Janet L. Humphreys is currently of-counsel to the firm specializing in highly-complex litigation. Janet is a seasoned trial attorney who handles some of the firm's most sophisticated commercial litigation matters and class actions. She is well recognized for her recent lead role in obtaining an $88.5 million product liability jury verdict for two commercial clients. Janet also handles many of the firm's appellate matters, and has successfully negotiated many multi-million dollar settlements.

Although Janet joined the firm in 1987 and quickly became a shareholder, she left the firm for a short time in 1994 to work as Associate General Counsel for Knight Ridder, Inc. where she specialized in libel and first amendment matters, antitrust, and intellectual property. Since returning to the firm in 1998, Janet has focused primarily on products liability, RICO, antitrust, and class action matters.

• Products Liability
• Class Action Litigation
• Complex Commercial Litigation
• Securities Fraud
• RICO
• Antitrust Claims
• Libel/First Amendment Litigation
  

• Florida Bar, 1986
• Alabama Bar
• United States District Court, Southern District of Florida
• United States Courts of Appeals, 11th Circuit.
• Miami-Dade Bar Association
• American Bar Association
• American Trial Lawyers Association
• Florida Trial Lawyers Association

• B.A. Degree (Highest Honors) University of Alabama at Huntsville
• J.D. Degree, University of Alabama, summe a cum Laude
• Associate Editor for the Alabama Law Review
• Clerk for US District Court Judge Sam C. Pointer, Jr. Chief Judge of the Northern District of Alabama