Background
Lawson, Junior, Thomas S. was born on October 30, 1935 in Montgomery, Alabama, United States.
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Thomas S. Lawson, Junior.
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University of Alabama (Bachelor of Arts, 1957. Bachelor of Laws, 1963).
Career
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, 1963, Alabama.
1969, United States. Supreme Court. Omicron Delta Kappa; Phi Delta Phi.
Bench and Bar. Legislative Editor, Alabama Law Review, 1962.
Law Clerk, United States. District Court, Northern District of Alabama, 1963-1964.
Assistant District Attorney, 15th Judicial Circuit, 1969-1970. Author: "Public Criticism of the Courts by Lawyers: A Problem in Legal Ethics," Alabama Law Review, Spring, 1963 and in Pirsig, Cases and Materials on Professional Responsibility, 2nd Edition, American Casebook Series.
Member, Lawyers Advisory Committee, United States.
Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit, 1981. Member, Lawyers Advisory Committee, United States. Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit, 1981-1983.
Trustee, 1983-1985 and Vice President, 1986, Eleventh Circuit Historical Society.
Director, Alabama Law Institute, 1986. Trustee, Alabama Law School Foundation, 1985.
President, Farrah Law Society, 1986-1987. Master Bencher, Montgomery Chapter, American Inn of Court (President, 1992-1993).
Director, Middle District of Alabama Federal Witness Program, 1994-1995.
Life Fellow, Alabama Law Foundation. Member: Montgomery County (President, 1980-1981), Federal and American Bar Associations. Alabama State Bar (President, Young Lawyers Section, 1970-1971).
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.
Achievements
Membership
Member, Lawyers Advisory Committee, United States. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit, 1981. Member, Lawyers Advisory Committee, United States.
Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit, 1981-1983.
Trustee, 1983-1985 and Vice President, 1986, Eleventh Circuit Historical Society. Director, Alabama Law Institute, 1986.
Trustee, Alabama Law School Foundation, 1985. President, Farrah Law Society, 1986-1987.
Master Bencher, Montgomery Chapter, American Inn of Court (President, 1992-1993).
Director, Middle District of Alabama Federal Witness Program, 1994-1995. Life Fellow, Alabama Law Foundation. Member: Montgomery County (President, 1980-1981), Federal and American Bar Associations.
Alabama State Bar (President, Young Lawyers Section, 1970-1971).
