Houston County Collections Lawyers

40 years of legal and business experience; A businessman who knew the law; A lawyer who knows business; Founder of The Sheffield Workers Comp Fund; Former CEO of Accident Insurance Company; 15 years of corporate and general legal experience.

Austin Burdick graduated summa cum laude from the University of Montevallo, where he studied History. He then attended the Birmingham School of Law at night and worked full time during the day to support his young family. Austin graduated in the top third of his class in law school. While attending law school Austin worked for Merrill Legal Solutions were he gained valuable courtroom and deposition experience as a trial consultant. As a trial consultant, Austin consulted on high profile cases including Richard Scrushy v. HealthSouth. After four years with Merrill Austin entered private practice with a local law firm. After...

Practicing transactional and litigation attorney with special emphasis in construction law and non-compete matters. Experienced in the protection of payment rights of commercial subcontractors and vendors through the Alabama Prompt Pay Act, lien laws and the review and enforcement of commercial subcontract rights and obligations. Also experienced in the protection of insureds against bad faith failures to provide coverage on valid claims and in personal injury matters including products liability. In addition, I am a registered civil mediator with the Alabama Center for Dispute Resolution and a registered arbitrator with the Better Business Bureau.

Winston Grow has over 25 years of experience in handling contract, construction defect and professional liability claims. He has tried a number of jury trials to verdict, and has tried numerous bench trials and arbitrations. He has defended catastrophic injury and wrongful death claims. Winston’s construction experience includes defending the lead architect in five separate multimillion dollar construction defect lawsuits involving high rise condominiums along the Alabama Gulf Coast, as well as representing one of the largest financial institutions in the Southeast in several multimillion dollar construction defect claims. As part of his construction and contract practice,...