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Allison Alford Ingram
Of Counsel | Montgomery
Biography
Allison Ingram is Of Counsel in the Montgomery office and concentrates on civil rights defense, labor and employment law, and appellate practice.
Allison has litigated cases in both state and federal courts in Alabama. She is also admitted to practice law in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit and the U.S. District Courts for the Middle and Southern Districts of Alabama. She has orally argued cases in front of the Eleventh U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals and the Alabama Supreme Court.
She received her undergraduate degree from the University of Alabama, magna cum laude in 1989, where she was a member of Omicron Delta Kappa, Mortar Board and President of the Anderson Society. She was a founding member of THE XXXI. Allison graduated from the University of Alabama School of Law in 1992, where she was a member of the John A. Campbell Moot Court Board, the National Moot Court Team, and the Order of the Barristers. Allison clerked for the Honorable Harold Albritton, United States District Judge for the Middle District of Alabama upon graduation from Law School. She was also an American Inns of Court Pegasus Scholar of the Inner Temple – London in 1997.
Allison is a member of the Alabama State Bar, Montgomery County Bar Association, and Alabama Defense Lawyers Association. She previously served as Volunteer Chair of the Alabama State Bar Volunteer Lawyers Program Committee and received the Alabama State Bar Pro Bono Award in 2004. Allison also served as the Reporter to the Court Advisory Committee for the 2010 changes made to the Local Rules for the United States District Court for the Middle District of Alabama. She was recently named to the Planning Committee for the 2022 Eleventh Circuit Judicial Conference.
She is active in the community, having served as a member of the Junior League of Montgomery, on the boards of the Britton YMCA and Brantwood Children’s Home, as Volunteer Chair for the Montgomery Museum of Fine Arts Art Auction 2018 and President of the Montgomery Autauga Elmore Medical Alliance. She is completing her eighth year as a Girl Scout Troop Leader and serves as the Montgomery Area Service Unit Leader for the Girl Scouts of Southern Alabama. She was awarded the Volunteer Service pin by GSSA. She is an active member of First United Methodist Church where she has taught Children’s Choir, Children’s Church, Children’s and Youth Sunday School Classes and is the current chair of the FUMC Bazaar. She has also been on Montgomery First Baptist Church mission trips to Mozambique, Africa and Maracaibo, Venezuela.
She and her husband Michael are the parents of three daughters.
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Practice Areas
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NewsMay 2013 – Ball, Ball, Matthews & Novak Attorneys Selected for 2013 Alabama Super Lawyers
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Notable Cases2017 – Alabama Supreme Court affirms trial court’s order granting defendant homeowners carrier’s motion for summary judgment wherein plaintiff asserted claims of breach of contract and bad faith. (Alabama Supreme Court Case No: 1131074) 2017 – Following a week long trial, obtained a verdict in favor of the defendant insurer, with a finding that the insurance policy at issue did not provide coverage for the claims asserted by the plaintiff. (Lee County) 2017 – Summary Judgment in favor of insurer as to bad faith claims asserted by the plaintiff/insured. (Autauga County) 2016 – Successfully defended insurance company in connection with breach of contract and bad faith claims. Following a trial of the matter, the jury returned a verdict below the amount offered by the insurer before trial. (Geneva County) 2015 – Successfully defended insurance company in trial concerning payment of insurance benefits, with verdict returned being less than amount offered before trial. (Dale County) 2015 – Summary judgment entered in favor of homeowners insurance carrier as to the breach of contract claims asserted against carrier by 130 individual plaintiffs. (Calhoun County) 2015 – Summary judgment entered in favor of homeowners insurer concerning the plaintiffs’ claims of breach of contract, fraud and bad faith. (Tuscaloosa County) 2015 – Summary judgment entered in favor of timber dealer and against plaintiff, who suffered serious injuries resulting in over $500,000 in medical bills. (Calhoun County) 2015 – Successfully defended class action claim made against homeowners insurer. Following the class certification hearing, the trial court entered an order denying the plaintiff’s motion for class certification. (Chambers County) 2014 – Prevailed on appeal to the Alabama Supreme Court concerning the trial court’s ruling against homeowners insurer. Alabama Supreme Court held that trial erred in ruling against insurer and reversed the judgment of the trial court. (Baldwin Mutual Insurance Company v. Adair, 181 So. 3d 1033) 2014 – Summary judgment rendered in favor of homeowners insurer concerning the insured’s claims of bad faith. (Northern District of Alabama) 2014 – Summary judgment entered in favor of homeowners insurer as to the plaintiffs’ claims of bad faith. Christian v. Country Mutual Insurance Company, 2014 WL 2434294 (N.D. Ala. 2014) 2013 – Successfully defended homeowners insurer in connection with Plaintiffs’ claims of fraud, conversion and breach of contract. Following jury trial, case settled while case was on appeal to the Alabama Supreme Court. (Marion County) 2013 – Defendant’s verdict at the conclusion of jury trial wherein the plaintiff alleged personal injuries caused by the defendant. (Montgomery County) 2013 – Summary judgment rendered in favor of homeowners insurer as to plaintiff’s claims of breach of contract and bad faith. (Chambers County) 2013 – Summary judgment rendered in favor of homeowners insurer concerning plaintiff’s claims of breach of contract and bad faith arising out of April 27, 2011 Alabama tornadoes. (Clay County) 2013 – Summary judgment entered in favor of homeowners insurer concerning plaintiff’s claims of breach of contract and bad faith arising out of April 27, 2011 Alabama tornadoes. (Escambia County) 2012 – Summary judgment rendered in favor of homeowners insurer with respect to plaintiff’s claims of breach of contract and bad faith arising out of April 27, 2011 Alabama tornadoes. (Marion County) 2010 – Successfully defended homeowners insurer against plaintiff’s claims of breach of contract and bad faith. After week long jury trial, jury returned a verdict in the amount of $46,000. Plaintiff asked the jury to return a verdict in the amount of $2 million. (Bibb County) 2009 – Alabama Supreme Court affirms trial court’s order granting summary judgment in favor of insurer as to plaintiff’s underinsured motorists claims. (Kendall v. USAA, 23 So. 3d 1119)
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Other Reported DecisionsHarris v. Preskitt, 911 So. 2d 8 (Ala. Civ. App. 2005) – Trial court’s order enforcing settlement affirmed on appeal. Burt v. Shield Insurance Company, 902 So. 2d 692 (Ala. Civ. App. 2004) – Summary judgment in favor of defendant insurer affirmed on appeal. Rosen v. Montgomery Surgical Center, 825 So. 2d 735 (Ala. 2001) – Order dismissing plaintiff’s claims affirmed by Alabama Supreme Court.
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