Academy Member Inducted 2023
Video ConferencingAvailable
- Practice Commenced2000
- # of MEDS (as of 21/4/25)200
- # of ARBS (as of 21/4/25)40
Current Practice
Online / In-Person
- BIRMINGHAM
- HUNTSVILLE/DECATUR
- MOBILE
Biographical
Jimmy Walter has been recognized in Best Lawyers in America in the specialties of arbitration, mediation, commercial litigation, banking and finance litigation, insurance litigation and securities litigation. He is also listed in Alabama Super Lawyers in the specialties of alternative dispute resolution, business litigation and civil litigation and in Mid-South Super Lawyers in specialty of alternative dispute resolution. Best Lawyers recognized Jimmy as Montgomery "Lawyer of the Year" in Arbitration (2021) and Mediation (2022).
Jimmy has more than 40 years of experience in all types of civil litigation in state and federal courts. He has extensive experience in personal injury cases as well as business and commercial litigation, including accounting, antitrust, banking, civil rights, class actions, contracts, construction, estates, financial services, fraud, insurance and real estate litigation.
Jimmy served as Chair of the Alabama Supreme Court Commission on Dispute Resolution and is a certified arbitrator and mediator registered with the Alabama Center for Dispute Resolution. He is a member of the American Arbitration Association’s Roster of Mediators as well as the American Arbitration Association's Roster of Neutrals and has served as arbitrator in numerous commercial and consumer arbitrations.
Jimmy is available to host mediations and arbitrations at Capell & Howard's offices in Montgomery, Auburn/Opelika, and Tuscaloosa.
Case Experience
- Anti-Trust
- Appellate
- Automotive
- Banking & Finance
- Business Dissolution
- Civil Rights
- Class Actions
- Commercial/Business
- Construction
- Consumer Fraud
- Contract Disputes
- Engineering
- Franchise
- Health Care
- Industrial
- Insurance
- Intellectual Property
- Landlord/Tenant
- Libel & Slander
- Local Govt./Municipalities
- Medical Malpractice
- Mortgage Foreclosure
- Natural Disasters
- Non-profit Organizations
- Nursing Homes
- Partnerships
- Personal Injury
- Pharmaceuticals
- Premises Liability
- Product Liability
- Professional Liability
- Professional Malpractice
- Professional Negligence
- Property Damage
- Railroad & Trucking
- Real Estate
- Securities
- Shareholder Disputes
- Sports
- Torts
- Transportation
- Trusts / Estates
- Unfair Competition
- Wrongful Death
Education
- J.D., summa cum laude, The University of Alabama School of Law, 1981
- B.S., Commerce, cum laude, Washington and Lee University, 1978
- Basic Mediator Training, 2000
- Foreclosure Mediator Training, 2014
- Appellate Mediator Training, 2015
Memberships & Affiliations
- Alabama State Bar
- Alabama Academy of Attorney Mediators
- Alabama Center for Dispute Resolution, President
- Alabama Supreme Court Commission on Dispute Resolution
- American Arbitration Association Roster of Mediators
- American Arbitration Association: Commercial, Consumer and Large, Complex Case Arbitration Panels
- Alabama Super Lawyers, Alternative Dispute Resolution, Business Litigation and Civil Litigation
- Mid-South Super Lawyers, Alternative Dispute Resolution
- Best Lawyers in America, Arbitration, Mediation, Commercial Litigation, Banking and Finance Litigation, Insurance Litigation and Securities Litigation
- U.S. Supreme Court
- Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals
- U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
- U.S. District Courts for the Northern, Middle and Southern Districts of Alabama
Rates Information
Mediation--$300/hour
Arbitration--$350/hour