
- Chris S. Simmons
- Frank J. Stakely
- Charles A. Stakely, V
- Fred W. Tyson
- Helen Crump Wells
- Benjamin C. Wilson
Practice Groups
- Insurance Defense and Coverage Law
- Healthcare and Medical Liability
- Professional Liability and Licensure Matters
- Labor and Employment Law
- Education
- Appellate Practice
Education
- B.A., magna cum laude, University of Georgia, 2006
- J.D. cum laude, Cumberland School of Law, 2012
Professional Memberships
- Alabama State Bar
- Montgomery County Bar Association
- Alabama Volunteer Lawyers Program
- Alabama Defense Lawyers Association
- Defense Research Institute
- Alabama Nursing Home Association Defense Lawyers Group
Mr. Sellers joined the firm in 2012 and attained shareholder status in 2019. His practice is devoted to civil litigation with a primary focus on medical malpractice, insurance defense, professional liability, and employment law. Prior to joining the firm, Mr. Sellers worked as an upper school faculty member of the Montgomery Academy, where he taught U.S. History and Government and served as the assistant coach of the forensics team.
While attending law school, Mr. Sellers received several distinguished honors, including the Honorable H.H. Grooms Scholarship; the Dean’s Scholarship; Scholar of Merit Award in Medical Liability and Regulation, Constitutional Law, and State Constitutional Law; and Judge Abraham Caruthers Teaching Fellow. He also served as a senior associate editor of the American Journal of Trial Advocacy.
Recent Practice Highlights
With William Haynes, achieved defense verdict in nursing home wrongful death trial in Talladega County. The Plaintiff alleged that the defendant breached the standard of care by allowing a resident in the long-term care facility to develop decubitus ulcers thereby causing the resident’s death. At trial, the defendant produced evidence that established that the defendant’s care was reasonable and appropriate at all times and that the resident’s decubitus ulcers were the result of pre-existing medical conditions rather than any breach of the standard of care on the part of the defendant’s nursing staff.
Publications
“The Alabama Supreme Court’s Expansion of Sovereign Immunity for State Supported Hospitals-Health Care Authority for Baptist Health v. Davis,” American Journal of Trial Advocacy (2012)
“United States v. Landor: The Federal Circuit Split Over the Dangerous Patient Exception to the Psychotherapist-Patient Privilege,” American Journal of Trial Advocacy (2010)
Honors and Awards
Mr. Sellers was recently appointed to the Alabama Supreme Court’s Standing Committee on Rules of Civil Procedure.
Community Involvement
Instructor at the Montgomery Campus of the University of Alabama at Birmingham School of Medicine
Jackson Hospital Foundation Board
Ascension Day School Board
Mr. Sellers joined the firm in 2012 and attained shareholder status in 2019. His practice is devoted to civil litigation with a primary focus on medical malpractice, insurance defense, professional liability, and employment law. Prior to joining the firm, Mr. Sellers worked as an upper school faculty member of the Montgomery Academy, where he taught U.S. History and Government and served as the assistant coach of the forensics team.
While attending law school, Mr. Sellers received several distinguished honors, including the Honorable H.H. Grooms Scholarship; the Dean’s Scholarship; Scholar of Merit Award in Medical Liability and Regulation, Constitutional Law, and State Constitutional Law; and Judge Abraham Caruthers Teaching Fellow. He also served as a senior associate editor of the American Journal of Trial Advocacy.
Recent Practice Highlights
With William Haynes, achieved defense verdict in nursing home wrongful death trial in Talladega County. The Plaintiff alleged that the defendant breached the standard of care by allowing a resident in the long-term care facility to develop decubitus ulcers thereby causing the resident’s death. At trial, the defendant produced evidence that established that the defendant’s care was reasonable and appropriate at all times and that the resident’s decubitus ulcers were the result of pre-existing medical conditions rather than any breach of the standard of care on the part of the defendant’s nursing staff.
Publications
“The Alabama Supreme Court’s Expansion of Sovereign Immunity for State Supported Hospitals-Health Care Authority for Baptist Health v. Davis,” American Journal of Trial Advocacy (2012)
“United States v. Landor: The Federal Circuit Split Over the Dangerous Patient Exception to the Psychotherapist-Patient Privilege,” American Journal of Trial Advocacy (2010)
Honors and Awards
Mr. Sellers was recently appointed to the Alabama Supreme Court’s Standing Committee on Rules of Civil Procedure.
Community Involvement
Instructor at the Montgomery Campus of the University of Alabama at Birmingham School of Medicine
Jackson Hospital Foundation Board
Ascension Day School Board
- B.A., magna cum laude, University of Georgia, 2006
- J.D. cum laude, Cumberland School of Law, 2012
- Alabama State Bar
- Montgomery County Bar Association
- Alabama Volunteer Lawyers Program
- Alabama Defense Lawyers Association
- Defense Research Institute
- Alabama Nursing Home Association Defense Lawyers Group