Hirlye Lutz
VerifiedAbout Hirlye Lutz
Hirlye 'Ryan' Lutz III is a Principal at Cory Watson Attorneys in Birmingham, Alabama. His practice focuses on Class Action and Complex Litigation, helping those injured by large corporations.
Lutz earned his Juris Doctor from Cumberland School of Law at Samford University and his undergraduate degree from Auburn University. He is admitted to the Alabama State Bar, multiple U.S. Courts of Appeals (Eleventh, Fifth, and Ninth Circuits), and U.S. District Courts across Alabama, California, Georgia, Indiana, Mississippi, Ohio, Texas, and Wisconsin, plus state courts in several other states.
A Birmingham native, Lutz joined Cory Watson in 2006 and has served in leading roles in Multi-District Litigation involving medical devices and defective products. He recently served as Co-Lead Counsel in a product liability case against Nissan that secured a $25 million verdict for plaintiffs. His honors include Super Lawyers (2016, 2022-2025), Best Lawyers in America (2020-2026), and Birmingham Business Journal Top 40 Under 40 (2019). He serves as Board Member and President of the TumTum Tree Foundation.
Notable case results
A Los Angeles jury found a defective brake sensor in a 2004 Infiniti QX56 caused the 2012 Hollywood crash that killed a mother and her two daughters, and the $25 million verdict was later upheld on appeal.
A Birmingham jury awarded $10 million to the family of Angela McCall, a 34-year-old mother of three struck and killed by a speeding driver who pulled a gun on witnesses and then fled the scene.
Co-Lead Counsel in product liability verdict against Nissan
Prior results do not guarantee a similar outcome. Each case is unique and depends on its own facts.
