Donald R. Rhea
Partner
Year Joined Firm
- 1981
Litigation Percentage
- 90% of Practice Devoted to Litigation
Bar Admissions
- Alabama 1981
- United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit (now Eleventh) 1981
- United States District Court, Northern District of Alabama, 1981
- United States Court of Appeals, Federal Circut 1983
Education
- The University of Alabama School of Law, Tuscaloosa, Alabama
- J.D. - 1980
- University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, Alabama
- M.A. - 1978
- University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, Alabama
- B.A. - 1977
Published Works
- Premises Liability For Violent Crimes, Alabama Trial Lawyers Journal, Vol. 15, No. 3, Fall, 1995
Representative Cases
- Formby v. Farmers and Merchants Bank, 904 F.2d 627 (C.A.11 (Ala.) 1990)
- Bidermann Industries Corp. v. Peterson, 655 So.2d 997 (Ala.Civ.App. 1994)
- Waffle House, Inc. vs. Howard 794 So.2d 1123 (Ala. Civ. App. 2000)
- Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co. v. Rich, 598 So.2d 923 (Ala. Civ. App. 1992)
- Landstar Ranger v. Kent, 828 So.2d 322 (Ala. Civ. Appl. 2002)
- Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co. v. Muilenberg, 990 So.2d 434 (Ala. Civ. App. 2008)
- Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co. v. Cranford, 989 So.2d 1121 (Ala. Civ. App. 2008)
- Honda Mfg. of Alabama v. Jackson, 82 So.2d 18 (Ala. Civ. App. 2010)
- Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co. v. Haygood, 93 So.3d 132 (Ala. Civ. App. 2012)
Representative Clients
- Fraternal Order of Police
- International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers
- Alabama Sheriff's Association
- Etowah County Sheriff
- Marshall County Sheriff
- Police Beneveloence Association
- Plumbers & Steamfitters Local 498
- International Union of Operating Engineers Local 320
- United Steelworkers of America, AFL-CIO, Local 12
Classes/Seminars
- Recent Significant Decisions In Worker Compensation, Alabama Bar Institute, 1993 - Present
- Functional Capacities Evaluations, Alabama Association of Justice, 2007 Summer Seminar
- Aggravation of Pre-Existing Conditions, Alabama Self-Insured Association, 2007 Winter Seminar
- Lawsuits and Liabilities, Alabama Law Institute 2007
- Practical Application to the Guides to the Evaluation of Permament Impairments (4th Ed.), Alabama Workers' Compensation Organization, Inc., May 2010
- Winning in Montgomery - The Intent of the Act: Getting the Court Back on a Remedial and Beneficient Course, Alabama Association of Justice, Fall 2010
- Worker Compensation Appeals - The Nuts and Bolts, University of Alabama School of Law, 2012
Professional Associations and Memberships
- Alabama Association of Justice, Member, Executive Committee, 1991 - Present
- Etowah County Bar Association (Past President)
- Alabama State Bar (Past Chairman, Workers' Compensation Section)
- American Bar Association
- Etowah County Inns of Court
- Alabama State Bar Commissioner, Sixteenth Judicial Circuit 2012 - present
Pro Bono Activities
- Peoples Law School, 1994 - Present