Atty. R. Todd Huntley
Todd Huntley became an associate with Starnes Davis Florie after graduating from law school in 2000 and has since become a partner. Subsequently, he has served the firm as a member of its Executive Committee and as Hiring Partner Todd’s practice is devoted to civil litigation to include professional medical liability, health care litigation, pharmaceutical and medical device litigation, long-term care litigation and representing health care providers before professional licensing boards.
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R. Todd Huntley is a Partner based in Birmingham, Alabama, practicing at Starnes Davis Florie Llp. They have 26+ years of legal experience, licensed to practice since 2000. Their practice focuses on medical malpractice, wrongful death, personal injury, tbi/sci, and elder law. Educated at Cumberland School of Law, Samford University (J.D., 2000) and Auburn University (B.A., 1996). Active member of Community Involvement •Todd takes pride in being a part of the Birmingham community, •He is a member of Mountain Brook Community Church, and •He has been extremely active in promoting and coaching youth sports throughout Alabama and the Birmingham area. Serands clients in Birmingham, AL and the surrounding metropolitan area.
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About
- Todd Huntley became an associate with Starnes Davis Florie after graduating from law school in 2000 and has since become a partner
- Subsequently, he has served the firm as a member of its Executive Committee and as Hiring Partner Todd’s practice is devoted to civil litigation to include professional medical liability, health care litigation, pharmaceutical and medical device litigation, long-term care litigation and representing health care providers before professional licensing boards
- He has tried multiple complex cases to a verdict on behalf of health care providers and corporations
- Professional Recognition •Selected by his peers for inclusion in Best Lawyers in America •Recognized as a Super Lawyer in Alabama by Mid-South Super Lawyers magazine •Member of the American Board of Trial Advocates (ABOTA) Highlights • Alabama Supreme Court granted Defendant’s Petition for writ of mandamus, overturning the trial court’s allowance of an amendment to Plaintiff’s Complaint in a retained foreign body case due to inordinate and unexplained delay in correcting fundamental errors which, in essence, left Plaintiff with no viable claims as pleaded in original Complaint. •Obtained a defense verdict in a case alleging an obstetrician mismanaged a labor and delivery by administering too much medication to augment labor in a trial of labor after cesarean section, resulting in uterine rupture and death of the child. •Obtained a defense verdict for a radiologist following an 8-day jury trial involving allegations of failure to diagnose acute appendicitis. •Obtained a defense verdict for a surgeon in a wrongful death case alleging negligent performance of a laparoscopic inguinal hernia repair. •Successfully defended an addiction medicine physician in a wrongful death suit arising out of care provided during the patient’s detoxification. •Obtained a defense verdict on behalf of a radiologist in an eight day wrongful death trial arising from allegations of failure to diagnose the patient’s brain aneurysm. •Obtained a defense verdict on behalf of a Surgery Center arising from an alleged injury occurring during the recovery period following a nerve block. •Successfully defended two surgeons in a matter involving allegations that the patient’s death was the result of failing to timely place a thoracoscopy tube in a patient with a pneumothorax and failing to timely perform a thoracotomy to address a hemothorax. •Obtained a jury verdict for two emergency medicine physicians in a case involving allegations that they failed to diagnose a myocardial infarction or impending infarction during their evaluations. •Successfully obtained a verdict in Federal District Court for a neurosurgeon in a spinal cord injury case arising from complications secondary to a foraminotomy. •Obtained a defense verdict in favor of a surgeon in a personal injury case involving complications arising from a retained foreign body following hernia surgery. •Instrumental in obtaining the first published opinion in Alabama enforcing an arbitration agreement entered into between a long-term care facility and one of its residents. •Successfully defended a surgeon in a case involving an incidental surgical fire during the removal of a facial lesion. •Obtained a defense verdict for a surgeon in a case involving his care and treatment of a colonic perforation
