Shawn Junkins Cole
SHAREHOLDER
Telephone 334-834-7600
Fax 334-832-7419
Email scole@hillhillcarter.com
Virtually 100% of Mrs. Cole’s practice involves workers’ compensation matters and other related and ancillary issues including retaliatory discharge/wrongful termination. She represents insurance companies, Funds, governmental entities, corporations, and other businesses, both large and small, throughout Alabama in a variety of workers’ compensation related legal matters including consultations on preventative measures to alleviate on the job injuries and to counsel businesses on handling work-related claims prior to litigation. She has worked in both private practice and as in-house counsel dealing with litigation and regulatory compliance matters for companies that underwrite workers’ compensation and employers’ liability coverage. She is a frequent lecturer on varied workers’ compensation matters including specific legal issues as well as ethics, ethical billing practices, and cost saving measures for adjusters and employers. She also participates on the county and state level in matters involving law student and attorney ethics issues. Mrs. Cole is also heavily involved in community outreach working with nonprofit organizations and serves on several non-profit boards.
Education
1993
Cumberland School of Law, Samford University Birmingham, Alabama, J.D.
1990
University of Alabama,
Tuscaloosa, Alabama, B.A.
Associations
Alabama State Bar Association
Member, Workers’ Compensation Division
Montgomery County Bar Association
Member
Montgomery County Bar Foundation
Board of Directors
Alabama Defense Lawyers Association
Member
Hugh Maddox AMERICAN Inn of Court
Member
Montgomery Claims Association
Member
Alabama Workers’ Compensation Organization
Member
Alabama Workers’ Compensation Defense Lawyers Association
Secretary
Alabama Volunteer Lawyers
Volunteer
Kiwanis Club of Montgomery
Member
Kiwanis Club of Montgomery Foundation Board
President
Alabama National Fair
Past President