Michael B. Beers
Office Information
- Team Leader, Catastrophic Events and Major Claims
As a member of the Commercial Litigation Group, Mike focuses his practice on insurance defense, investigations and white collar crime.
Biography – View PDF Bio
Bar Admissions
- Alabama, 1977
- Georgia, 1977
- U.S. District Courts
- Alabama: Northern, Middle, Southern
- Georgia: Northern
- U.S. Court of Appeals
- 5th Circuit
- 7th Circuit
- 11th Circuit
- U.S. Supreme Court
Distinctions
- Martindale-Hubbell®
- AV®- Preeminent™ Peer Review Rated, 2002-2017
- Best Lawyers in America®
- Insurance Law, 2013-2021
- Commercial Litigation, 2018-2021
- Insurance Law: Lawyer of the Year – [Montgomery, AL] (2016)
- Former Director, Alabama Defense Lawyers
Education & Honors
- Cumberland School of Law, J.D., 1977
- Mercer University, B.A., English, 1974
Experience
- U.S. ex rel. Rigsby v. State Farm Ins. Co., no.1:06-cv433- LTS-RHW, 2008 WL 2130314 (S.D. Miss. May 19, 2008), Trial and Appellate Counsel.
- Cochran v. Cincinnati Ins. Co., 552 U.S. 815, 128 S. Ct. 90 (2007), WL 4495335 (11th Cir. 2006), Trial and Appellate Counsel.
- Fondren v. Allstate Ins. Co., 790 F.2d 1533 (11th Cir. 1986), Trial and Appellate Counsel.
- State Farm Fire and Cas. Co. v. Oliver, 854 F.2d 416 (11th Cir. 1988), Trial and Appellate Counsel.
- Allstate Ins. Co. v. James, 845 F.2d 315 (11th Cir. 1988), Trial and Appellate Counsel.
- Colonial Life & Acc. Ins. Co. v. Hartford Fire Ins. Co., 358 F.3d 1306 (11th Cir. 2004), Trial and Appellate Counsel.
- Barkley v. State Farm Fire and Cas. Co., WL 1577796 (S.D. Ala. 2005), Trial Counsel.
- Wright v. State Farm Fire and Cas. Co., WL 114902 (M.D. Ala. 1997), Trial Counsel.
- Craft v. Bankers Ins. Co., WL 1005947 (S.D. Ala. 2000), Trial Counsel. More...
- Manlove v. State Farm Mut. Auto. Ins. Co., WL 36106113 (S.D. Ala. 2001), Trial Counsel.
- Parr v. Jackson, WL 1381874 (S.D. Ala. 2006), Trial Counsel.
- State Farm Fire & Cas. Co. v. Sexton & Sexton, Inc., 985 F.Supp.1336 (M.D. Ala. 1997), Trial Counsel.
- Finger v. State Farm Fire and Cas. Co., WL 2621020 (S.D. Ala. 2011), Slip Copy, Trial and Appellate Counsel.
- Earnest v. State Farm Fire and Cas. Co., 475 F.Supp.2d. 1113 (N.D. Ala. 2007), Trial Counsel.
- State Farm Fire and Cas. Co. v. Richardson, WL 4531765 (S.D. Ala. 2008), Trial Counsel.
- State Farm General Ins. Co. v. Oliver, 658 F.Supp. 1546 (N.D. Ala. 1987), Trial Counsel.
- State Farm Mut. Auto. Ins. Co. v. Causey, 509 F.Supp.2d. 1026 (M.D. Ala. 2001), Trial Counsel.
- State Farm Fire and Cas. Co. v. Balmer, 891 F.2d 874 (11th Cir. 1990), Trial and Appellate Counsel.
- Fuller v. State Farm Fire & Cas. Co., 742 F.Supp. 1128 (M.D. Ala. 1989), Trial Counsel.
- Huey v. American Truetzchler Corp., 47 F.Supp.2d 1342 (M.D. Ala. 1999), Trial Counsel.
- Brassfield v. Jack McLendon Furniture, Inc., 953 F.Supp. 1424 (M.D. Ala. 1996), Trial Counsel.
- State Farm Fire & Cas. Co. v. Middleton, 65 F.Supp.2d 1240 (M.D. Ala. 1999), Trial Counsel.
- State Farm Fire & Cas. Co. v. Crumpton, 708 So.2d 136 (Ala. 1997), Trial and Appellate Counsel.
- State Farm Fire & Cas. Co. v. Slade, 747 So.2d 293 (Ala. 1999), Trial and Appellate Counsel.
- Livingston v. Auto Owners Ins. Co., 582 So.2d 1038 (Ala. 1991), Trial and Appellate Counsel.
- Bush v. Alabama Farm Bureau Mut. Cas. Ins. Co., Inc., 576 So.2d 175 (Ala. 1991), Trial and Appellate Counsel.
- Killough v. Jahandarfard, 578 So.2d 1041 (Ala. 1990), Trial and Appellate Counsel.
- State Farm Fire and Cas. Co. v. Wonderful Counselor Apostolic Faith Church, 12 So.3d 662 (Ala. 2008), Trial and Appellate Counsel.
- Zuicarelli v. Clark, 924 So.2d 701 (Ala.Civ.App. 2003), Trial Counsel and Appellate Counsel.
- State Farm Mut. Auto. Ins. Co. v. Nix, 888 So.2d 489 (Ala. 2004), Trial and Appellate Counsel.
- Willis v. Parker, 814 So.2d 857 (Ala. 2001), Trial and Appellate Counsel.
- Moseley v. State Farm Fire and Cas. Ins. Co., 597 So.2d 1312 (Ala. 1992), Trial and Appellate Counsel.
- Allstate Ins. Co. v. Amerisure Ins. Companies, 603 So.2d 961 (Ala. 1992), Trial and Appellate Counsel.
- State Farm Fire and Cas. Co. v. Williams, 926 So.2d 1008 (Ala. 2005), Trial and Appellate Counsel.
- Ex parte State Farm Mut. Auto. Ins. Co., 924 So.2d 706 (Ala. 2005), Trial Counsel.
- Day v. Alfa Mut. Ins. Co., 659 So.2d 32 (Ala. 1995), Trial and Appellate Counsel.
- Dorsey v. Bowers, 709 So.2d 51 (Ala.Civ.App.1998), Trial and Appellate Counsel.
- Walls v. State Farm Mut. Auto Ins. Co., 984 So.2d 412 (Ala. 2007), Trial and Appellate Counsel.
- State Farm Fire and Cas. Co. v. Green, 624 So.2d 538 (Ala. 1993), Trial and Appellate Counsel.
- Gardner v. State Farm Mut. Auto. Ins. Co., 842 So.2d 1(Ala.Civ.App.2002), Trial and Appellate Counsel.
- Clardy v. Sanders, 551 So.2d 1057 (Ala. 1989), Trial and Appellate Counsel.
- Cowan v. State, 579 So.2d 13 (Ala.Crim.App., 1990), Trial and Appellate Counsel.
- State Farm Mut. Auto. Ins. Co. v. Alexander, 950 So.2d 267 (Ala. 2006), Trial and Appellate Counsel.
- State Farm Fire and Cas. Co. v. Owen, 729 So.2d 834 (Ala. 1998), Trial and Appellate Counsel.
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