Christian & Small LLP is pleased to announce the firm has earned a First Tier Ranking in the 2016 Edition of the U.S. News & World Report and Best Lawyers’ “Best Law Firms” Rankings. The First Tier Ranking is determined through a combination of hard data, peer reviews and client assessments. Christian & Small received a First Tier … Read More
By Deborah Alley Smith, Christian & Small Managing Partner and Vice President of the Birmingham Bar Foundation By the time they reach high school, the only exposure many teenagers have had to Alabama’s judicial system is negative. They see terrible things in the news about law enforcement, lawyers and our courts, but they need to … Read More
On June 29, 2015, in a rather remarkable opinion that parties continue to struggle with in this evolving digital age, the Georgia Supreme Court in Phillips v. Harmon reversed an appellate court decision on its interpretation of the legal standard for spoliation (i.e., the destruction or failure to preserve evidence). Longstanding Georgia law held that … Read More
In Schumann v. Collier Anesthesia, P.A., 2015 U.S. App. LEXIS 16194, *28-29 (11th Cir. Fla. Sept. 11, 2015), the Eleventh Circuit provided guidance in deciding whether students in modern-day internship programs are classified as “employees” under the Fair Labor Standards Act (“FLSA”). In this case, the plaintiffs were 25 former student-registered nurse anesthetists (“SRNAs” or … Read More
When I think back to July of 2006, I remember excitedly preparing for the birth of my first child. In just over a month, he will turn nine years old. Strange, then, that I and many lawyers have had to take a fresh look at a decision from that era as if it were new … Read More
Christian & Small is pleased to welcome its newest attorney, Associate Irving W. Jones Jr. Prior to joining Christian & Small, Jones was a staff attorney in Balch & Bingham’s environmental and natural resources section, and he is licensed to practice in Alabama and Mississippi. Jones’ previous experience also includes serving as a Counterintelligence Investigator … Read More
