Joseph M. Cloud

Representative cases

• $17,398,000 Judgment in commercial arbitration case by a technology company against corporate defendant for breach of contract and fraud.
• $10,750,000 Product liability settlement in a case involving injury and death caused by a medical device.
• $5,200,000 Settlement arising out of commercial arbitration involving claims of fraud and negligence.
• $4,400,000 Settlement on behalf of individual paralyzed due to an automobile collision.
• $3,500,000 Settlement paid for injuries sustained during an explosion at an industrial plant.
• $3,300,000 Settlement for outrage and bad faith failure to pay worker’s compensation medical benefits.
• $3,000,000 Crashworthiness settlement for defective fuel tank.
• $1,100,000 Verdict in a medical malpractice case.
• $980,000 Settlement in case involving abuse by youth pastor at a church.
• $800,000 Settlement involving a legal malpractice case.
• $1,250,000 Settlement for injuries to a motorcycle driver.
• $1,750,000 Judgment arising out of a cave-in at a construction site.
• Policy limits settlement of $2,500,000 for occupants of a transit vehicle.
• $2,200,000 Settlement for amputee arising out of an industrial accident.
• $6,600,000 Settlement in a commercial fraud case.
• $1,300,000 In fraud and bad faith insurance claim.
• $750,000 For eye injury in a claim involving a defective product.
• $1,100,000 Settlement against a brokerage firm for negligence in investing funds.
• $2,500,000 Settlement for injuries at a construction site resulting in paralysis.
• $1,475,000 Settlement for degloving injuries from a defective product
• $1,100,000 Verdict in Uninsured Motorist case
• $2,000,000 Settlement on behalf of amputee as a result of defective product

Education

• Joe Cloud is a graduate of the University of Alabama and Cumberland School of Law.

Bar Admissions

• Supreme Court of the United States
• United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
• Alabama Supreme Court
• United States Federal District Court for the Northern and Middle Districts of Alabama
• Professional and community involvement
• Alabama State Bar Association
• Alabama Association for Justice, formerly known as the Alabama Trial Lawyers Association, where he served on the Board of Governors and Executive Committee for many years

Professional Recognitions

• Martindale-Hubbell AV Preeminent Rating
• Super Lawyers
• Best Lawyers in America
• Million Dollar Advocates Forum
• Multi-Million Dollar Advocates Forum
• The National Trial Lawyers Top 100 lawyers
• The National Association of Distinguished Counsel, The Nation’s Top One Percent