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Frederick T. Kuykendall, III The Kuykendall Group Mobile and Birmingham, Alabama |
AV Preeminent Rated, Martindale Hubbell
PRINCIPAL AREAS OF PRACTICE:
Product Liability/Mass Tort Litigation with concentration on Industrial and
Pharmaceutical Litigation
Class Actions with concentration in Consumer and Environmental Actions
Labor and Employment Litigation including Fair Labor Standards Act violations, Employment and Sexual Discrimination.
Select Defense Representation
Dispute Resolution/Negotiation
EDUCATION:
Cumberland School of Law at Samford University
Juris Doctor, 1981
Director Basic Skills and Trial Advocacy (Scholarship Position)
Justice, Honor Court
University of Alabama
Bachelor of Arts, 1976
Member, Student Court
Member, Honorary, Literary and Debate Society
PRIMARY EMPLOYMENT:
| October 2014- 2017 | HAUSFELD, L.L.P. | |
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| December 1998-Present | THE KUYKENDALL GROUP |
KUYKENDALL & ASSOCIATES, LLC
Founding Member & President
2013 1st Avenue North, Ste 450
Birmingham, Alabama 35203 and
PO Box 2129
Fairhope, Alabama 36533
1981 to 1998 COOPER, MITCH, CRAWFORD, KUYKENDALL &
WHATLEY, L.L.C.
Birmingham, Alabama
Managing Partner and Attorney
1976-1977 Assistant Legislative Assistant to United States
Representative (R) Jack Edwards
U.S. House of Representatives, Washington, D.C.
1976 Linden Baines Johnson Intern
U.S. House of Representatives, Washington, D.C.
BAR ADMISSIONS:
MDL 2179 Oil Spill Litigation in Eastern District of Louisiana, Admitted Pro Hac Vice, 2010
ALABAMA BAR ASSOCIATION, 1981
U.S. District Court, Northern and Southern Districts of
Alabama; U.S. Court of Appeals, First, Third, Fifth and
Eleven Circuits
United States Supreme Court, 1986
SELECTED DIRECTORSHIPS, OFFICES and APPOINTMENTS
ALABAMA STATE BAR
Chair of Judicial Liaison Committee, 2006-2007.
Elected Bar Commissioner, Tenth Judicial Circuit, Place No. 5, 1994-1997
Served on Executive Counsel of Young Lawyers and Member of Judicial Liaison
Committee
Bench and Bar Committee, 2005
AMERICAN BAR ASSOCIATION
BIRMINGHAM BAR ASSOCIATION
BALDWIN COUNTY BAR ASSOCIATION
Lawyers Committee for Civil Rights Under Law, 1995-Present;
Board of Directors, 1997-Present
Advisory Panel, National Labor Relations Board, 1994-2000; Appointed by
Chairman of the NLRB
Alabama Trial Lawyers Association; Board of Directors, Sustaining Member, Board of
Governors, Member of Elections Committee 2005 to Present
Association of Trial Lawyers of America/American Association of Justice
ATLA-PAC Task Force
ATLA PPA Litigation Group Co-Chair
ATLA PAC Public Affairs Committee
ATLA Labor Liaison Committee
AAJ Leaders Forum Member
AAJ Public Affairs Committee
AAJ List Committee
Trial Lawyers for Public Justice, 1995-present; Member, Board of Directors, 1995-2003
Pensacola Gulf Coast/River Keepers, Inc., Founding Member; Director, 2001-2005
Mobile Baykeeper; Board Member 2005 – Present
Board of Directors, Surfrider Foundation- 2012- Present
CERTIFIED MEDIATOR:
Mediator Training through Mediation Media, December 2012.
The Mediation Process and the Skills of Conflict Resolution, a comprehensive CLE-approved basic mediation training approved by the Alabama Center for Dispute Resolution that meets the training requirements for inclusion on the state court mediator roster.
