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WILLIAM K. “CHIP” BRADFORD

Alabama Appeal LawyerWilliam K. “Chip” Bradford was admitted to the Alabama Bar in 1993 after graduating from Cumberland School of Law at Samford University. He is a native of Byram, Mississippi, and moved to Birmingham, Alabama to attend law school in 1990.   Mr. Bradford is peer rated as BV by Martindale-Hubble. He is a member of the Alabama State Bar, the Alabama State Bar Appellate Law Section, The Birmingham Bar Association, The Legal Writing Institute, Alabama Criminal Defense Lawyers Association, the Greater Birmingham Criminal Defense Lawyers Association, and associate member of the American Society of Legal Writers, and Clarity International.  He is past Vice President of the Greater Birmingham Criminal Defense Lawyers Association.

Mr. Bradford’s other notable cases and clients include being a member of the defense team defending the Jefferson County Personnel Board in the U. S. District Court for the Northern District of Alabama in its longstanding Federal discrimination consent decree.  Mr. Bradford has successfully defended the City of Gadsden Police Department, City of Talladega Jail, City of Jasper Police Department, and the Cullman County Sheriff’s Department against serious civil rights claims in federal court, winning summary judgment in each case.  Mr. Bradford defended the Birmingham Housing Authority against Lead Paint claims, successfully obtaining summary judgment on the most serious claims of Civil Rights violations.

Mr. Bradford has extensive experience handling appellate matters. His appellate experience includes a number of oral argument before the Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals and numerous appearances before the Alabama Supreme Court and Court of Criminal Appeals. His reported appellate decisions include:

United States Circuit Court – Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals

    • United States v. Reed, 2020 U.S. App. LEXIS 8789 (3/20/2020)
    • United States v. Garrett, 2020 U.S. App. LEXIS 5428 (2/24/2020)
    • United States v. Jackson, 2020 U.S. App. LEXIS 1619 (1/17/2020)
    • United States v. Collins, 2019 U.S. App. LEXIS 38638 (12/27/2019)
    • United States v. Body, 791 Fed. Appx. 807 (10/19/2019)
    • United States v. Anguiano, 791 Fed. Appx. 841 (11/1/2019)
    • United States v. Collins, 2019 U.S. App. LEXIS 38638 (2019)
    • United States v. Rohe, 2018 U.S. App. LEXIS 32425
    • Lindley v. Taylor, 10/24/2016, 2016 WL 6157774
    • U.S. v. Dotson, 660 Fed. Appx. 757, 2016 WL 4446011
    • Lindley v. City of Birmingham, 652 Fed. Appx. 81, 2016 WL 3730674
    • Pugh v. El Paso Corp. Pension Plan, 617 Fed. Appx. 964, 2015 WL 3756317
    • Lindley v. City of Birmingham, 515 Fed. Appx. 813, 2013 WL 1336609
    • United States v. Fee, 2011 U.S. App. LEXIS 165808 (8/30/2011)
    • United States v. Mays, 424 Fed. Appx. 830
    • U.S. v. McDavid, 368 Fed. Appx. 61, 2010 WL 691155
    • U.S. v. Bryant, 334 Fed.Appx. 259, 2009 WL 1740072, (11th Cir. 2009)
    • Moore v. Cullman County Com’n, 2006 WL 952276 (11th Cir.2006)
    • U.S. v. Naves, 252 F.3d 1166 (11th Cir, 2001)
    • U.S. v. Jones, 52 F.3d 924 (11th Cir. 1995)

