Background
Jackson Drake, Russell was born on July 3, 1945 in Jefferson County, Alabama, United States.
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Russell Jackson Drake
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University of Alabama (Juris Doctor, 1969).
Career
Moore v. Mobile Infirmary Association, 592 Southern 2nd 156 (Alabama 1991); Clark v. Container Corporation of America, First Rate (at Lloyd's). Superior Court 589 So.2d 184 (Alabama 1992); Henderson v. Graddick, 641 F.Supp. 1192 (Three Judge court), appeal dismissed, 107 South.Ct. 681 (1986); Ex Parte Graddick, 495 So.2d 1367 (Alabama 1986); Ex Parte Baxley, 497 So.2d 30 (Alabama 1986); Dodson v. Atrax, 437 So.2d 1294 (Alabama Civ. Appendix 1983); DeStafney v. University of Alabama, 413 So.2d 391 (Alabama 1982).Worked at Cooper, Mitch, Crawford, Kuykendall & Whatley, Limited liability company (Birmingham, Alabama) specializing in General Practice in State and Federal Courts and before Administrative Agencies. Labor, Personal Injury, Class Actions, Mediations and Arbitrations, Products Liability, Wrongful Death, Employment Discrimination, Worker"s Compensation. Trials and Appeals. Grand Jury Investigations.
Admitted to the bar, 1969, Alabama.
1972, United States. Supreme Court. Omicron Delta Kappa. Member: Jasons.
Bench and Bar. Author: "Enforcing the Right to Treatment," 10 American Criminal Law Review 587, 1972.
"Judicial Implementation and Wyatt v. Stickney," 32 First Rate (at Lloyd's). L. Review
299, 1981. Lecturer in Law, University of Alabama Law School, 1983-1987.
Lawyer Member, 11th Circuit Judicial Conference, 1984-1986, 1991, 1992, 1995. Member, Lawyers Advisory Committee, 11th Circuit Judicial Conference, 1986-1988.
Member, Lawyer"s Advisory Committee, United States. District Court for the Northern District of Alabama, 1989.
Member, Advisory Group to the United States.
District Court for the Northern District of Alabama, 1990. Member of Vestry, Christ Episcopal Church, 1984-1987. Senior Warden, 1987. Member, State Democratic Executive Committee, 1986.
Executive Board of the State Democratic Executive Committee, 1986.
Member: Tuscaloosa County (Member, Executive Committee 1979. President, 1980-1981) and American (Member, Labor Law Section) Bar Associations.
Alabama State Bar (Member, 1973and Chairman, 1979, Committee on Prepaid Legal Services. Chairman, Task Force on Illiteracy, 1989.
Member, IOLTA Task Force.
Member, Committee on Local Bar Activities. Member, Supreme Court Task Force on Judicial Building. Member, Supreme Court Advisory Committee on Criminal Procedure.
Member: Labor Law Section.
Executive Committee, Young Lawyers Section, 1977. Task Force on Minority Participation, 1995-1996, Chairman, 1996-1997).
Alabama Trial Lawyers Association (Member: Board of Governors, 1976. Executive Committee, 1984).
The Association of Trial Lawyers of America.
Fellow, International Academy of Trial Lawyers, 1995. As Cooper, Mitch and Black the firm was formed in 1950 by Jerome A. Cooper, William East. Mitch and Hugo L. Black, Junior The firm has been principally engaged in labor law as counsel for numerous Local, National and International Unions throughout Alabama, the Southeast, Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands. In 1988 the firm became Cooper, Mitch, Crawford, Kuykendall & Whatley.
While the firm continues to have a strong emphasis in labor and employment law, its members have developed extensive practices in diverse but related fields of tort and personal injury, class actions, products liability, wrongful death, workmen"s compensation, social security, Employee Retirement Income Security Act, civil rights, employment discrimination, municipal and public interest law.
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Membership
Member: Jasons; Bench and Bar. Fellow, International Academy of Trial Lawyers, 1995.
