A. David Fawal✓ Verified

* **Hurricanes Katrina, Sandy and Sally Claims Defense**: Defended hundreds of cases for flood losses brought under flood insurance policies issued by Write Your Own (WYO) insurers under the National Flood Insurance Program. * **Extracontractual Claims Defense**: Represented numerous insurers and agents in defense of bad faith, fraud, and sales practice claims. * **Arson & Fraud Summary Judgment**: Obtained summary judgment for an insurer client in breach of contract and bad faith litigation involving arson and fraud, fully affirmed by the Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals following oral argument. * **Jury Trials & Appellate Advocacy**: Handled numerous jury trials as lead counsel and co-counsel in state, federal, and military courts, and argued before the Alabama Supreme Court and the Eleventh Circuit. * **Ephedra Herbal Supplement Litigation**: Co-lead counsel in one of the first trials against a leading ephedra manufacturer (almost three-week trial resulting in a $4.1 million verdict). The case established the ephedra MDL and global settlements. * **Managed Care MDL Class Representation**: Spent five years representing all 700,000 physicians in the US and state medical associations against deceptive trade practices of eight major health insurers, resulting in civil RICO settlements exceeding $2 billion. * **Independent Pharmacist Anti-trust Actions**: Represented independent pharmacists in antitrust lawsuits against the nation's four largest pharmacy benefit managers (PBMs), establishing national classes including nearly 25,000 independent pharmacies. * **Vanishing Premium Class Actions**: Defended major insurance carriers in high-exposure vanishing premium class actions.

* **Alabama State Bar**: - Disciplinary Rules and Enforcement Committee - Military Law Committee - Bench and Bar Relations Task Force * **Birmingham Bar Association**: - Co-Chair, Law Day Committee (2026) - Nominating Committee (2017-2019, 2026-2028) - Executive Committee (2023-2025) - Court Liaison Committee (Co-Chair 2021-2022, 2025; Member 2026) - Chair, Grievance Committee (2015; Group C Chair 2012) - Chair, Medical Liaison Committee (2014) - Federal Practice Section Member * **American Bar Association** * **Alabama Defense Lawyers Association** * **Defense Research Institute (DRI)**: - Veterans Network * **Association of Certified E-Discovery Specialists (ACEDS)** * **Association of the U.S. Navy**: - Executive Director's Advisory Board * **Claims and Litigation Management Alliance (CLM)** * **Vestavia Hills Chamber of Commerce & Birmingham Business Alliance**

* **Speaking Engagement**: Presenter on topics such as dietary supplement litigation, insurance coverage, and e-discovery. * **Presentation**: *"eDiscovery in 2013: What You Need to Know"*, Knowledge Congress, February 6, 2013. * **Co-Author**: *"Breaking down homeowners liability insurance coverage for coronavirus-related claims"*, Memphis Business Journal, April 14, 2020.