Background
McFadden, Frank Hampton was born on November 20, 1925 in Oxford, Mississippi, United States. Son of John Angus and Ruby (Roy) McFadden.
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McFadden, Frank Hampton was born on November 20, 1925 in Oxford, Mississippi, United States. Son of John Angus and Ruby (Roy) McFadden.
University of Mississippi (Bachelor of Arts, 1950). Yale University (Bachelor of Laws, 1955).
Worked at Capell, Howard, Knabe & Cobbs, P.A. (Montgomery, Alabama) specializing in General Civil Practice. Trials in all State and Federal Courts. Administrative, Antitrust, Banking, Bankruptcy, Communications, Construction, Corporate and Municipal Finance, Employee Benefits, Employment Discrimination, Energy, Environmental, Employee Retirement Income Security Act, Estate and Trust, Family, Government Contracts, Health Care, Insurance, Intellectual Property, International, Labor, Legislative, Litigation and Alternative Dispute Resolution, Mergers and Acquisitions, Motor Carrier, Oil and Gas, Personal Injury, Products Liability, Real Estate, Securities, Tax, Telecommunications, Transportation, Utility and Workers" Compensation Law.
Admitted to the bar, 1956, New New York
1959, Alabama.
Phi Delta Phi. United States. District Judge, Northern District of Alabama, 1969-1973, Chief Judge, 1973-1982.
General Counsel, Blount, Incorporated., 1982-1995. Member: National and Construction Panels, Distinguished Neutrals, Code of Professional Responsibility Institute for Dispute Resolution.
American Arbitration Association, Panel of Arbitration.
National Advisory Council for Large Complex Cases. The Brookings Institution Civil Litigation Project Task Force. Civil Justice Reform Acting Advisory Group, United States District Court, Middle District of Alabama.
Governor"s Insurance Advisory Committee for the State of Alabama, 1987-1990.
Board of Directors, Montgomery Chamber of Commerce, 1988-1990. Former Member, Advisory Board, Cumberland Law School.
Chairman, Board of Directors, Alabama Capital Representation Resource Center. Member: Montgomery and American Bar Associations.
Alabama State Bar (Committee on Alternate Methods of Dispute Resolution).
American Law Institute (Member of Council). Alabama Law Institute. American Corporate Counsel Association (Member, Board of Directors, 1984-1993.
Chairman, 1989).
Military: United States. Navy, 1944-1949; 1951-1953, Lieutenant, United States Naval Reserve. Capell, Howard, Knabe & Cobbs, P.A. began as a two-member partnership of Jack Capell and Fontaine Howard in 1947, expanded to four members in 1953 and became a 14 member professional association in 1971.
The firm was then and continues to be one of the largest law firms in Montgomery, Alabama. The firm presently consists of 34 lawyers specializing in a broad spectrum of legal services and representing a diverse clientele in Alabama and the Southeast.
The lawyers in the firm have differing academic backgrounds, holding degrees from 16 undergraduate universities and 13 law schools.
The firm-owned office complex is located in the center of Montgomery"s legal, financial and governmental area, only a block from both the Federal Courthouse and the Montgomery County Courthouse in downtown Montgomery.
Member: National and Construction Panels, Distinguished Neutrals, Code of Professional Responsibility Institute for Dispute Resolution. American Arbitration Association, Panel of Arbitration. National Advisory Council for Large Complex Cases.
The Brookings Institution Civil Litigation Project Task Force.
Civil Justice Reform Acting Advisory Group, United States District Court, Middle District of Alabama. Governor"s Insurance Advisory Committee for the State of Alabama, 1987-1990.
Board of Directors, Montgomery Chamber of Commerce, 1988-1990. Former Member, Advisory Board, Cumberland Law School.
Chairman, Board of Directors, Alabama Capital Representation Resource Center.
Member: Montgomery and American Bar Associations. Alabama State Bar (Committee on Alternate Methods of Dispute Resolution). American Law Institute (Member of Council).
Alabama Law Institute.
American Corporate Counsel Association (Member, Board of Directors, 1984-1993. Chairman, 1989).; Military: United States.
Navy, 1944-1949. 1951-1953, Lieutenant, United States Naval Reserve.
Married Jane Porter Nabers, September 30, 1960. Children— Frank Hampton, Angus Nabers, Jane Porter.