Pamela B. Slate
SHAREHOLDER
Telephone 334-834-7600
Fax 334-386-4381
Email pslate@hillhillcarter.com
Ms. Slate has more than 20 years of litigation experience, and is a recognized expert in complex and class action litigation, serving as lead counsel in several national cases. She holds degrees from Birmingham-Southern College, the University of Alabama at Birmingham, and Cumberland School of Law. She began practicing in the area of products liability, expanded her practice to include health care and environmental law, and ultimately became involved in class action suits.
She has been recognized by clients and colleagues alike as an expert in antitrust and RICO litigation, particularly in the health care arena. Not only does she represent corporate clients as plaintiffs and defendants in such cases, but is also often hired by other counsel as a consultant.
Alabama State Bar Leadership Forum; Alabama State Bar Disciplinary Rules Committee; Alabama Law Day Committee (Co-Chair); Birmingham Bar Ethics Committee; Birmingham Bar CLE Committee; Magic City Harvest Board; Kid One Transport Board; Impact Alabama Board; Rebuilding Together Central Alabama Board; Montgomery Dragon Boat Race & Festival Board (President and Vice President); Montgomery Rowing Club (Treasurer).
Noteworthy
- Appointed as Deputy Attorney General for the State of Alabama to defend the Alabama Department of Revenue in several class actions, including one in which a class of foreign corporate franchise tax payers sought tax refunds of approximately $1 billion from the State.
- Obtained class certification for the first class of third party payers in the country, a success that ultimately led to a $45.5 million recovery for her clients.
Practice Areas
Bar Admissions
ALABAMA
1993
MISSISSIPPI
1995
U.S. SUPREME COURT
U.S. CIRCUIT COURTS
Fifth Circuit
Eleventh Circuit
U.S. DISTRICT COURTS
Northern District of Alabama
Middle District of Alabama
Southern District of Alabama
Northern District of Mississippi
Southern District of Mississippi
District Courts in California, District of Columbia, Florida, Illinois, Louisiana, Massachusetts, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania and Tennessee
Education
1993
Cumberland School of Law, Samford University
Birmingham, Alabama, J.D., cum laude
1990
Birmingham-Southern College
Birmingham, Alabama, B.S., cum laude
1990
University of Alabama-Birmingham
Birmingham, Alabama, B.S., cum laude
Associations
ALABAMA STATE BAR ASSOCIATION
Member
ALABAMA STATE BAR LEADERSHIP FORUM
Member
ALABAMA STATE BAR’S DISCIPLINARY RULES COMMITTEE
Member