Attorneys
Thomas S. Lawson, Jr.
150 South Perry Street (36104)
Post Office Box 2069 (36102)
Montgomery, Alabama
(334) 241-8042 direct phone
(334) 241-8242 direct fax
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Carol Zippay secretary
(334) 241-8026 direct phone
(334) 241-8226 direct fax
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Tommy Lawson was admitted to the Alabama State Bar in 1963, after receiving both his A.B. and LL.B. from the University of Alabama, where he was a member of Phi Delta Phi, Omicron Delta Kappa, Bench and Bar Legal Honor Society, and was the Legislative Editor of the Alabama Law Review. Prior to attending law school, Tommy was a lieutenant in the U.S. Navy on active duty for over three years, serving with the Atlantic and Sixth Fleet in Atlantic Ocean, Mediterranean Ocean, and Beirut, Lebanon. Tommy was born and raised in Montgomery, and is the great grandson of a former governor of Alabama and the son of a former justice on the Supreme Court of Alabama.
Among many other notable professional achievements, Tommy served as an Assistant District Attorney for the 15th Judicial Circuit, was appointed Special Attorney General of Alabama on numerous occasions by several Governors and Attorneys General, and is listed in The Best Lawyers in America. Tommy concentrates his practice in the area of commercial, business, insurance, and estate litigation, as well as alternative dispute resolution.
Thomas S. Lawson, Jr.
Areas of Practice
Civil Litigation
Mediation
Education
LL.B., University of Alabama, 1963
A.B., University of Alabama, 1957
Bar Admissions
Alabama, 1963
Admitted to Practice
U.S. Supreme Court
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Alabama
U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Alabama
U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Alabama
Judicial Clerkship
• Law Clerk, Chief Judge of U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Alabama (1963-64)
Honors and Awards
• Best Lawyers in America
• Who's Who in American Law
• Who's Who in America
• Phi Delta Phi
• Omicron Delta Kappa National Leadership Honor Society
• Bench and Bar Legal Honor Society
Memberships, Affiliations, and Activities
• Legislative Editor, Alabama Law Review
• Lawyers Advisory Committee, U.S. Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit (1981-83)
• Trustee, Eleventh Circuit Historical Society (1983)
• Vice President, Eleventh Circuit Historical Society (1986-99)
• President, Eleventh Circuit Historical Society (1999-00)
• University of Alabama Law Institute
• President, Farrah Law Society (1986-87)
• Director, Alabama Law Institute (1986)
• Trustee, Alabama Law School Foundation (1985)
• Charter Member, Montgomery County, Alabama American Inns of Court
• Founder and Master Bencher Emeritus, Montgomery County, Alabama American Inn of Court (1990)
• Montgomery County, Alabama American Inn of Court (1992-93)
• President, Montgomery County Bar Association (1980-81)
• Chairman, Lawyers Advisory Committee, U. S. District Court, Middle District of Alabama (2000)
• President, Alabama State Bar Young Lawyers Section (1970-71)
• Member, Alabama Defense Lawyers Association
• Member, American Bar Associations
• Life Fellow, Alabama Law Foundation
Other Professional Experience
• Assistant District Attorney, 15th Judicial Circuit (1969-70)
• Lieutenant, U.S. Navy (1957-60)
