Leon Ashford has been a trial lawyer for over 40 years. Throughout the course of his career, Mr. Ashford has a proven record of consistently obtaining multi-million dollar jury verdicts and settlements for his clients, their families, and their small businesses. Though he has always focused his practice on complex litigation involving catastrophic personal injuries and wrongful death, he has recently been called upon to represent family-owned and closely held businesses in litigation which threatened generations of success. He earned his law degree from the University of Alabama School of Law in 1973. Honored by his peers as a trial lawyer, Mr. Ashford is a Fellow in the American College of Trial Lawyers, the International Academy of Trial Lawyers, and the Alabama Law Foundation.

Toby Brown is a partner with the firm of Cunningham Bounds. For more than twenty-five years he has represented plaintiffs in a wide variety of cases. Mr. Brown is certified as a Civil Trial Specialist by the National Board of Trial Advocacy, is a Fellow with the International Society of Barristers, and is a member of the American Board of Trial Advocates. He is listed annually in The Best Lawyers in America® and in Super Lawyers. Mr. Brown is a Past President of the Alabama Association for Justice. He is actively involved in many professional and community organizations, and currently serves as Managing Partner for Cunningham Bounds. Born and raised in Mobile, he received his law degree from the University of Alabama.

Gibson Vance received his undergraduate degree from Troy University in 1987 and his law degree from Faulkner University’s Thomas Goode Jones School of Law in Montgomery. Mr. Vance, is a shareholder in Beasley Allen, and practices in the firm’s Personal Injury and Consumer Fraud sections, concentrating in actions against those who negligently or intentionally harm others. Mr. Vance served as President of the Montgomery County Bar Association, President of the Montgomery County Trial Lawyers Association, President of the Alabama Association for Justice, and President of the American Association for Justice. In addition, he is a member of the Board of Trustees at Troy University and serves as a University Foundation Board Member

Jeff Rickard is a partner in the law firm of Marsh, Rickard & Bryan, P.C. in Birmingham. He graduated from Auburn University in 1985 and Samford University’s Cumberland School of Law in 1989. In Jeff ’s 30-year law career he has primarily focused on complex personal injury and wrongful death matters. He is a member of the American Board of Trial Advocates and a Fellow in the Alabama Law Foundation. Jeff has been routinely listed in The Best Lawyers in America® and twice chosen by it as a “Lawyer of the Year.” Jeff has routinely been named in Super Lawyers and has received the highest possible ratings by Martindale-Hubbell™. Jeff is a past President of the Alabama Association for Justice and the Alabama Civil Justice Foundation.

Rebekah McKinney earned a B.S. from Vanderbilt University in 1991. She received her law degree from the University of Alabama School Of Law in 1995, where she was a member of the Bench and Bar Legal Honor Society. Ms. McKinney practices in the areas of personal injury, wrongful death, tractor - trailer accidents, motorcycle accidents, nursing home negligence, civil rights, wage and hour, complex litigation/class actions, divorce, family law and custody. She is a member of the Alabama State Bar Association, the Huntsville-Madison County Bar Association, the American Association for Justice, and the Alabama Association for Justice. She was the first female President of the Alabama Association for Justice and the first female TRIAL Trustee.

Ken Riley is a partner of Farris, Riley and Pitt, LLP. After obtaining his business degree at the University of Alabama, he went on to earn his Juris Doctorate from Cumberland School of Law at Samford University. For over eighteen years, Ken has dedicated his law practice to helping injured victims obtain fair and just settlements and verdicts. Ken is actively involved in the community and serves in various positions with the Birmingham Bar Association and the Alabama State Bar. He has served in various officer roles as a member of the Alabama Association for Justice and served as the Organization’s President from 2016-2017. Ken also served as President (2015-2016) of the Alabama Civil Justice Foundation and served on its Board of Directors for eight years.

Darius is currently a personal injury attorney with the law firm of Farris, Riley & Pitt LLP in Birmingham, Alabama. Darius attended Mississippi State University, where he received a degree in both Economics and Political Science. Darius procured his Juris Doctorate from the University of Alabama School of law, where he clerked for several prestigious firms and government agencies, studied comparative regulations in Australia and was a member of the school’s trial advocacy team. Darius’ move into Personal Injury came in September 2019, when he joined the firm of Farris, Riley & Pitt where he focuses on all personal injury matters, including car accidents, slip and falls, medical malpractice, and mass torts. Darius is a trial attorney and has tried over 20 cases, both criminal and civil, to verdict.

Ben Baker is a principal with Beasley Allen and his practice focuses on products liability and crashworthiness cases. He is a Sustaining member of ALAJ and a member of the Montgomery County Bar. Ben has also been included in Super Lawyers consistently since 2010 and Best Lawyers since 2013. Ben is married to Kimberly Baker and they have three children. He is also admitted to practice law in Georgia, New York, Oklahoma, Tennessee, and Washington D.C.