Attorney Leigh King Forstman

Current Employment Position(s):

Partner

Areas of Practice:

Consumer Protection

Environmental Law

Health Care Law

Appellate Practice

Medical Malpractice

Auto Accidents and Injuries

Nursing Home Abuse and Neglect

Personal Injury

Products Liability

Toxic Torts

Workers Compensation

Aviation Law

Litigation Percentage:

100% of Practice Devoted to Litigation

Bar Admissions:

Alabama, 1991

Tennessee, 1991

Supreme Court of Alabama

U.S. District Court Northern District of Alabama

U.S. District Court Middle District of Alabama

U.S. District Court Southern District of Alabama

U.S. Court of Appeals 11th Circuit

Education:

The University of Alabama School of Law, Tuscaloosa, Alabama, 1990
J.D., Doctor of Jurisprudence
Honors: Vice Chairperson (Education), John A. Campbell Moot Court Board, 1989-1990
Honors: John A. Campbell Moot Court Competition-Quarter Finalist, 1989
Honors: Jessup International Moot Court Team-Manager, 1989-1990
Honors: Recognized among Outstanding Oral Advocates
Honors: Bench & Bar Legal Honor Society
Honors: First Year Moot Court Program, 1988

Auburn University, Auburn, Alabama, 1987
B.A., Bachelor of Arts
Honors: Jeffrey F. Stein Award (Most Outstanding Sophomore student)
Honors: Squires-President (Ten Most Outstanding Freshmen)
Honors: Lambda Sigma (Sophomore Honorary) Chapter Editor, Jr. Advisor, Sr. Advisor
Honors: Talons (Junior Honorary)
Honors: Omicron Delta Kappa (Junior/Senior Leadership Honorary)
Honors: Mortar Board (Senior Honorary)
Honors: Pi Lambda Sigma (Pre-Law Honorary)
Honors: Sigma Tau Delta (English Honorary)
Honors: Who's Who Among American Colleges and Universities
Major:  Pre-Law/English 
Minor:  Russian Language 
Minor:  Piano/Vocal Performance 

Published Works:

"Self-Advocacy: Petitioning the Court for a Writ of Habeas Corpus in Alabama", Law and Psychology Review, Vol. 14, Spring, 1990

"Law After Medtronic: State Law Product Liability Claims," Leader's Product Liability Law and Strategy, Vol. XV, No. 2, August, 1996

"State Law Product Liability Claims Prevail Over Preemption,", Alabama Trial Lawyers Journal, Vol. 16, No. 4, Fall, 1996

Under the Brush Arbor (135 year history of Canterbury United Methodist Church), Co-Editor

Classes/Seminars Taught:

Speaker, Association of Trial Lawyers of America Education Program, 2004 - Present 

Speaker, Cumberland Continuing Legal Education Seminar -1992, 1995, 1997 and 2004

Speaker, Alabama Trial Lawyers Continuing Legal Education Seminar - 1997, 2001, 2003 and 2004

Speaker, Birmingham Bar Association Continuing Legal Education Seminar, 1996 - Present 

Speaker, Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer Foundation Speakers Bureau

Honors and Awards:

2002 Woman of the Year, Network Birmingham

Leadership Birmingham, Class of 2003

Professional Associations and Memberships:

Founding Chair, Women Trial Lawyers Caucus of the Alabama Trial Lawyers Association

Executive Committee, Alabama Trial Lawyers Association

Member, Association of Trial Lawyers of America

Member, American Bar Association

Member, Alabama State Bar

Member, Tennessee Bar Association

Member Fellow, Roscoe Pound Institute

Member, Trial Lawyers for Public Justice

Member, Birmingham Bar Association - Women's Section

Past President, Network Birmingham

Member, The Women's Network

Outstanding Young Women of America

International Who's Who of Professionals

Life Member, The National Registry of Who's Who

Canterbury United Methodist Church

Trustee

Pathways

Board of Directors

Forstman Foundation

Founder and President

Canterbury United Methodist Church Worship Committee

former Chair

Canterbury United Methodist Church Administrative Board/Church Council

Former Member

Canterbury United Methodist Church Choir

Member

Junior League of Birmingham (Editor of Newsheet Magazine)

Member

Birmingham Bar Association Cabaret (benefiting Children's Hospital)

Performer

Birth Information:

March 30, 1966, Auburn, Alabama, United States of America