PRACTICE EXPERIENCE:
Mr. Woodford graduated with honors from Duke University and the Washington & Lee University School of Law. Before moving to Mobile in 1996, Mr. Woodford practiced in Washington with a large multinational law firm. AV-rated by Martindale-Hubbell, Mr. Woodford’s practice focuses on labor and employment representing management, including:

• Representing private and public employers in litigation involving all areas of employment law.

• Representing employers before state and federal enforcement and regulatory agencies, including the EEOC and the Department of Labor (OSHA and Wage–Hour Administration).

• Drafting employment policies and procedures, employee handbooks, employment contracts, non-compete agreements, trade secret agreements and drug testing programs.

• Counseling employers in all aspects of employment law.

Mr. Woodford is a member of the Society for Human Resource Management, including the National, Mobile and Baldwin County chapters; the Labor Relations Research Association; the Labor and Employment Sections of the American Bar Association, the Florida Bar, the Alabama State Bar and the District of Columbia Bar.

AREAS OF LAW:
Labor and Employment
Litigation and Counseling
Complex Civil Litigation
Intellectual Property
Antitrust
Environmental
Transportation

EDUCATION:
Washington & Lee University, J.D., cum laude, 1987 (W. Baker Hall Scholar )
Duke University, A.B., cum laude, 1983
Adjunct Professor, Business Law, Department of Management, Mitchell College of Business, University of South Alabama, Fall 2005-present
Adjunct Professor, Constitutional Law, Department of Political Science, Spring Hill College, Fall 2006

MEMBERSHIPS:
Alabama Bar Association

ADMITTED:
Alabama, 1995
Florida, 2002
District of Columbia, 1988
Virginia, 1989
Pennsylvania, 1987 (Inactive)