A partner with Christian & Small LLP was appointed to serve on the International Academy of Trial Lawyers board of directors at the organization’s recent annual meeting in Kailua-Kona, Hawaii.
LaBella S. Alvis was the only woman chosen as a new board member this year. She will serve a three-year term.
As a partner at Christian & Small LLP, Alvis handles litigation matters statewide, including professional liability and medical malpractice defense, EEOC and employment liability claims, insurance defense and coverage cases. Alvis also defends liquor liability cases and is a certified ABC Board vendor trainer.
She is listed in the Best Lawyers in America and Alabama Super Lawyers.
Alvis is a member of the Alabama Defense Lawyers Association, the Federation of Insurance and Corporate Counsel, the International Association of Defense Counsel and the Alabama Law Foundation. She is also a Fellow of the International Academy of Trial Lawyers and the American Board of Trial Advocates.
Alvis was co-founder and is a past director of the Birmingham Volunteer Lawyers Association.
The International Academy of Trial Lawyers is a group of elite trial lawyers representing both prosecutors and defense lawyers in criminal cases and plaintiffs and defense counsel in civil litigation.
The Academy is limited to 500 Fellows nationally and includes lawyers from more than 30 countries. Fellowship is by invitation only and extended only after a careful vetting process.
