Protecting Your Civil Rights For Over Two Decades
Hank Sherrod
Hank Sherrod
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Practice Areas
- Civil Rights
- Jail Death and Injury
- Constitutional Law
- Civil Rights Section 1983 Claims
- Racial Harassment
- Sexual Harassment
- Prisoner Rights
- Police Liability
- Police Misconduct
- Police Excessive Force
- Police Brutality
- Illegal Search and Seizure
- False Arrest
- False Imprisonment
Education
- Vanderbilt University School of Law, Nashville, Tennessee
- J.D. - 1989
- Honors: summa cum laude
- Honors: Order of the Coif
- Honors: Law Review: Vanderbilt Law Review, Associate Articles Editor
- Birmingham-Southern College, Birmingham, Alabama
- B.A. - 1986
- Honors: summa cum laude
- Honors: Phi Beta Kappa
Bar Admissions
- Texas, 1990
- Alabama, 1993
- U.S. District Court Northern District of Texas, 1990
- U.S. District Court Northern District of Alabama, 1993
- U.S. District Court Middle District of Alabama, 2001
- U.S. District Court Southern District of Alabama, 2006
- U.S. Court of Appeals 5th Circuit, 1992
- U.S. Court of Appeals 11th Circuit, 1993
- U.S. Supreme Court, 2006
Representative Cases
- Danley v. Allen, 540 F.3d 1298, 11th Cir. 2008
- Smith v. Allen, 502 F.3d 1255, 11th Cir. 2007
- Patel v. City of Madison, 959 F.3d 1330, 11th Cir. 2020
- Cantu v. City of Dothan, 974 F.3d 1217, 11th Cir. 2020
Honors
- West Publishing Co. Book Award (One of Top 5 Persons in Class)
- Am Jur Book Awards in Contracts I, Constitutional Law I, Administrative Law, Criminal Constitutional Law, and Accounting
- Best Brief Award and Semifinalist, Intramural Moot Court Competition
- Moot Court Board
- Cabaniss, Johnston, Gardner, Dumas & O'Neal Scholar
- Andrew Ewing Scholar Finalist
Past Positions
- Carrington, Coleman, Sloman & Blumenthal, Dallas, Texas, Associate, 1990 to 1993
- Hon. Patrick E. Higginbotham, United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit, Law Clerk, 1989 to 1990
Professional Associations
- Lauderdale County Bar Association, Member
- American Bar Association, Sections on Litigation, Labor and Employment Law, Member
- Alabama State Bar Association, Section on Labor and Employment Law, Member
- State Bar of Texas, Member
- National Employment Lawyers Association, Member
- NELA - Alabama, Founding Board Member and President (2005 - Present)
- The National Police Accountability Project, Member
- American Association for Justice, Sections on Employment Rights and Civil Rights, Member
- Alabama Association for Justice, Member
- Alabama affiliate of the National Employment Lawyers Association, Founding Board Member and President, Present
- American Civil Liberties Union of Alabama, Legal Committee Member, 2005 to Present