- Presentations and Publications •“A Broader View of Neonatal Encephalopathy: Defending the Health Care Provider” as part of the DRI Medical Liability and Health Care Law Seminar, March 12, 2015 (San Francisco, CA). •Walter W. Bates, R. Todd Huntley, William S. Starnes, Jr., “Ten Tips for Direct Examination and Cross-Examination,” 39:2 Am
- J. Trial Advoc. 339 (2015). •“Top Tips for Litigators” as part of a CLE entitled Trial Skills, December 19, 2016 (Birmingham, AL). •“How to Present Your Case at Trial” as part of a CLE entitled Building Your Civil Trial Skills, August 12, 2014 (Birmingham, AL). •“How to Present Your Case at Trial” as part of a CLE entitled Building Your Civil Trial Skills, December 21, 2012 (Birmingham, AL). •“Medicine 101 For Attorneys” as part of a CLE entitled Medical Malpractice From A-Z, September 22, 2011 (Birmingham, AL) •“Ethics Update”, Alabama Nursing Home Defense Lawyers Association, April 30, 2011 (Perdido Beach, FL)
- News & Insights • Starnes Davis Florie Obtains Multiple Appellate Victories •35 Starnes Attorneys Listed in Best Lawyers in America 2026 •Starnes Attorneys Miller & Huntley Obtain Defense Verdict in a Wrongful Death Trial •SDF Partner Todd Huntley Inducted into the American Board of Trial Advocates •33 Starnes Attorneys Listed in Best Lawyers in America 2025 •30 Starnes Attorneys Listed in Best Lawyers in America 2024 •Scott Salter & Todd Huntley Obtain a Defense Verdict for a Radiologist Following an 8-Day Jury Trial •SDF’s Eagan, Newton, Huntley, and Jones Obtain Favorable Ruling from Alabama Supreme Court •16 Starnes Attorneys Listed in the 2022 Edition of Mid-South Super Lawyers •30 SDF ATTORNEYS LISTED IN BEST LAWYERS IN AMERICA 2023 •Starnes Attorneys Huntley & Scivley Obtain Defense Verdict in Wrongful Death Trial •Mike Wright & Todd Huntley Obtain Defense Judgment in Med Mal Trial •TWENTY-TWO ATTORNEYS NAMED TO THE 2021 EDITION OF MID-SOUTH SUPER LAWYERS •29 SDF ATTORNEYS LISTED IN BEST LAWYERS IN AMERICA 2022 •Twenty-Six Attorneys Named to the 2020 Edition of Mid-South Super Lawyers •Twenty-Six SDF Attorneys Listed in Best Lawyers in America 2021 •THIRTY-ONE SDF ATTORNEYS NAMED TO THE 2019 EDITION OF MID-SOUTH SUPER LAWYERS •Thirty SDF Attorneys Listed in Best Lawyers 2020 •Twenty-Seven SDF Attorneys Listed in Best Lawyers in America 2019 •Twenty-Six SDF Lawyers Listed in the 2018 Edition of Best Lawyers in America Fun Facts • Todd enjoys spending his free time with his wife, Emily, and their three children. • If there is any time left over, he loves playing tennis and golf and, of course, watching college football. • Speaking of golf, he’s made one hole in one in his life . . . on a skulled 8 iron that deserved to be in the bottom of a lake more than the bottom of the cup. • After graduating from Auburn, Todd worked with special needs children for a year at an elementary school in his hometown of Rome, Georgia
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Medical malpractice lawyers represent patients harmed by negligent doctors, hospitals, and other providers. Free case review, no fee unless you win.
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Personal injury attorneys help accident victims recover compensation for medical bills, lost wages, and pain & suffering. Most work on contingency — no fee unless you win.
R. Todd Huntley is one of 264,852 personal injury attorneys indexed nationally. Browse personal injury attorneys in Alabama →
R. Todd Huntley is one of 10,267 tbi/sci attorneys indexed nationally. Browse tbi/sci attorneys in Alabama →
Elder law attorneys for Medicaid planning, long-term care, guardianship, conservatorship, and elder abuse.
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Practicing law in Alabama. Legal matters in Alabama are governed by state-specific rules of civil and criminal procedure, statutes of limitations, and substantive law. Cases originating in Birmingham are typically filed in the local municipal court or the appropriate Alabama state district court, depending on subject matter and amount in controversy. An attorney licensed in Alabama brings working knowledge of local procedural deadlines, judicial practices in this andnue, and the substantive law that applies to cases brought here. Out-of-state attorneys generally cannot represent clients in Alabama courts without local counsel or pro hac vice admission.
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