John D. Saxon, P.C.

John D. Saxon

Private Practice Lawyer
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Practice Areas

Civil Trial; Employment Discrimination; Education Law; Personal Injury; Fraud; Insurance Bad Faith; Wrongful Discharge; Products Liability; Wrongful Death; Business Torts; Election Law; Mediation; Government Relations; Appeals

Admitted	1977, Alabama and U.S. District Court, Northern District of Alabama; 1983, U.S. Supreme Court; 1989, U.S. District Court, Middle District of Alabama; 1990, U.S. District Court, Southern District of Alabama and U.S. Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit; 1992, U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit
Law School	University of Alabama, J.D.
Member	Birmingham (Chairman, Professional Ethics Committee, 1991; Chairman, Grievance Committee, 1997; Chairman, Budget Committee, 1999; Chairman, Long Range Planning Committee, 2001-2002; Executive Committee, 2003-2006; Board of Directors, Birmingham Bar Foundation, 2007—; Board of Directors, Solo Practice/Small Firms Section, 1998-2006), Federal and American Bar Associations; Alabama State Bar (Member: Permanent Code Commission, 1992-1995; Committee on Alternative Dispute Resolution, 1996-1999; Committee on Character and Fitness, 2000—; Editorial Board, The Alabama Lawyer, 2002-2005); Alabama Association for Justice (Member, Board of Governors, 1990-1994; Executive Committee, 1994-2000); The American Association for Justice; National Employment Lawyers Association (Board of Directors, Alabama Chapter).
Biography	Omicron Delta Kappa; Omicron Delta Epsilon; Phi Alpha Theta; Pi Sigma Alpha; Scabbard & Blade; Jasons; The Order of Barristers; Phi Delta Phi. Member: Bench and Bar; National Moot Court Team. Finalist, John A. Campbell Moot Court Competition; Henderson M. Somerville Award; Bench and Bar Outstanding Senior Award, 1977. White House Fellow. Farrah Law Society (Chairman, 1992-1994). Leadership Birmingham, 1994. Member, U.S. International Debate Team, 1973-1975. Listed in: Who's Who in America; Who's Who in American Law. Member, Board of Directors and Vice President, 1996-1998; President, 1998-2000, University of Alabama Law School Foundation. Chairman, University of Alabama Law School Capital Campaign, 2002-2005. Vice President and Member, Executive Committee, University of Alabama National Alumni Association, 1987-1988. Sam W. Pipes Distinguished Alumnus Award, The University of Alabama School of Law, 2008. The Best Lawyers in America (Labor & Employment Law), 2009; 2010; Alabama Super Lawyers (Employment & Labor), 2008; 2009. Member, Advisory Board, Blackburn Institute. Member, Advisory Board, The Birmingham Pledge, 2000—. Member, Editorial Board, Journal of The Legal Profession, 1975-1977. Author: "The Scope of Legislative Ethics," in Representation and Responsibility (Plenum, 1985); Note, 2 The Journal of the Legal Profession 167-81 (1977). Congressional Testimony: "Reforming the Ethics Disciplinary Procedures of the U.S. Senate," Testimony before the U.S. Senate Ethics Study Commission, May 20, 1993; "Reforming Congressional Ethics Disciplinary Procedures," Testimony before Joint Committee on the Organization of Congress, February 25, 1993. Visiting Scholar, The Hastings Center, 1983. Director, Corporate Issues, RCA Corporation, 1983-1986. Washington Representative, General Electric Co., 1986-1987. Adjunct Professor, Washington College of Law, The American University, 1988. Adjunct Instructor, Administrative Law, University of Alabama at Birmingham, 1998-2000. Special Counsel, U.S. Senate Armed Services Committee, 1988. Associate Counsel, U.S. Senate Select Committee on Secret Military Assistance to Iran and The Nicaraguan Opposition, 1987; Staff Director, 1987-1988. Counsel: U.S. Senate Select Committee on Ethics, 1980-1983; U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee, Sub-Committee on Jurisprudence and Governmental Relations, 1979-1980. Special Assistant to Vice President Walter F. Mondale, 1978-1979. Assistant to the Acting Chief Executive Officer, The University of Alabama, 1976-1977. Research Assistant, Alabama Law Institute, 1977. President and Chairman of the Board, White House Fellows Association and Foundation, 1983-1984, 2002-2003. Member: President's Commission on White House Fellowships, 1983-1984, 1993-2001, 2002-2003; National Governing Board, Common Cause, 1992-1995; Board of Directors, Common Cause Alabama, 1995—. President's Advisory Council, Birmingham-Southern College, 1993—; Member: Board of Directors, Center for Community & Economic Development, Miles College; Member, Board of Directors, Kiwanis Club of Birmingham, 2009—; Washington, D.C. Local Development Corporation, 1986-1988. Member, Birmingham Cable Commission, 2000-2004. Member, Alabama Law Institute. Member, Birmingham Parking Authority, 2006—. Chairman, Alabama Clinton-Gore Campaign, 1992, 1996. Delegate, 1996 National Democratic Convention. Treasurer, Alabama Democratic Party, 1995-1999. Chairman, Alabama Wesley Clark for President Campaign, 2003-2004. Senior Advisor, Alabama Kerry for President Campaign, 2004. Authorized Representative, State Steering Committee, Alabama Hillary Clinton for President Campaign, 2008. Member, Federal Appointments Patronage Committee, 1997-2000. Attorney Participant, 1999 11th Circuit Judicial Conference. Member, Merit Panel Re: Reappointment of U.S. Magistrate T. Michael Putnam, U.S. District Court, N. Dist. Al. 1994. Fellow, American College of Trial Lawyers.
Born	Anniston, Alabama, July 21, 1950
Reported Cases	Bruce A. Baker v. Birmingham Board of Education, 531 F.3d 1336 (11th Cir. 2008); Burks v. American Cast Iron Pipe Co., 212 F. 3d 1333 (11th Cir. 2000), cert. denied 531 U.S. 1074 (2001); Hogue v. Gibraltar Packaging, 146 F. 3d 871 (11th Cir. 1998); Anniston Lincoln Mercury Dodge v. Conner, 720 So. 2d 898 (Ala. 1998); Simmons v. Clark Equipment Credit Corp., 554 So. 2d 398 (Ala. 1989).
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