Fleenor Green & McKinney LLP

204 Marina Drive, Ste. 200

Tuscaloosa, Alabama 35406

(205) 722-1015

 

James E. Fleenor, Jr.

Direct Dial: (205) 722-1017

Email: jfleenor@fleenorgreen.com

 

Jim started his litigation practice in 1994 after graduating magna cum laude from the University of Alabama School of Law, where he served on the Law Review and was a Hugo Black Scholar. He was named a partner at Burr & Forman LLP in 2000. In 2005, Jim co-founded Battle Fleenor Green Winn & Clemmer LLP. In 2010, he joined Wilson Green and Ricky McKinney in forming Fleenor Green & McKinney LLP.

 

Jim has a wide range of experience in handling civil litigation matters, serving as lead counsel in scores of cases varying from personal injury claims to complex class actions. His experience and successes have given him the opportunity to represent national health and life insurance companies, product manufacturers, and large retailers as well as local clients involved in routine disputes. Jim was recently recognized in Alabama Super Lawyers for his work in the litigation area.  Jim is a member of both the Alabama Bar and the Mississippi Bar.

 

PRACTICE AREAS

Consumer Fraud and Bad Faith Personal Injury Business Litigation Product Liability

Premises Liability Class Actions

 

 

Wilson F. Green

Direct Dial: (205) 722-1018

Email: wgreen@fleenorgreen.com

 

Wilson graduated from Birmingham-Southern College, summa cum laude, in 1991, where he was inducted into Phi Beta Kappa. In 1994, he received his law degree, summa cum laude, from the University of Alabama School of Law, where he served on the Alabama Law Review and was a Hugo Black Scholar and Dean M. Leigh Harrison Scholar.

Wilson began his legal career by serving as law clerk to the Hon. Robert B. Propst, United States District Court for the Northern District of Alabama, in 1994 and 1995. For the next ten years, Wilson was a partner at Sirote & Permutt, P.C. and Burr & Forman LLP in Birmingham, Alabama, where he practiced in commercial and civil litigation.

In 2005, Wilson, his partner Jim Fleenor, and othe former partners of Burr & Forman LLP formed a small litigation boutique firm. In 2010, he and Jim, along with their former Burr partner Ricky McKinney, Fleenor Green & McKinney LLP.

 

Wilson has a wide range of experience in handling complex civil litigation matters, serving as lead counsel in scores of cases varying from class actions, to tax disputes, to business and commercial litigation. He has argued as lead counsel in cases before the Supreme Court of Alabama and the Fifth and Eleventh Circuit Courts of Appeal.

 

For ten years, Wilson taught Class Actions, Complex Litigation, and other courses at the University of Alabama School of Law. He has testified as an expert witness as to class action issues, has served as a mediator in class cases, including as an appointed mediator by the Supreme Court of Alabama. For the past two years, Wilson has been recognized in Alabama Super Lawyers for his work in class actions and business litigation.

 

PRACTICE AREAS

Consumer Fraud and Bad Faith; Business Litigation; Class Actions; Complex Litigation

 

 

Ricky J. McKinney

Direct Dial: (205) 722-1016

Email: rmckinney@fleenorgreen.com

 

Ricky has practiced law since 1986, trying over 30 jury trials to verdict and hundreds of bench trials. He began his legal career in 1986 as an Assistant City Attorney in Tuscaloosa, Alabama. He later became a lead trial attorney with the Tuscaloosa County Public DefenderÕs Office for five years. Ricky served as legislative assistant to the Alabama Lt. Governor for two years, after which he maintained a general trial practice with Watson, Harrison & deGraffenreid LLC from 1992-1996. In 1996 he became a partner with Burr & Forman LLP in Birmingham, Alabama, practicing in the firmÕs litigation section. In 2010, Ricky, along with Jim Fleenor and Wilson Green, co- founded Fleenor, Green & McKinney LLP.

 

Ricky received his B.A. in History from Talladega College in 1980, where he received the Presidential Scholarship, and his M.P.P.A. from Mississippi State University in 1983, where he was a Robert F. Kennedy Scholar. In 1986, he received his J.D. from the University of Alabama School of Law.

 

He is a member of the American Bar Association, the National Bar Association, the Alabama Bar (1986), the Mississippi Bar (2004), the Tennessee Bar (2004) and the Texas Bar (2004) and a Charter Fellow of the Litigation Counsel of America.

 

PRACTICE AREAS

Insurance Product Liability Premises Liability Personal Injury Alternative Dispute Resolution