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Meredith Jowers Lees

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Birmingham Office
205.721.2815
mlees@
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    Meredith Jowers Lees focuses her practice on commercial litigation, with extensive experience in securities and financial litigation. She represents broker-dealers, including clearing brokers, in state and federal court and in FINRA arbitration in a wide variety of disputes including customer claims, raiding claims, violations of non-competition agreements, employment disputes, member-to-member claims, fraud claims, suitability claims, churning claims, and trust-related claims.

    Meredith’s work extends to representing entities in the areas of insurance, corporate governance, securities fraud under state and federal law, RICO, antitrust, bond issuances and bond defaults, gaming, product liability, fraud, corporate law and business torts.

    She also defends insurance companies in bad faith/fraud claims and other coverage claims involving homeowners, automobile, life and commercial liability policies. In addition, Meredith represents small business owners, as well as large corporate clients across the state of Alabama in premises liability cases, ranging from small slip and fall matters to catastrophic injuries, wrongful death and electric shock and assault.

    Through her work on complex matters, Meredith has developed experience with sophisticated electronic discovery and she frequently lectures on emerging issues and best practices for conducting electronic discovery.

    She was recognized as a “Rising Star” in Securities Litigation in 2011-2016 by Alabama Super Lawyers.

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    • Banking and Financial Institutions

    • SIFMA Compliance and Legal Society
    • Birmingham Bar Association
    • American Bar Association
    • National Society of Compliance Professionals (NSCP)

    • Episcopal Church of the Ascension, Vestry Member
    • University of Alabama Jefferson County Alumni Chapter

      Executive Committee

    • Literacy Council of Alabama
    • Junior League of Birmingham
    • Alabama Center for Law

      Chair, Civic Education Teen Court Project

    University of Alabama School of Law — J.D., magna cum laude, 2001

    • Senior Editor, Journal of the Legal Profession
    • Phi Delta Phi
    • Student Farrah Law Society
    • Dorbin Association
    • Career Services Representative

    University of Alabama — B.A., Public Relations, 1998

    • President’s List
    • Dean’s List
    • Honors Program
    • Hughes Scholarship
    • University of Alabama Academic Scholarship
    • Cardinal Key National Honor Society
    • University of Alabama VP of Student Affairs Scholarship
    • Golden Key National Honor Society
    • Alpha Gamma Delta

    The University of Hull, Kingston-upon-Hull, England — Capstone International Program, 1997

    • Alabama — 2001

    • U.S. Bankruptcy Court for Alabama (Southern, Middle, Northern)
    • State Courts of Alabama
    • U. S. District Court of Alabama (Southern, Middle, Northern)

    • B-Metro Magazine Top Women Lawyers, 2020
    • Named as "Rising Star" by Alabama Super Lawyers, 2011-2016

    • Co-author, "Proposed Florida Legislation Sets Out to Curb COVID Litigation and Frivolous Claims, Protect Businesses," January 2021
    • Author, "Preparing for Reg BI Exams: The Disclosure Obligation,"ThinkAdvisor, September 29, 2020
    • Author, “A Look at COVID-19 Litigation and Key Considerations to Mitigate Potential Litigation," Business Alabama, August 17, 2020
    • Co-author, "The Litigation Risks of the Care Obligation of SEC Reg BI," ThinkAdvisor, May 1, 2020
    • Author, "Alabama Adopts Temporary Remote Notarization to Encourage Business and Social Distancing," March 2020
    • Co-author, "Minimizing Liability Under the SEC’s Reg-BI," Corporate Compliance Insights, January 14, 2020
    • Panelist, "FINRA Arbitrations: A Comprehensive Guide for 2018 and Beyond," The Knowledge Group Webinar, September 7, 2018
    • Co-Author, "Interpleader: Court Holds Plan Benefits Must Be Distributed to Beneficiary and Insured's Estate May Not Assert Claims Against Plan Trustee Regarding Distribution of the Death Benefits," DRI-The Voice of the Defense Bar, "ERISA Report," Volume 13, Issue 2, August 23, 2018

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    Two Birmingham Attorneys Listed in B-Metro’s ‘Top Women Attorneys’

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    The Litigation Risks of the Care Obligation of SEC Reg BI

    Here are some best practices to mitigate those risks. The...

    03.27.2020
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    Alabama Adopts Temporary Remote Notarization to Encourage Business and Social Distancing

    Under typical procedures in Alabama and many other states, notary...

    02.28.2020
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    Boeing Hit With $2M Verdict For Breaching Air Force Bid Deals, Law360

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    01.14.2020
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    Designing Success: Meredith Lees Employs Creative Strategies in Her Professional and Personal Life

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    03.25.2019
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