Background
Buffington, Joseph W. was born on March 10, 1956 in Birmingham, Alabama, United States.
Buffington, Joseph W. was born on March 10, 1956 in Birmingham, Alabama, United States.
Auburn University (Bachelor of Science, 1978). University of Alabama (Juris Doctor, 1983).
Worked at Heninger, Burge and Vargo (Birmingham, Alabama) specializing in General Civil Trial Practice in all State and Federal Courts. Negligence, Products Liability, Personal Injury Law. Insurance and Commercial Litigation and Medical Malpractice Law.
Wrongful Death.
Admitted to the bar, 1983, Alabama and United States.
District Court, Northern District of Alabama. 1984, United States. Court of Appeals, 11th Circuit.
1985, United States. District Court, Southern District of Alabama and United States.
Court of Appeals, 5th Circuit. Order of the Coif. Hugo Black Scholar.
Member: Birmingham and American Bar Associations. Alabama State Bar; The Association of Trial Lawyers of America.
Alabama Trial Lawyers Associations.
Heninger, Burge and Vargo was founded in 1988 by three attorneys who had worked in other plaintiff oriented personal injury firms. The firm is dedicated to the preservation of the right to trial by jury and the prosecution of tort and contract action in that forum. The firm is listed in the Martindale-Hubbell Bar Register of Preeminent Lawyers.
The firm is active in professional continuing legal education on both a local and national level
Member: Birmingham and American Bar Associations. Alabama State Bar; The Association of Trial Lawyers of America. Alabama Trial Lawyers Associations.