Wes Laird began his own law firm in Covington County in 1987, now known as Laird, Baker & Blackstock in Opp.  Wes concentrates his practice in personal injury and wrongful death, with a primary focus on trucking litigation.  He is a sustaining and executive member of ALAJ, a member of the American Association for Justice (AAJ), and has been recognized by the National Trial Lawyers Association as a Top 100 Trial Lawyer in Alabama.  Wes is President of the Alabama Civil Justice Foundation and a member of the Board of Directors of Southern Independent Bank, which he helped organize in 2006.  Wes is married to Deidra Rice Laird and they have two daughters who are both married with careers in Huntsville.

Ben Baker is a principal with Beasley Allen and his practice focuses on product liability and crashworthiness cases. He is a Sustaining and Executive Committee member of ALAJ and a member of the American Association for Justice, Mont­gomery County Bar, and the Southern Trial Lawyers Association. Ben has also been included in Super Lawyers consistently since 2010 and Best Lawyers since 2013. He has also recently published a book titled "Tire Litigation: A Primer." Ben is married to Kimberly Baker and they have three children. He is also admitted to practice law in Georgia, New York, Oklahoma, Tennessee, and Washington D.C. 

Clint Mountain is the managing partner with the law firm of Mountain & Mountain in Tuscaloosa. Raised in Montgomery, Alabama, he obtained his undergraduate degree in business management from the University of Alabama in 2000 and his J.D. from the University of Alabama School of Law in 2003.

Clint has been named Business Alabama Magazines Top Young Lawyers, Alabama Super Lawyers Top 40 under 40, served as past chair of the AAJ’s Emerging Leaders Caucus and as Junior Board President of the Alabama Civil Justice Foundation. Clint has previously served on the Board of Directors of the Alabama Civil Justice Foundation and T-Town Paws. 

Lucy E. Tufts is a partner with the firm of Cunningham Bounds, LLC in Mobile. An Alabama native, she graduated magna cum laude from Georgetown Law Center in the top 5% of her class. Her areas of practice include business litigation, complex litigation, product liability, industrial accidents, personal injury, trucking litigation, and wrongful death. Lucy is a fellow of the International Academy of Trial Lawyers and is a Certified Civil Trial Specialist by the National Board of Trial Advocacy. Lucy has obtained multi million dollar verdicts, judgements, and settlements on behalf of her clients. She was recently named a "Winning Litigator" by the National Law Journal, and several of her multi-million dollar results were profiled in its special report, "Winning."

Christy began practicing law with the firm now known as Jinks Crow in 1997. With over 25 years of experience in civil litigation. Christy has represented individuals and families throughout Alabama and Georgia in claims involving personal injuries, wrongful death, product liability, class actions, and a variety of other claims. Christy served as the President of the Alabama State Bar in 2019-2020. Christy is a past chair of the Women's Caucus of ALAJ. Christy and her husband, Van Wadsworth, continue to live in Union Springs and have three children and a son-in-law.

Erik is a partner with the firm of Heninger Garrison Davis in Birmingham. Erik concentrates his practice on personal injury litigation focusing on brain and spinal injuries, medical negligence, trucking litigation and nursing home litigation. He currently represents the 10th Judicial Circuit as an Alabama State Bar Commissioner and serves on the Executive Committee of the Birmingham Bar Association.  He is a member of the Alabama Chapter of the American Board of Trial Advocates (ABOTA); is “AV” rated by Martindale-Hubbell; and is a Fellow of the American Association of Justice’s (AAJ) National College of Advocacy (NCA).  Erik graduated from Birmingham-Southern College and Cumberland School of Law. He is married to Kimberly Anne Heninger.