Beasley Allen Law Firm, Montgomery, Alabama

Principal, Founder

Jere Beasley

Montgomery, AL

Jere Beasley, Founding lawyer

About Jere

Jere Beasley, the founding member of Beasley Allen Law Firm, has practiced law as an advocate for victims of wrongdoing since 1962. During his career, he has tried hundreds of cases. Jere’s numerous courtroom victories include landmark cases that have made a positive impact upon our society. His areas of practice include litigation in products liability, personal injury, insurance fraud, and business litigation.

Jere established a one-lawyer firm in Montgomery on Jan. 7, 1979. Now, after 40 years, the firm has received verdicts and settlements totaling over $28 billion.

Today, Beasley, Allen, Crow, Methvin, Portis & Miles, P.C., has offices in Atlanta, Dallas, Mobile, and Montgomery.  Beasley Allen is one of the country’s leading firms involved in civil litigation on behalf of claimants, having represented hundreds of thousands of people.

The driving force behind Jere’s success has been his intense commitment to his clients. He is, without a doubt, one of the leading trial lawyers in the entire country and a leading advocate for those who have been wronged.

Jere has tried more than 30 cases that have resulted in verdicts greater than $1 million, including 15 verdicts that exceeded $10 million.

Awards and Recognitions

Jere has regularly been selected to Best Lawyers, Super Lawyers and Chambers USA Leading Lawyers lists. He has been recognized four times by Lawdragon as one of the 500 Leading Plaintiff Consumer Lawyers. In 2017 he was honored by being added to the Lawdragon Plaintiff Consumer Hall of Fame.

Jere was selected as a 2016 recipient of the American Association for Justice Tonahill Award. The award is presented in recognition of outstanding and dedicated service to and support of consumers and the trial bar. The Tonahill Award is named in honor of Joe Tonahill, a respected defender of the civil justice system.

In March 2011, Jere was honored by the Southern Trial Lawyers Association with the War Horse Award. This recognition celebrates the nation’s most outstanding trial lawyers. Acknowledged leaders in their communities, the recipients have been active in practice for more than 40 years, demonstrate outstanding skill as trial advocates, and show exceptional commitment to furthering the cause of justice.

He also was selected by The Trial Lawyer magazine as a 2011 member of The Round Table: America’s 100 Most Influential Trial Lawyers. This selection places him among the top 100 civil plaintiff and criminal defense attorneys in the United States.

In 2020, The Trial Lawyer magazine and The National Law Journal recognized Jere as one of America’s 50 Most Influential Trial Lawyers. Members of America’s 50 Most Influential Trial Lawyers are among the top 50 U.S. civil plaintiff and criminal defense trial lawyers.

Publicity

Jere has been profiled in Time Magazine, Business Week, National Law Journal, Law360, The Daily Report and many other noted publications as well as national television news. He has also appeared as a lecturer throughout the country at numerous legal seminars and other events.

Chambers USA quotes sources as saying Jere is “an excellent lawyer who gets good results for his clients.”

Admissions

  • Alabama (1962)
  • U.S. Supreme Court (1982)
  • U.S. Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit (1979)
  •  U.S. District Court, Middle District of Alabama (1962)

Education

  • University of Alabama (J.D., 1962)
  • Auburn University (B.S., 1959)

Memberships

  • American Bar Association
  • Montgomery County Bar Association
  • Alabama State Bar
  • Public Justice Foundation, State Coordinator
  • Public Citizen
  • American Association for Justice
  • Alabama Association for Justice
  • Montgomery County Association for Justice
  • Roscoe Pound Foundation
  • Alabama Civil Justice Foundation
  • Montgomery Area Chamber of Commerce – Board of Directors
  • Montgomery Area Business Committee for the Arts (MABCA)
  • Trial Lawyers for Public Justice
  • Public Justice Foundation
  • Georgia Trial Lawyers Association

Recognition & Awards

  • Southern Trial Lawyers Association “War Horse” award
  • America’s 50 Most Influential Trial Lawyers (2020)
  • Lawdragon 500 Leading Plaintiff Consumer Lawyers
  • Lawdragon Hall of Fame (2017)
  • Midsouth Super Lawyers
  • Martindale AV Rated
  • Best Lawyers
  • Best Lawyers 2014 Montgomery Personal Injury Litigation – Plaintiffs Lawyer of the Year
  • Business Alabama Magazine – Top 10 Largest Alabama Jury Verdict Awards

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