Bert Spence Email & Phone Number

My background is in banking and financial services, product liability, general commercial litigation, and commercial real estate. For more than three years, I served as the chief litigation counsel in the legal department of one of the top 10 banks in the United States.My experience includes the representation of some of the country’s largest Special Servicers in CMBS problem loan remediation, including foreclosure and REO management and leasing.I have defended products for many of the largest national and international manufacturers in both personal injury (product-liability) and warranty claims.I have handled commercial litigation – including class actions — for large and small companies, including some of the largest banks and insurers in the U.S.I also successfully represented Alabama’s Governor in a constitutional challenge to the state’s property tax system. I have served as an arbitrator since 2001, in over 40 cases, all decided with reasoned (written) opinions and I was selected for inclusion on the National Arbitration Forum’s Panel of Neutrals as well as the Alabama Center For Dispute Resolution’s Roster of Arbitrators.I also wrote and worked for passage of numerous items of legislation involving Alabama’s tort laws and civil procedure, class action certifications, and healthcare laws, as well as drafting proposed amendments to the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure for the country’s leading defense bar organizations to ensure fact-based pleading and proportional discovery.