Best's Recommended Insurance Attorneys - General Defense
- Telephone: 205-278-7000
- Fax: 205-278-7001
- Toll Free: 800-419-1808
- Website: www.friedman-lawyers.com
Mailing Address: P.O. Box 43219, Birmingham, AL 35243-3219
Established: 1998
Practice Areas
- Insurance Defense
- Bad Faith
- Fraud
- Coverage Issues
- ERISA
- Workers' Compensation
- Subrogation
- Automobile
- Product Liability
- General Liability
- Truck Liability
- Professional Liability
- Errors and Omissions
- Property Damage
- Bodily Injury
- Litigation
- Appellate Practice
- State and Federal Courts
- Medical Malpractice
- Insurance Regulation
- Construction Litigation
- Employment Practices Liability
- Premises Liability
- Securities
- Antitrust
- Intellectual Property
- Transportation
- Environmental Liability
- Commercial Transactions
- Harassment and Discrimination (Title VII)
Cases Gone to Trial: 294
About Us
FRIEDMAN, DAZZIO & ZULANAS, P.C. is a general civil practice firm, exclusively committed to the trial and resolution of civil litigation and commercial transactions.
Client Information
Insurance Clients
- Alabama Home Builders Self Insurers Fund
- American Trucking and Transportation Insurance Company
- Amerisafe Insurance Group
- Amerisure Mutual Insurance Company
- AmTrust North America
- Burlington Insurance Company
- Chubb Group of Insurance Companies
- COUNTRY Mutual Insurance Company
- Fairmont Specialty Group
- FARA Insurance Services
- FCCI Insurance Group
- Federated Mutual Insurance Company
- First Mercury Insurance Company
- Gallagher Bassett Services, Inc.
- Houston International Insurance Group (HIIG)
- Infinity Insurance Company
- Lancer Insurance Company
- Liberty Mutual Group
- Maxum Specialty Insurance Group
- Motor Transport Underwriters, Inc.
- Mountain Life Insurance Company
- Nautilus Insurance Group
- Nobel Insurance Company
- North American Risk Services
- Physicians Mutual Insurance Company
- Selective Insurance Company
- Seneca Insurance Company
- State Auto Insurance Companies
- State Volunteer Mutual Insurance Company
- USAA Group
- Utica Mutual Insurance Company
- Zurich American Insurance Group
Personnel Information
Member of the Firm
Jeffrey E. Friedman
Birmingham, AL
- E-Mail: jfriedman@friedman-lawyers.com
Years of Experience: 30
Admitted
- Alabama, 1986
Memberships:
- Alabama State Bar (Co-Chair, Federal Practice Section)
- Birmingham Bar Association
- Claims and Litigation Management Alliance
- American Board of Trial Advocates
Education:
- The University of Tennessee, B.A., 1980
- Cumberland School of Law of Samford University, J.D., 1985
P. Thomas Dazzio, Jr.
Birmingham, AL
- E-Mail: tdazzio@friedman-lawyers.com
Years of Experience: 23
Admitted
- Alabama, 1993
Memberships:
- Alabama State Bar
- Birmingham Bar Association
- Defense Research Institute
Education:
- Auburn University, B.S., 1989
- Auburn University, M.S. Economics, 1991
- The University of Alabama School of Law, J.D., 1993
Christopher J. Zulanas
Birmingham, AL
- E-Mail: czulanas@friedman-lawyers.com
Years of Experience: 21
Admitted
- Alabama, 1995
Education:
- University of Notre Dame, B.B.A., 1992
- Cumberland School of Law of Samford University, J.D., 1995
Joel A. Williams
Birmingham, AL
- E-Mail: jwilliams@friedman-lawyers.com
Years of Experience: 38
Admitted
- Alabama, 1978
- Virginia, 1978
Memberships:
- American Board of Trial Advocates
- Defense Research Institute
Education:
- Washington and Lee University, B.A. (cum laude), 1975
- Cumberland School of Law of Samford University, J.D. (cum laude), 1978
Law Review:
Cumberland Law Review
Military:
U.S. Army JAGC 1978-1982
James W. Moss
Birmingham, AL
- E-Mail: jmoss@friedman-lawyers.com
Years of Experience: 18
Admitted
- Alabama, 1998
Memberships:
- Birmingham Bar Association
- Alabama Defense Lawyers Association
- Defense Research Institute
Education:
- Auburn University, B.S., 1991
- Cumberland School of Law of Samford University, J.D., 1998
Military:
Marine Corps Reserve (1987-1992)
Jess S. Boone
Birmingham, AL
- E-Mail: jboone@friedman-lawyers.com
Years of Experience: 18
Admitted
- Alabama, 1998
Memberships:
- Birmingham Bar Association
- Alabama Defense Lawyers Association
- Defense Research Institute
Education:
- Vanderbilt University, B.A., 1995
- The University of Alabama School of Law, J.D., 1998
Lee T. Patterson
Birmingham, AL
- E-Mail: lpatterson@friedman-lawyers.com
Years of Experience: 14
Admitted
- Alabama, 2002
Education:
- Auburn University, B.A., 1999
- Cumberland School of Law of Samford University, J.D., 2002
David T. Gordon
Birmingham, AL
- E-Mail: dgordon@friedman-lawyers.com
Years of Experience: 14
Admitted
- Alabama, 2002
Education:
- Auburn University, B.A., 1999
- Cumberland School of Law of Samford University, J.D., 2002
Joseph L. Kerr, Jr.
Birmingham, AL
- E-Mail: jkerr@friedman-lawyers.com
Years of Experience: 9
Admitted
- Alabama, 2007
- Tennessee, 2014
Education:
- Washington and Lee University, B.A., 1999
- The University of Alabama School of Law, J.D., 2002
Matthew D. Conn
Birmingham, AL
- E-Mail: mconn@friedman-lawyers.com
Admitted
- Alabama, 2009
Memberships:
- American and Birmingham Bar Associations
- Alabama State Bar
Education:
- The University of Georgia, B.A. Business Management, 2006
- Cumberland School of Law of Samford University, J.D., 2009
- Jay Friedman
Partner
- Dan Pickett
Of Counsel
- Robert H. Sprain
Associate
- Gwendolyn Arendall Gordon
- Kelsey Reckart
- Will Jones
- Jacob Denney
- Maddie Gitschier
- Ethan Wright
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