Lloyd Copeland
Mobile, Alabama
Lloyd Copeland joined the firm in 2001 bringing with him extensive appellate experience to enhance the firm’s complex motion and appellate practice. After law school, Mr. Copeland served as law clerk for the late Judge Richard L. Holmes of the Alabama Court of Civil Appeals. He has served as an Assistant Attorney General for the State of Alabama and as the chief trial lawyer for the Mobile County District Attorney’s Office. In 1999, Mr. Copeland was named Special Assistant Attorney General in which capacity he successfully represented several Mobile County Circuit Judges in a mandamus proceeding before the Alabama Supreme Court. He is involved in all aspects of the firm’s practice, but concentrates in class actions and other complex litigation.
Mr. Copeland is married to the former Linda Dorough. He has one daughter and three grandchildren. Mr. Copeland enjoys reading, history – especially World War II history, walking, and target shooting. He is a lover of Great Dane dogs.
- Bar Admissions:
- Alabama
- U.S. District Court Northern District of Alabama
- U.S. District Court Middle District of Alabama
- U.S. District Court Southern District of Alabama
- U.S. Court of Appeals 7th Circuit
- U.S. Court of Appeals 9th Circuit
- U.S. Court of Appeals 11th Circuit
- U.S. Supreme Court
- Education:
- The University of Alabama School of Law, Tuscaloosa, Alabama, 1975
J.D.
Honors: Hugo L. Black Scholar - University of South Alabama, 1972
B.A.
Major: Political Science
- Professional Associations and Memberships:
- Alabama State Bar
- Member
- Mobile Bar Association
- Member
- Association of Trial Lawyers of America
- Member
- South Alabama Trial Lawyers Association
- Member
- Alabama Trial Lawyers Association
- Member, Amicus Curiae Committee, 2003 -2005
- Alabama Supreme Court, Rules of Procedure for the Court of the Judiciary and the Judicial Inquiry Commission
- Member, Standing Advisory Committee, 2001 – 2007
