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Our FirmLindsey M. EastwoodLindsey M. Eastwood is an experienced trial lawyer who specializes in Probate and Estate Administration; Wills, Trusts, and Estate Planning; and Civil Litigation. She understands the stress associated with estate planning and litigation disputes. She provides excellent legal services to her clients and reasonable and predictable fee structures. She takes a compassionate approach to handling your legal affairs.
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Lindsey has a strong background in writing and composition that enables her to excel at drafting pleadings in Probate and Estate Administration and Estate Planning documents, such as Wills and Trusts. Her writing talent in motion practice is a significant benefit of retaining her as counsel. In addition to her writing skills, Lindsey is also a very successful litigator in civil and probate courts. She recently obtained a $500,000 settlement in a beneficiary designation dispute over capacity and $111,000 judgment in a contested probate fraud case. She also has many successful jury verdicts in trial in Jefferson and Madison County.
Before starting her own practice, Lindsey worked for some of the top trial lawyers in Alabama, which gave her the benefit of taking numerous depositions and successfully trying jury trials. Her litigation experience helps her evaluate cases with a "big picture" mentality and maximize returns whether a jury trial is needed. On occasion, she also resolves cases through mediation and arbitration, which can sometimes be cost-saving. A key focus of her practice is also estate planning, wills, trusts, estate and probate administration, and civil litigation, which involves drafting legal instruments and trial work. Lindsey is licensed to practice in all state courts in Alabama, the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Alabama, and the Eleventh Circuit of the United States Court of Appeals.
Lindsey serves as Chairperson of the Birmingham Bar Association's Probate Section. She and her family attend Pleasant Hill United Methodist Church. Lindsey lives in Hoover with her husband and two daughters.
Lindsey earned her J.D. from Cumberland School of Law, where she was a finalist in the Donworth Moot Court Competition. Prior to law school, Lindsey attended Birmingham-Southern College where she received a B.A. in English and a minor in classics. At Birmingham-Southern, Lindsey was also an active member of the Student Government Association and Alpha Omicron Pi Women’s Fraternity.
Bar Admissions
Alabama State Bar, 2014
U.S. District Court of the Northern District of Alabama
U.S. Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit
Education
Cumberland School of Law,
Samford University (2014, J.D.)
Birmingham-Southern College
(2010, B.A. English, cum laude)
Bar Memberships
Alabama State Bar
Birmingham Bar Association
Probate Section, Solo/Small Firm Section
Bessemer Bar Association
Before starting her own practice, Lindsey worked for some of the top trial lawyers in Alabama, which gave her the benefit of taking numerous depositions and successfully trying jury trials. Her litigation experience helps her evaluate cases with a "big picture" mentality and maximize returns whether a jury trial is needed. On occasion, she also resolves cases through mediation and arbitration, which can sometimes be cost-saving. A key focus of her practice is also estate planning, wills, trusts, estate and probate administration, and civil litigation, which involves drafting legal instruments and trial work. Lindsey is licensed to practice in all state courts in Alabama, the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Alabama, and the Eleventh Circuit of the United States Court of Appeals.
Lindsey serves as Chairperson of the Birmingham Bar Association's Probate Section. She and her family attend Pleasant Hill United Methodist Church. Lindsey lives in Hoover with her husband and two daughters.
Lindsey earned her J.D. from Cumberland School of Law, where she was a finalist in the Donworth Moot Court Competition. Prior to law school, Lindsey attended Birmingham-Southern College where she received a B.A. in English and a minor in classics. At Birmingham-Southern, Lindsey was also an active member of the Student Government Association and Alpha Omicron Pi Women’s Fraternity.
Bar Admissions
Alabama State Bar, 2014
U.S. District Court of the Northern District of Alabama
U.S. Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit
Education
Cumberland School of Law,
Samford University (2014, J.D.)
Birmingham-Southern College
(2010, B.A. English, cum laude)
Bar Memberships
Alabama State Bar
Birmingham Bar Association
Probate Section, Solo/Small Firm Section
Bessemer Bar Association
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Ashley Rushton
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Bar Admissions
Alabama State Bar, 2023
Education
Cumberland School of Law,
Samford University (2023, J.D.)
Troy University
(2019, B.S. Political Science, summa cum laude)
Bar Memberships
Alabama State Bar
Birmingham Bar Association
Probate Section, Solo/Small Firm Section
Bessemer Bar Association
Alabama State Bar, 2023
Education
Cumberland School of Law,
Samford University (2023, J.D.)
Troy University
(2019, B.S. Political Science, summa cum laude)
Bar Memberships
Alabama State Bar
Birmingham Bar Association
Probate Section, Solo/Small Firm Section
Bessemer Bar Association
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Bayley Gamble
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Bayley assists the firm attorneys in drafting pleadings; submitting requests for renunciation and bond applications; drafting publication notices, objecting to creditor claims, filing inventories, and many other duties. She also assists with notification of Medicaid, which is required in every Alabama estate regardless of a decedent's wealth. She also conducts property searches and reviews tax records, title reports, and lien information.
Bayley is an asset to the firm, and she has excellent relationships with our clients. In her spare time, she enjoys reading, camping, and spending time with her family and her church.
Education
University of Alabama at Birmingham
(2022, B.S. Criminal Justice)
Bayley is an asset to the firm, and she has excellent relationships with our clients. In her spare time, she enjoys reading, camping, and spending time with her family and her church.
Education
University of Alabama at Birmingham
(2022, B.S. Criminal Justice)