Background
Sears, Walter J. was born on June 11, 1948 in Alexandria, Virginia, United States.
Sears, Walter J. was born on June 11, 1948 in Alexandria, Virginia, United States.
Princeton University (Bachelor of Arts, cum laude, 1970). University of Virginia (Juris Doctor, 1976).
Worked at Bradley Arant Rose & White Limited Liability Partnership (Birmingham, Alabama) specializing in General Civil Practice. Employment Discrimination, Banking, Corporation, Labor, Insurance, Tax, Public Utility, Probate, Antitrust, Bankruptcy, Construction, Products Liability, Government Contracts, Oil and Gas, Real Property. Corporate and Municipal Finance.
Litigation in all Courts, Patent, Trademark and Copyright Law.
Admitted to the bar, 1976, Alabama. Author: "Preparing Your Construction Case for Trial," Construction Contract Litigation Seminar, The Florida Bar, 1994.
Company-Author: "Alabama" Fifty State Public Construction Contracting, (Wiley, 1996). "The Effect of Licensing Laws on Design-Build Projects," Design-Build Contracting Handbook, (Wiley, 1992).
"Alabama," Fifty State Construction Lien and Bond Law, (Wiley, 1992).
"Pursuing Insurance Coverage of Construction Disputes -orHow to Avoid Malpractice Claims," The Construction Superconference, 1992, 1994. "Terminix: Supreme Court Reaffirms the Scope of the Federal Aviation Administration," Dispute Resolution Journal, April 1995. Company-Editor, Fifty State Public Construction Contracting, (Wiley, 1996).
Member: Birmingham and American Bar Associations.
Alabama State Bar.
History: Bradley Arant Rose & White Limited Liability Partnership was organized in 1904 as Tillman, Grubb, Bradley & Morrow in Birmingham, Alabama. The firm has practiced under its current name since 1963.
The firm, with more than one hundred twenty lawyers, maintains two offices in Birmingham and one in Huntsville.
Member: Birmingham and American Bar Associations. Alabama State Bar.