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Erika Perrone Tatum
Shareholder

Telephone 334-834-7600
Fax 334-263-5969
Email etatum@hillhillcarter.com

Ms. Tatum is a 1993 graduate of Florida State University. She attended the Cumberland School of Law where she was a member of the Henry Upson Sims Moot Court Board, Honor Court and the American Journal of Trial Advocacy. She obtained her J.D. degree in 1996, and then worked as a judicial clerk for the Honorable E. Byron Smith, Georgia Superior Court. She joined the firm in February 1999. Ms. Tatum's main areas of practice are education law, labor and employment, and general litigation. She is admitted to practice before the Eleventh Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals and the U.S. District Courts for the Southern, Middle, and Northern Districts of Alabama.

Practice Areas

  • - Education
  • - General Litigation
  • - Insurance
  • - Labor & Employment


Education

  • - Cumberland School of Law, Samford University, Birmingham, Alabama, 1996 J.D. Honors: Member, Henry Upson Sims Moot Court Board Honors: Member, Honor Court Law Journal: American Journal of Trial Advocacy, Member
  • - Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL, USA, 1993 B.A.

Bar Admissions

Georgia, 1996
Alabama, 1999
U.S. Court of Appeals 11th Circuit
U.S. District Court Southern District of Alabama
U.S. District Court Middle District of Alabama
U.S. District Court Northern District of Alabama

Associations

  • - Alabama State Bar - Member
  • - Georgia State Bar - Member
  • - Defense Research Institute - Member
  • - Alabama Defense Lawyers Association - Member
  • - Alabama Council of School Board Attorneys - Member
  • - Montgomery County Bar Association - Member
  • - American Inns of Court, Hugh Maddox Chapter - Member

Published Work

  • - The Impact of the Americans with Disabilities Act on Aids Discrimination in the Workplace, The American Journal of Trial Advocacy, Vol 19:3, 1996