Will O. (Trip) Walton III
Free Consultation
Work in Walton Law Firm, P.C.
Top Rated Family Law Attorney with 39 years of experience
Personal Injury, Brain Injury
1710 Catherine Court, Suite B, Auburn, AL 36830
About Will O. (Trip) Walton III
Practice Areas
- Personal Injury
- Brain Injury
Education
- The University of Alabama School of Law, Tuscaloosa, Alabama, 1984J.D.
- Honors: Georgia Golden Gloves Tournament in 1980
- Honors: labama AAU Open-Class Heavyweight Championship in 1981
- Honors: Alabama Golden Gloves Heavyweight Championship
- Auburn University, Auburn, 1980B.S.
- Honors: Member, Auburn University Football Team
- Honors: Auburn University Debate Team
- Honors: Auburn University and Southeastern Regional Intercollegiate Titles in 1978
- Lee Academy High School, 1976
Classes and Seminars
- Killer Trucks, Peoples Court Law School, 2000
- Trying the Automobile Injury Case in Alabama, National Business Institute, 2003
- Adjunct Professor of Southern Union Junior College, 1989 - 1990
- Utah Association of Justice, 2017 Auto Spectacular “Mediation Strategies in Tractor-Trailer Cases” Salt Lake City, Utah (2017)
- Chambers County Forestry Association “Experts in Litigation”, Lafayette, AL (2017)
- APITLA National Interstate Trucking “Super Summit” Mediation Tool-Kit in Tractor-Trailer Cases, St. Augustine, Florida (2016)
- Alabama Lawyers Association of Justice “Summer Convention” Mediation Essentials for Tractor-Trailer Cases, Destin, Florida (2015)
- Gamma Phi Beta “Know Your Rights”, Auburn, AL (2014)
- Tort Law Conference for Alabama Attorneys “Mediation in Tractor-Trailer Cases” A Winning Approach, Birmingham, AL (2013)
- Jones School of Law “Lunch with Lawyers” Trial Lawyers Prospective, Montgomery, AL (2013)
- National Business Institute “Litigating Low Impact Cases” (MIST), Montgomery, AL (2013)
- National Business Institute (Webinar) “Mediation and Subrogation Liens” (2013)
- Alabama Lawyers Association for Justice “Summer Convention” Tractor-Trailer Collisions, Destin, FL (2013)
- Kappa Alpha Order “Know Your Rights”, Auburn, AL (2013)
- Rotary Club “Trail Lawyers Prospective”, West Point, GA (2013)
- APITLA Top Guns II, “Tractor-Trailer Mediation” St. Lewis, MO (2013)
- Lee County Bar Association “Tractor-Trailer Mediation”, Opelika, AL (2013)
- Gamma Phi Beta “Know Your Rights”, Auburn, AL (2013)
- Tallapoosa County Bar Association “Tractor-Trailer Mediation”, Alexander City, AL (2012)
- Lee County Bar Association “Motor Vehicle Collision Start to Finish” Opelika, AL (2012)
- Lee County Bar Association “Road Collision Litigation: Key Tactics” Opelika, AL (2011)
- Arkansas Trial Lawyers Association “Behold Mediation”, Little Rock, Arkansas (2011)
- Chambers County Bar Association “Motor Vehicle Collisions Start to Finish”, Lanett, AL (2011)
- National Business Institute “Tractor-Trailer Crashes” Montgomery, AL (2011)
- National Business Institute “Handling the Auto Injury Claim” Montgomery, AL (2010)
- Jones Law School “Motor Vehicle Collision Start to Finish”, Montgomery, AL (2010)
- National Business Institute “Pedestrian Injury Litigation”, Montgomery, AL (2010)
- Montgomery County Bar Association “Motor Vehicle Collision Start to Finish” Montgomery, AL (2010)
- National Business Institute “Subrogation and Liens in Auto Accident Litigation”, Montgomery, AL (2009)
- National Business Institute “Obtaining the Best Settlement for Personal Injury Clients” Montgomery, AL (2008)
- National Business Institute “Truck Accident Litigation”, Montgomery, AL (2008)
- National Business Institute “How to Successfully Resolve Automobile Injury Cases”, Montgomery, AL (2007)
- National Business Institute “ Strategies for Successfully Trying the Automobile Injury Case”, Montgomery, AL (2005)
- Alabama Trial Lawyers Association Winter Meeting “Taking the Case to State District Court”, Birmingham, AL (2004)
Qualifications
Bar Admissions
- Alabama, 1984
- U.S. District Court Middle District of Alabama, 1985
- U.S. Court of Appeals 11th Circuit, 1986
- U.S. Supreme Court, 1996
- U.S. District Court, 1985
- Georgia, 2008
Other Affiliations
- Lee County Bar Association (Member)
- American Bar Association (Member)
- Alabama State Bar, Young Lawyers Section, 1986 - 1994 (Executive Committee)
- Alabama State Bar, 1988 - 1989 (Task Force on Illiteracy)
- Alabama State Bar, 1989 - 1990 (Indigent Defense Committee)
- Alabama State Bar, 1990 - 1991 (Military Law Committee)
- Alabama State Bar, 1991 - 1992 (Task Force on Disaster Response)
- Alabama State Bar, 1991 - 2003 (Unauthorized Practice of Law Committee)
- Alabama State Bar, 1998 - 2002 (Chairman, Unauthorized Practice of Law Committee)
- American Association for Justice (Member)
- Alabama Trial Lawyers Association (Member)
- Alabama Criminal Defense Lawyers Association, 1986 - 1987 (Executive Board)
- National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers (Member)
- Alabama District Attorneys' Association, 1984 - 1985 (Member)
- Chambers County Bar Association
- Association of Plaintiff Interstate Trucking Lawyers of America (APITLA)
- APITLA National Advisory Board
- Spinal Cord Injury Litigation Group of the American Association for Justice
- Traumatic Brain Injuries Litigation Group of the American Association for Justice
- Alabama Criminal Defense Lawyers Association
- Alabama Association for Justice
- American Association for Justice
Past Positions
- Montgomery, Alabama, Deputy District Attorney, 1984 - 1985
- Harper and Meadows Law Firm, Attorney, 1985 - 1986
- Walker, Hill, Adams, Umbach, Meadows and Walton, Member, 1987 - 2001
- City of Auburn Alabama, City Prosecutor
- Meadows & Walton, Auburn, Alabama, 1986 - 1987
Fraternities and Sororities
- Phi Delta Phi
- Kappa Alpha Order
Office Info
Other Colleagues
Nearby Lawyers
- Personal Injury
- Brain Injury
The power of the lawyer is in the uncertainty of the law.