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Our team of attorneys practices across numerous industries, bringing years of focused experience to your case.
Legal expertise by industry
McDowell Knight is equipped to provide quality representation in a variety of areas of the law. From highly specialized legal contexts such as admiralty and maritime law, to general civil litigation, our staff possesses diverse experience which enables the firm to meet almost any commercial or business legal need.
Admiralty / Maritime
The admiralty practice within McDowell Knight litigates all forms of admiralty and maritime matters in state and federal courts, in addition to performing consultation and transactional work in non-litigation matters.
Aviation
The firm regularly represents owners and operators of aircraft, aviation product manufacturers, commercial carriers, and pilots in litigation involving catastrophic injuries and wrongful death.
Communications / Media
Our communications and media law practice ranges from the representation of Alabama’s oldest newspaper to numerous cable, television, and telecommunication entities.
Construction
The construction practice at McDowell Knight covers all areas of construction law, including the representation of owners, architects, engineers, developers, general contractors, subcontractors, and sureties in litigation and alternative dispute resolution.
Consumer Products
The firm regularly represents manufacturers and distributors of various lines of consumer products in wrongful death and catastrophic injury litigation in federal and state courts.
Finance / Banking
For financial institutions, their managers and their owners, McDowell Knight’s Finance and Banking Practice Group offers the services of a law firm whose attorneys have a thorough understanding of business and banking operations.
Insurance
McDowell Knight is regularly retained by the world’s largest insurance carriers to defend insureds in a wide variety of matters, including trucking and motor vehicle accidents, premises liability, work site accidents and exposures, and tort suits filed against businesses.
Medical
Our firm regularly defends hospitals, nursing homes, assisted living facilities, medical clinics, physicians, and nurses in a wide range of medical malpractice cases, agency matters, licensing issues, and staff privilege matters.
Real Estate
Our firm represents clients, including banks, investors, real estate developers, landlords, and tenants, in all aspects of real estate and real estate development.
Transportation
McDowell Knight’s transportation practice involves the representation of numerous railroad, trucking, maritime, and shipping entities in both state and federal cases of all kinds, including personal injury, commercial, occupational disease and disability, and employment matters.
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