Walker "Percy" Badham III, Founding Parter - Retired
A founding partner of Badham & Buck, Percy Badham practiced law for 35 years. Before stepping back from actively practicing, Percy focused on complex litigation, business disputes, insurance coverage, and class actions. Percy was a leader in various professional organizations and bar activities at the local and state levels. He served as President of the Alabama Young Lawyers (1990-1991), Director of the Trial Academy for the Tort Trial and Insurance Practice Section of the American Bar Association (2004), and was voted into the Best Lawyers (2006-2011) and Super Lawyers (2008-2020). In 2019, Percy was awarded the J. Anthony “Tony” McLain Professionalism Award by the Alabama State Bar.
Percy has been active in many civic and community organizations including the Downtown Kiwanis Club and the Monday Morning Quarterback Club. He is a graduate of Leadership Birmingham.
EDUCATION:
University of Alabama School of Law (J.D. 1982); summa cum laude; Order of the Coif; Dean M. Leigh Harrison Award; Alabama Law Review; Davidson College (B.A. 1979)
ADMITTED:
1982, Alabama; U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Alabama; U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Alabama; U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Alabama; 11th Circuit Court of Appeals; U.S. Supreme Court
PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS:
Past President, University of Alabama School of Law Foundation; American Bar Association (Director, TIPS Trial Academy, 2004; Former Council Member, Tort Trial and Insurance Practice Section, 2005-2007); Birmingham Bar Association; Alabama State Bar (President, Young Lawyers Section, 1990-1991); International Association of Defense Counsel; Inns of Court
HONORS:
J. Anthony “Tony” McLain Professionalism Award by the Alabama State Bar (2019) – This award is given to recognize members of the Alabama State Bar for distinguished service in the advancement of professionalism
Super Lawyers 2008-2021 (Rated Top 50 Attorneys in Alabama in 2010, 2011, 2016 and 2017, Top 50 in Mid-South in 2020, and Top 10 from 2012 – 2015; Recognized in Business Litigation for 2021)
Fellow of the Alabama Law Foundation and the Birmingham Bar Foundation