Thomas P. Willingham

phone (205) 298-1011
fax (205) 298-1012
email twillingham@alvisandwillingham.com

Tom has remained an active member of the Alabama Trial Lawyers Association serving on its Executive Committee and has been a Sustaining Member since 1992. His is an active member of the American Trial Lawyers Association and serves on its Product Liability Section. He currently serves on the Board of Directors for the Attorneys Information Exchange Group which is a nationwide group of lawyers who exchange information in automotive product liability litigation. He is admitted to practice in all State and Federal Courts in Alabama and the United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit. He is admitted to practice in the State of Georgia and has achieved an "AV" rating by Martindale Hubbell - the highest possible ranking for a practicing attorney.

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Tom Willingham graduated from Cumberland School of Law in 1987 and began his law career as a defense attorney primarily representing automotive manufacturers. After seeing first hand numerous cases where people were horrifically injured or killed in automobile accidents, Tom felt compelled to change the focus of his legal practice. Since 1992, he has exclusively represented injury victims, primarily those who have been catastrophically injured or killed in automobile accidents, as a result of a defectively designed automobile.

Throughout his legal career, Tom has handled automotive product liability case that have involved the following defects: lack of stability, defective steering system components, defective seatbelt restraints, defective air bags, defective fuel tanks, defective roof structure components, defective brakes, defective door latch components, and cases involving a manufacturer's failure to install rear seat lap shoulder belts. In short, Tom has been involved in automotive product liability litigation involving virtually every identifiable defect and against many manufacturers, both domestic and foreign.

Tom's early years of representing automotive manufacturers has given him a unique insight into screening, evaluating, and prosecuting these extremely complex product liability cases. This background enabled him to reach settlement in favor of his clients in excess of forty million dollars during the last five years. He has litigated cases against General Motors, Ford, Daimler Chrysler, Toyota, Nissan, Honda, Suzuki, Daihatsu, Hyundai, and Mitsubishi. He has represented catastrophically injured clients in State and Federal Courts in Alabama, Mississippi, Georgia, Tennessee, North Carolina, and Florida.