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OFFICES IN ALABAMA
AND FLORIDA
AREAS OF PRACTICE:
General Practice
Architect and Engineers Liability
Insurance Defense
Construction Litigation
Professional Liability
Civil Litigation in all State and Federal Courts in Alabama and Florida |
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SERVICE TO OUR CLIENTS
We are committed to serving our clients effectively and
efficiently. We endeavor as a firm to be responsive to our clients’
needs, requests, and expectations; we serve our clients with knowledge,
skill, loyalty, perseverance, and care; and we seek to be conscientious
in attaining our clients’ objectives in the most cost-effective manner
possible. To meet these goals, we recruit and retain lawyers and staff
of the highest caliber.
PROFESSIONALISM AND ETHICS
Although we are committed to representing our clients
vigorously and aggressively, we do so only within ethical bounds and in
a manner consistent with the highest professional ideals.
DISCLAIMER
The hiring of a lawyer is an important decision that should not be
based solely upon advertisements. "No representation is
made that the quality of legal services to be
performed is greater than the quality of legal
services performed by other lawyers." ARPC 7.2 |
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The law firm of Laney & Foster, P.C.
strives to provide its clients with the best possible defense
in a cost-efficient manner. Laney & Foster,
P.C. focuses on civil litigation, with an emphasis
on the defense of damage suits involving claims of professional liability
against architects and engineers.
Laney & Foster, P.C. represents design
professionals, including architects, landscape
architects and engineers of all specialties. The firm consists of
six attorneys, including partners, John M. Laney, Jr.,
Roger C. Foster, Forrest L. Adams, II, and three
associates, Gregory S. Manning, John C. DeShazo and
Andrew N. King.
Our attorneys hold membership in many professional
associations including the Birmingham and American Bar Associations, Alabama Bar
Association, Florida Bar Association, Alabama
Defense Lawyer Association, Defense Research
Institute, Florida Defense Lawyer
Association, International Association of Defense
Counsel, and Forum on the Construction Industry.
Most have served on Professional Liability
Committees, Architects and Engineers Liability
Committees and Construction Law Committees.
Mr. Laney, Mr. Adams and Mr. Manning are licensed in
both Alabama and Florida. Mr. Foster, Mr. DeShazo
and Mr. King are licensed in Alabama.
"Keeping our clients informed and
preparing their cases to obtain the best results
possible is our goal," explains founding partner
John M. Laney, Jr., a graduate of Cumberland School
of Law. Founding partner Roger C. Foster adds, "John and I
have over 50 years’ combined experience in defending
professional liability cases throughout Alabama in
state and federal courts."
Mr. Laney is a member of the Forum on
the Construction Industry, the Defense Research
Institute, and the International Association of
Defense Counsel. He is a member of the American
Arbitration Association and is a certified
construction dispute arbitrator. Mr. Foster is a
graduate of the University of Alabama School of Law.
He is a member of the Alabama Defense Lawyers
Association, the Defense Research Institute and the Forum on the Construction
Industry and is frequently called upon to speak at
professional meetings and seminars.
Our attorneys frequently are engaged
to review contracts for design professionals as well
as negotiating such on their behalf with owner's,
developers and others. We frequently attend
meetings of Architectural and Engineering
Associations and speak on different subjects, mostly
relating to their liability exposures.
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