Background
Coleman, William D. was born on March 9, 1943 in New Orleans, Louisiana, United States.
Coleman, William D. was born on March 9, 1943 in New Orleans, Louisiana, United States.
University of Alabama (Bachelor of Arts, 1966. Juris Doctor, 1967).
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, 1967, Alabama.
1970, United States. Claims Court and United States. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.
1981, United States. Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit.
1991, United States. Supreme Court. Omicron Delta Kappa (President).
Phi Alpha Delta (President). Jasons Senior Honor Society.
Farrah Order of Jurisprudence.
Bench and Bar. Book Review Editor and Case Note Editor, Alabama Law Review, 1967. Author: "The Mediation Alternative," The Alabama Lawyer, March, 1995.
"Alabama Construction Law," Professional Education Systems, 1981.
Company-Author: "Alabama Construction Law," National Business Institute, 1988. Member, National Panel of Construction Arbitrators, American Arbitration Association. Member: American Bar Association (Member: Section on Public Contract Law.
Section on Dispute Resolution.
Forum Committee on the Construction Industry). Alabama State Bar (Committee on Alternative Methods of Dispute Resolution.
Chair, 1994-1996). Alabama Supreme Court Commission on Dispute Resolution (Chair, 1996).
The Association of Trial Lawyers of America. Alabama Defense Lawyers Association.
Military: Lieutenant Military Intelligence, United States. Army, 1967-1969
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.
Member, National Panel of Construction Arbitrators, American Arbitration Association. Member: American Bar Association (Member: Section on Public Contract Law. Section on Dispute Resolution.
Forum Committee on the Construction Industry).
Alabama State Bar (Committee on Alternative Methods of Dispute Resolution. Chair, 1994-1996); Alabama Supreme Court Commission on Dispute Resolution (Chair, 1996).
The Association of Trial Lawyers of America. Alabama Defense Lawyers Association.
Military: Lieutenant Military Intelligence, United States.
Army, 1967-1969.