Background
Gill, Richard H. was born on April 9, 1940 in Montgomery, Alabama, United States.
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Richard H. Gill
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Vanderbilt University (Bachelor of Arts, magna cum laude, 1962). University of Virginia (Bachelor of Laws, 1965).
Career
Worked at Copeland, Franco, Screws & Gill, P.A. (Montgomery, Alabama) specializing in General Civil Practice in all Courts. Trials and Appeals, Shopping Center and Mall Development, Corporate, Real Estate, Personal and Products Injury, Commercial, Environmental, Administrative, Utility, Motor Carrier, Probate, Family and Bankruptcy Law. Admitted to the bar, 1965, Alabama.
Phi Beta Kappa.
Phi Eta Sigma. Listed in The Best Lawyers in America, 1995-1996. Who"s Who in America, 1996.
Author: "The Proposed Alabama Appellate Rules, An Overview," 26 Alabama Law Review 639. "Uninsured Motorist Coverage: An Alabama Success Story," Alabama Trial Lawyers Journal, April 1973.
"Proving Attorney"s Fees in Alabama," 45 Alabama Lawyer, Number.
3, May, 1984. Member, 1972-1991, Alabama Supreme Court Advisory Committee on Appellate Rules (Vice Chairman, 1985-1991). Associate Special Counsel, United States.
House of Representatives Committee on the Judiciary, Impeachment Inquiry, 1974.
Member: American Bar Association. The Association of Trial Lawyers of America. Alabama Trial Lawyers Association (Member: Executive Committee, 1977-1986.
Alabama Board of Bar Commissioners, 1983, 1986-1995).
Life Fellow, American Bar Foundation. Fellow, American College of Trial Lawyers.
Fellow, Alabama Bar Institute. The firm was founded in 1947 by Honorary Richard T. Rives, who was joined by John C. Godbold, as a general civil trial and business firm.
Three of its senior partners have become members of the federal judiciary (Honorary Richard T. Rives, former Chief Judge, United States.
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit. Honorary John C. Godbold, former Chief Judge of the United States. Court of Appeals for the Fifth and Eleventh Circuits.
And Honorary Truman M. Hobbs, former Chief Judge of the United States.
Middle District of Alabama).
Achievements
Membership
Member, 1972-1991, Alabama Supreme Court Advisory Committee on Appellate Rules (Vice Chairman, 1985-1991). Associate Special Counsel, United States. House of Representatives Committee on the Judiciary, Impeachment Inquiry, 1974.
Member: American Bar Association.
The Association of Trial Lawyers of America. Alabama Trial Lawyers Association (Member: Executive Committee, 1977-1986.
Alabama Board of Bar Commissioners, 1983, 1986-1995). Life Fellow, American Bar Foundation.
Fellow, American College of Trial Lawyers.
Fellow, Alabama Bar Institute. Fellow, American College of Trial Lawyers. Fellow, Alabama Bar Institute.
