Mr. Waller began his career with Smith, Gambrell and Russell in Atlanta, Georgia, in 1975 in defense oriented litigation. Mr. Waller's practice at
    that time included representation of architects, engineers and other design professionals in construction litigation and accountants in errors and
    omission matters.  Mr. Waller represented insurance carriers in bad faith and insurance coverage matters and defended insureds in individual
    and class action matters.  He also represented corporate defendants in numerous commercial litigation matters.

    In 1980, Mr. Waller joined the Birmingham, Alabama firm Haskell, Slaughter, Young & Rediker. His practice focused on the same general areas as
    at the Smith, Gambrell and Russell firm with the addition of Title VII and other employment related matters as well as increased involvement with
    class action cases.

    In 1984, Mr. Waller took a leave of absence to serve as an attorney to Commissioner Terry Calvani of the Federal Trade Commission. Mr. Calvani
    previously had been of counsel with the Haskell, Slaughter firm. Mr. Waller participated in both the consumer and antitrust areas at the
    Commission.

    Mr. Waller returned to Haskell, Slaughter in 1985.

    In 1996, Mr. Waller was the co-founder of the 15 attorney litigation firm of Campbell and Waller in Birmingham, Alabama. At that firm, he continued
    to practice in the area of business tort, complex civil litigation and class action matters. Mr. Waller's class action experience includes insurance,
    product liability, medical device, pharmaceutical, deceptive trade practice,and other commercial matters.

    At Campbell and Waller, Mr. Waller established a joint venture office between the Campbell firm and a California law firm in Las Vegas, Nevada.
    Through that office, with co-counsel, Mr. Waller represented a major utility in claims arising out of the Western energy crisis.  

    Mr. Waller has tried a wide variety of cases representing plaintiffs and defendants in contractual, business tort and other commercial matters, as
    well as various claims involving the insurance industry.

    News

  •   American Lawyer Media and Martindale-HubbellTM, selected Jay Waller as a "2013 Top Rated Lawyer in 'Commercial Litigation'."
  •   Selected to Alabama Super Lawyer 2010 - 2014

    Education

  • Phillips Academy Andover, MA (1967) Columbia University (B.A., 1972)
  • Emory University Law School (J.D., 1975)

    Professional Associations and Memberships

  • Alabama State Bar (1981)
  • State Bar of Georgia (1975)
  • State Bar of Nevada (1993)
  • American Bar Association
  • Birmingham Bar Association
  • Trial Lawyers for Public Justice
  • Continuing Legal Education Program Speaker
  • Served on Alabama Bar Association Grievance Committees
  • Legislative Assistant in 1972 to Senator Alan Cranston (CA) -    Majority Whip of US  Senate; involved in broad range of legislative matters
    particularly relating to Veterans affairs and the administration and oversight of the VA Hospital System        








    Ms. Slaughter is of counsel to Waller Law Office.  She received her juris doctor degree, summa cum laude, from the Cumberland School of Law
    as valedictorian of her 1990 class.  Ms. Slaughter assists Mr. Waller in representing both individuals and businesses in commercial and corporate
    litigation.  Ms. Slaughter has longstanding and varied experience in complex commercial litigation, including the injury, class actions, physician
    buyout disputes, business torts, Uniform Commercial Code and breach of warranty matters.  She also has represented waste management
    companies and landfill owners and operators with regard to environmental regulatory and litigation matters, and has experience defending
    architects, engineers, design-builders, developers, home inspectors and general contractors.  Ms. Slaughter is a member of the Alabama State
    Bar and the State Bar of Georgia.


     
Education

    CUMBERLAND SCHOOL OF LAW, Birmingham, Alabama—Juris Doctor, May 1990, Summa Cum Laude; GPA:  3.869/4.0;          
        Class Rank:  1 of 212

  •  Valedictorian of 1990 Law School Class
  •  Cumberland Law Review
  •  Curia Honoris
  •  Who’s Who Among American Law Students
  •  American Jurisprudence (Book) Awards: Civil Procedure II, Contracts I, Criminal Procedure, Decedents, Estates and Trusts,
  •  Domestic Relations,   Equitable Remedies, Real Estate Transactions, Torts I, and more
  •  Full Academic Scholarship


    SAMFORD UNIVERSITY, Birmingham, Alabama—Bachelor of Arts, Psychology, with Minor in English, June 1987 , Magna Cum Laude;
          GPA:  3.762/4.0

  •  Phi Kappa Phi Honor Society
  • Presidential Merit Scholarship Recipient
  • Samford University Honors Scholarship
  • Dean’s List
  • Sigma Tau Delta, English Honor Society
  • Phi Gamma Mu, Social Science Honor Society
  • International Studies Program (London)
  • Student Representative to Faculty Advisory Committee for Business Affairs
Attorneys
WALLER LAW OFFICE, PC
WALLER LAW OFFICE, PC
Jonathan H. Waller
Principal
Tracy H. Slaughter
Of Counsel