Shawn Junkins Cole

SHAREHOLDER

Telephone 334-834-7600
Fax 334-832-7419
Email scole@hillhillcarter.com

Virtually 100% of Mrs. Cole’s practice involves workers’ compensation matters and other related and ancillary issues including retaliatory discharge/wrongful termination.  She represents insurance companies, Funds, governmental entities, corporations, and other businesses, both large and small, throughout Alabama in a variety of workers’ compensation related legal matters including consultations on preventative measures to alleviate on the job injuries and to counsel businesses on handling work-related claims prior to litigation. She has worked in both private practice and as in-house counsel dealing with litigation and regulatory compliance matters for companies that underwrite workers’ compensation and employers’ liability coverage. She is a frequent lecturer on varied workers’ compensation matters including specific legal issues as well as ethics, ethical billing practices, and cost saving measures for adjusters and employers. She also participates on the county and state level in matters involving law student and attorney ethics issues. Mrs. Cole is also heavily involved in community outreach working with nonprofit organizations and  serves on several non-profit boards.

Practice Areas

Workers’ Compensation

Bar Admissions

Alabama

1993

Education

1993

Cumberland School of Law, Samford University Birmingham, Alabama, J.D.

1990

University of Alabama,
Tuscaloosa, Alabama, B.A.

Associations

Alabama State Bar Association

Member, Workers’ Compensation Division

Montgomery County Bar Association

Member

Montgomery County Bar Foundation

Board of Directors

Alabama Defense Lawyers Association

Member

Hugh Maddox AMERICAN Inn of Court

Member

Montgomery Claims Association

Member

Alabama Workers’ Compensation Organization

Member

Alabama Workers’ Compensation Defense Lawyers Association

Secretary

Alabama Volunteer Lawyers

Volunteer

Kiwanis Club of Montgomery

Member

Kiwanis Club of Montgomery Foundation Board

President

Alabama National Fair

Past President

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