Background
Segall, Robert D. was born on December 8, 1946 in Chicago, Illinois, United States.
Segall, Robert D. was born on December 8, 1946 in Chicago, Illinois, United States.
Vanderbilt University (Bachelor of Arts, 1968). University of Alabama (Juris Doctor, 1971). Harvard University (Master of Laws, 1973).
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, 1971, Alabama.
Omicron Delta Kappa.
Order of the Coif. Bench and Bar. Student Work Editor, Alabama Law Review, 1970-1971. Author: "Civil Commitment in Alabama," 26 Alabama Law Review 215, 1974.
Law Clerk to Judge Frank M. Johnson, Junior, United States.
District Court, Middle District of Alabama, 1971-1972. Named in Best Lawyers in America, 1987.
Member: Montgomery County (President, 1989) and American Bar Associations. Montgomery County Trial Lawyers Association (President, 1983).
Alabama Board of Bar Commissioners, 1995.
Legal Services Corporation of Alabama (Board President, 1990). American Inns of Court. American Board of Trial Advocates.
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).
Member: Montgomery County (President, 1989) and American Bar Associations. Montgomery County Trial Lawyers Association (President, 1983). Alabama Board of Bar Commissioners, 1995.
Legal Services Corporation of Alabama (Board President, 1990).
American Inns of Court. American Board of Trial Advocates.