Biography
Tabor Novak is a senior partner in the Healthcare and Medical Liability Practice Group and has been handling and trying medical negligence and complex litigation for over 40 years.
While he has been primarily involved in the defense of medical professionals and institutions for many years, he has handled a wide range of other cases including defending Alabama’s Governor, Finance Director, Commissioner of Conservation and Natural Resources, and Congressmen; the City of Montgomery and its Police Chief; as well as numerous Alabama state agencies and boards. Tabor has defended complex commercial litigation, class actions, mass tort, environmental, product liability, and professional liability cases, and numerous other complex legal matters, and he has tried over 175 cases to jury verdict in state and federal courts. In addition to his trial work, he has maintained active appellate and business practices.
Tabor has been honored as a “Super Lawyer” in the state of Alabama from 2008 to 2024 and has been selected as one of the Top 50 Lawyers in Alabama on several occasions. He has also been a Mid-South Super Lawyer since the honor was instituted. From 2012 to 2024, Chambers USA ranked him among the top litigators in Alabama in the fields of General Commercial Litigation and Medical Malpractice Defense. He is also currently ranked as a Band One lawyer in Medical Malpractice Defense Litigation and a Band two Lawyer in General Commercial Litigation by Chambers USA. Tabor was also honored as one of the Outstanding Lawyers of America and has been recognized by Best Lawyers of America. He is also a long-time AV-rated attorney by Martindale-Hubbell and is widely recognized as one of the top litigators in the state of Alabama.
He has been a Fellow of the American College of Trial Lawyers since 1994, a member of the Alabama Law Foundation, a former member of the Federation of Insurance and Corporate Counsel, and a member of the Alabama Defense Lawyers Association.
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Tabor is a graduate of Washington & Lee University and its law school. His practice has progressed from the utilization of courtroom blackboards and colored chalk to computer graphics and high-tech trial techniques, all of which have served effective purposes in his courtroom activities.
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On the shelves in his office, along with pictures of his wife, children, and grandchildren, a client will find considerable baseball memorabilia linked to the 10 years of former active ownership of an Alabama minor league baseball franchise, which he and a small group purchased and moved from Montgomery to Birmingham, where it now flourishes as the Birmingham Barons. He loves to spend time with his family and friends and has always found ways to enjoy life away from the office.
