Lawyer Profile

Law School - University of Alabama School of Law

Bar Admission - 9/25/1981

Law Office Locations: Birmingham

Geographic Areas Served: All counties in Alabama

James T. Sasser

James T. Sasser, Attorney at Law

1678 Montgomery Highway, #104

Birmingham, AL 35216

Phone: 256-390-1050

Overview

James T. Sasser dedicates his practice primarily to Governmental Affairs and Administrative Law. His practice, James T. Sasser Attorney at Law is located in Birmingham, Alabama.

Areas of Practice:
Governmental Affairs
Administrative Law     

Admissions:
Admitted to practice in Alabama in 1981 and Georgia in 2007. Admitted to all United States District Courts in Alabama and to the United States District Courts for the Middle District and Northern District of Georgia.  Admitted to the Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals. Admitted to the United States Supreme Court and the United States Court of Claims.

Memberships:
Alabama State Bar – Member, Section on Elections, Ethics, and Government Relations Law; Former member, Legislative Liaison Committee, Committee on the Future of the Profession, Unauthorized Practice of Law Committee, Chairman, Mid-Year Meeting Committee, Disciplinary Committee, Task Force on Judicial Building, Young Lawyers Executive Committee; American Bar Association; former delegate, ABA Young Lawyers Division to three (3) ABA national meetings; Alabama Defense Lawyers Association; Defense Research Institute; Former member, American Trial Lawyers Association; Barrister, American Inns of Court (Montgomery and Etowah Counties, Alabama).

Biography

During his professional career, James T. Sasser has engaged in a civil litigation practice with trial experience in over 500 non-jury and administrative hearings and over 150 jury trials in both state and federal courts in Alabama and Georgia. The vast majority of these involved the defense of professional malpractice, personal injury, securities fraud, governmental liability, products liability, construction litigation and business tort and workers’ compensation cases.  A significant portion of his practice has also been devoted to administrative law, which has resulted in gaining expertise regarding the Alabama Administrative Procedures Act and operation of various federal and state boards and agencies.  Some of the boards/agencies James Sasser represented or practiced before are the Environmental Protection Agency, the Federal Communication Commission, the Alabama Department of Transportation, the Alabama Department of Corrections, the Alabama State Health Planning and Development Agency, the Alabama Board of Nursing, the Alabama Board of Medical Examiners, the Alabama Board of Auctioneers, the Alabama Insurance Department, the Alabama Ethics Commission, the Alabama Securities Commission, the Alabama Electronic Security Board of Licensure, the Alabama Beverage Control Board, the City of Gadsden, Alabama, the City of Gadsden Civil Service Board, and the City of Attalla, Alabama. 

Part of his responsibilities with law firms includes budgeting and handling personnel with staffs ranging from 5 to 20 people.  Additionally, his involvement with a non-profit foundation, with a budget of over $5 million per year, as a director for over twelve (12) years and chairman of the board for two (2) years, required expertise in budgeting, fund raising, personnel decisions, as well as long range planning and development.

Since January of 2011, James Sasser has devoted his professional time and practice to governmental affairs and administrative law.  The many contacts he has made throughout the years in state and federal government have been invaluable in expanding his practice.

Education:

The University of Alabama School of Law, Class of 1981    

The University of Alabama, B. A. 1978.                                                
Major:  History/English; Minor:  Biology

Experience

Upon the creation of the Alabama Wireless 9-1-1 Board in 1998, he was appointed legal counsel for the Board and continued to serve in that capacity (except for a three (3) year period between 2002 and 2005). This board was charged with overseeing the implementation of enhanced 9-1-1 service for wireless devices as well as distributing approximately $30 million per year to the 88 emergency communication districts in Alabama and wireless carriers for cost recovery. James Sasser's duties included drafting of rules and regulations, participating in drafting and lobbying for amendments to legislation, routine legal advice and representing the Board in litigation. He is currently legal counsel for the Alabama Statewide 9-1-1 Board which assumed the duties of the Alabama Wireless 9-1-1 Board in October of 2013 and took on additional duties related to all 9-1-1 service in Alabama including both wire line and wireless connections.    

 

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