SPRAIN LAW FIRM, P.C.

1707 29TH Court South
Birmingham, Alabama 35209
Phone:  205-437-3232
Fax: 802-7083
Website:  sprainlaw.com

Sprain Law Firm, P.C. is a general practice law firm located in Homewood, Alabama within a few miles of the downtown Birmingham commercial district. The firm is committed to providing efficient and effective legal services to a broad range of clients.  The firm’s two primary practice areas are general civil defense of corporations and businesses and real estate development and transactions.  Our defense work includes defending several large corporations in product liability law suits throughout the State of Alabama.  Our real estate practice includes both residential and commercial and our clients include banks, developers, shopping center owners and real estate brokers.

Practice Areas

 Commercial and residential transactions; and representing property owners in real estate development, lease preparation and negotiation, and landlord-tenant issues.

 General civil litigation and trial practice, emphasizing product and premises liability and landlord/tenant.

Memberships/Licenses:

• Birmingham Bar Association
• Alabama Bar Association
• American Bar Association
• Licensed to practice in the State of Alabama since 1987
• Admitted to practice before U.S. District Court of Alabama, Northern, Middle, and Southern Districts
• Admitted to practice before 11th Circuit Court of Appeals in Atlanta, GA
• Defense Research Institute
• Admitted to practice before Alabama Supreme Court

Certifications

• Certified to close SBA Loans

Education

J.D., University Alabama School of Law, Tuscaloosa, Alabama-1987
B.A., Tulane University, New Orleans, Louisiana- 1983

Reported Cases

 Coffey v. Moore, 948 So.2d 544 (Ala. 2006)
 Certainteed Corp. v. Russell, 883 So.2d 1266 (Ala. Civ. App. 2003)
 Canal Ins. Co. v. Old Republic Ins. Co., 718 So.2d 8 (Ala. 1998) 
 Hubbard v. Liberty Mutual Ins. Co., 598 So.2d 20 (Ala. 1992)
 Otis Elevator of Gadsden, Inc. v. Scott, 586 So.2d 200 (Ala. 1991)

Biography

 Mr. Sprain is a Birmingham native having graduated from Mountain Brook High School prior to attending Tulane University. Immediately after law school Mr. Sprain clerked for Supreme Court Justice Gorman Houston in 1987. Mr. Sprain went on to work as an associate at Sadler, Sullivan in Birmingham, Alabama, where he later became partner before leaving to practice on his own. During his 17 years at Sadler, Sullivan, Mr. Sprain defended companies throughout the State of Alabama in both state and federal courts in the areas of toxic tort litigation, premises and products liability, workers’ compensation and insurance coverage litigation.  He also handled a variety of real estate transactions.  Since 2005, Mr. Sprain has maintained a general law practice from defending companies in litigation to conducting commercial and real estate transactions.

Title Agency License
 
      First American Title Insurance Company

Title Companies

      Approved to close real estate transactions through:

 First American Title Insurance Company
 Stewart Title Guaranty Company
 Mississippi Valley Title Insurance Company
 Old Republic Title Insurance Company
 Fidelity National Title Insurance Company
 Chicago Title Insurance Company