Local Lawyer Receives State Defense Lawyers Association Award

At its annual meeting in June, the Alabama Defense Lawyers Association (ADLA) honored Mobile Bar Association (MBA) Immediate Past President Forrest Latta with the Louise and Ed Livingston Award for his service and dedication to the ADLA membership over 40 years, according to the MBA July newsletter. Latta’s role in the vanguard of Alabama’s tort and court reform efforts of the 1990s and 2000s began with his appointment to ADLA’s Amicus Curiae Committee in 1993. He wrote briefs in the Alabama and U.S. supreme courts on issues such as punitive damages, tort reform, wrongful death, contributory negligence, dram shop liability and employee benefits. He traveled the state and nation speaking and writing articles for local and national publications, advancing reforms that shaped Alabama’s current legal landscape.