Special Master by Appointment of the Honorable Joel Laird in Abernathy v. Solutia in Calhoun County, Alabama
Dean’s Advisory Board, Cumberland School of Law at Sanford University, 2004-Present
Maryland Association of Justice, Governor
General Counsel, Local 1657, United Food & Commercial Workers, Birmingham, Alabama (1998-2002)
Outside General Counsel, Lulu’s Landing, Inc. (1998-Present)
Included in multiple editions of Best Lawyers in America
SELECTED EXAMPLES OF PROFESSIONAL SPEAKING ENGAGEMENTS,
LECTURES AND APPEARANCES
| April 2014 | Earth Week Key Note Speaker at Georgia State University. Topic: |
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The State of Environmental Law Through the Lens of BP
GreenLaw Breakfast with Rick Kuykendall CLE at State Bar of Georgia Building, Atlanta, GA. Topic: Environmental Litigation |
| November 2013 | Surfrider Foundation Florida Chapter Conference. Topic: Deepwater |
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Horizon Updates |
| October 2013 | Relevant- The Un-Conference: Five Year Road Map for Future Focused |
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Lawyers. Topic: The Future of Plaintiffs’ Steering Committees |
| March 2013 | Class Action Seminar- Recent Developments in Quebec, in Canada and in |
| the United States. Topic: The Importance of Meaningful Opt-Out Rights | |
| in Class Actions in the United States and Developing Legal Systems |
2010 Warhorse Seminar, Maryland Association of Justice
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Mass Torts Made Perfect Seminar, “Carbon Monoxide-Silent Killer” |
| April 14, 2005 | American Bar Association Section of Dispute Resolution Conference |
| In Los Angeles, “The Golden State of ADR” | |
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Topic: When Can Mass Torts Have Mass Settlements? |
| October 22, 2004 | Louisiana Bar Association Class Action Symposium in New Orleans |
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Topic: Settlement Negotiation as Art and Science |
| October 15, 2004 | Effective Representation of Clients in Mass Tort and Class Action |
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Mediation; Kissimmee, Florida “Meet the Masters” Symposium |
| November 6, 2003 | Mass Torts Made Perfect Seminar in New Orleans |
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Topic: The Art of Negotiation |
| December 9, 2002 | Mealey’s Emerging Litigation in Drugs & Medical Devices in Naples, FL |
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Topic: PPA Litigation Update |
| July 22, 2002 | ATLA Annual Convention in Atlanta, GA |
| Topic: Update on the Current State of PPA and Ephedra Litigation |
December, 1998 Alabama Trial Lawyers Association 1998 Ski Seminar in
Beaver Creek, CO
Topic: The Crime-Fraud Exception to the Attorney-Client Privilege
January 1997 Alabama State Bar-Joint Meeting of the Bench and Bar
Topic: Alabama Judge’s Class Action Deskbook
October 1996 Cumberland School of Law CLE Seminar
Topic: Litigating the Class Action: Dispositive Motions, Settlement And Notice from the Plaintiffs’ Perspective
October 1994 UFCW Attorneys Conference
Topic: The Law Relating to Traditional Organizing: Post-Election Litigation and Remedies
SELECTED PUBLICATIONS:
Contributing Editor: The Developing Labor Law, 2001 to 2005
Co-Author: Winegard & Wright’s The Labor Lawyer, 2001
Co-Author: Epilepsy Foundation of Northeast Ohio and the Recognition of Weingarten in the Non-Organized Workplace: A Manifestly Correct Decision, and a Seed for Further Progress. Published in The Labor Lawyer, Volume 17, Number 1.
SELECTED REPORTED CASES:
Cotton v. U.S. Pipe & Foundry Co., 856 F.2d 158 (11th Cir. 1988)
Shopman’s Local 539 of the International Association of Bridge Workers v. Mosher Steel Co., 796
F.2d 1361 (11th Cir. 1986)
Snowden v. United Steelworkers of America, 435 So.2d 62 (Ala. 1983)
Todd v. United Steelworkers of America, 441 So.2d 889 (Ala. 1983)
Acevedo Cordero v. Cordero Santiago,764 F. Supp. 702 (D.P.R. 1991)
Cunningham v. Warner Lambert, 21 PLLR 88 (June 2002)
SELECTED LEAD OR CO-LEAD COUNSEL IN COMPLEX LITIGATION/CLASS ACTION LITIGATION:
Co-Lead Counsel, Baldwin County, Alabama v BP et al
Co-Lead Counsel, Mobile County, Alabama v. BP et al
Co-Lead Counsel, Town of Dauphin Island, Alabama v. BP et al
Co-Lead Counsel, Jackson County, Mississippi v. BP et al
Co-Lead Counsel, City of Pascagoula, Mississippi v. BP et al
Co-Lead Counsel, City of Moss Point, Mississippi v. BP et al
Co-Lead Counsel, City of Gautier, Mississippi v. BP et al
Co-Lead Counsel, City of Ocean Springs, Mississippi v. BP et al
Co-Lead Counsel in $50 million settlement in environmental damage case Queen v.
Constellation Energy, MD 2009
In Re: CISCO SYSTEMS INC., Northern District of California
In Re: Rezulin Products Liability Litigation, MDL 1348 (S.D. New York)
In Re: Conoco, Inc. Class Action, Case 2001 CA 000631 (Escambia County, FL)
Cox v. Shell, Polybutylene Plumbing Class Action
Moye v. Exxon/Mobile Corp., Class Action