Areas of Practice

Civil Litigation

Lee, Livingston, Lee & Nichols, P.C. has a tradition of defending those who have been sued. The tradition continues to date with the firm’s representation of an extensive number of insurers and corporate clients. The members of the firm regularly litigate, in counties throughout Alabama and in all federal courts, a wide variety of claims involving personal injury, property damage or other monetary or equitable relief.

Real Estate & Transactional Law

The firm maintains a full service real estate department offering its clients closing and title examination services. Lee, Livingston, Lee & Nichols, P.C. is an authorized agent for issuance of title insurance through First American Title Insurance Company. Several members of the firm are experienced transactional law attorneys with many years of experience in the representation of clients involved in complex commercial transactions. The attorneys and staff provide: residential real estate closings, commercial real estate closings, secured transactions, business organizations, and escrow services.

Estate & Probate

Lee, Livingston, Lee & Nichols, P.C. has attorneys and staff experienced in all facets of estate and probate representation, including wills and trusts, estate planning, adoption, guardianship/conservatorship, admission of foreign wills to probate in Alabama and other matters traditionally within the jurisdiction of the Probate Court.

Employment Law

Lee, Livingston, Lee & Nichols, P.C. represents employers in a variety of regulatory matters, including investigations by OSHA and the Department of Labor. The firm advises employers on individual employee-related issues and company-wide measures, including preparing employee manuals, handbooks and separation agreements. The firm also represents employers in administrative matters before the EEOC and in resulting litigation.

Attorneys at the firm have successfully defended the following types of claims: race, sex, pregnancy, national origin discrimination, age, retaliation, sexual harassment, sexual harassment, ADA claims, and various other civil rights violations.

Workers’ Compensation

Lee, Livingston, Lee & Nichols, P.C. regularly represents a variety of employers, insurers and TPAs in workers’ compensation litigation, walk-through settlements, Medicare set-asides, co-employee claims and workers’ compensation retaliatory discharge claims.

Municipal Liability

Lee, Livingston, Lee & Nichols, P.C. regularly represents municipalities and their employees in litigation matters at the State and Federal level. The firm has successfully defended police officers, police departments, municipalities, E-911 Boards, Personnel Boards, and other municipal agencies.

Construction Defect Litigation

Lee, Livingston, Lee & Nichols, P.C. regularly represents construction general contractors, subcontractors, architects, engineers and other construction trades in construction defect cases.

Credit and Collections

The firm’s attorneys are members of the Association of Credit and Collection Professionals and have experience in the defense of FDCPA, TILA and FCRA claims in state and federal courts. They are also experienced in debt collection.

Family Law

Lee, Livingston, Lee & Nichols, P.C. attorneys and staff are knowledgeable and experienced in family law matters such as divorce, post-divorce issues, custody and Grandparent’s rights.

Healthcare and Medical Liability

Lee, Livingston, Lee & Nichols, P.C. has successfully represented and defended hospitals, physicians, dentists, nurses, nursing homes and other healthcare providers throughout Southeast Alabama. Attorney Alan Livingston is recognized as a Super Lawyer in the area of medical liability defense.

Mediation and Arbitration Services

The firm represents clients in commercial disputes that must be mediated or arbitrated. Members of the firm also act as mediators and arbitrators.

Appellate Practice

Lee, Livingston, Lee & Nichols, P.C. represents individuals and businesses in litigated matters that are appealed to State and Federal Appellate Courts. The firm is experienced in writing briefs, petitions and extraordinary writs and arguing cases before Alabama Appellate Courts and the Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals. The firm can assist other attorneys in preparing legal briefs and handling appeals in cases following an adverse result at the trial court level.

Railroads

The firm is experienced in representing railroad companies in a variety of litigation matters, including crossing collisions, FELA and flooding.

Regulatory

Lee, Livingston, Lee & Nichols, P.C. has experienced attorneys who represent businesses in OSHA investigations, ADEM, EEOC and Department of Labor issues.

Insurance

In addition to defending individuals and businesses against claims of personal injury, wrongful death and other casualty loss, the firm has extensive experience in the direct defense of insurance companies in claims of uninsured motorist benefits, bad faith and fraud. The firm also has extensive experience in the area of insurance coverage law and members of the firm regularly author coverage opinions, reservation of rights letters, act as coverage counsel and litigate declaratory judgment actions to resolve coverage disputes.

Professional Liability

Lee, Livingston, Lee & Nichols, P.C. regularly represents doctors, lawyers, engineers, architects, insurance agents, insurance brokers and others in the defense of professional malpractice, errors and omissions.