E-mail: dgw@cunninghambounds.com
Phone: 251-471-6191
Fax: 251-479-1031

David G. Wirtes, Jr. is a member of Cunningham Bounds, LLC. He is responsible for legal research, motion practice, and appeals.

He graduated from the University of the South, Sewanee, Tennessee, with a B.A. in 1981. He then attended the Cumberland School of Law of Samford University in Birmingham, Alabama earning his J.D. in 1985. During law school, he was Articles Editor of the Adelphia Law Journal and an Associate Editor of The American Journal of Trial Advocacy.

Affiliations

Mr. Wirtes is active in numerous professional organizations. He is a member of the Mobile County Bar Association and has served on many of its committees, including as Chairman, Ethics Committee; Chairman, Bench and Bar Conference Committee; Co-chairman, Alternative Dispute Resolution Committee; Member, Grievance Committee. He is a member of the Alabama State Bar Association (1985-present), and has served on its Ethics Committee and its Long-Range Planning Committee. He is also a member of the Alabama Supreme Court's Standing Committee on the Rules of Appellate Procedure.

Mr. Wirtes is also actively involved with the American Association for Justice (formerly Association of Trial Lawyers of America), where he has served as Sustaining Member; Member, Amicus Curiae Committee (1999-present); Member, Board of Governors (2002-2004); Alabama Delegate (1999-2001); and ATLA PAC Eagle.

Mr. Wirtes is also a Sustaining Member of the Alabama Association for Justice and has served in numerous capacities, including as Member, Executive Committee (1997-present); Board of Governors (1992-96); Co-editor, the Alabama Association for Justice Journal (1996-present); Member, Amicus Curiae Committee (1990-present); and Chairman (1997–2005).

Mr. Wirtes is a Fellow of the Litigation Counsel of America ("LCA"), the first President of LCA's Order of Certus (an honorary society of appellate specialists), a Sustaining Fellow of the Roscoe Pound Institute, and a Sustaining Member and the former Alabama Representative for Public Justice. He has also been named one of the Best Lawyers in America®

Mr. Wirtes is a frequent lecturer at Continuing Legal Education seminars, and has spoken on such topics as Defeating Unlawful Discrimination in Jury Selection, Appellate Practice, Perfecting the Appeal, HIPAA and Ex parte Contacts, Recent Updates on the Law, Electronic Discovery, Arbitration, and Immunity.

Mr. Wirtes resides in Point Clear with his two children, Melly and Joe.

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