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David Donaldson
205-503-4504 (Direct) Secretary: Tressy Wilson
Mr. Donaldson has more than 20 years experience trying all types of business, financial and other cases to verdict. Mr. Donaldson has been counsel of record in more than thirty reported federal and state appellate decisions. He frequently lectures on topics related to business litigation, the prosecution and defense of class actions, covenants not to compete, misuse of trade secrets, law office technology and lender liability under the Real Estate Settlement Procedures Act (RESPA). Donaldson has received an AV-rating from Martindale-Hubbell. At the invitation of Senator Paul S. Sarbanes, Mr. Donaldson testified in 2002 before the Senate Banking Committee’s hearing on Predatory Mortgage Lending. Mr. Donaldson is a member of the Editorial Board of the Consumer Financial Services Law Report. Practice Areas: Educational Background: Admitted to Practice: Law Review Articles: "Securities Litigation in Alabama: Open Shirts, Gold Chains and Pinkie Rings—A Guide For Widows and Orphans," 20 Cumb. L. Rev. 482 (1990); cited in Ritch v. Robinson-Humphrey Co., 142 F.3d 1391, 1395 (11th Cir. 1998). "The Insider Trading and Securities Fraud Enforcement Act: Has Congress Supplied A Limitations Period Appropriate For Use In Private 10b-5 Actions?" 47 Wash. and Lee L. Rev. 541 (1990); "Extra-Territorial Jurisdiction in Domestic Relations Cases," 7 Amer. J. of Trial Advocacy 469 (1984); "Alabama’s Products Liability Statute of Repose," 11 Cum. L. Rev. 163 (1980); "Civil Rights -- State's Eleventh Amendment Immunity Under 42 U.S.C. § 1983," 10 Cum. L. Rev. 223 (1979). Cited by the Alabama Supreme Court in Lankford v. Sullivan, Long & Hagerty, 416 So.2d 996, 1001(Ala. 1982). "Civil Rights-State's Eleventh Amendment Immunity Under 42 U.S.C. § 1983," 10 Cum. L. Rev. 223 (1979). Law School Honors: Bar Associations: Prior Positions: Seminars Given: RESPA Update, Real Estate Litigation In Alabama; Litigation Arising From Residential Financing, Birmingham, Alabama, September, 2002. Covenants Not To Compete In Alabama; Defending Noncompete Actions, Birmingham, Alabama, September, 2002. Litigating Business Split-Ups; Partnerships and Limited Liability Companies, Birmingham, Alabama, December 14, 2001. Recent Developments In Alabama Class Action Litigation, Yield Spread Premium Litigation, Denver, Colorado, October, 2000. Address to the Texas Mortgage Bankers Association, Dallas, Texas, May, 2000. Yield Spread Premium Litigation Update, Atlanta, Georgia, April 2000. When Does A Lender’s Yield Spread Premium Payment Violate RESPA? Conference on Home Equity Fraud and Predatory Mortgage Lending Square Peg Into A Round Hole; Is A Yield Spread Premium Compensation For a Mortgage Broker’s Services? Birmingham, Alabama, October, 1998. Recent Developments In Alabama Class Action Practice, Birmingham, Alabama, May, 1998. The Rise And Fall of Conditional Ex Parte Class Certifications In Alabama, Birmingham, Alabama, March, 1998. Current Trends In Alabama Class Action Litigation, Class Action Settlements; Negotiation And Structure of Settlement Agreements, Fairness Hearings, And Attacking and Defending Settlements, Orange Beach, Alabama, March, 1996. Avoiding Common Pitfalls In Class Action Litigation, Presenting And Opposing Commercial Experts, From Stocks and Bonds to Earthworms and Orange Groves...HOW TO RECOGNIZE A SECURITIES FRAUD CASE...And What to Do When You See One, Orange Beach, April, 1992. Selected Published Decisions: Lampf, Pleva, Lipkind, Prupis & Petigrow v. Gilbertson, 501 U.S. 350 (1991). U.S. Circuit Courts of Appeals: Culpepper v. Irwin Mortg. Corp., 253 F.3d 1324 (11th Cir. 2001). Culpepper v. Inland Mortg. Corp., 132 F.3d 692 (11th Cir.), rehearing denied, 144 F.3d 717 (11th Cir. 1998). Freeman v. Laventhol & Horwath, 34 F.3d 333 (6th Cir. 1994). Sewell v. Bank of Wedowee, 918 F.2d 152 (11th Cir.1990). U.S. District Courts Dujanovic v. MortgageAmerica, Inc., 185 F.R.D. 660 (N.D. Ala. 1999). Iberville Parish Waterworks Dist. No. 3 v. Novartis Crop Protection, Inc., 45 F.Supp.2d 934 (S.D. Ala.1999). Culpepper v. Inland Mortg. Corp., 189 F.R.D. 668 (N.D.Ala.1999), affirmed, 253 F.3d 1324 (11th Cir. 2001), cert. denied, ___ U.S. ___, 122 S.Ct. 930 (2002). Culpepper v. Inland Mortg. Corp., 953 F.Supp. 367 (N.D.Ala.1997), rev'd, 132 F.3d 692 (11th Cir.), rehearing denied, 144 F.3d 717 (11th Cir. 1998). Woodward v. NOR-AM Chemical Co., 1996 WL 1063670 (S.D. Ala. 1996). U.S. Fidelity & Guar. Co. v. Patriot's Point Development Authority, 788 F.Supp. 880 (D. S.C. 1992). U.S. Fidelity & Guar. Co. v. Patriot's Point Development Authority, 772 F.Supp. 1565 (D. S.C. 1991). South Carolina Nat. Bank v. Stone, 749 F.Supp. 1419, Fed. Sec. L. Rep. P 95,453 (D. S.C., Jul 25, 1990). Thomasson v. AmSouth Bank, N.A., 59 B.R. 997 (N.D.Ala.1986). Mashburn v. National Healthcare, Inc., 684 F.Supp. 679 (M.D.Ala.1988). Mashburn v. National Healthcare, Inc., 684 F.Supp. 660 (M.D.Ala.1988). Alabama Supreme Court Defco, Inc. v. Decatur Cylinder, Inc., 595 So.2d 1329 (Ala.1992). Hackney v. First Alabama Bank, 555 So.2d 97 (Ala. 1989). Banton v. Hackney, 557 So.2d 807 (Ala.1989). Western Sling and Cable Co., Inc. v. Hamilton, 545 So.2d 29 (Ala. 1989). Selby v. Quartrol Corp., 514 So.2d 1294 (Ala.. 1987). City of Birmingham v. Smith, 507 So.2d 1312 (Ala. 1987). Stallworth v. Hicks, 434 So.2d 229 (Ala.1983). Woodard v. Woodard, 413 So.2d 1060 (Ala.1982). Forrester v. Putman, 409 So.2d 773 (Ala. 1981). Limbaugh v. Richardson, 402 So.2d 957 (Ala.1981). Florida Court of Appeals News Media: 8/02 10/18/99 1/26/98 1/2798 1/25/98 1/24/98 1/26/97 8/23/83 |
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