Education
- Auburn University, B.A. in 1970
- University of Alabama,J.D. in 1973
- George Washington University, LL.M. (Administrative Law and Economic Regulation)in 1975
Employment
- Law clerk, Roberts & Davidson, Tuscaloosa, AL 1971 – 1973
- Associate, Sadler, Sadler, Sullivan & Sharp, Birmingham, AL 1973 – 1974
- Law clerk, Wilkerson, Cragun & Barker, Washington, D.C. 1974 – 1975
- Associate, Lange, Simpson, Robinson & Somerville (now Adams Reese), Birmingham, AL 1975 – 1980
- Partner, Lange, Simpson, Robinson & Somerville (now Adams Reese), Birmingham, AL 1980 – 1993
- President, Trial Data Company, Inc., Birmingham, AL 1987 – 1993 supplying juror information to defense firms
- CEO, Owner and Software Developer, Controllex, LLC, Birmingham, AL 1995 – 2000 developing legal practice management software
- Page Law Firm, LLC (formerly Page Parks, LLC), Birmingham, AL 1993 – present
Awards and Recognition
- Order of the Coif at the University of Alabama School of Law for standing in top 10% of graduating class
- Omicron Delta Kappa at Auburn University for leadership
- Award of Merit 1991 from the Alabama State Bar Association for work in passage of Rules of Professional Conduct
- Best of the Bar 2006, Birmingham Business Journal
- Super Lawyer, Super Lawyers Magazine
- AV Preeminent Rated, Martindale-Hubbell
Publications and Presentations
“Change in Control and Management Interlocks Under the Financial Institutions Regulatory and Interest Rate Control Act of 1978,” delivered to the 1979 Banking Law Conference sponsored by the Alabama Bar Institute for Continuing Legal Education (March 21, 1979)
“Overview of Termination of Distributors and Franchisees,” delivered to the 1982 Antitrust Section Seminar sponsored by the Antitrust Section of the Alabama Bar and Cumberland School of Law (October 8, 1982)
“The Development of Remedies for Injury to Business: The Alabama Experience–An Overview,” delivered to the 1983 Antitrust Section Seminar sponsored by the Antitrust Section of the Alabama Bar and Cumberland School of Law (December 16, 1983)
“Negotiating with Hardware and Software Vendors,” delivered to the Law Office Automation Seminar sponsored by the Alabama Institute for Continuing Legal Education (February 24, 1984)
“The Attorney-Client Privilege and Work Product Doctrine; Scope, Maintenance and Attack,” delivered to the Legal Update 1985 for the Alabama Bar Convention, Huntsville, Alabama (July 25, 1985)
“Business Torts,” delivered to the Circuit and District Judges Spring Judicial Course, Alabama Judicial College, Tuscaloosa, Alabama (April 25, 1985)
“The Attorney-Client Privilege and Work Product Doctrine: Scope, Maintenance and Attack,” delivered to the Alabama Corporate Counsel Association, Birmingham, Alabama (October 30, 1986)
“Fraud Against Financial Institutions: Considerations Affecting the Actions of the Institution and Its Attorney Immediately After Discovery of Fraud,” delivered to the 1988 Banking Law Seminar, sponsored by the Alabama Bar Institute for Continuing Legal Education (April 1, 1988)
“Business Torts: The ABC’s of Negligence, Contract and Interference,” delivered to the Business Torts and Antitrust Section of the Alabama Bar delivered to the Annual Meeting (July 21, 1988)
“The Proposed Alabama Rules of Professional Conduct,” delivered to the Annual Meeting of the Alabama Bar (July 1988)
‘Presenting and Proving Damages” the Seminar of the Business Torts and Antitrust Section, sponsored by the Alabama Bar Business Torts and Antitrust Section and Cumberland School of Law (November 11, 1988);
“Bank Deposits,” delivered to the 1989 Banking Law seminar sponsored by the Alabama Bar Institute for Continuing Legal Education (March 31, 1989)
“Simple Systems for Managing Complex Facts,” delivered to the Litigation Seminar sponsored by the Birmingham Bar Association (May, 1991)
“Non-Lawyer Employees and the Rules of Professional Conduct,” delivered to the Law Office Management Seminar, sponsored by the Alabama Bar Institute for Continuing Legal Education, (October 20, 1991)
“The Ethics of Advocacy,” delivered to the Rules of Professional Conduct Seminar, in Huntsville, Alabama on December 11, 1991, and in Birmingham, Alabama on December 12, 1991
“Rules of Professional Conduct,” delivered to the Rules of Professional Conduct Seminar, sponsored by the Alabama Bar Institute for Continuing Legal Education, (December 17, 1992)
“Lender Liability: Litigation Against Lenders,” delivered to the Seminar of the Alabama Banker’s Association (1992)
“New Alabama Rules of Professional Conduct, Significant Changes: The Attorney’s Duties to the Client,” delivered to the Seminar of the Auburn University Bar Association, sponsored by Cumberland School of Law (November 1, 1992)
