Protecting Your Civil Rights For Over Two Decades

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