Areas of Practice
- Banking & Financial Services Litigation
- Business & Commercial Litigation
- Class Action Defense & Multi-District Litigation
- Environmental & Toxic Torts
- Insurance Coverage
- Products Liability
- Professional Liability
Education
- The University of Alabama School of Law, J.D., 1990; Alabama Law Review; Hugo Black L. Scholar; Sam H. Hamner Scholarship; Urban State Government Award
- Jacksonville State University, B.A., 1987, with distinction and special honors
Bar Admissions
- Alabama, 1990
- Mississippi, 2003
Court Admissions
- U.S. Supreme Court
- 5th Cir.
- 11th Cir.
- M.D. Ala.
- N.D. Ala.
- S.D. Ala.
- N.D. Miss.
- S.D. Miss.
professionalsBio
Emily Bonds is a partner in the firm's Business & Commercial Litigation Practice Group and practices from the firm's Birmingham office. Her practice focuses on the areas of litigation and alternative dispute resolution.
Ms. Bonds has represented clients in professional liability litigation, defending insurance agents, attorneys, real estate professionals, and others. She has also handled an array of other litigation, including coverage litigation, products liability, mass torts, medical malpractice, and class action litigation. Ms. Bonds' practice extends to all state and federal courts in Alabama and Mississippi. In addition to her substantial and varied litigation experience, Ms. Bonds is a trained mediator.
Noteworthy
- Listed in The Best Lawyers in America® 2012 (Copyright 2011 by Woodward/White, Inc., Aiken, SC) in the area of Insurance Law
- Named one of "Top 40 Under 40" by the Birmingham Business Journal (2004)
- Named "Lawyer of the Year" by the Birmingham Legal Secretaries Association (2007)
- AV® Peer Review Rating in Martindale-Hubbell
Representative Matters
- Maloof v. John Hancock Life Insurance Co., et al., 60 So. 3d 263 (Ala. Sept. 30, 2010)
- Boone v. Health Strategies, Inc., 2007 WL 2332696 (M.D. Ala. Aug. 15, 2007)
- Philadelphia American Life Insurance Company v. Bender, 893 So. 2d 1104 (Ala. 2004)
- Densmore v. Jefferson County, 813 So. 2d 844 (Ala. 2001)
- English v. Capital Risk Management, 2001 WL 910412 (M.D. Ala. 2001)
- Ex Parte Foster, 758 So. 2d 516 (Ala. 1999)
- Georgia Power Company v. Partin, 727 So. 2d 2 (Ala. 1998)
News
- Jones Walker Featured in B-Metro Magazine
- Eighty-Two Attorneys Listed in The Best Lawyers in America® 2012
- Bonds to Present at National Business Institute Seminar
- Bonds Featured in Jacksonville State University Alumni Magazine
- Jones Walker Combines with Birmingham-Based Walston Wells
Presentations
- "The Mechanics of Alabama Civil Procedure", December 17, 2010
Memberships
- Alabama Defense Lawyers Association
- Alabama State Bar
- American Bar Association
- Birmingham Bar Association (President-Elect, Section of Alternative Dispute Resolution)
- Brookwood Baptist Church
- Jacksonville State University Alumni Association (President, 2010 to date)
- Mississippi Bar
