Background
Gale, Fournier J. was born on August 3, 1944 in Mobile, Alabama, United States.
Gale, Fournier J. was born on August 3, 1944 in Mobile, Alabama, United States.
University of Alabama (Bachelor of Arts, with honors, 1966. Juris Doctor, 1969).
Worked at Maynard, Cooper & Gale, Professional Corporation (Birmingham, Alabama) specializing in General Civil Practice. Litigation, Municipal Bonds, Insurance, Public Utility, Corporation, Banking, Real Estate, Trusts and Estates, Taxation, Antitrust, Securities, Labor, Environmental and Bankruptcy Law. Trials in all State and Federal Courts.
Admitted to the bar, 1969, Alabama.
Omicron Delta Kappa; Jasons. Order of the Coif, Farrah Order of Jurisprudence.
Editor-in-Chief, Alabama Law Review, 1968-1969. President, University of Alabama Law School Foundation, 1987.
Member, Jefferson County Judicial Nominating Committee, 1994-2000.
Member: Birmingham (President, 1989) and American (Member, Standing Committee on Environmental Law, 1980-1986) Bar Associations. Alabama State Bar (President, Young Lawyers Section, 1977-1978). American Judicature Society (Director, 1980-1984).
Fellow, American Bar Foundation.
Maynard, Cooper & Gale, Professional Corporation, regularly represents a variety of local, national and international business entities, as well as many charities and individuals. Its work encompasses virtually all aspects of legal practice, including litigation, corporate law, banking and commercial law, real estate law, estates and trusts, antitrust municipal and industrial financing, taxation, securities law, labor law, environmental law, bankruptcy law, intellectual property law and entertainment law.
Member, Jefferson County Judicial Nominating Committee, 1994-2000. Member: Birmingham (President, 1989) and American (Member, Standing Committee on Environmental Law, 1980-1986) Bar Associations. Alabama State Bar (President, Young Lawyers Section, 1977-1978).
American Judicature Society (Director, 1980-1984).
Fellow, American Bar Foundation. Fellow, American Bar Foundation.