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Michelle L. Crunk

Michelle practices in LGWM’s Insurance Coverage and General Liability Practice Groups. Michelle’s practice primarily focuses on the representation of insurance companies in coverage disputes. She also represents insurers in extra-co... Read More »

880 Montclair Road, Suite 100, Birmingham, AL 35213

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Full Bio

Michelle practices in LGWM’s Insurance Coverage and General Liability Practice Groups. Michelle’s practice primarily focuses on the representation of insurance companies in coverage disputes. She also represents insurers in extra-contractual liability litigation. She is an AV Preeminent-rated attorney and recognized as a Super Lawyer in insurance coverage. She has been repeatedly recognized as one of Birmingham’s Top Lawyers and Top Women Attorneys by B-Metro Magazine. She advises insurance companies on the interpretation and application of a variety of insurance policies, including general liability, business auto/trucking liability, environmental liability, directors and officers liability, professional liability, and personal lines, including homeowners.

Michelle obtained her undergraduate degree in history from Birmingham-Southern College, where she graduated cum laude with a distinction in leadership studies. She then attended the University of Alabama School of Law where she was selected to be a member of the National Moot Court Team, Campbell Moot Court Board, Bench & Bar Legal Honor Society, and served as secretary of the Student Bar Association. She is a 2003 cum laude graduate.

Michelle is a member of the Alabama State Bar, the Alabama Defense Lawyers Association, and the Defense Research Institute (DRI), in which she served as past Chairman of the Construction Law Substantive Law Group. She has also served as Chairman of the Public Service Committee of the Birmingham Bar Association.

In addition to her work with the Bar, Michelle is a Past President of the Young Leadership Board of The Ronald McDonald House Charities of Alabama. She has also worked with the Make-A-Wish Dream Team for the Alabama-Georgia Region and was selected as a member of the Birmingham Young Leadership Class of the National MS Society. Michelle and her husband Chris are members of Highlands United Methodist Church, where she currently serves on the Board of Trustees.

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Professional Profile

Member, Alabama Bar Association
Member, Alabama Defense Lawyers Association
Member and Past Committee Chair, Birmingham Bar Association
Member and Past Committee Chair, DRI
Member, Super Lawyers

Admitted

All Alabama State Courts
The United States District Courts for the Northern, Middle and Southern Districts of Alabama
The United States Court of Appeals, 11th Circuit

Education

The University of Alabama School of Law, J.D., cum laude (2003)
Birmingham-Southern College, B.A. History, cum laude (1999)
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Cases of Note

Granite State Ins. Co. v. New Way Out, Corp., 2021 WL 1555326 (S.D. Ala. Apr. 20, 2021)

Roberts v. New Hampshire Ins. Co., 2013 WL1767797 (N.D. Ala. Apr. 23, 2013)

Nautilus Ins. Co. v. Mobile Area Mardi Gras Ass’n, 2010 WL 4269184 (S.D. Ala. Oct. 27, 2010)

Godwin v. National Union Fire Ins. Co. of Pittsburgh, Pa., 2008 WL 401131 (M.D. Ala. Feb. 12, 2008)

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Reported Cases

Ex parte Aladdin Manufacturing Corp., 305 So.3d 214 (Ala. 2019)

Ex parte Dow Corning Alabama, Inc., 297 So. 3d 373 (Ala. 2019)

Tyler v. Davis, 196 So. 3d 258 (Ala. Civ. App. 2015)

New Hampshire Ins. Co. v. Hill, 516 Fed. Appx. 803 (11th Cir. 2013)

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Practice Areas

Coverage
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General Liability
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