W. Lee Gresham, III was born in 1963 in Birmingham, Alabama. He is a 1985 graduate of Auburn University, from which he received a Bachelor of Arts Degree in English, and he earned his Juris Doctor degree from the University of Alabama School of Law in 1988.

 

Legal Experience:

Since graduating from law school, Mr. Gresham has devoted his practice to representing injured individuals in complex product liability, personal injury and wrongful death cases. Mr. Gresham joined Heninger Garrison Davis, LLC in May of 2007, having practiced for a number of year with an environmental litigation firm, where he learned the ins and outs of asbestos litigation. While at that firm, Mr. Gresham represented hundreds of individuals who were injured as a result of having been exposed to asbestos and to other toxic exposures. In 2005 and 2006, Mr. Gresham lead the fight in Georgia on behalf of hundreds of injured asbestos plaintiffs against corporate-backed legislation that was drafted to deny injured individuals who have suffered as a result of asbestos exposure the right to hold the companies that made, sold and distributed asbestos-containing products accountable for knowingly exposing them to cancer-causing products. After successfully arguing at the trial level that this legislation was unconstitutional, Mr. Gresham then argued the same issues on appeal to the Supreme Court of Georgia. On November 20, 2006, the Supreme Court of Georgia ruled unanimously in favor of Mr. Gresham’s position and affirmed the trial courts’ rulings that the asbestos legislation was unconstitutional. Mr. Gresham continues to represent hundreds of individuals in several different states who have been injured as a result of exposure to asbestos and to other types of toxic substances. As a result of Mr. Gresham’s hard work and commitment to his clients, the Martindale-Hubbell Law Directory awarded him an “AV” rating, which reflects that he has achieved “the height of professional excellence” and that he exhibits “the highest levels of skill and integrity.”

 

Professional Memberships and Affiliations:

Mr. Gresham is a member of the Alabama State Bar (Environmental Law Section), and he is admitted to practice in the United States District Courts for the Northern, Middle and Southern Districts of Alabama and in the United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit. Mr. Gresham is a member of the American Association for Justice (AAJ), formerly the Association of Trial Lawyers of America (ATLA) (Section on Toxic, Environmental, and Pharmaceutical Torts), he is a Sustaining Member of the Alabama Association for Justice (ALAJ), formerly the Alabama Trial Lawyers Association, and he is a member of the Christian Trial Lawyers Association (CTLA).

 

Reported Cases:

DaimlerChrysler Corp. v. Ferrante, 637 S.E. 2nd 659 (Ga. 2006)
Carter v. Innisfree Hotels, Inc., 661 So.2d 1174 (Ala. 1995)

 

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