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Bar Admissions

  • All State Courts of Alabama, Florida and Mississippi
  • Federal District Courts for Southern, Middle and Northern Districts of Alabama, Northern District of Florida and the Southern District of Mississippi
  • Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals

    • Member

  • Mobile Bar Association
  • Alabama State Bar
  • The Florida Bar
  • The Mississippi Bar
  • Defense Research Institute
  • The American Association for Justice
  • American Inns of Court
  • American Bar Association Tort, Trial and Insurance Section
  • Trucking Industry Defense Association (TIDA)
  • Leadership Mobile
  • Commercial Transportation Litigation Committee, Chairman

Chad C. Marchand

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Chad received his Bachelor of Science degree in Environmental Sciences from Auburn University in 1997 and earned his J.D. from Cumberland School of Law at Samford University, graduating cum laude, in 2000. While at Cumberland, Chad served as the Editor in Chief of the American Journal of Trial Advocacy, was chosen as winner of the Judge James O. Haley Mock Trial Competition, served as a Cordell Hull Legal Research and Writing Teaching Fellow, participated in the Justice Shores Moot Court Competition, and was a member of the Cumberland Trial Advocacy Board. Additionally he received Scholar of Merit Awards in Real Estate Transactions and Worker’s Compensation and remained on the Dean’s List for his entire law school career.

Chad presently serves as the Chairman of the American Bar Association Tort, Trial and Insurance Section’s Commercial Transportation Litigation Committee, is a recent graduate of the 2010 class of Leadership Mobile and was selected as one of Mobile Bay's Top 40 Under 40. He is an active member of Defense Research Institute, the Trucking Industry Defense Association, the American Inns of Court, and Mobile United, among other organizations. He has written materials and given presentations on Physician Employment Contracts; Insurance Law Update: Understanding Current Coverage Trends; Handling the Auto Injury Claim; Settling Uninsured and Underinsured Motorist Claims; Truck Accident Litigation from Start to Finish – Recent Developments in Commercial Transportation; Document Gathering, Production and Management for Litigation Paralegals in Alabama; and Advanced Legal Drafting for Alabama Paralegals.

Practice Areas

Civil Litigation; Insurance Litigation; ERISA; Products Liability; Personal Injury; Transportation Litigation; Cargo Claims; Trucking Law; Motor Carrier Defense; Commercial Litigation; Life and Health Insurance Litigation; Disability Insurance Litigation; Appellate Practice.

Law School

Cumberland School of Law of Samford University, J.D., cum laude, 2000

College

Auburn University, B.S., 1997

Biography

Editor-in-Chief, American Journal of Trial Advocacy, 1999-2000. Recipient, Scholar of Merit Awards in Worker's Compensation and Real Estate Transactions. Finalist, 1998 and Winner, 1999 James O. Haley Federal Trial Competition. Teaching Fellow, Cordell Hull Legal Research and Writing Member, Trial Advocacy Board.

Born

Tachikawa, A.B. Tokyo, Japan