Susan J. Silvernail
Attorney
Susan Silvernail started her career as a television news reporter and producer. Assigned to cover “cops and courts,” Susan got a firsthand view of attorneys and judges at work.
“As a television journalist, I learned to tell a complicated story in about a minute and a half because broadcasts are usually only 30 minutes.”
Her ability to tell a quick, concise, and accurate story has served clients well at Marsh, Rickard & Bryan. For several years now, she has focused on telling clients’ stories through video, capturing a client’s struggles in his or her own words.
“My passion is to give back to the community, to make a difference in people’s lives through being a good communicator, and to let people know that Marsh, Rickard & Bryan is here to help them during their difficult times in life.”
Areas Of Practice
- Personal Injury
- Wrongful Death
- Medical Malpractice
- Products Liability
Bar Admissions
- Alabama
- U.S. District Court, Northern District of Alabama
- U.S. District Court, Middle District of Alabama
Education
- Cumberland School of Law, Samford University, Birmingham, Alabama
- J.D. – 1990
- Honors: cum laude
- Honors: Member, Curia Honoris
- Goucher College, Towson, Maryland
- B.A. – 1978
- Honors: With Honors
Published Works
- The Tort of Bad Faith and Avoiding the $250,000 Cap on Punitive Damages, The Alabama Lawyer, March, 1990
- “Electronic Evidence Discovery in the Computer Age”, The Alabama Lawyer, May, 1997
Classes/Seminars
- Ethics for Evolving Technologies, Technology Seminar, Birmingham Bar Association, 2014
- “Internet Marketing for Lawyers”, ABICLE 2008 Law Practice: Tips from Masters, 12/17/2008 to 12/17/2008
- “Computer Access: Limitations & Remedies”, ABICLE 2008 Tort Law Update, 12/12/2008 to 12/12/2008
- “Thirty Sites in Thirty Minutes”, ALAJ Sandestin Summer Seminar, June 2008
- “Metadata: What it is & Why You Should Care”, ALAJ Seminar, 04/09/2008 to 04/09/2008
- “E-Discovery”, AAPI Winter Seminar, 02/17/2008 to 02/17/2008
- “Metadata”, Alabama Association for Justice, Summer Seminar, 2007
- New E-Discovery Rules: 2006 Amendments to FRCP, Birmingham Bar Association, 2006 to 2006
- Basic Applications for Law Practice: PowerPoint, Birmingham Bar Association, 2006 to 2006
- “New E-Discovery Rules: Amendments to the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure”, ATLA Mid-Winter Seminar, 2006 to 2006
- “DeMystifying Electronic Discovery”, NEALSA Seminar, 2005 to 2005
- “E-Discovery: Preserving the Evidence”, Discovery Update, ABICLE, 2004 to 2004
- “Sure Fire Ways to Get into E-Trouble”, ATLA Summer Seminar, 2004
- “Using PowerPoint in Civil Litigation”, “Technology for the Law Office and Courtroom”, Birmingham Bar Association, 2003 to 2003
- “Making the Most of PowerPoint Presentations”, ATLA, 2003 to 2003
- “Your Guide to the Web”, ATLA Mid-Winter Conference, 2003 to 2003
- “Practice Tips on the Internet”, Birmingham Bar Association, 2002 to 2002
- “Top Ten Web Picks”, ATLA Annual Seminar, 2000 to 2000
- “Electronic Evidence: Discovery in the Computer Age”, Business Torts and Antitrust Law Institute, ABICLE, 1998 to 1998
- “Electronic Mail”, The Litigator’s Edge, ABICLE, 1997 to 1997
- “Discovery of Electronic Data”, The Woman Advocate, ABICLE, 1996 to 1996
- “Electronic Evidence: Discovery in the Computer Age”, The Litigator’s Toolbox Seminar, ABICLE, 1996 to 1996
- “Discovery of Electronic Data”, Computers in Litigation Seminar, ABICLE, 1995 to 1995
Honors & Awards
- Birmingham Bar Foundation, Fellow, 2018
Professional Associations & Memberships
- Alabama Civil Justice Foundation, Member, Board of Directors, 2007 to 2010
- Alabama State Bar, Member, 1990
- Alabama Association for Justice, Member, 1990
- American Association for Justice, Member, 1990
- Birmingham Bar Association, Member, Grievance Committee
- American Bar Association, Member
- Legal Marketing Association, Member, 2006
Past Employment
- Pittman, Hooks, Marsh, Dutton, & Hollis, Attorney
- WBRC-TV News, Producer
- WSFA -TV News, Reporter
- WDHN-TV News, Anchor