Casey Pipes
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Extensive experience in eminent domain, municipal, and land use law, along with a broad range of general civil litigation, corporate advice, and transactional experience.
EDUCATION
Washington & Lee University (Lexington, Virginia) B.A. 1993
University of Alabama School of Law (Tuscaloosa, Alabama) J.D. 1996, cum laude
BAR ADMISSIONS
Alabama
United States District Courts of Alabama for the Southern, Middle and Northern Districts of Alabama
United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
MARTINDALE-HUBBLE RATING
AV Preeminent
SPEECHES & PUBLICATIONS
PCMA Meeting – December 7, 2011 – Birmingham, Alabama- Eminent Domain Laws of Interest to C-Store Site Owners and Operators
Strafford Webinar on Eminent Domain issues facing Local Governmental Entities – December 1, 2011 – Compliance with Federal real property acquisition rules as a condition of receiving Federal Aid
ABA Section of Real Property, Trust & Estate Law – Condemnation Committee Conference Call – June 28, 2011 – Inverse Condemnation Claims Based On Right of Way Changes Without a Physical Taking
ALI-ABA Eminent Domain and Land Valuation Litigation – February 17-19, 2011 – Coral Gables, Florida – “Right of Way Changes without a Physical Taking – Is there an Inverse Condemnation Claim?”
ALI-ABA Condemnation 101: Making the Complex Simple in Eminent Domain – February 17-19, 2011 – Coral Gables, Florida – “Working With Valuation Experts: Who, What, When, Where, How?”
CLE International – Eminent Domain in Alabama – April 22-23, 2010, Birmingham, Alabama
ALI-ABA – Condemnation101: How to Prepare and Present an Eminent Domain Case – Miami, Florida January 9, 2009 – Basic Exhibits that Help Win Condemnation Cases
ABA Section of Litigation Condemnation, Zoning and Land Use Litigation Committee and Environmental Litigation joint CLE Teleconference – February 12, 2008 – “Environmental Regulations – Compensable Takings or Permissible Legislation?”
ALI-ABA – Eminent Domain and Land Valuation Litigation – January 4, 2008 – San Francisco, California
CLE International – Land Use Law – October 28-29, 2007 – Birmingham, Alabama
ABA Annual Meeting – Section of Litigation, Condemnation, Zoning and Land Use Committee and Environmental Litigation joint panel discussion on the line between compensable and non-compensable environmental regulations – August 11, 2007.
International Right of Way Association – Chapter 24 (Alabama) Summer Conference – July 27, 2007 – Gulf Shores, Alabama – Eminent Domain in Alabama.
Lorman Education Services – July 17, 2007 – Birmingham, Alabama – Creation of Easements
National Business Institute – October 17, 2006 – Birmingham, Alabama – Eminent Domain: Legal Update
Alabama Bar Institute – October 13, 2006 – Birmingham, Alabama – What Every Real Estate Lawyer Needs to Know seminar – Drafting the Condemnation Provision in a Lease
Lorman Education Services, “Law of Easements: Legal issues and Practical Considerations in Alabama”, April 27, 2005, Mobile, Alabama.
National Business Institute, “Road and Access Law In Alabama: How to Research and Resolve Access Disputes”, March 15, 2005, Mobile, Alabama
Co-Author: “Damages to the Remainder-Loss of Parking Spaces in Condemnation Actions,” Probate and Property Magazine, May/June 2003.
Co-Author: “How to Depose an Opposing Appraiser,” The Practical Real Estate Lawyer, January 2007.
Co-Author of Alabama Chapter of ABA Section of Litigation’s Condemnation, Zoning and Land Use 50 State Compendium on Eminent Domain laws
PROFESSIONAL RECOGNITION
Best Lawyers
Eminent Domain and Condemnation Law
Land Use & Zoning Law; Litigation – Land Use & Zoning
Municipal Law
Alabama Super Lawyers – Rising Star
ASSOCIATIONS AND AFFILIATIONS
American Bar Association (Co-Chair, Section of Litigation, Condemnation, Zoning and Land Use Committee 2010-present)
Alabama State Bar
Mobile County Bar Association
Baldwin County Bar Association
Alabama Association of Municipal Attorneys
International Right of Way Association
SIGNIFICANT CASES
Spottswood v. Stewart Title Guar. Co., 2010 WL 2595092 (S.D. Ala. June 23, 2010)
Weeks v. Herlong, 31 So.3d 122 (Ala.Civ.App. 2009)
Alabama Dept. of Transp. v. Williams, 984 So.2d 1092 (Ala. 2007)
Weeks v. Herlong, 951 So.2d 670 (Ala. 2006)
Clanton v. Inter.net Global, LLC, 435 F.3d 1319 (11th Cir. 2006)
City of Foley Bd. Adjustments v. H&S Southern Graphics, 878 So.2d 294 (Ala. 2003)
Comalander v. Spottswood, 846 So.2d 1086 (Ala. 2002)
Ex parte Tuscaloosa County, 825 So.2d 729 (Ala. 2001)
