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Tracy W. Cary 
Dothan, Alabama
Partner
phone 334-380-5538
888-778-6580 (Toll Free)
fax 334-673-0077
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Tracy W. Cary has spent the last 15 years working to "level the playing field" between accident victims and insurance companies. He is passionately devoted to working for injured victims and works hard to prevent insurance companies from unreasonably delaying or denying legitimate claims and working to make them compensate injured victims fairly. He has represented people from all over the states of Alabama, Florida and Georgia in state and federal courts with a variety of accident and injury claims including wrongful death cases, car wrecks, trucking accidents, motorcycle wrecks, workers' compensation claims, dog bite incidents, consumer fraud, Social Security disability claims, insurance bad faith claims and product defect claims.

Mr. Cary has also authored and published a consumer-rights book - The Injured Worker's Survival Guide -The Five Mistakes That Can Wreck Your Workers' Compensation Claim - and has also authored many articles and reports to help accident victims. Mr. Cary received his law degree in 1992 from the University of Alabama. He received his Bachelor's Degree from the University of Florida in 1985. He served as an officer in the United States Army and the Alabama Army National Guard. He is married with four children. He is active in his church, Covenant United Methodist Church, and in his community. Mr. Cary has been peer rated by other lawyers as having very high ethics rating, which denotes adherence to professional standards of conduct and ethics, reliability, diligence and other criteria relevant to the discharge of professional responsibilities. In addition, in legal abilities, his peers rated him very high.

Work History:

Morris, Cary, Andrews, Talmadge & Driggers, LLC, Dothan, Alabama. 1994 to present. Specializing in personal injury law, including wrongful death cases, car wrecks, trucking accidents, motorcycle wrecks, workers' compensation claims, dog bite incidents, consumer fraud, Social Security disability claims, insurance bad faith claims and product defect claims.
The Cochran Firm, Dothan, Alabama. 1994 to 1999. Specializing in personal injury law.
The Alabama Supreme Court, Montgomery, Alabama. 1993-1994. Law clerk and staff attorney for Justice Hugh Maddox.
The United States Army and Alabama Army National Guard, Ft. Jackson, SC; Ft. Benning, GA; Ft. Sill, OK; Ft. Riley, KS; Birmingham, AL. 1987-1995.

Personal:

Mr. Cary was born in Kansas City, Kansas and grew up in the panhandle of Florida in a family of nine children. As a teenager, Mr. Cary furthered his musical interests by spending 18 months traveling across 45 states playing guitar in a Christian musical group that performed in prisons, churches and schools. Later, Mr. Cary attended a semester of Bible training at Capernwray Bible School in Lancashire, England.

Mr. Cary worked his way through college and law school, at times working as many as three jobs at the same time. After graduating from the University of Florida's College of Journalism and Communications, Mr. Cary entered the U.S. Army where he was named Trainee Leader of the Cycle in basic training and then completing the Army's Officer Candidate School where he was commissioned a second lieutenant in the field artillery. After completing a three-year tour of duty in the Army's "Big Red One" Mr. Cary entered the University of Alabama School of Law, graduating in December, 1992. During law school and afterwards, Mr. Cary served as a captain in the Alabama Army Nation Guard in both the Field Artillery and the Judge Advocate General's Corps.

After law school, Mr. Cary served as law clerk and staff attorney to Justice Hugh Maddox of the Alabama Supreme Court. After serving at the Alabama Supreme Court, Mr. Cary began his practice exclusively in civil litigation.

Mr. Cary enjoys playing bass and guitar in the contemporary worship service at Covenant United Methodist Church and he also enjoys spending time with family, sports, reading, writing and traveling.

Mr. Cary and his wife Susan are the proud parents of three daughters: Rachel, Sara, and Emma, and a son Eli.

Year Joined Organization:
1994
Areas of Practice:
Personal Injury -- Plaintiff
Products Liability Law
Workers' Compensation Law
Wrongful Death -- Plaintiff
Civil Litigation
Litigation Percentage:
100% of Practice Devoted to Litigation
Bar Admissions:
Alabama, 1993
Florida, 1994
Georgia, 1999
District of Columbia, 2000
Tennessee, 2004
U.S. District Court Northern District of Florida
U.S. District Court Middle District of Alabama, 1994
U.S. District Court Southern District of Georgia
U.S. District Court Northern District of Alabama
U.S. Court of Appeals 11th Circuit, 1994
U.S. Supreme Court
Education:
The University of Alabama School of Law, Tuscaloosa, Alabama, 1992
J.D.


College of Journalism and Communications, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, 1985
B.S.
Major: Public Relations


Published Works:
"The Injured Worker's Survival Guide - The Five Mistakes That Can Wreck Your Workers' Compensation Claim", 2009


"Preparing Your Client for Deposition", Alabama Trial Lawyers Association Journal, Vol. 21 No. 4 (Autumn), 2001


Oyez! Oyez! Oyez! Admission to the Bar of the Supreme Court of the United States, The Alabama Lawyer, Vol. 65 No. 4, July, 2004


"A New Top Ten List: The Top 10 list of things that should be changed about the Alabama Workers' Compensation Act", Alabama Trial Lawyers Association Journal, Vol. 24 No. 3 (Summer), 2004


"Where Have All the Lawyers Gone? The Problem of the Vanishing Lawyer-Legislator", The Alabama Lawyer, Vol. 67 No. 2, March, 2006


Representative Cases:
Ex parte Southeast Ala. Med. Ctr., 835 So. 2d 1042 (Ala. Civ. App. 2002)
Phillips v. Randolph, 828 S.2d 269 (Ala. 2002)
Alabama Workmen's Compensation Self-Insurers Guaranty Association, Inc. v. Wilson (Ala. Civ. App. LEXIS 333 2006)
Classes/Seminars Taught:
Lecturer, "Mediation from the Plaintiff's Perspective," "Preparing the Plaintiff for Deposition," "Workers' Compensation Law", Continuing Legal Education Seminars, Alabama Bar Institute for Continuing Legal Education


Lecturer, "Proposed Lawyer Advertising Changes," "Workers' Compensation Law", Continuing Legal Education Seminars


Lecturer, "Workers' Compensation Law", Continuing Legal Education Seminars, Troy University


Lecturer, "Workers' Compensation Law", Continuing Legal Education Seminars, Alabama Trial Lawyers Association


Lecturer, "Workers' Compensation Law", National Business Institute, National Business Institute


Instructor, Paralegal Studies Certificate Program, Troy University at Dothan, 1995 - 1996


Professional Associations and Memberships:
Houston County Bar Association
President


Wiregrass Inns of Court Chapter
Founding Member


Alabama State Bar Leadership Forum
Member of Class II


Leadership Dothan
Member


Covenant United Methodist Church
Lay Leader


Alabama State Bar, Workers' Compensation Section
Member


Alabama Association for Justice, Workers' Compensation Section
Officer


American Association for Justice
Member


Florida Academy of Trial Lawyers
Member


Past Employment Positions:
The Cochran Firm, Dothan, Alabama, Captain, Field Artillery & Judge Advocate General's Corps, 1994 - 1999


Justice Hugh Maddox, The Alabama Supreme Court, Montgomery, Alabama, Law Clerk and Staff Attorney, 1993 - 1994


The United States Army and Alabama Army National Guard, 1987 - 1995


Pro Bono Activities:
Institute of Christian Conciliation
Christian Legal Society
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