Background
Coleman, John Jay was born on April 10, 1956 in Birmingham, Alabama, United States.
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John Jay Coleman
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Duke University (Bachelor of Arts, magna cum laude, with departmental distinction, 1978. Juris Doctor, 1981).
Career
Worked at Balch & Bingham Limited Liability Partnership (Birmingham, Alabama) specializing in General Practice, Corporation, Public Utilities, Banking, Public Finance, Taxation, Securities, Antitrust, Litigation, Labor and Employment, Probate, Real Estate, Insurance, Intellectual Property, Environmental, Bankruptcy, Legislative Practice, Mergers and Acquisitions, Health Care, International Business Transactions, Criminal, Education, Construction, Products Liability, Coal and Natural Gas, and Personal Injury Law. Trials in all Courts. Alternative Dispute Resolution.
Admitted to the bar, 1981, Alabama.
Listed in The Best Lawyers in America, 1997-1998. Law Clerk, Circuit Judge Donald South. Russell, United States.
Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit, 1981-1982. Special Assistant Attorney General, Alabama, 1985.
Adjunct Instructor, Employment Law, Cumberland School of Law, Samford University, 1990, Birmingham School of Law, 1994.
Author: Disability Discrimination in Employment, Clark Boardman Callaghan, 1991 and annual supplements (1991-1996). Employment Discrimination in Alabama, Southern University Press, 1991. 1991 Supplement to Employment Discrimination in Alabama, Southern University Press, 1992.
1992 Supplement to Employment Discrimination in Alabama, 1993.
1992-1993 Supplement to Employment Discrimination in Alabama, 1994. Company-Author: Alabama Workers Compensation Practice: 1994 Edition (Guide Publishing 1994).
Member, Panel of Arbitrators, American Arbitration Association. Member: Birmingham and American (Member, Occupational Safety and Health Administration Committee of American Bar Association Labor and Employment Law Section) Bar Associations.
Alabama State Bar (Executive Committee, Labor and Employment Law Section, 1987-1988, 1992-1996.
Vice-Chair, 1996-1997. Treasurer, 1995-1996. Executive Committee, 1993-1994, Chairman, Recent Decisions Committee, 1991-1992, Workers Compensation Law Section).
Board of Directors, Industrial Health Council of Alabama, Incorporated., 1990-1996.
Founded in 1922, Balch & Bingham Limited Liability Partnership is a diversified law firm with offices in Birmingham, Huntsville and Montgomery, Alabama and in Washington, District of Columbia The firm"s clients range from large national and multinational corporations to closely held companies, businesses and individuals. Industries served include: Public Utilities and Independent Power Producers.
Banking and Financial Services. Insurance; Health Care.
Issuers and Underwriters of Public Securities.
Manufacturing. Retail. Real Estate; Construction. Computers and Advanced Technology.
Educational Institutions.
Achievements
Membership
Member, Panel of Arbitrators, American Arbitration Association. Member: Birmingham and American (Member, Occupational Safety and Health Administration Committee of American Bar Association Labor and Employment Law Section) Bar Associations. Alabama State Bar (Executive Committee, Labor and Employment Law Section, 1987-1988, 1992-1996.
Vice-Chair, 1996-1997.
Treasurer, 1995-1996. Executive Committee, 1993-1994, Chairman, Recent Decisions Committee, 1991-1992, Workers Compensation Law Section).
Board of Directors, Industrial Health Council of Alabama, Incorporated., 1990-1996.
