Practice Areas:

Life and Health Insurance Litigation
General and Corporate
Insurance Regulatory

Professional Memberships:

Birmingham Bar Association
American Bar Association
Alabama State Bar
Association of Life Insurance Counsel
Alabama Association of Life Insurance Companies (Director, 1988-1991)

Bar Admissions:

Alabama, 1976
U. S. Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit
U.S. District Court, Southern and Northern Districts of Alabama

Publications:

Co-Author, "Life Insurance Law of Alabama," Vol. 35, Association of Life Insurance Counsel Proceedings, 1997

William C. Barclift

Baxley, Dillard, Dauphin, McKnight & Barclift
2008 Third Avenue South
Birmingham, AL 35233

Phone:205-271-1100
Fax:205-271-1108
email:wbarclift@bddmc.com

William C. Barclift brought years of expertise in insurance law to Baxley, Dillard, Dauphin, McKnight & Barclift when he joined the firm in 1997. While serving as General Counsel and Executive Vice President of Liberty National Life Insurance (1984-1997), and Vice President and General Counsel of Torchmark Corporation (1994-1997), Bill guided the companies through some of the most tumultuous years of plaintiff litigation in the insurance industry. He understands the business of insurance and brings skillful representation to all forms of litigation, including class actions and shareholder derivative suits.

Bill graduated from Auburn University in 1972, and the Cumberland School of Law at Samford University, cum laude, in 1976. He was admitted to the Alabama Bar in 1976. He served as Law Clerk to the Honorable Richard T. Rives, U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit, from 1976 to 1977.

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