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Alabama Business Counsel

A Consortium of Outstanding Legal Advocates Devoted to Defending Business Clients

Darrell Cartwright

Cartwright Law Center, LLC

Darrell Cartwright and the Cartwright Law Center, LLC have successfully represented the interests of businesses and their owners for more than twenty-five (25) years.  As the Principal of Cartwright Law Center, LLC, Mr. Cartwright enjoys the top "AV" Preeminent rating from Martindale-Hubbell, a perfect 10.0 rating from the Attorney-Consumer service Avvo, and has been named as one of Birmingham Magazine's "Top Attorneys" for twelve (12) consecutive years. The Cartwright Law Center LLC has been named "Best of Vestavia Hills" in the law firm category.

RichardsonClement, P.C.

Of Counsel, RichardsonClement, P.C.

Darrell Cartwright maintains an office with RichardsonClement, P.C., a business litigation firm headed by Morris Wade Richardson with a focus on business divorce and separation issues, as well as defending businesses against external threats such as lawfare.  Since being founded in 2008, Wade Richardson and RichardsonClement, P.C. have resolved hundreds of cases for their clients. Mr. Cartwright and the lawyers at RichardsonClement, P.C. understand the issues and problems presented by business disputes including threats to the business's continued existence. And when matters cannot be resolved amicably, the firm has the resources and trial attorneys who know how to deal with tough facts and difficult adversaries in "bet the company" cases where trial or other adversarial resolution is necessary.

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RichardsonClement, P.C. has been listed in the Best Lawyers Premier Guide, and Best Law Firms in the United States by U.S. News and World Report, among many other honors. They enjoy the top "AV" Preeminent rating from Martindale-Hubbell.  Morris Wade Richardson has been named as one of "The Best Lawyers in America," selected by the Birmingham Business Journal to its first "Who's Who in Law and Accounting," and has been named as one of Birmingham Magazine's Top Attorneys in litigation.

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Representative Business Cases

Mr. Cartwright and the lawyers at RichardsonClement P.C. have represented businesses together for more than two decades

Working together at previous large Birmingham law firms, Darrell Cartwright, Wade Richardson and lawyers at RichardsonClement, P.C. have represented businesses in more than seventy-five (75) different industries. They have successfully defended matters in litigation in Birmingham and throughout the state of Alabama. Some of their many successful endeavors include:

  • Successful defense of cases involving death and serious bodily injury in numerous litigation matters.

  • Successful defense of business accused of violating a covenant not to compete. After appearing in the case, the Alabama Business Counsel filed responsive pleadings including counterclaims that resulted in a settlement with their clients being paid a confidential six-figure sum.

  • Successful prosecution in Huntsville protecting a company's restrictive covenant and trade secrets.

  • Collection of a large sum that was disputed by the company's customer, defending allegations involving improper manufacture of the product.

  • Trade secret litigation between two competitors involving intellectual property rights and non-solicitation employment agreements.

  • Representation of physician groups in disputes with hospitals.

  • Employment law disputes involving many different businesses in different industries.

  • Defense of lawsuits involving automobile sales.

  • Estate and Trust litigation.

  • Hundreds and thousands of other matters, including pre-litigation, litigation, and post-litigation matters.

Representative Industries

Industries represented by the Alabama Business Counsel

  • Accounting

  • Architects

  • Attorneys

  • Auction house

  • Automobile racing

  • Automobile repair

  • Automobile sales

  • Banking

  • Caterers

  • Commercial leasing

  • Construction

  • Consultants

  • Convenience stores

  • Drug/device research

  • Employment

  • Engineers

  • Entertainment

  • Financial 

  • Furniture

  • Gaming

  • Gas stations

  • Golf courses

  • Hair salon

  • Home inspection

  • Insulation

  • Insurance

  • Landscape

  • Lighting

  • Manufacturing

  • Marketing

  • Medical device

  • Mortgage

  • Motor sports

  • Nonprofit organizations

  • Numismatic

  • Office equipment

  • Optometrists

  • Painting

  • Perfume

  • Pest control

  • Physicians

  • Plumbing

  • Pool & Spa

  • Printing

  • Professional Athletes

  • Publisher

  • Railroad industry

  • Real Estate

  • Restaurants

  • Retail

  • Sand

  • Shipping and packaging industries

  • Timber

  • Trucking

  • Universities

  • Utilities

  • Waste Management

  • Wholesale

  • More

Ph: (205) 222-5900

Fax: (205) 719-4020

2700 Corporate Dr. Suite 200
Birmingham, Alabama 35242

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No representation is made that the quality of services to be performed is greater

than the quality of legal services performed by other lawyers.

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