James C. Ayers, Jr., has extensive experience handling a wide range of litigation matters, and strives to apply his experience to help individuals, families, and small businesses faced with a legal crisis. Over the course of his career, Mr. Ayers has successfully litigated to a conclusion over 1000 cases, has tried over 150 cases to verdict, and has handled 20 or more appellate matters including writing the briefs for a landmark U.S. Supreme Court appeal which changed the law of arbitration.
Mr. Ayers has represented clients in over 100 venues across Alabama and Tennessee. He has lectured to various professional groups and published materials in the areas of personal injury trial and settlement, trial evidence, expert witnesses, trial practice and presentation, arbitration, and employment law. He is a certified arbitrator for the Association of the Better Business Bureau, and a graduate of the National Institute for Trial Advocacy. He has twice received the Alabama State Bar Continuing Legal Education Award, 1999 and 2002. In 2003 he received the National Leadership Award from the Business Advisory Counsel.
Mr. Ayers graduated with honors from the Ohio State University. He obtained his law degree, with honors, from the University of Alabama School of Law. While in law school, he served as a Senior Editor of the Alabama Law Review and was accepted into the Bench and Bar Legal Honor Society.
Mr Ayers is a member of the Alabama State Bar, Tennessee Bar Association, Federal Bar Association - Montgomery Chapter, and the Birmingham, Huntsville, Montgomery, and Shelby County Bar Associations. He is admitted to the State Courts of Alabama, the State Courts of Tennessee, the U.S. District Courts for the Northern, Middle, and Southern Districts of Alabama, the U.S. District Courts for the Middle and Eastern Districts of Tennessee, and the Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals.
Mr. Ayers is active in educating other attorneys in the law of personal injury, employment, and trial practice. He has prepared and presented the following seminars, lectures, and publications:
1994 Publication: Alabama Automobile Insurance Liability Law Guide
1998 Publication: Ala. Claims. Ass. Outline of Alabama Workers’ Compensation
1999 Seminar: NBI The Paralegal and the Litigation Team
2000 Seminar: NBI Evidence for the Litigation Paralegal
2000 Publication: Liebman, True and Amazing Stories from America’s Lawyers
2001 Lecture: Bad Faith Update-Radio Broadcast - Birmingham, Alabama
2002 Seminar: NBI Drafting and Enforcing Employment Arbitration Agreements
2002 Seminar: NBI Powerful Trial Evidence
2002 Seminar: NBI Truck Accident Litigation
2002 Seminar: NBI Evidence and Trial Practice
2002 Publication: Ala-Tenn Employment Law Guide
2003 Seminar: NBI Admissibility of Evidence and Expert Testimony
2003 Seminar: NBI Truck Accident Litigation
2004 Seminar: Lorman Cross-Examination of Expert Witnesses
2004 Lecture: South-Shelby Chamber of Commerce Employment Law Update
2004 Publication: Federal Wage and Hour Update
2004 Publication: Family Medical Leave Act Overview
2004 Publication: Americans with Disabilities Act Overview
2005 Lecture: SES Employment Law Update - Huntsville
2006 Seminar: NBI How to Get Expert Testimony Admitted Into Evidence.
2006 Guest Speaker: WAAY Channel 31 Huntsville, Alabama “Law Line” Employment Law
2007 Publication: Investigating Co-Worker Sexual Harassment Complaints
2007 Seminar: NBI Handling the Auto Injury Claim.
2008 Seminar: NBI How to Successfully Resolve Automobile Injury Cases.
2008 Seminar: NBI Handling Medical Liens And Subrogation.
2008 Seminar: NBI Obtaining the Best Settlement for Peronal Injury Clients.
2009 Seminar: NBI Personal Injury Litigation From Start to Finish
