LaBella S. Alvis, Esq.
PRACTICE AREAS
- AVIATION
- CIVIL LITIGATION
- INSURANCE
- LABOR AND EMPLOYMENT
- LIQUOR LIABILITY
- MEDICAL DEVICE
- PROFESSIONAL LIABILITY AND MEDICAL MALPRACTICE
RESOURCES
- BE YOUNG, BE SMART, BE GOOD AT MARKETING
- THE EVOLUTION OF AN IDEA: THE VISION OF A FIRM
EDUCATION
For more than 25 years, LaBella Alvis’s passion has been going to court. However, if you ask her to tell you about her most fun experience as a lawyer, she’ll tell you it was learning how to parallel-park an eighteen-wheeler at the Mayflower Trucking School. The four-day school helped her understand the many factors that truckers have to consider when making split-second decisions on the roads, a unique experience that helps Labella defend trucking cases.
In addition to handling trucking and aviation matters, LaBella has experience with professional liability, liquor liability and coverage cases. Her professional liability work includes hundreds of EEOC and employment liability claims, medical malpractice defense and construction/architect liability. LaBella brings an extra dimension to liquor liability claims due to her experience as a certified ABC Board vendor trainer.
Away from the office, LaBella is a competitive horse jumper. She has won many jumping competitions, including finishing number one in the state in 2010 in two divisions.
PROFESSIONAL AND COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT
- Samford University Cumberland School of Law: Adjunct Professor, Trial Advocacy Program, 1992-94; Member, Annual Fund Advisory Board; President of Cumberland Alumni Club, 2004; Cumberland Advisory Board, 2008-present
- Birmingham Bar Association: Member, Young Lawyers Section, 1986-1990; President-Elect, 1989; President, 1990; Executive Committee, 1990, 1994-96; Women Lawyers Section: Membership Chair, 1996; Treasurer, 1997; Distinguished Service Award, 2007; Board of Directors, 2008-present
- Birmingham Bar Foundation: Board of Directors, 1997-2009; Secretary, 2006-07; Medical Liaison Committee, present; Producer, “Cabaret” comprised of judges and lawyers to raise money for Children’s Hospital on behalf of the Birmingham Bar Foundation, 2001
- Alabama State Bar: Judicial Liaison Committee; Lawyers Helping Lawyers Committee; Standing Rules Committee
- American Bar Association (ABA): Member
- American Board of Trial Advocates
- Defense Research Institute (DRI): Employment Law Committee; Medical Defense and Health Law Committee
- Alabama Defense Lawyers Association (ADLA): Member
- Federation of Insurance and Corporate Counsel (FICC): Member
- International Association of Defense Counsel (IADC): Emeritus
- Birmingham Volunteer Lawyers Association: Co-Founder; Past Director
- Canterbury Methodist Church: Member; Small Group Facilitator
- Alabama Law Foundation
AWARDS AND RECOGNITION
- AV® Preeminent Peer Review Rating from Martindale-Hubbell*
- Selected for inclusion in The Best Lawyers in America® 2011 in the field of personal injury litigation
- Selected for inclusion in Alabama Super Lawyers® 2010 and 2011 in the fields of insurance coverage and personal injury defense (general and medical malpractice)
- Listed as one of the Top 25 Women Lawyers in Alabama, a list comprised of the women lawyers who received the highest number of points in the 2008 Alabama Super Lawyers nomination, research and blue ribbon review process
- Selected for inclusion in Benchmark Litigation’s list of Alabama Litigation Stars in the field of products liability
- Birmingham Business Journal, “Top 40 Professionals Under 40” Award, 1995
- Birmingham Legal Secretaries Association, “Lawyer of the Year,” 1992-93
PUBLICATIONS AND PRESENTATIONS
- Duncan Y. Manley & LaBella S. Alvis, The Evolution of an Idea: The Vision of a Firm, The Primerus Paradigm, 48 (Winter 2011).
- Duncan Y. Manley & LaBella S. Alvis, Be Young, Be Smart, Be Good at Marketing, The Primerus Paradigm, 12 (Spring 2009).
ADMISSIONS
Practicing: Insurance, Litigation, Aviation
