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Stephen A. Strickland 
Birmingham, Alabama,
Of Counsel
phone 205-545-8327
877-717-3958
fax 205-930-9809
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Stephen A. Strickland is a partner of the Birmingham, Alabama law firm of Jaffe & Drennan, P.C. The firm concentrates in the area of criminal defense and personal injury, with Mr. Strickland specializing in the areas of personal injury, civil rights, appellate practice in the State and Federal Courts (civil and criminal), and post-conviction proceedings. Mr. Strickland won most of the successful appellate cases listed on this web site. Stephen Strickland was born in Savannah, Georgia, lived in Louisiana and Florida, but he always wanted to live in his father's native State of Alabama. Mr. Strickland obtained his B.A. degree at Stetson University in Deland, Florida. Mr. Strickland obtained his J.D. degree from Cumberland Law School in 1990 in Birmingham, Alabama, and he was awarded the American Jurisprudence Book Award in the area of Administrative Law. Mr. Strickland began his career as a law clerk for Richard Jaffe in 1988. When Mr. Strickland took the bar examination, he scored the extremely high score of 158 on the M.B.E.

Mr. Strickland is licensed to practice law in Alabama, Colorado, the United States Supreme Court, Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals, and the Northern, Middle, and Southern United States District Courts of Alabama.

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Areas of Practice:
Civil Rights
Criminal Law
Employment Discrimination -- Employee
Employment Discrimination -- Employer
Personal Injury -- Defense
Personal Injury -- Plaintiff
Federal Appellate Practice
State Appellate Practice
Litigation Percentage:
90% of Practice Devoted to Litigation
Bar Admissions:
Alabama, 1990
Colorado, 1993
U.S. District Court Northern District of Alabama, 1991
U.S. District Court Middle District of Alabama, 1991
U.S. District Court Southern District of Alabama, 1991
U.S. Court of Appeals 11th Circuit, 1992
Supreme Court of the United States of America
Education:
Cumberland School of Law, Samford University, Birmingham, Alabama


Professional Associations and Memberships:
National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers (NACDL)


Alabama Criminal Defense Lawyers Association (ACDLA)


Fraternities/Sororities:
Alpha Tau Omega