RICHARD M. GAAL Member McDowell, Knight, Roedder, & Sledge, L.L.C. 11 North Water Street, Thirteenth Floor Battle House Tower Post Office Box 350 (36601) Mobile, Alabama  36602 Phone: (251) 432-5300 Fax: (251) 432-5303 Direct Dial: (251) 431-8831

Richard M. Gaal practices in the fields of bankruptcy, business and commercial litigation, and products liability. He was born in Panama City, Florida and was admitted to the Alabama State Bar in 1997 and the Florida Bar in 2009. Richard graduated from Florida State University, B.A. 1993, and from Samford University, Cumberland School of Law, J.D. summa cum laude 1997. He served as Writing Editor of the Cumberland Law Review and is a member of Curia Honoris.

Professional Associations and Memberships

• American Bankruptcy Institute, Member
• American Bar Association
  • (Co-Chair and Co-Editor, Products Liability Committee Website 2008 to present)
  • (Co-Chair and Co-Editor, Products Liability Committee Newsletter 2004 - 2007)
  • (Co-Chair, 2008 Joint Annual Meeting of Products Liability Committee, Mass Torts Committee, and Environmental Law Committee of the ABA Section of Litigation)
• Named "Future Star" in business litigation for 2010 and 2009 by Benchmark Litigation, a guide to America's leading business litigation firms and attorneys.
• Member of 2009 Alabama State Bar Leadership Forum.
• International Association of Defense Counsel (IADC) Trial Academy Graduate, Stanford Law School, 2004
• The Defense Research Institute, Inc.
• Alabama Defense Lawyers Association
  • (Board of Directors, Young Lawyers Section, 2002 - 2004)
• Mobile Bar Association
• Chancellor, St. Luke's Episcopal School (2002 to present)

Published Works

Sequestration of Witnesses - A Case Study,
     ABA Pre-Trial Practice and Discovery Newsletter (Fall 2005)
Early Dismissal of Price Discrimination Cases Under the Robinson-Patman Act,
     For the Defense (October 2004).
Developing Good Trial Skills, Tips for Young Trial Lawyers,
     ABA Product Liability Committee Newsletter (Summer 2004)
Reliance, More Than a Procedural Stepping-Stone in Interest-Sensitive Life Insurance Class Actions,
     74 Tulane Law Review 2113 (2000)
Comment, Equitable Tolling of Internal Revenue Code Section 6511,
     27 Cumberland Law Review 296 (1997)

Seminar Presentations

Moderator & Speaker, ABA Section of Litigation Joint Annual Meeting, Snowmass, Colorado, January 11, 2008
      "Products Liability Committee Breakout Session, 2007 Year-in-Review."
Speaker, ABA Newsletter & Web Editors Symposium, Chicago, Illinois, September 29, 2006
      "Developing Content for Newsletters."
Speaker, Civil Litigation Update, Sponsored by Samford University, Cumberland School of Law, December 6, 2005,
      "New Concerns in Pre-Trial Discovery."
Speaker, Civil Litigation Update, Sponsored by Samford University, Cumberland School of Law, December 10, 2004,
      "ABA Model Rules of Professional Responsibility on Mediation & Settlement Negotiations: Potential New Rules of the Game."
Chair, Civil Litigation Update, Sponsored by Samford University, Cumberland School of Law, December 18, 2003.


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