Andrew T. Toler

Service Areas

Municipal & County Government Law
Employment Law
Employment Litigation
Civil Rights Defense
Contract Litigation
Personal Injury Litigation
General Civil Litigation

Profile

Mr. Toler practices general civil litigation. He regularly represents municipalities, businesses, and individuals in cases involving civil rights, breach of contract, personal injury, property damage, and employment law, including employment discrimination and employment contract cases. 

As a former U.S. District Court law clerk, Mr. Toler is particularly comfortable litigating in the federal trial courts. He has a strong grasp of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure and related issues. He has participated in dozens of federal cases in all stages of litigation, from the complaint to final judgment. He has experience handling federal lawsuits in a variety of areas of law, including federal civil rights, employment discrimination, breach of contract, complex commercial and shareholder litigation, and Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA). 

Andrew also has experience representing state and local law enforcement agencies in systemic civil rights reform litigation, including in large-scale class actions and federal civil rights investigations. He has experience negotiating consent decrees, guiding clients to compliance to with consent decrees, working with court-appointed monitors, and minimizing the interference of civil rights advocacy groups with the day-to-day operations of state and local law enforcement agencies.

Mr. Toler is a pragmatic litigator who approaches every problem in a case with the client's ultimate goal in mind. 

In his free time, Mr. Toler enjoys spending time with family, backpacking and camping, and exploring north Alabama.

Publications

• ALL-CAPS with Yonathan Arbel, Journal of Empirical Legal Studies (2020).

Professional Affiliations

Alabama Bar Association

Education

• J.D., magna cum laude, 2020, University of Alabama School of Law, Tuscaloosa, AL
  Senior Editor, Alabama Law Review
  Tax Moot Court Team
  Campbell Moot Court Board
  Research Assistant, Alabama Law Institute
• B.A., summa cum laude, 2016, Mississippi State University, Starkville, MS
  Trumpet Squad Leader, Famous Maroon Band
  Wind EnsembleL
  Spirit of Atlanta Drum and Bugle Corps

Bar Admissions

Alabama, 2020

Court Admissions

• U.S. District Courts, Northern District of Alabama
• All Alabama State Courts

Other Experience

• Law Clerk, Judge Karon O. Bowdre, U.S. District Court, Birmingham, AL, 2020-2021.
• Research Assistant, Payne Special Collections, Bounds Law Library at the University of Alabama, 2018-2020.
• Judicial Intern, Judge Keith Starrett, U.S. District Court, Hattiesburg, MS, summer of 2018.
• Law Clerk, U.S. Attorney's Office, Birmingham, AL, summer of 2018.