Mrs. Hornsby believes in the importance of understanding each client’s overall goals apart from simply achieving a legal victory, including taking into account business relationships, public relations concerns, and other intangibles which help her clients to achieve success going forward.

REPRESENTATIVE MATTERS:

• Along with others in the firm, represented one of the largest employers in Mobile County in preparation of pre-trial motions resulting in dismissal of multiple claims of race discrimination, hostile work environment, and discriminatory pay and promotion.
• Part of the McDowell Knight trial team that obtained a jury verdict in the amount of $1.7 million in favor of a real estate investor, in a case involving claims of fraud, deceit, and claims under the Interstate Land Sales Full Disclosure Act.
• Part of the McDowell Knight trial team that obtained a defense verdict in a double death case arising out of an SUV roll-over, which involved claims of crashworthiness and spoliation of evidence.
• Successfully handled a collection action for a global paints and coatings producer against a former distributor in federal court.
• Prepared motions to exclude opponent’s experts in a multiple-death airplane accident case involving claims related to the failure of the aircraft engine and its component parts.
• Heavily involved in representing a major supplier of shipping containers in a false advertising/Lanham Act case against a competitor in federal court.
• Obtained summary judgment for one of the largest convenience store chains in the U.S. in a Fair Debt Collection Practices action, and successfully defended the judgment on appeal to the 11th Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals.
• Prepared the appellate brief for the state’s oldest daily newspaper in its effort to gain access to expunged court records.
• Regularly secures registration of local business trademarks with both the U.S. Patent and Trademark office and state offices and has handled multiple trademark disputes for a variety of local businesses.