Susan J. Silvernail
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Work in Marsh, Rickard & Bryan, P.C.
Top Rated Family Law Attorney with 33 years of experience
Personal Injury, Product Liability, Criminal Law, Wrongful Death, Science & Technology Law
800 Shades Creek Parkway, Suite 600-D, Birmingham, AL 35209
About Susan J. Silvernail
Practice Areas
- Personal Injury
- Product Liability
- Criminal Law
- Wrongful Death
- Science & Technology Law
Education
- Cumberland School of Law, Samford University, Birmingham, Alabama, 1990J.D.
- Honors: cum laude
- Honors: Member, Curia Honoris
- Law Review: Cumberland Law Review, Member
- Goucher College, Towson, Maryland, 1978B.A.
- Honors: With Honors
Classes and Seminars
- Ethics for Evolving Technologies, Technology Seminar, Birmingham Bar Association, 2014
- "Internet Marketing for Lawyers", ABICLE 2008 Law Practice: Tips from Masters, December 17, 2008
- "Computer Access: Limitations & Remedies", ABICLE 2008 Tort Law Update, December 12, 2008
- "Thirty Sites in Thirty Minutes", ALAJ Sandestin Summer Seminar, June 2008
- "Metadata: What it is & Why You Should Care", ALAJ Seminar, April 9, 2008
- "E-Discovery", AAPI Winter Seminar, February 17, 2008
- "Metadata", Alabama Association for Justice, Summer Seminar, 2007 - Present
- New E-Discovery Rules: 2006 Amendments to FRCP, Birmingham Bar Association, 2006
- Basic Applications for Law Practice: PowerPoint, Birmingham Bar Association, 2006
- "New E-Discovery Rules: Amendments to the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure", ATLA Mid-Winter Seminar, 2006
- "DeMystifying Electronic Discovery", NEALSA Seminar, 2005
- "E-Discovery: Preserving the Evidence", Discovery Update, ABICLE, 2004
- "Sure Fire Ways to Get into E-Trouble",, ATLA Summer Seminar,, 2004 - Present
- "Using PowerPoint in Civil Litigation", "Technology for the Law Office and Courtroom", Birmingham Bar Association, 2003
- "Making the Most of PowerPoint Presentations", ATLA, 2003
- "Your Guide to the Web", ATLA Mid-Winter Conference, 2003
- "Practice Tips on the Internet", Birmingham Bar Association, 2002
- "Top Ten Web Picks", ATLA Annual Seminar, 2000
- "Electronic Evidence: Discovery in the Computer Age", Business Torts and Antitrust Law Institute, ABICLE, 1998
- "Electronic Mail", The Litigator's Edge, ABICLE, 1997
- "Discovery of Electronic Data", The Woman Advocate, ABICLE, 1996
- "Electronic Evidence: Discovery in the Computer Age", The Litigator's Toolbox Seminar, ABICLE, 1996
- "Discovery of Electronic Data", Computers in Litigation Seminar, ABICLE, 1995
Qualifications
Bar Admissions
- Alabama, 1990
- U.S. District Court Northern District of Alabama
- U.S. District Court Middle District of Alabama
Other Affiliations
- Alabama Civil Justice Foundation, 2007 - 2010 (Member, Board of Directors)
- Alabama State Bar, 1990 - Present (Member)
- Alabama Association for Justice, 1990 - Present (Member)
- American Association for Justice, 1990 - Present (Member)
- Birmingham Bar Association (Public Service Committee)
- American Bar Association (Member)
- Legal Marketing Association, 2006 - Present (Member)
Past Positions
- Pittman, Hooks, Marsh, Dutton, & Hollis, P.C., Attorney
- WBRC-TV News, Producer
- WSFA -TV News, Reporter
- WDHN-TV News, Anchor
Articles
Published Works
- The Tort of Bad Faith and Avoiding the $250,000 Cap on Punitive Damages, The Alabama Lawyer, March, 1990
- "Electronic Evidence Discovery in the Computer Age", The Alabama Lawyer, May, 1997
Office Info
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- Personal Injury
- Product Liability
- Criminal Law
- Wrongful Death
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