Kenny Cole was born into a military family at Ft. Benning, Georgia and lived throughout the United States and overseas while growing up. He went to high school in Decatur, Alabama after his father retired and the family had returned to their home state.
Cole is a true believer in the justice system. He believes that if the negligence of others plays a part in your personal injury, you should be entitled to compensation for your injuries, medical bills, lost wages, lost enjoyment of life, and suffering. Cole’s tenacity and trial experience make him one of your best choices for your personal injury attorney in Alabama.
Cole graduated from the Vanderbilt University School of Law in 1984, where he also played linebacker for the Vanderbilt Commodores.
He relies on his top quality education in addition to the lessons he has learned through his athletic experiences to develop your case to its fullest potential within the moral, ethical, and legal bounds by which he tries to live his life.
Education
J.D., Vanderbilt University School of Law, May 1984
Honors – Executive Editor, Vanderbilt Law Review
Activities – Phi Delta Phi
Moot Court Board
The University of Alabama School of Law
Attended August 1981 to May 1982
Class Standing: Top 15% (19 of 169)
Honors: Invitation to try out for Law Review (declined because of transfer to Vanderbilt Law School)
Invitation to join staff of The Journnal of the Legal Profession (declined because of transfer to Vanderbilt Law School)
Offered Law School Foundation Scholarship, 1982 – 1983 (declined because of transfer to Vanderbilt Law School)
Criminal Law – Am. Jur. Award
Recipient of Farrah Law Society Scholarship, 1981 – 1982
Activities: Treasurer, Farrah Law Society, Student Division
Treasurer-Secretary, Trial Advocacy Association
Spectrum Summary Group
B.A., English, Vanderbilt University, May 1981
Honors: Graduated magna cum laude
Phi Eta Sigma, Alpha Lambda Delta (Freshmen Honor Societies)
Attended Vanderbilt on a football scholarship
Academic All-SEC Football Team, 1978
Jurisdictions Admitted to Practice
Alabama, 1998
U.S. District Court, Northern District of Alabama, 1998
Texas, 1984 – 2003
U.S. District Court, Southern District of Texas, 1985 – 2003
U.S. District Court, Northern District of Texas, 1986 – 2003
U.S. District Court, Western District of Texas, 1987 – 2003
U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Texas, 1992 – 2003
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit, 1991 – 2003
Professional & Bar Association Memberships
Alabama State Bar
Huntsville Madison County Bar Association
Association of Trial Lawyers of America
Alabama Trial Lawyers Association
Cole and Associates, LLC 2002 -present
Bradley Arant Rose & White LLP 1998 – 2002
Sears and Cole, P.C. 1991 – 1997
Abraham Watkins 1987 – 1991 Nichols Ballard Onstad and Friend
Kirk and Carrigan 1985 – 1987
Fulbright & Jaworski 1984 – 1985
Trial Experience
Tried many more to partial stages of completion prior to settlement. Trial experience in defense and/or prosecution of cases involving breach of contract, product liability, 18 wheeler collisions, airplane crashes, wrongful death, nursing home abuse, fraud, slip and falls, deed restriction and nuisance, municipal and governmental liability, insurance bad faith,
industrial accidents, pipeline explosions, toxic exposure, negligence, auto negligence, medical malpractice, legal malpractice, and
criminal law.
Publications
Co-Author: “Pitfalls in Hospital Liability,” Medical Malpractice Conference (1988).
Co-Author: “Federal Jurisdiction, Service and Venue (Including What to Do If Your Case Is Removed),”
Texas State Bar Civial Trial Course (1985). Co-Author: Punitive Damages: A Relic That Has Outlived Its Origins,”
37 Vanderbilt Law Review 1117 (1984). Co-Author: “Special Project – An Analysis of the Legal, Social and Political Issues
Raised by Asbestos Litigation,” 35 Vanderbilt Law Review 572 (1983).
