Background
Potts, Frank B. was born on December 24, 1955 in Lauderdale County, Alabama, United States.
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Frank B. Potts
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University of North Alabama. Southern College (Bachelor of Science in Business Administration, 1979). University of Tennessee (Juris Doctor, with honors, 1982).
Career
Civil Service Board of Appeals v. Daniels, 642 So 2d 426 (Alabama 1994); Mitchell v. Johnson, 641 So 2d 238 (Alabama 1994); McCluskey v. Lansdell, 571 So 2d 312 (Alabama Civ. Appendix 1990); Saunders v. Florence Enameling Company, 540 So 2d 651 (Alabama 1988); Economy Marketing v. Leisure American Resorts, Incorporated., 664 So.2d 869 (Alabama 1995).Worked at Potts & Young, Attorneys, Limited Liability Partnership (Florence, Alabama) specializing in Personal Injury, Civil Litigation, Products Liability, Appellate Practice, Medical Malpractice, Corporate Law. Admitted to the bar, 1982, Tennessee. 1983, Alabama and United States.
District Court, Northern District of Alabama.
1987, United States. Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit. Phi Alpha Delta; Tau Lambda Phi.
Member, Christian Legal Society. Associate Editor, 1980-1981 and Editor, 1981-1982, Tennessee Law Review.
Member, Editorial Board, The Alabama Lawyer, 1985-1990.
Author: Note, "Workers" Compensation - arising out of employment Defined - Assault Injury," 48 Tennessee L. Review 515, 1981. Company-author: Article, "Release of Civilly Committed Mental Patients in Tennessee," Public Law Institute Judicial Newsletter Volume 9, Number. 2, 1982. Law Clerk to Justice Richard L. Jones, Alabama Supreme Court, 1982-1983.
President, Southern Union Society of Adventist Attorneys, 1985-1986.
Member: Lauderdale County, Tennessee and American Bar Associations. Alabama State Bar (Member, Young Lawyers Division.
Secretary, Desk Book Committee, 1984-1985. President, 1989-1992 and Vice-President, 1984-1986, John T. McKinley Young Lawyers Section.
Company-Chairperson, Alabama Bar Directory, 1988-1989.
Member: Alabama Young Lawyers Section Executive Committee. Task Force on Legal Education, 1988-1989. Committee on Illiteracy, 1989-1990.
Task Force on Facilities, 1990-1991.
Committee on Lawyer Public Relations, 1993-1994, Vice-Chairman, 1995-1997). Alabama Trial Lawyers Association.
The Association of Trial Lawyers of America.
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Member, Christian Legal Society. Associate Editor, 1980-1981 and Editor, 1981-1982, Tennessee Law Review. Member, Editorial Board, The Alabama Lawyer, 1985-1990.
