C. Gregory Burgess
Mr. Burgess’ practice is focused on the representation of businesses and municipalities in a wide range of litigation matters, including shareholder derivative actions, employment discrimination and retaliation, trade secret and intellectual property protection, wrongful death, contract disputes, enforcement of non-competition agreements, products liability, construction disputes, and police civil-liability lawsuits. He has successfully tried a number of cases in federal and state courts and has significant appellate experience, including multiple oral arguments before the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit.
Assistant Contact Information: Cassie Wiski
Court Admissions
- U.S. Supreme Court
- U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
- U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
- U.S. Districts Courts, Northern District of Alabama, Middle District of Alabama
- All Alabama State Courts
Attorney Bio
Education
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J.D., magna cum laude, 1995, University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, AL
Editor, Alabama Law Review
Bench and Bar, Legal Honor Society
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B.A., 1991, Birmingham-Southern College, Birmingham, AL
BAR ADMISSIONS
- Alabama, 1995
Professional Affiliations
- Alabama Bar Association
- Huntsville-Madison County Bar Association
- Alabama Association of Municipal Lawyers
- Defense Research Institute
- Alabama Self-Insurers Association
representative cases
- Kennamer v. City of Guntersville, 2024 WL 4592362 (N.D. Ala. Oct. 28, 2024).
- Ex parte City of Muscle Shoals, 384 So. 3d 37 (Ala. 2023).
- Thompson v. RK Holdings, LLP, 2023 WL 7711259 (N.D. Ala. Nov. 15, 2023).
- Rocketbar LLC v. Lakshmi Distributors LLC, 2023 WL 5439772 (N.D. Ala. Aug. 23, 2023).
- Taylor v. Yellen, 2022 WL 4110899 (N.D. Ala. Sept. 8, 2022).
- Robinson v. City of Huntsville, 2021 WL 4820652 (N.D. Ala. Oct. 15, 2021).
- Hickman v. Spirit of Athens, Inc., 985 F.3d 1284 (11th Cir. 2021).
- Kennamer v. City of Guntersville, 315 So. 3d 1090 (Ala. 2020).
- Gentry v. City of Russellville, 406 F.Supp.3d 1231 (N.D. Ala. 2019).
- Hardrick v. City of Bridgeport, 2018 WL 2389798 (N.D. Ala. May 25, 2018).
- Holden v. City of Madison, 2018 WL 1900550 (N.D. Ala. April 20, 2018).
- White v. City of Athens, 2017 WL 4222616 (N.D. Ala. Sept. 22, 2017).
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Mooren v. System Studies & Simulations, Inc., 2017 WL 3581727 (N.D. Ala. Aug. 18, 2017).
- Howard Industries, Inc. v. Ridgeway, 2015 WL 3953052 (S.D. Miss. June 29, 2015).
- Roddy v. City of Huntsville, 580 Fed.Appx. 844 (11th Cir. 2014).
- Bailey v. City of Huntsville, 517 Fed.Appx. 857 (11th Cir. 2013).
- Mears v. McCulley, 881 F.Supp.2d 1305 (N.D. Ala. 2012).
- Sims v. Leonard, 465 Fed.Appx. 869 (11th Cir. 2012).
- Garcia v. Killingsworth, 425 Fed.Appx. 831 (11th Cir. 2011).
- Walker v. City of Huntsville, 310 Fed.Appx. 335 (11th Cir. 2009).
- Tabolt v. City of Huntsville, 2009 WL 10688927 (N.D. Ala. Feb. 2, 2009).
- Phase II, L.L.C. v. City of Huntsville, 952 So.2d 1115 (Ala. 2006).
- Thurmond v. City of Huntsville, 904 So.2d 314 (Ala. Civ. App. 2004).
- Borders v. City of Huntsville, 875 So.2d 1168 (Ala. 2003).
- American Tower L.P. v. City of Huntsville, 295 F.3d 1203 (11th Cir. 2002).
Honors & Awards
- SuperLawyers.com has named Mr. Burgess as an Alabama Super Lawyer for 2018-2024 in the areas of business litigation, employment litigation, and civil litigation.
- Mr. Burgess is rated by Martindale-Hubbell as AV Preeminent.
publications
- “Ex parte Scarbrough,” Alabama Law Review (1994).
