Phone: 334-745-3504
Fax: 334-745-3506
Email: horsley@samfordlaw.com

Legal Assistant:
Christyne Klingensmith
christyne@samfordlaw.com

Practice Areas:
Personal Injury Law; Workers' Compensation Law; Insurance Law; School Law; Banking Law


Education:
University of Alabama (B.A., 1962)
University of Alabama (LL.B., 1964)

Honors and Awards:
Phi Delta Phi
Farrah Order of Jurisprudence
Bench and Bar
Board of Editors, Alabama Law Review, 1963-1964
Martindale-Hubbell AV® Preeminent Rated

Bar Admissions, Associations and Memberships:
Alabama State Bar (admitted 1964)
American Bar Association
Lee County Bar Association (President, 1968-69)
Alabama Defense Lawyers Association
Association of Defense Trial Attorneys

Professional and Community Activities:
The Best Lawyers in America
Opelika City Board of Education (1975-1985)

Sample Reported Decisions:
Orr v. Orr, 440 U.S. 268 (1979)
American & Foreign Ins. Co. v. Colonial Mortg. Co., Inc., 936 F.2d 1162 (11th Cir. 1991)
Ex parte Smiths Water and Sewer Authority, 982 So.2d 484 (Ala. 2007)
Phenix City Board of Educ. v. Teague, 515 So.2d 971 (Ala. 1987)
Carter v. Cincinnati Ins. Co., 435 So.2d 42 (Ala. 1983)
Smith v. West Point-Pepperell, Inc., 431 So.2d 1268 (Ala. Civ. App. 1983)
Wilkins v. West Point-Pepperell, Inc., 397 So.2d 115 (Ala. 1981)
Duncan v. Kent, 370 So.2d 288 (Ala. 1979)
Ex parte Huguley Water System, 213 So.2d 799 (Ala. 1968)

Personal:
Born Opelika, Alabama