Charley Grimes is an attorney with over 25 years of experience representing corporate clients in all phases of high-exposure litigation. Charley has extensive jury trial experience, having tried numerous cases to verdict in state and federal courts. He represents business clients, including a major railroad company, trucking and logistics companies, and a motorsports company, in matters in Alabama and Georgia. Having spent years defending and advising business clients, he understands the impact of lawfare on businesses and partners with his clients to protect their people, assets, and reputation, resolving their matters effectively and efficiently.
Area of Law
Business Litigation and Disputes; Railroad Defense; FELA Defense; Trucking and Logistics Defense; General Casualty Litigation
Education
University of Alabama School of Law– Tuscaloosa, AL- Juris Doctor- 1998; Honors/ Activities: Alabama Law Review; Bench and Bar Legal Honor Society; Legal Assistant to Charles Gamble- provided research and support for McElroy’s Alabama Evidence and Gamble’s Alabama Rules of Evidence Birmingham-Southern College– Birmingham, AL- Bachelor of Arts, cum laude– 1995; Major: History/ Political Science; Honors/Activities: Honor’s Program Graduate; Student Judiciary 1993-1995; British Studies at Oxford, England, 1994; Phi Alpha Theta (History Honor Society); Theta Chi social fraternity
Bar Admissions
State Bar: Alabama; State Bar: Georgia; U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit; U.S. District Courts: Northern District of Alabama, Middle District of Alabama, Southern District of Alabama, Northern District of Georgia, Middle District of Georgia.
Honors/Recognitions
Earned AV Preeminent Rating by Lexis-Nexis/Martindale Hubbell- 2010; Named Fellow- Litigation Counsel of America- November 2013; Named Top Rated Personal Injury Lawyer by The American Lawyer- September 2013; Named Rising Star in Transportation/Maritime Law by Business Alabama – May 2013; Named Top Rated Transportation Lawyer by The American Lawyer – April 2013; Named Rising Star in Transportation/Maritime Law by Business Alabama -May 2012; Named a Top Rated Transportation Lawyer by The American Lawyer – April 2012; Named Top Lawyer in B-Metro Magazine – April 2011; Named Rising Star by Super Lawyers – March 2011 Faculty- Alabama Defense Lawyers’ Association Trial Academy – 2010, 2011, 2013, 2015; Board of Directors, Camp Fire USA- 2011- 2013; Episcopal Church of the Ascension- Vestry 2019- 2021; Board of Directors- AEK Kindergarten- 2020- present
Memberships
National Association of Railroad Trial Counsel; Trucking Industry Defense Association; Birmingham Bar Association