Background
Palmer Collins, Betsy was born on August 31, 1961 in Dothan, Alabama, United States.
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Betsy Palmer Collins
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Judson College (Bachelor of Arts, magna cum laude, 1982). University of Alabama (Juris Doctor, 1985).
Career
Allen v. Gulf Life Insurance. Company 617 So.2d 664 (Alabama 1993); Haapanen v. Mid-South Insurance. Company, 564 So.2d 894 (Ala 1990); Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance Company v. Collins, 575 So.2d 1005 (Ala 1990) cert denied 499 United States. 918 (1991); Real Estate Financing v. Resolution Trust Corporation, 950 F.2d 1540 (11th Circuit 1992).Worked at Baxley, Dillard, Dauphin & McKnight (Birmingham, Alabama) specializing in Trial and Appellate Practice. Negligence, State Administrative, Criminal, Personal Injury Litigation, Contract Law, Medical Malpractice, Fraud Law, Probate and Corporate Law. Commercial Litigation.
Admitted to the bar, 1985, Alabama.
Member, Bench and Bar. Associate Editor, Alabama Law Review, 1984-1985.
Author: "Dirks v. Securities and Exchange Commission: Tipping Congress Toward the Federalization of Corporate Law?" 36 Alabama
L. Review 297, 1984. Company-Author: "Damages for Purely Economic Loss: Are They Available in Tort," Alabama Defense Lawyers Journal, October, 1987. Associate, 1985-1990, Partner, 1991-1993, Spain, Gillon, Grooms, Blan & Nettles.
Associate Counsel, Liberty National Life Insurance Company, June, 1993-December, 1993. Assistant General Counsel and First Vice President, Liberty National Life Insurance Company, 1994-1996.
Member: Birmingham Bar Association.
Alabama State Bar. Alabama Defense Lawyers Association. Association of Life Insurance Counsel.
Founded in 1979 on completion of former Lieutenant Governor and Attorney General Baxley"s third term in office, the firm became immediately involved in litigation and in negotiation and compromise of disputed and claims arising under state and federal law.
The firm"s practice evolved into a diverse trial practice which now includes a balance of state/federal defendant/plaintiff professional service. The Firm is listed in the Martindale Hubbell Bar Register of Preeminent Lawyers, under Criminal Trial Practice, Personal Injury and Administrative Law.
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Member, Bench and Bar. Associate Editor, Alabama Law Review, 1984-1985.
