Background
Heninger, Stephen D. was born on June 23, 1950 in Flora, Illinois, United States.
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Stephen D. Heninger
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University of Illinois (Bachelor of Arts, 1972). Cumberland School of Law of Samford University (Juris Doctor, summa cum laude, 1977).
Career
Continental Casualty Insurance. Company v. McDonald, 567 Southern 2d 1208, Alabama 1990; Shumaker v. Johnson, 571 So 2d 991, Alabama 1990; Dempsey v. Auto-Owners Insurance. Company, 717 F. 2d 556, 11th Cir, 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, 1977, Alabama, United States.
District Court, Northern District of Alabama and United States. Court of Appeals, 5th Circuit.
1982, United States. Court of Appeals, 11th Circuit, District of Columbia Court of Appeals and United States.
Supreme Court.
Phi Delta Phi. Chief Justice, Moot Court Board.
Editor, Alabama Trial Lawyers Journal 1987. Author: "42 United States.C. §1983 and Common Law Torts: An Analysis of Procedural Pitfalls," Volume(s) 12 Cumberland Law Review 99, 1981.
"The Pursuit of Damages Foreign Mental Anguish in Alabama," Alabama Trial Lawyers Journal, January, 1982.
"Bad Faith in Alabama: An Infant Tort in Intensive Care," 34 Alabama Law Review, 563, 1983. "Bad Faith Update," Alabama Lawyer, Summer, 1996.
Law Clerk to United States.
District Judge James H. Hancock, Northern District of Alabama, 1977-1978. Member: Birmingham (Secretary-Treasurer, 1985.
President-Elect, 1996) and American Bar Associations. Alabama State Bar (Recipient, Judge Walter P. Gewin Award, 1993).
The Association of Trial Lawyers of America.
Alabama Trial Lawyers Association (Member: Executive Committee, 1982. Alabama Supreme Court Advisory Committee on Appellate Procedure, 1982-1993). International Society of Barristers.
American Board of Trial Advocates (Advocate.
Alabama Chapter, President, 1991. Member, National Board of Directors).
Fellow, National College of Advocates. Military: First lieutenant, United States.
Army, Adjutant General, 1972-1974.
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
Achievements
Membership
Member: Birmingham (Secretary-Treasurer, 1985. President-Elect, 1996) and American Bar Associations. Alabama State Bar (Recipient, Judge Walter P. Gewin Award, 1993).
The Association of Trial Lawyers of America.
Alabama Trial Lawyers Association (Member: Executive Committee, 1982. Alabama Supreme Court Advisory Committee on Appellate Procedure, 1982-1993).
International Society of Barristers. American Board of Trial Advocates (Advocate.
Alabama Chapter, President, 1991.
Member, National Board of Directors). Fellow, National College of Advocates. Military: First lieutenant, United States.
Army, Adjutant General, 1972-1974.
Fellow, National College of Advocates. Military: First lieutenant, United States.
Army, Adjutant General, 1972-1974.
