Background
Whatley, Junior, Joe R. was born on June 14, 1953 in Selma, Alabama, United States.
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Joe R. Whatley, Junior.
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Harvard University (Bachelor of Arts, cum laude, 1975). University of Alabama (Juris Doctor, 1978).
Career
United States v. State of Alabama, 571 F. Supp. 958 (North Dakota Alabama 1983), 574 F. Supp. 762 (North Dakota Alabama 1983), 582 F. Supp. 1197 (North Dakota Alabama 1984), aff"d, 762 F.2d 1021 (11th Circuit 1985), 791 F.2d 1450 (11th Circuit 1986), certified denied, 479 United States. 1085 (1987); 628 F. Supp. 1137 (North Dakota Alabama 1985). rev"d, 828 F.2d 1532 (11th Circuit 1987); 787 F.Supp. 1286 (North Dakota Alabama 1991), Affairs"d in part, rev"d in part 14 F.3d 1534 (11th Circuit 1994), on remand, 900 F.Supp. 272; Dunn v. ConRail, 890 F. Supp. 1262 (M.D.La. 1995); Shuford v. Alabama State Board of Education, 894 F. Supp. 1511, 897 F. Supp. 1535 (M.D.Ala. 1995); Cox v. Administrator, 17 F.3d 1386 (11th Circuit 1994); Kelly v. Arrington, 599 So.2d 24 (Alabama 1992), 624 So.2d 546 (Alabama 1993).Worked at Cooper, Mitch, Crawford, Kuykendall & Whatley, Limited liability company (Birmingham, Alabama) specializing in General Practice in State and Federal Courts and before Administrative Agencies. Labor, Personal Injury, Class Actions, Mediations and Arbitrations, Products Liability, Wrongful Death, Employment Discrimination, Worker"s Compensation. Trials and Appeals. Grand Jury Investigations.
Admitted to the bar, 1978, Alabama.
1979, United States. District Court, Middle, Southern and Northern Districts of Alabama and United States. Court of Appeals, 5th Circuit.
1981, United States. Court of Appeals, 11th Circuit.
Law Clerk to Chief United States. District Judge Frank H. McFadden, Northern District of Alabama, 1978-1979.
Member: Birmingham, Federal (President, Birmingham Chapter, 1990-1991) and American (Member, Sections on: Labor and Employment Law. Litigation) Bar Associations.
Alabama State Bar (Past President, Labor and Employment Law Section, 1990-1991).
Alabama Trial Lawyers Association. The Association of Trial Lawyers of America. National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers.
As Cooper, Mitch and Black the firm was formed in 1950 by Jerome A. Cooper, William East. Mitch and Hugo L. Black, Junior The firm has been principally engaged in labor law as counsel for numerous Local, National and International Unions throughout Alabama, the Southeast, Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands.
In 1988 the firm became Cooper, Mitch, Crawford, Kuykendall & Whatley. While the firm continues to have a strong emphasis in labor and employment law, its members have developed extensive practices in diverse but related fields of tort and personal injury, class actions, products liability, wrongful death, workmen"s compensation, social security, Employee Retirement Income Security Act, civil rights, employment discrimination, municipal and public interest law.
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Membership
Member: Birmingham, Federal (President, Birmingham Chapter, 1990-1991) and American (Member, Sections on: Labor and Employment Law. Litigation) Bar Associations. Alabama State Bar (Past President, Labor and Employment Law Section, 1990-1991).
Alabama Trial Lawyers Association.
The Association of Trial Lawyers of America. National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers.
