W. M. Bains Fleming, III

Mr. Fleming has tried more than 25 cases in court across the State of Alabama. At home in the courtroom, he has a wide-ranging practice that includes the defense of medical malpractice claims, catastrophic person injury and wrongful death claims along with toxic and mass tort litigation. He also handles product liability, premises liability, transportation, and construction litigation matters.

Mr. Fleming also serves a mediator. He mediates cases ranging from small property damage claims, to wrongful death cases and multi-party complex cases. He is registered on the Alabama State Court Mediator Roster.

Mr. Fleming is a Martindale-Hubbell AV® Preeminent rated attorney. He has been consistently named to the Super Lawyers ® list as a Mid-South Rising Star in the practice area of Personal Injury – Medical Malpractice Defense from 2016 to 2019. He was named in B-Metro’s Magazine’s Rising Star Lawyers and Attorneys of Note in 2014.

Mr. Fleming is an active member of International Association of Defense Counsel (IADC) where he leads the Trial Techniques & Tactics Committee and serves on the steering committee for the medical liability track of IADC’s Professional Liability Roundtable. He is a graduate of the 41st Annual International Association of Defense Counsel Trial Academy.

Mr. Fleming is the Secretary-Treasurer of the Alabama Defense Lawyers Association (ADLA) and is the past President of the Young Lawyers Section of the ADLA.  Since 2014, Mr. Fleming has served on the faculty of the ADLA’s Bibb Allen Memorial Trial Academy.

He was selected to participate in the Alabama State Bar Leadership Forum Class 9 in 2013. He is a participant in the Birmingham Bar Association’s Volunteer Lawyer Program and was named to the Alabama Bar’s Pro Bono Honor Roll from 2008-2011.

In the community, Mr. Fleming is a member of the March of Dimes Golf for Babies Tournament committee.  He is also an active member of the Rotary Club of Birmingham.  His past service also includes leadership roles as the Chairman of the Rotaract Club of Birmingham Foundation and two terms as the Club’s Service Director.  He is a recipient of Rotaract’s Directors Award, the Charles A. Collat, Sr. Distinguished Service Award, and a Paul Harris Fellow. Mr. Fleming was a member of the Leadership UAB Class of 2013 and the 2010 MS Leadership Class. He is the recipient of the Birmingham Urban League Young Professionals Leadership Empowerment Award.

Mr. Fleming is also a coach for Samford University’s Cumberland School of Law’s nationally ranked Mock Trial team. In 2011, Mr. Fleming was recognized by Cumberland during the law school’s National Pro Bono Week.

Before entering law school, Mr. Fleming worked as Director of Fundraising Operations for one of Florida’s premier political consulting firms.