Sean C. Pierce received both his Bachelor of Science in Business and his Juris Doctorate from the University of Alabama and is admitted to practice before all state and federal courts in Alabama and the Eleventh and Federal U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals.
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Alabama State Bar, Birmingham Bar Association, Claims and Litigation Management Alliance' Professional Liability Committee of the Defense Research Institute DRI, Co-Chair of the Directors’ and Officers’ Liability Sub-Committee of the ABA Professional Liability Litigation Committee. AV Preeminent® rating by Martindale-Hubbell®.
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Sean C. Pierce is is a member of Wallace, Jordan, Ratliff & Brandt, L.L.C. and practices practices across Alabama and the Southeast from its Birmingham office. Sean is rated AV Preeminent® by Martindale-Hubbell and has over 23 years of experience in handling management labor and employment, D&O, corporate and commercial litigation, technology cyber security and data privacy and protection, and professional liability including E&O and malpractice claims and cases, with an emphasis on complex litigation and class actions, RICO and whistleblower claims, and other bet-the-company and save-your-career litigation. Perennially ranked among the Best Lawyers by U.S. News & World Reports, Super Lawyers and by The Best Lawyers in America, Sean represents management and employers in all aspects of labor and employment matters, and is particularly experienced in internal investigations and audits, and litigation through trial and appeal, of matters arising under state and federal laws and regulations. Mr. Pierce’s practice also focuses on the counsel and defense of professional liability claims against attorneys, accountants, financial advisers and institutions including FINRA, engineers, architects and other design professionals including intellectual property disputes, insurance agents and brokers, notaries and real estate professionals, officers and directors, and health care providers, from physicians to hospitals. He currently serves as Co-Chair of the Birmingham Bar Association’s DiversityInclusivity Committee and on the Alabama State Bar’s Diversity and Inclusivity Committee and has been a member since each’s inception. He also currently serves as the Alabama Chapter President for the Claims & Litigation Management Alliance CLM, as the Chair of Employment Practices Liability EPL Committee for the Professional Liability Defense Federation PLDF, and as Chair of Cyber Liability and Steering Committee Member for the Professional Liability Committee of the Defense Research Institute DRI, the national defense bar, and has previously served as Liaison to DRI’s Lawyers’ Professionalism & Ethics Committee and the Chair andor Vice-Chair of the Lawyer, Real Estate and Design Professionals committees within DRI. He is the author of many articles for DRI, PLDF and other organizations, is a frequent speaker on employment, professional liability and technology topics, and is the co-author of DRI’s “Professional Liability Insurance Coverage: A Compendium of State Law.”
The mission of the Professional Liability Defense Federation is to enhance the stature and effectiveness of professional liability defense professionals through education, training and the exchange of information.
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