Hank Sherrod
Top Rated Family Law Attorney with 33 years of experience
Civil Rights
119 South Court Street, Florence, AL 35630
About Hank Sherrod
Practice Areas
- Civil Rights
Education
- Vanderbilt University School of Law, Nashville, Tennessee, 1989J.D.
- Honors: <i>summa cum laude</i>
- Honors: Order of the Coif
- Law Review: Vanderbilt Law Review, Associate Articles Editor
- Birmingham-Southern College, Birmingham, Alabama, U.S.A., 1986B.A.
- Honors: <i>summa cum laude</i>
- Honors: Phi Beta Kappa
Representative Cases
- Danley v. Allen, 540 F.3d 1298
- Smith v. Allen, 502 F.3d 1255
- Patel v. City of Madison, 959 F.3d 1330
- Cantu v. City of Dothan, 974 F.3d 1217
Qualifications
Bar Admissions
- Texas, 1990
- Alabama, 1993
- U.S. District Court Northern District of Texas, 1990
- U.S. District Court Northern District of Alabama, 1993
- U.S. District Court Middle District of Alabama, 2001
- U.S. District Court Southern District of Alabama, 2006
- U.S. Court of Appeals 5th Circuit, 1992
- U.S. Court of Appeals 11th Circuit, 1993
- U.S. Supreme Court, 2006
Other Affiliations
- Lauderdale County Bar Association (Member)
- American Bar Association, Sections on Litigation, Labor and Employment Law (Member)
- Alabama State Bar Association, Section on Labor and Employment Law (Member)
- State Bar of Texas (Member)
- National Employment Lawyers Association (Member)
- NELA - Alabama (Founding Board Member and President (2005 - Present))
- The National Police Accountability Project (Member)
- American Association for Justice, Sections on Employment Rights and Civil Rights (Member)
- Alabama Association for Justice (Member)
- Alabama affiliate of the National Employment Lawyers Association (Founding Board Member and President)
- American Civil Liberties Union of Alabama, 2005 - Present (Legal Committee Member)
Past Positions
- Carrington, Coleman, Sloman & Blumenthal, Dallas, Texas, Associate, 1990 - 1993
- Hon. Patrick E. Higginbotham, United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit, Law Clerk, 1989 - 1990
Fees
- Offers Free Initial Consultation
- Accepts Credit Cards
Office Info
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- Civil Rights
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