JENNIFER S. HOLIFIELD

Born Normal, Illinois

PRACTICE AREA

Ms. Holifield is currently focusing her practice on Business Transactions, Insurance Defense, Commercial Litigation, Employment Law, Contracts, Collections, and Aviation Law.

PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES

Ms. Holifield was Editor in Chief, Journal of the Legal Profession in 2005 until 2006.  She authored “Taking Law School One Course at a Time:  Making Better Lawyers by Using a Focused Course Study in Law School,” 30 J. Legal Profession 129, Spring 2006.  She also authored “Avoiding Bad Faith Claims for the Insurance Professional,” NBI Seminar, Bad Faith Insurance Claims in Alabama, November, 2007, Mobile, Alabama, and “Calculation of Awards,” Sterling Education Seminar, Worker’s Compensation Law & Practice, July 2013, Mobile, Alabama.  Ms. Holifield was a member of Bench and Bar Honor Society.  She also participated in Phi Delta Phi and held office as Treasurer in 2005 until 2006.  She is currently a member of the Mobile Bar Association, Alabama State Bar, Florida State Bar, and Mobile Bar Association Women Lawyers. Ms. Holifield is also a volunteer with the South Alabama Volunteer Lawyer Program and the Sight Chair for the Lions Club of Mobile.

BAR AND COURT ADMISSIONS

Alabama State Bar 2006
U.S. District Court, Southern District of Alabama 2006
U.S. District Court, Northern District of Alabama 2006
U.S. District Court, Middle District of Alabama 2006
Florida State Bar 2007
U.S.
Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit 2008

EDUCATION

Cornell College B.A., cum laude, 1999
University of Alabama J.D., cum laude, 2006

MEDIATION PRACTICE

Ms. Holifield is registered on the Alabama State Court Mediator Roster, and available to conduct mediation in most areas of civil practice.

REPORTED CASES – FEDERAL

• SLF Holdings, LLC v. Unifi Fiber Holdings, Inc. et al, 499 F. Supp. 3d 49 (D. Del. 2020), aff’d on appeal, 2022 U.S. App. LEXIS 22819 (3d Cir. August 17, 2022)
• Larry Wireman et al v. Park National Corporation, et al, 2020 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 180399 (S. D. Ala. September 30, 2020), aff’d on appeal, 2021 U.S. App. LEXIS 21351 (11th Cir. July 20, 2021)
• In re Raymond & Assocs. LLC, 2019 Bankr. LEXIS 3613 (Bankr. S.D. Ala. November 20, 2019), aff’d by Dist. Court, 619 B.R. 14 (S.D. Ala. 2020), aff’d on appeal, 841 Fed. Appx. 138 (11th Cir. 2020)
• Clarke v. Tannin, Inc., 301 F. Supp. 3d 1150 (S.D. Ala. 2018)

REPORTED CASES – STATE

• Roberts v. Roberts, 2024 WL 3545932, 2024 Ala. Civ. App. LEXIS 84 (Ala. Civ. App. July 26, 2024)
• Eli Global, LLC v. Cieutat, 2023 Ala. LEXIS 134, 2023 WL 8291704 (Ala. Dec. 1, 2023).
• Bellingrath-Morse Found. Trust v. Huntingdon Coll., 309 So. 3d 606 (Ala. 2020)
• Naman v. Chiropractic Life Ctr., Inc., 289 So. 3d 1238 (Ala. 2019)
• Nat’l Sec. Fire & Gas. Co. v. DeWitt, 85 So. 3d 355 (Ala. 2011)
• Grace v. Std. Furniture Mfg. Co., 29 So. 3d 918 (Ala. 2009)
• White Sands Group, L.L.C. v. PRS 1, LLC, 998 So. 2d 1042 (Ala. 2008)
• Ladas Land & Dev., Inc. v. Merritt & Walding Props., L.L.P., 978 So. 2d 55 (Ala. Civ. App. 2007)

RECENT SIGNIFCANT RESULTS

• Successfully defended mother against father’s appeal of a custody order in mother’s favor, where father argued that the mother’s motion to modify custody was untimely.  Roberts v. Roberts, 2024 WL 3545932, 2024 Ala. Civ. App. LEXIS 84 (Ala. Civ. App. July 26, 2024).
• Obtained a judgment in favor of the Plaintiffs in excess of $11 million dollars, which was affirmed on appeal. Eli Global, LLC v. Cieutat, 2023 Ala. LEXIS 134, 2023 WL 8291704 (Ala. Dec. 1, 2023).
• Obtained complete dismissal of claims exceeding $65 million, which was affirmed on appeal. SLF Holdings, LLC v. Unifi Fiber Holdings, Inc. et al, 499 F. Supp. 3d 49 (D. Del. 2020), aff’d on appeal, 2022 U.S. App. LEXIS 22819 (3d Cir. August 17, 2022).
• Obtained complete dismissal of claims against bank, which was affirmed on appeal.
  Larry Wireman et al v. Park National Corporation, et al, 2020 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 180399 (S. D. Ala. September 30, 2020), aff’d on appeal, 2021 U.S. App. LEXIS 21351 (11th Cir. July 20, 2021).