Elena G. Moats

Service Areas

Litigation & Dispute Resolution
Business Disputes & Commercial Litigation
Breach of Contract
Shareholder Rights
Franchise Disputes
Construction Disputes
Disaster Litigation
Aviation Litigation
Trucking Litigation
Employment Litigation
Fraud
Insurance Coverage Disputes
Personal Injury
Products Liability
Professional Liability
Medical Malpractice
Long-Term Care Liability
Professional Licensure Defense
Real Estate Disputes
Eminent Domain
Premises Liability
Landlord-Tenant Disputes
Wrongful Death
Appellate Practice
Businesses & Corporations
Employment Law
Employment Contracts
Employment Discrimination
Federal Government Contracting
Healthcare Law
Local Governments & Municipalities
Governmental Liability
Municipal & County Government Law
State & Local Government Procurement
Civil Rights Litigation
Section 1983 Litigation

Profile

The focus of Ms. Moats’ practice is general civil litigation. In both state and Federal courts, she has experience in litigating a variety of lawsuits on behalf of private-sector businesses, public entities, and individuals—especially such professionals as doctors, dentists, nurses, nursing home personnel, attorneys, psychologists, and licensed counselors.

As part of her practice, Ms. Moats has represented a number of insurance companies in coverage disputes, frequently achieving positive results by using the tools of declaratory and summary judgments. She has also successfully appealed negative decisions to higher courts and received reversals in favor of her clients.

Honors and Awards

• SuperLawyers.com selected her as a Rising Star for 2021, 2022, and 2023 in the areas of medical malpractice defense, insurance coverage, and civil litigation.
• Balch & Bingham L.L.P./Harold A. Bowron, Jr. Labor and Employment Law Award
• Best Paper, Employment Statutes Seminar
• Best Paper, Labor & Employment Arbitration
• Best Paper, Legal Research & Writing II
• Articles Editor, Journal of the Legal Profession
• Bench & Bar Legal Honor Society
• Scholarship Athlete, Women’s Soccer (NCAA Div. I)
• Phi Kappa Phi
• Omicron Delta Kappa, President
• Mortar Board, Secretary
• Delta Mu Delta
• Student-Athlete Advisory Committee, Soccer Representative
• IMPACT New Student Orientation Leader
• Phi Mu Sorority, Social/Risk Mgt. Chairman & Philanthropy Chairman
• Panhellenic Council Delegate

Representative Cases

• Fox v. Hughston, 2023 WL 2440838 (Ala. March 10, 2023).
• Rowland v. Sparkman, Shepard, and Morris, P.C., 336 So.3d 202 (Ala. Civ. App. 2021).
• Donaldson v. Country Mutual Insurance Company, 291 So.3d 1172 (Ala. 2019).
• TLIG Maintenance Services Insurance v. Fialkowski, 218 So. 3d 1271 (Ala. Civ. App. 2016).
• Nationwide Mutual Insurance Company v. Frost,, No. 4:17-CV-1986, 2019 WL 4201999 (N.D. Ala. Sept. 5, 2019)

Professional Affiliations

• Alabama Bar Association
  • Young Lawyers Section Executive Committee (2020-2023)
• Huntsville Bar Association
  • Treasurer, 2024
  • Young Lawyers Section
    • President, 2022-2023
    • President-Elect, 2021-2022
    • Secretary 2020-2021

Education

• J.D., 2014, University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, AL
• B.S., summa cum laude, 2010, Troy University, Troy, AL

Bar Admissions

• Alabama, 2014

Court Admissions

• All Alabama State Courts
• U.S. District Courts
  • Northern District of Alabama, 2014
  • Middle District of Alabama, 2020

Other Experience

• Judicial Law Clerk for Alabama Circuit Judge James P. Smith, 23rd Judicial Circuit, Madi­son County, AL, 2014-2015.