About The Firm
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In its second century of practice, Hare Wynn is one of the most respected plaintiffs' litigation firms in the country. Hare Wynn's success has come as a result of the unique opportunity its attorneys have had to become both experienced and successful trial lawyers, as well as legal tacticians. Whether arguing to a jury in a rural county in Arkansas or to the United States Supreme Court, Hare Wynn's lawyers have a proven track record of success for their clients.
Hare Wynn began in the late 1800's, and through the firm's founder, Francis Hare, was instrumental in making plaintiffs' litigation affordable to those needing high quality representation in significant litigation. Built on a legacy of representing individuals, Hare Wynn continues to build on more than 100 years of successful trial experience in its representation of individuals, Fortune 500 companies, small business, and government entities.
Most recently, the magnitude of the firm's litigation success was recognized when Hare Wynn was identified as one of the top plaintiff's firms in the United States in being named to the National Law Journal's 2011 Plaintiffs' Hot List. The Journal honored Hare Wynn as one of 20 firms nationally "that are at the cutting edge of plaintiffs' work – and giving the defense a run for their money."
Hare Wynn’s attorneys have mastered their courtroom skills during more than a century of trials involving business litigation, products liability, wrongful death, catastrophic injuries, aviation accidents and medical negligence cases. In an age when fewer and fewer cases go to trial, Hare Wynn’s lawyers are still arguing to juries on a regular basis. In fact, in 2010 ninety percent of Hare Wynn’s lawyers were involved in jury trials. The verdicts from those trials exceeded $100 million. Examples include:
• Schafer v. Bayer CropScience - $47.9 million – genetically modified rice
• Polston v. Ford Motor Company - $19.1 million – product liability
• Golden v. Jalisco Restaurant - $37.5 million – dram shop wrongful death
• Davis v. BMCE - $3.2 million – Medical negligence wrongful death
Hare Wynn’s lawyers have consistently been recognized by numerous national organizations, publications and their peers as among the most successful and experienced courtroom lawyers in the country.
• U.S. News Best Law Firms in America
• The Best Lawyers in America
• Law Dragon’s 500 Leading Lawyers in America
• American College of Trial Lawyers
• International Society of Barristers
• American Board of Trial Advocates
• Birmingham Magazine’s Best Lawyers in Birmingham
• Superlawyers
• Martindale-Hubbell’s AV Preeminent Peer Review Rated
• Chambers USA – Ranking of Leading Firms and Lawyers in America
• Benchmark Litigation – America’s Leading Litigation Firms & Attorneys
Comfortable and Successful with Complex Litigation
Although Hare Wynn got its start representing individuals in personal injury litigation, the Firm and its attorneys have evolved as the complexity and magnitude of litigation has grown. Hare Wynn lawyers have deftly adapted to handling complex and commercial litigation. Members of the firm have been rated by their peers as top lawyers in: “Bet the Company” litigation; commercial litigation; securities litigation; business litigation; aviation litigation; employment litigation; whistleblower litigation; products liability; medical negligence; and, personal injury litigation.
The firm has been hired by State Attorneys General to represent States against some of the world’s most powerful pharmaceutical companies. Hare Wynn is also proud to have recovered more than $1 billion for the United States of America by representing whistleblowers who shine the light of truth on those who would steal from the American taxpayers. As part of the firm’s commitment to help clients expose and combat fraud, Hare Wynn obtained a $2.8 billion trial judgment, and affirmance on appeal, against former HealthSouth CEO Richard Scrushy in a shareholder derivate suit that returned ill-gotten gains to the company.
And while we are honored to represent each and every one of our clients, we take particular pride in representing the American farmer to help many of them save the family farms built over generations. In the last decade, Hare Wynn had the privilege of successfully settling cases which threatened the livelihood of thousands of farmers. Recently, the Firm represented over 2,500 rice farmers whose crops were contaminated and foreign markets closed, when Bayer CropScience allowed the escape of experimental genetically modified rice. The firm also represented a large group of Arkansas hog farmers in a business dispute with a large pork processing company.
Through its reliance on cutting edge technology, Hare Wynn, with its twenty lawyers, can effectively litigate against defendants who have hired firms with hundreds, if not thousands, of lawyers. Hare Wynn has developed and staffs an information technology department capable of processing and assimilating tens of millions of documents. This capability allows the lawyers at Hare Wynn to compete with, and stay ahead of, the largest litigation opponents in the world. In addition, this department’s experienced staff has mastered the latest presentation equipment to effectively present our client’s cases at trial.
Hare Wynn’s reliance on technology is particularly appreciated by its business clients. Through technology and skilled staff, Hare Wynn is able to effectively manage the cost of litigation for businesses.
Leaders of the Bar and Community
Our lawyers at Hare Wynn derive great satisfaction from representing their clients, but also recognize the obligation and benefits of giving back to their profession and the community. This commitment has existed since the firm’s founding. Mr. Hare helped create the organizations that are now known as the American Association for Justice and the Alabama Association for Justice in response to the need for lawyers representing plaintiffs to collaborate, share information, trial techniques and compete with the organized defense bar on a level never imagined.
Hare Wynn has continued this tradition of leadership having had eight members serve as President of the Alabama Association for Justice, two members serve as President of the Alabama State Bar -- including the current State Bar President, and four members served as President of the Birmingham Bar Association. The firm also counts among its members Fellows of the American College of Trial Lawyers, the International Academy of Trial Lawyers and the International Society of Barristers, including a Past-President of that organization.
Furthermore, the attorneys of Hare Wynn are active in their communities. Multiple attorneys serve in the leadership of their church. Our attorneys also serve on boards of publicly traded companies and charitable organizations, while also taking the time to mentor the next generation by coaching local youth sports and tutoring inner-city children.
What do the firm’s individual, business, Attorney General and farming clients have in common? They all count on the attorneys at Hare Wynn to listen to them, understand their problems, and then employ the best of the firm’s skill, experience and ability to seek a fair and equitable resolution through our nation’s civil justice system.