“Consumer Protection Laws: Sword for Consumer or Shield for Business,” to The CPA/Law Forum (June 29, 1995)
“The Struggle Between Banks and Credit Unions,” deliveredto the Banking Law Seminar, sponsored by the Alabama Bar Institute for Continuing Legal Education, Birmingham, AL(March 26, 1997)
“Professionalism for the New Lawyer,” delivered to the Basic Lawyer Skills: A Primer for New Lawyers seminar, Birmingham, AL, sponsored by Cumberland School of Law (October 23, 1998)
“Effective Use of the Internet and Web Sites,” sponsored by the Alabama Bar Institute for Continuing Legal Education (May 28, 1999)
“Legal Ethics During Crisis Management: Best Practices For Maintenance Of The Attorney-Client Privilege,” delivered to the CUNA Attorneys Conference, Atlanta, GA (November, 16, 1999)
“Professionalism,” delivered to the Hot Topics in Litigation Seminar sponsored by Cumberland School of Law, Birmingham, AL (December 17, 1999)
“Technology in the Courtroom,” delivered to the Federal Practice and Procedure Seminar, sponsored by Cumberland School of Law, Birmingham, AL (February 11, 2000)
“Discussion of Technologies in Use in Practice,” delivered to the Law Office Technology Seminar of the Solo/Small Firm Section, Birmingham Bar Association (September 28, 2000)
“Explaining How A Computer Works To A Jury: Basic Terminology and Functions,” delivered to the Computers, Litigation and Evidence Seminar, sponsored by Cumberland School of Law (October 20, 2000)
“Cybertorts — Developing The Common Law,” delivered to the E-Commerce Seminar, sponsored by Cumberland School of Law, Birmingham, AL (October 27, 2000)
“Deposing Doctors and Experts,” delivered to the Deposing Experts Seminar, sponsored by the Birmingham Bar Association, Birmingham, AL (October 12, 2001)
“Discussion of Technologies that I Use in My Practice – Been there. Done that. Buy it. Don’t buy it,” delivered to the Law Office Technology Seminar of the Solo/Small Firm Section of the Birmingham Bar Association (June 20, 2002)
“High Tech Professionalism: Applying Established Values in a Changing World,” delivered to the Professionalism Training Program sponsored by the Alabama Bar Institute for Continuing Legal Education (March 4, 2004 and November 10, 2004)
“Discovery of Electronic Evidence,” delivered to programs sponsored by the Cumberland School of Law of Samford University (December 17, 2004 and December 29, 2004)
“Legal Ethics for Bank Lawyers,” delivered to the Banking Law Seminar in Birmingham sponsored by ABICLE (February 25, 2005)
“How to Become Computer Literate,” delivered to the Technology Seminar of the Solo and Small Firm Section of the Birmingham Bar Association (September 21, 2006)
“Overcoming Ethical Challenges,” delivered to the Intellectual Property Law Update Seminar of the National Business Institute (October 28, 2008)
“What’s Expected from the Standpoint of the Arbitrator,” delivered to the ADR Section of the Birmingham Bar Association (December 1, 2016)
Bar Admissions
- Alabama, 1973
- United States Supreme Court, 1982
- United States Court of Appeals, 5th Circuit, 1973
- United States Court of Appeals, 11th Circuit, 1981
- United States District Court, Northern District of Alabama, 1973
- United States District Court, Middle District of Alabama, 1988
- United States District Court, Southern District of Alabama 1989
Professional Activities for Lewis Page
- Alabama State Bar Association (Chairman, Antitrust Section, 1983, Permanent Code Commission, Chairman 1988-89)
- Auburn University Bar Association (President 1993-94)
- Birmingham Bar Association (Grievance Panel Chairman; Executive Committee)
- Birmingham Bar Foundation (Board of Directors)
- Birmingham Bar Association Volunteer Lawyers Program (pro bono representation for indigent clients)
Reported and Significant Decisions
Alabama Power Co. v. Federal Energy Regulatory Comm’n, 584 F.2d 750 (5th Cir. 1978) (reversing Federal Energy Regulatory Commission fine against client following 1975 dam failure for allegedly “willfully” failing to report 1972 slide in earthern embankment)
Ziegler v. Blount Bros. Construction Co., 364 So.2d 1162 (Ala. 1978) (affirming summary judgment for client against class of electric ratepayers seeking to recover damages for increased rates after dam failure)
Vodantis v. Birmingham Board of Education, 373 So.2d 320 (Ala. 1979) (affirming summary judgment for client school board against employee claim of wrongful discharge)
EEOC v. Shoney’s, Inc., 542 F.Supp. 332, 35 Fair Empl.Prac.Cas. (BNA) 386 (N.D. Ala. 1982).
