James W. Porter III
Jay Porter primarily represents clients in all phases of civil litigation matters. He has extensive experience at both the trial and appellate levels in cases involving a wide spectrum of issues. Mr. Porter joined Haskell Slaughter in 2006 after serving in 2005-2006 as Law Clerk to Senior United States District Judge Robert B. Propst, Northern District of Alabama.
Mr. Porter is a 2005 graduate of the University of Alabama School of Law and a 2000 graduate of Dartmouth College, where he received an A.B. in Classical Archaeology. At the University of Alabama, Mr. Porter's many activities included serving as a Senior Editor of the Alabama Law Review, as a member of the Campbell Moot Court Board, and as Defense Counsel for the Honor Court. Before attending law school, Mr. Porter was a personal fund manager with Brown Brothers Harriman & Co. in Boston. Mr. Porter is a former White House intern.
Mr. Porter practices out of Haskell Slaughter's Washington, D. C., office.
Admitted to practice:
Alabama, Northern District of Alabama, Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals
District of Columbia
United States Supreme Court
Dartmouth College (A.B., 2000)
University of Alabama (J.D., cum laude, 2005)
(Senior Editor, Alabama Law Review; Campbell Moot Court Board; Honor Court Defense Counsel; Bench & Bar)