    Alabama Supreme Court

    • Blackmon v. Renesant Bank,  232 So.3d 224 (Ala. 2017)
    • Ex parte Petrina, 204 So.3d 382 (Ala.2016)
    • Ex parte K.A.S., 197 So.3d 503 (Ala.2015)
    • Ex parte Melton, 69 So.2d 932 (Ala. 2011)
    • Ex parte Cowart, 204 So.3d 884 (Ala.2010)
    • Lloyd’s, London v. Southern Natural Gas Co., 939 So.2d 21 (Ala. 2004)
    • Ex parte Gray, 898 So.2d 760 (Ala.2004)
    • Ex parte Woodward, 859 So.2d 425 (Ala.2003)
    • Ex parte Johnson, 820 So.2d 883 (Ala.2001)
    • Sharpe v. AMF Bowling Centers, Inc., 756 So.2d 874 (Ala.2000)
    • Delchamps, Inc. v. Bryant, 738 So.2d 824 (Ala. 1999)
    • Ex parte Hagood, 777 So.2d 214 (Ala. 1999)
    • Redman v. Federal Home Mortgage Corp., 765 So.2d 630 (Ala.1999)
    • Hall v. American Indem. Group, 648 So.2d 556 (Ala. 1994)

    Alabama Court of Civil Appeals

    • M.M. v. K.J.Z., 249 So.3d 1144 (Ala.Civ.App.2017)
    • Dickinson v. Burton, 249 So.3d 1151 (Ala.Civ.App.2017)
    • Wojtala v. Wojtala, 241 So.3d 37 (Ala. Civ. App. 2017)
    • Ex parte Gentry, 238 So.3d 66 (Ala. Civ.App. 2017)
    • Ex parte Gentry, 228 So.3d 1016 (Ala. Civ. App. 2017)
    • City of Birmingham v. Thomas, 220 So.3d 333 (Ala. Civ. App. 2016)
    • Petrina v. Petrina, 215 So.3d 1075 (Ala.Civ.App.2016)
    • Ex parte K.A.S., 197 So.3d 503 (Ala.Civ.App.2015)
    • Goldman v. Goldman, 197 So.3d 487 (Ala.Civ.App.2015)
    • Cowart v. Burnham, 204 So.3d 880 (Ala.civ.App.2015)
    • Kowalski v. Upchurch, 186 So.3d 460 (Ala.Civ.App.2015)
    • Herzog v. Stonerook, 160 So.3d 340 (Ala.Civ.App.2014)
    • Jones v. Hamilton, 53 So.3d 134 (Ala.Civ.App.2010)
    • Abernant Fire Dept. v. Rhodes, 21 So.3d 739 (Ala.Civ.App. 2009)
    • Smith v. Smith, 8 So.3d 1007 (Ala.Civ.App.2008)
    • Kohler Co., Inc. v. Miller, 921 So.2d 436 (Ala.Civ.App.2005)
    • Fireman’s Fund Ins. Co. v. Gray, 898 So.2d 753 (Ala.Civ.App.2004)
    • United Defense, L.P. v. Willingham, 829 So.2d 771 (Ala.Civ.App.2002)
    • Briner v. City of Midfield, 831 So.2d 53 (Ala.Civ.App.2002)
    • Woods v. Trussville City Council, 795 So.2d 728 (Ala.Civ.App.2001)
    • Patton v. Werner Co., 793 So.2d 817 (Ala.Civ.App.2001)
    • Woods v. Trussville City Council, 795 So.2d 721 (Ala.Civ.App.2000)
    • Clemons v. Clemons, 656 So.2d 831 (Ala.Civ.App. 1994)
    • Allsup v. State ex rel. Salas, 648 So.2d 597 (Ala.Civ.App. 1994)

    Alabama Court of Criminal Appeals

    • Dearman v. State, 2019 Ala. Crim. App. LEXIS 18 (4/12/2019)
    • Moore v. State, 185 So.3d 1148 (Ala.Crim.App.2015)
    • Hudson v. State, 85 So.3d 468 (Ala.Crim.App.2011)
    • Melton v. State, 69 So.3d 916 (Ala.Crim.App.2010)
    • Tucker v. State, 57 So.3d 793 (Ala.Crim.App. 2009)
    • Bowles v. State, 784 So.2d 1077 (Ala.Crim.App.2000)
    • Johnson v. State, 820 So.2d 842, (Ala.Crim.App.2000)
    • Hagood v. State, 777 So.2d 221 (Ala.Crim.App.2000)