Drake Law Firm - Personal Injury Attorneys

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Our practice is limited solely to personal injury cases. Whether it is an car accident with an 18-wheeler, a work accident, or an injury caused by a defective product, we have the necessary resources, experts and attorneys to properly and professionally handle your claim through the legal process. Additionally, our legal team is well-equipped and experienced at handling severe and catastrophic injuries such as paralysis, traumatic brain injury, amputations and burns.

The practice area of Drake Law Firm covers the entire State of Alabama. While our main office is in Birmingham, the majority of our cases are in the outlying counties such as Calhoun, Cullman, Morgan, Blount, Madison, Chilton, etc. We represent clients from Huntsville to Dothan, from Anniston to Tuscaloosa.

The firm was founded by Whit Drake in 1998 after he worked for another personal injury law firm in Birmingham for nine years.  Mr. Drake tried his first case at age 25 and obtained a $700,000 punitive damage jury verdict against Northrup King Company for a farmer who had bought contaminated feed for his dairy cattle.  His first verdict for more than a million dollars came just two years later in a wrongful death case.  Since that time, he has obtained numerous verdicts and settlements in excess of a million dollars, including obtaining record verdicts in several counties. He has also written multiple articles for legal publications and spoken extensively at legal seminars. Drake has successively handled cases in West Virginia, Mississippi, Florida, Kentucky, Arkansas, Tennessee, Texas, Georgia and North Carolina.

Please Call : 205-970-0800

Our injury lawyers place an emphasis on severe and catastrophic injuries, and have a wide range of experts and resources to establish the extent of these injuries in Alabama Courts.  Whether you simply need a car accident lawyer, or require representation for a life-changing personal injury, our staff is ready to assist

Attorney Profile

Whit Drake 

Admittance: Admitted to bar in 1989; Admitted to practice law in all courts in Alabama, all federal courts and 11th Circuit Court of Appeals. AV Rated Attorney Mr. Drake has been awarded the highest rating achievable through the LexisNexis Martendale-Hubbell Peer Review Ratings. Education: University of Alabama (B.A. 1986; J.D. 1989) Apprentice to Alabama Supreme Court, 1988 Personal Information: Whit Drake comes from a long line of lawyers. There are a total of 12 lawyers in his family, including firm member and wife, Katie, several judges and former Speaker of the House of Representatives, Tom Drake.

Speeches and Publications: “Preparing The Nursing Home Case – Plaintiff’s Perspective”; “Retaliatory Discharge”, Cumberland Law School Workmen’s Compensation Seminar; “On-the-Job Injuries and Negligent Third Parties”; Medical Malpractice Litigation – Plaintiff’s Perspective; “Employer’s Subrogation in Third Party Cases: Does Anyone Really Understand It? (The Alabama Lawyer, November 2007); “Effective Cross-Examination of Experts at Trial”, AIM Seminar (December 2008); "Using Evidence at Trial", Alabama Bar Institute seminar (November 2009) Reported Cases: Hill v. General Motors, Haddock v. Multivac, Inc., Oliver v. Medical Center East, Trippe v. Baptist Medical Center, Whisenant v. Gulf States Steel, Young v. Huntsville Hospital, Adams v. Douglas Battery, Inc. Drake Law Firm places an emphasis on severe and catastrophic personal injury cases, including those involving quadriplegia, paraplegia, traumatic brain damage, back surgery, amputations, death, severe burns, etc.

Please Call : 205-970-0800

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