James C. Ayers, Jr., has extensive experience handling a wide range of litigation matters, and strives to apply his experience to help individuals, families, and small businesses faced with a legal crisis. Over the course of his career, Mr. Ayers has successfully litigated to a conclusion over 1000 cases, has tried over 150 cases to verdict, and has handled 20 or more appellate matters including writing the briefs for a landmark U.S. Supreme Court appeal which changed the law of arbitration. Mr. Ayers has represented clients in over 100 venues across Alabama and Tennessee. He has lectured to various professional groups and published materials in the areas of personal injury trial and settlement, trial evidence, expert witnesses, trial practice and presentation, arbitration, and employment law. He is a certified arbitrator for the Association of the Better Business Bureau, and a graduate of the National Institute for Trial Advocacy. He has twice received the Alabama State Bar Continuing Legal Education Award, 1999 and 2002. In 2003 he received the National Leadership Award from the Business Advisory Counsel.
Mr. Ayers graduated cum laude from Ohio State University, and obtained his J.D. degree, cum laude, from the University of Alabama School of Law, where he served as a Senior Editor of the Alabama Law Review. He is a member of the Alabama State Bar, Tennessee Bar Association, Federal Bar Association - Montgomery Chapter, and the Birmingham, Huntsville, Montgomery, and Shelby County Bar Associations. He is admitted to the State Courts of Alabama, the State Courts of Tennessee, the U.S. District Courts for the Northern, Middle, and Southern Districts of Alabama, the U.S. District Courts for the Middle and Eastern Districts of Tennessee, and the Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals.
James C. Ayers, Jr., has extensive experience handling a wide range of litigation matters, and strives to apply his experience to help individuals, families, and small businesses faced with a legal crisis. Over the course of his career, Mr. Ayers has successfully litigated to a conclusion over 1000 cases, has tried over 150 cases to verdict, and has handled 20 or more appellate matters including writing the briefs for a landmark U.S. Supreme Court appeal which changed the law of arbitration. Mr. Ayers has represented clients in over 100 venues across Alabama and Tennessee. He has lectured to various professional groups and published materials in the areas of personal injury trial and settlement, trial evidence, expert witnesses, trial practice and presentation, arbitration, and employment law. He is a certified arbitrator for the Association of the Better Business Bureau, and a graduate of the National Institute for Trial Advocacy. He has twice received the Alabama State Bar Continuing Legal Education Award, 1999 and 2002. In 2003 he received the National Leadership Award from the Business Advisory Counsel. 
