William Robert Lancaster Mobile, Alabama,
| Partner | |
| phone | 251-405-1300 |
| fax | 251-432-6843 251-433-3821 |
| wrl@ajlaw.com | |
Bill Lancaster is a partner at Armbrecht Jackson LLP where his practice consists of the defense of employment, workers' compensation, professional negligence, nursing home negligence, and product liability claims. Over the last 29+ years he has handled a variety of cases throughout the Southeast and has tried over 100 jury and non-jury cases to judgment.
After earning his undergraduate degree, cum laude, from Millsaps College and his juris doctor from the University of Mississippi, Bill practiced in Mississippi for nine years before moving to Mobile in 1991. He is admitted to practice in all state and federal courts in Alabama and Mississippi. Bill is also licensed in Texas and Tennessee and is admitted to practice in the United States Courts of Appeal for the Fifth and the Eleventh Circuits.
In addition to an active litigation practice, Bill has authored several articles and seminar presentations on various litigation-related topics, including “Traps and Pitfalls of Medical Malpractice Litigation,” Voir Dire, May 1988, and "A Practical Approach to the Punitive Damages Trial: How, When, Where, and Why" MDLA Quarterly, Spring 2006. Bill has earned an "AV" rating by Martindale Hubbell and been named as an Alabama "Super Lawyer" in Employment Litigation Defense in 2008 and 2009. Bill has been registered on the Alabama State Court Mediator Roster for a number of years, and is a qualified Appellate Mediator.
- Areas of Practice:
- Employment Defense
- Workers' Compensation Defense
- Nursing Home Liability Defense
- Product Liability Defense
- Professional Liability Defense
- Bar Admissions:
- Alabama, 1992
- Texas, 1991
- Mississippi, 1982
- Tennessee, 2006
- U.S. District Court Northern District of Mississippi, 1982
- U.S. District Court Southern District of Mississippi, 1983
- U.S. District Court Southern District of Alabama, 1992
- U.S. District Court Western District of Texas, 2001
- U.S. District Court Northern District of Alabama, 2009
- U.S. Court of Appeals 5th Circuit, 1982
- U.S. Court of Appeals 11th Circuit, 1994
- Education:
- University of Mississippi School of Law, Oxford, Mississippi,
1982
J.D. - Millsaps College, Jackson, Mississippi,
1979
B.A.
Honors: Cum Laude
Major: History
- Published Works:
- "A Practical Approach to the Punitive Damages Trial: How, When, Where, and Why", The MDLA Quarterly, Spring, 2006
- Representative Cases:
- Ex Parte Fryfogle, 742 S. 2d 1258 (Sp Ct of Al 1994)
- Vines v. Windham, 606 So. 2d 128 (Sp Ct of MS 1992)
- Russ v. International Paper, 943 F. 2d 589 (USCA 5th Cir 1991)
- Representative Clients:
- Sheffield Risk Management
- Kindred Healthcare
- Springhill Memorial Hospital
- Ford Motor Company
- Professional Associations and Memberships:
- Alabama State Bar
- Member
- Mississippi Bar
- Member
- State Bar of Texas
- Member
- Tennessee Bar
- Member
- Mobile Bar Association
- Member
- The Defense Research Institute
- Member
- Alabama Defense Lawyers Association
- Member
- Mississippi Defense Lawyers Association
- Member
- American Bar Association
- Member
- Past Employment Positions:
- Alford, Clausen & McDonald, LLC, Partner, 2002 - 2011
- Helmsing Leach Herlong Newman & Rouse PC, Member, 1992 - 2002
- Varner, Parker & Sessums & Lancaster, 1984 - 1991
- Ramsey Robinson & Andrews, 1982 - 1984
- Fraternities/Sororities:
- Phi Delta Phi
