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Admitted

  • All State Courts of Alabama
  • All State Courts of Florida
  • All State Courts of Mississippi
  • U.S. District Courts for Southern, Middle and Northern Districts of Alabama
  • U.S. District Court for Northern District of Florida
  • U.S. District Court for Southern District of Mississippi
  • U.S. Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit

Professional Associations and Memberships

  • Alabama State Bar
  • Mobile Bar Association
  • Florida State Bar
  • Mississippi State Bar
  • American Bar Association
  • ABA Tort, Trial and Insurance Section, Commercial Transportation Litigation Committee Chairman
  • Bar Association of the Fifth Federal Circuit
  • Defense Research Institute
  • Transportation Lawyers Association
  • Trucking Industry Defense Association
  • Retail Industry Leaders Association
  • Leadership Mobile
  • Mobile United
  • Conference of Freight Counsel
  • Lawyer-Pilots Bar Association
  • Claims & Litigation Management Alliance
  • Aircraft Owners & Pilots Association

Chad C. Marchand

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Chad received his Bachelor of Science degree in Environmental Sciences from Auburn University in 1997 and earned his J.D. from Cumberland School of Law at Samford University, graduating cum laude, in 2000. While at Cumberland, Chad served as the Editor in Chief of the American Journal of Trial Advocacy, was chosen as winner of the Judge James O. Haley Mock Trial Competition, served as a Cordell Hull Legal Research and Writing Teaching Fellow, participated in the Justice Shores Moot Court Competition, and was a member of the Cumberland Trial Advocacy Board. Additionally he received Scholar of Merit Awards in Real Estate Transactions and Worker’s Compensation and remained on the Dean’s List for his entire law school career.

Chad is a graduate of the 2010 class of Leadership Mobile and was selected as one of Mobile Bay's Top 40 Under 40. He is an active member of Defense Research Institute, the Trucking Industry Defense Association, and Mobile United, among other organizations. He has written materials and given presentations on Physician Employment Contracts; Insurance Law Update: Understanding Current Coverage Trends; Handling the Auto Injury Claim; Settling Uninsured and Underinsured Motorist Claims; Truck Accident Litigation from Start to Finish -Recent Developments in Commercial Transportation; Document Gathering, Production and Management for Litigation Paralegals in Alabama; and Advanced Legal Drafting for Alabama Paralegals.

Practice Areas

  • Civil Litigation
  • Insurance Litigation
  • ERISA
  • Products Liability
  • Personal Injury
  • Transportation Litigation
  • Cargo Claims
  • Trucking Law
  • Motor Carrier Defense
  • Commercial Litigation
  • Life and Health Insurance Litigation
  • Disability Insurance Litigation
  • Appellate Practice
  • Aviation Litigation

Law School

Cumberland School of Law of Samford University, J.D., cum laude, 2000
*Editor-in-Chief, American Journal of Trial Advocacy
*Finalist 1998, Winner, 1999, Judge James O. Haley Federal Mock Trial Competition
*Teaching Fellow, Cordell Hull Legal Research an Writing
Participated in the Justice Shores Moot Court Competition
*Member of Cumberland Trial Advocacy Board
*Scholar of Merit Awards in Real Estate Transactions and Worker's Compensation
*Dean's List during entire law school career

College

Auburn University, B.S. in Environmental Sciences, 1997

Biography

Chairman of the Americal Bar Association Tort, Trial and Insurance Section's
Commercial Transportation Litigation Committee
Graduate of 2010 Class of Leadership Mobile
Selected as one of Mobile Bay's Top 40 Under 40
Editor-in-Chief, American Journal of Trial Advocacy, 1999-2000
Super Lawyers - Alabama Rising Stars List 2012

Publications

CSA 2010 - A Focus Shift from the Carrier to the Driver (co-authored with Ashley Griffin)
Physician Employment Contracts
Insurance Law Update: Understanding Current Coverage Trends
Handling the Auto Injury Claim
Settling Uninsured and Underinsured Motorist Claims
Truck Accident Litigation from Start to Finish - Recent Developments in Commercial Transportation
Document Gathering, Production and Management for Litigation Paralegals in Alabama
Advanced Legal Drafing for Alabama Paralegals
"Assessing the Federal Motor Safety Administration's Comprehensive Safety Analysis 2010 Initiative" - published in The Brief (co-authored with Ashley Griffin)
"Alabama Damages compendium" (co-authored with Ashley Griffin)
Truck Accident Litigation (Third Edition) - OSHA v. DOT Regulation (co-authored with Ashley Griffin)
Truck Accident Litigation (Third Edition) – Trial Preparation and Strategy in Trucking Litigation (co-authored with Ashley Griffin)

Presentations

The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration's CSA 2010, Presented at ABA MEGA Conference, March, 2011, New Orleans

Born

Tachikawa, A.B. Tokyo, Japan