Roberts v. Peoples Bank and Trust Co. of Sylacauga, 410 So.2d 393 (Ala. 1982).
FDIC, as Receiver of Cedar Bluff Bank v. Buttram, 590 F.Supp. 251 (N.D. Ala. 1982).
Southern Farm Bureau Life Ins. Co. v. Mitchell, 435 So.2d 745 (Ala. App. 1983).
Alabama Power Co. v. Blount Brothers Corp., 445 So.2d 250 (Ala. 1983).
Goldstein v Manhattan Industries, Inc., 758 F.2d 1435, 37 Fair Empl.Prac.Cas. (BNA) 1217, 36 Empl.Prac. Dec. (CCH) P35,135 (11th Cir. 1985).
In re Crawford, 65 B.R. 75 (Bankr.N.D.Ala. 1986).
Wiberg v. Sadoughian, 514 So.2d 940 (Ala. 1987).
Intercorp., Inc. v. Pennzoil Co., 877 F.2d 1524, 9 UCC Rep. Serv.2d 454 (11th Cir. 1989).
Gardner v. CUMIS Ins. Society, Inc., 582 So.2d 1094 (Ala. 1991).
Dixie Broadcasting, Inc. v. Radio WBHP, Inc., 584 So.2d 507 (Ala. 1991).
Joe Cooper & Associates, Inc. v. Central Life Assurance Co., 614 So.2d 982 (Ala. 1992).
Scott, Trustee for Evins and Associates, Inc., ESOP v. Evins, 802 F.Supp. 411, 15 Employee Benefits Cas. (BNA) 2616 (N.D. Ala. 1992), aff’d. 998 F.2d 1022 (1993).
Whitt v. Sherman Int’l Corp., 147 F.3d 1325 (11th Cir. 1998)
MGA, Inc. v Personnel Data Sys., Inc., 2000 U.S. Dist. LEXUS 15986 (M.D. Ala. 2000)
Bynum v. Goss, 789 S.2d 207 (Ala 2000)
University Federal Credit Union v Grayson, 878 So.2d 280 (Ala. 2003)
Morgan Keegan & Co. v. Cunningham, 918 So.2d 897 (Ala. 2005)
Alabama Credit Union v. Credit Union of Alabama (N.D.Ala. 2007)
Evanston Insurance Co. v. Professional Underwriters Liability Co. (N.D. Ala. 2007)
Ex parte International Refining& Mfg. Co., 972 So. 2d 784 (Ala. 2007)
Clanton v. Tahsin Industrial Corp. USA, 4 So.3d 1121, 2008
Carr v. Int’l Ref. & Mfg. Co., 13 So. 3d 947 (Ala. 2009)
South Highland L.P. v. Southern Family Mkts. of Clanton, LLC, 65 So. 3d 936 (Ala. Civ. App. 2010)
Ex parte Int’l Ref. & Mfg. Co. (Bell v. Arvin Indus.), 2014 Ala. LEXIS 95, 2014 WL 2782148 (Ala. June 20, 2014)