Our Attorneys

BAR ADMISSIONS
Supreme Court of Alabama, 1997

PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATIONS & MEMBERSHIPS
Alabama Trial Lawyer Association
Alabama State Bar
Madison County Bar Association
American Bar Association

AREAS OF PRACTICE
Civil Litigation
Probate
Business Law
Personal Injury
Contracts
Real Estate

EDUCATION
U.S. Army Judge Advocate General’s School, LL.M., 2006
Samford University, Cumberland School of Law, J.D., 1996
U.S. Army War College, M.S.S., 2014
University of Alabama, B.A., 1992

BAR ADMISSIONS
Supreme Court of Alabama,1997
Supreme Court of the United States, 2006

John Allen Brinkley, Jr.

John Brinkley graduated from Huntsville High, attended the University of Alabama and graduated from Athens State University and Miles College of Law. John is married to the former Kristen Leigh Davis of Pinson and they have four children. Wini (2005), John Allen (2007), Lyn (2009) and Andy (2011). He is actively engaged in the general practice of law in Alabama – handling mostly civil/plaintiff cases and criminal defense.

Upon passing the bar, John was admitted to practice in the United States District Court – Northern District of Alabama and all the state courts in Alabama. He joined the state bar and the local bar where he served on its Executive Committee. John was also on the Executive Board for the Madison County Young Lawyers Section for several years before becoming president. During his time as a board member, the Judicial Appreciation Party began and flourished into yearly event thanking the judges in Madison County, including its municipalities and towns, for their hard work. Attendees bring their significant others to meet other families in the legal community.

Additionally, John serves as a board member to the Madison County Volunteer Lawyers Program (MCVLP) when new life was breathed into the MCVLP which grew from 30 lawyers in 2005 to roughly 300 by 2012. Now, it closes over 400 cases per year assisting those who need it most and have the fewest resources to allocate to reach justice or have their day in court. John is very proud of the growth and hopes to continue assisting people in need.

The Twenty-Third Judicial Circuit appointed John as one of three attorneys to be on the Local Indigent Defense Advisory Board. This board determined the most efficient and effective method of handling indigent cases in Madison County for those facing incarceration without sufficient means to afford effective counsel. Additionally, he was one of five local attorneys placed on the Indigent Representation Administration Committee to administer the court-appointed indigent defense plan adopted in the circuit.

John has also served as a Pro Bono Task Member for the Alabama State Bar and, in 2012, he was elected to the Board of Bar Commissioners for the Twenty-Third Judicial Circuit for a three year term representing the local attorneys and the State Bar. 

MEMBERSHIPS/ASSOCIATIONS
Huntsville-Madison County Bar Association
Alabama Association of Justice
Emerging Leader for Alabama Trial Lawyers
Lawyers Helping Lawyers
Committee and Board Member
Alabama Criminal Defense Lawyers Association

COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT
Blossomwood Pool
Board Member 2008 to present
President-Elect 2010 to 2011
President 2011 to present
Mayfair Park/International League
Soccer Director 2010 to present
First United Methodist Church – Huntsville
Sunday School Teacher (three-year-old class) 2010 to present

Allen Brinkley

Allen Brinkley grew up in Huntsville graduating from Huntsville High School in 1967. He then attended Samford University and the University of Alabama where he graduated in 1971, with a degree in Banking and Finance. He received his law degree also from the University of Alabama.

Allen has maintained a diverse trial and appellate practice over three decades. In his early years, he tried many criminal cases some of which reached the appellate courts, including Clift v. State, 352 So. 2d 836, 838 (Ala. 1977) murder, and Benedict v. State, 494 So. 2d 865 (Ala. Crim. App, 1986) manslaughter. In the civil arena, he obtained the largest personal injury verdict ever rendered to date in Madison County in 1981, which was the subject of an appeal in Martison v. Cagle, 454 So. 2d 1383 (Ala. 1984). He set the record for the largest verdict ever rendered to date in Madison County in 1983, in Spragins v. First Alabama Bank, at $2.1 Million. That case went to the Supreme Court of Alabama three times, first on mandamus prior to trial, then two appeals 475 So. 2d 512 (Ala. 1985), 515 So. 2d 962 (Ala 1987). In 1983, he again set the record for the largest verdict ever rendered in Madison County at $8.25 Million in Stewart v. ATEC, which was the subject of three appeals at 628 So. 2d 467 (Ala. 1993), 652 So. 2d. 270 (Ala. Civ. App. 1994) and 674 So. 2d 1296, 1300 (Ala. Civ. App. 1995). He has tried many medical malpractice cases. See Jones v. Bradford, through Bradford, 623 So. 2d 1112 (Ala. 1993), Wells v. Storey, 792 So. 2d 1034 (Ala. 1999) and Williams v. Robinson, 512 So. 2d 58 (Ala. 1987), 69 A.L.R. 4th 861.

Allen and his long time partner, Richard Chesnut, have been involved in extensive trust and estate litigation over the years including Rodenhauser v. Doss, 819 So. 2d 616 (Ala. 2001), Howard v. Spragins, 350 So. 2d 318 (Ala. 1977). Salters v. Salters, 55 So. 2d 169 (Ala. 1989). They have also been involved in considerable fraud and business litigation including Reliable Mechanical v. Integrated Construction, 781 So. 2d 207 (Ala. 2000), Dean v. Myers, 466 So. 2d 952 (Ala 1985), Farm Country Homes v. Rigley, 404 So. 2d 573 (Ala. 1981), Magic Homes v. Jolly, 539 So. 2d 303 (Ala. Civ. App. 1988), Menedez v. Colsa Inc. 852 So. 2d 768 (Ala. Civ. App. 2002) and
Lankford v. Witmondt, 528 So. 2d 850 (Ala. 1988).

Allen is married to the former Melissa Crute of Huntsville and they have two children, John and
Rebecca, both of whom are practicing lawyers.

AREAS OF PRACTICE
Car & Truck Accidents
Product Liability
Fraud & Bad Faith
Personal Injury
Wrongful Death
Work-Related Injuries
Commercial Litigation
Nursing Home Abuse & Neglect

EDUCATION
University of Alabama, J.D., 1974
University of Alabama, B.S., 1971

BAR ADMISSIONS
Supreme Court of Alabama,1974
Supreme Court of the United States, 1977
Supreme Court of Tennessee, 2001

PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATIONS & MEMBERSHIPS
Local Bar President
Alabama Trial Lawyer Association, 1978-Present
Executive Committee, 1987-present
Board of Governors
Alabama State Bar
Tennessee State Bar
Association of Trial Lawyers of America