Rex Slate

Of Counsel

205-503-4501 (Direct)
Fax: 205-226-2357

Legal Assistant : Marvera Goymer
Email: MarveraG@dglawfirm.com
205-503-4510 (Direct)

Rex graduated from the University of Alabama School of Law in 1996. While in school, Rex was elected Student Bar Association President, joined the law school’s national trial advocacy competition team, received the George Peach Taylor award in trial advocacy, received the Stancil R. Starnes scholarship for trial advocacy, and served as Dean Charles Gamble’s research assistant and project manager.

Prior to attending law school, Rex graduated from the University of Alabama in 1982 with a BFA in Theatre. He then studied acting at the University of California, Irvine, (go Anteaters!), receiving his MFA in Drama in 1986. He then moved to New York City to pursue an acting career for the next four years before homesickness set in and he moved back to Alabama to pursue a career in law – the family business. For almost fourteen years, Rex has represented plaintiffs in a wide variety of cases, including products liability, crashworthiness, medical malpractice, nursing home abuse, Dram Shop litigation, commercial motor vehicle accidents, and class actions.

Practice Areas:
Product Liability
Nursing Home Abuse
Vehicle Crashworthiness
Dram Shop litigation
Commercial motor vehicle accidents
Trucking accidents
Construction site injuries
Business Litigation
Consumer Class Actions
Securities Arbitration

Educational Background:
B.F.A., Theatre, University of Alabama, 1982
M.F.A., Drama, University of California, Irvine, 1986
J.D., University of Alabama School of Law, 1996

Admitted to Practice:
Alabama
U.S. District Court, Northern District of Alabama
U.S. District Court, Middle District of Alabama
U.S. Court of Appeals, 11th Circuit

Law School Honors:
President, Student Bar Association
Research Assistant, Dean Charles Gamble
George "Peach" Taylor Award in trial advocacy
Stancil R. Starnes scholarship for trial advocacy
National trial advocy competition team

Bar Associations:
Alabama Association for Justice
Alabama Bar Association
Birmingham Bar Association

Selected Published Decisions:
Federal District Court Decisions
In re Consolidated Non-Filing Ins. Fee Litig., 2010 WL 1250873 (M.D. Ala. 2010)

Alabama Supreme Court
Ex parte Yancey, 8 So.3d 299 (Ala. 2008)
Ex parte Progress Rail Services Corp., 869 So.2d 459 (Ala. 2003)
Gold Kist, Inc. v. Hood, 773 So.2d 1031 (Ala. Civ. App. 1999)