Member Profile: Edward B. McDermott

	Edward B. McDermott Arbitration & Mediation Offices PO BOX 16366 Mobile, AL 36616-0366 Tel: (251) 861-7450 Fax: (251) 861-3294	View Printable Resume View Available Dates Calendar

ADR Services Include:

Mediation; Arbitration; Early Neutral Evaluation; Discovery Referee; Special Master

Admiralty Automotive Aviation Banking & Finance Commercial/Business Community Associations Condominiums Construction Consumer Fraud Contract Disputes Eminent Domain Employment Energy Sector (Oil, Gas) Environmental Family Businesses

Health Care Industrial Insurance Labor/Unions Land Use/Planning Legal Malpractice Lemon Law Libel & Slander Local Government Medical Malpractice Natural Disasters Non-profit Organizations Nursing Homes Personal Injury Police

Premises Liability Probate Product Liability Professional Liability Professional Malpractice Professional Negligence Real Estate Religious Institutions Title Disputes Torts Trusts / Estates Utilities Workers' Compensation Wrongful Death

BIOGRAPHICAL:

Judge McDermott started a private practice in Mobile in 1967, also serving part-time as a Presiding Judge with the local municpal court through to 1982.

In 1983, he was elected to the bench as a Circuit-Court Judge for Mobile County (13th Judicial Circuit of Alabama), serving through to 2001. He then served Of Counsel to the Ambrecht Jackson law firm for 2 years.

Since 2003, Judge McDermott has been mediating and arbitrating cases fulltime since 2003, encompassing a wide range of civil matters. To date, he has settled more than 400 cases.

EDUCATION:

• 1961 B.S. Mathematics University of Alabama
• 1961-1963 US Army
• 1967 - LLB, later J.D., University of Alabama
  (Admitted to practice law by the State Bar of Alabama)
• U.S. District Court Southern  District of Alabama
• Fifth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
• Eleventh U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
• United States Supreme Court

Memberships & Affiliations

• Alabama Bar Association
• Mobile County Bar Association
• International Academy of Trial Judges
• American Judges Association
• Alabama Circuit Judges Association
• 2010 Recipient of the Howell T. Heflin Honor and Integrity Award
• American Legion
• VFW - Veterans of Foreign Wars

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