About Mitchell Theodore

Mitchell Theodore is a Principal at Cory Watson Attorneys in Birmingham, Alabama, specializing in class action, mass torts, pharmaceutical litigation, and product liability matters.

Theodore earned his Juris Doctor from The University of Alabama School of Law and his Bachelor of Arts magna cum laude from The University of Alabama. He is admitted to the Alabama and Florida State Bars and the U.S. District Courts for the Northern and Middle Districts of Alabama.

Born and raised in Birmingham, Theodore joined Cory Watson Attorneys in 2015. He represents clients in nationwide litigation. His honors include Super Lawyers Mid-South Rising Star (2020-2021) and Mid-South Super Lawyers (2022-2025), Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch (2021-2025), and recognition as part of the National Law Journal's Top 100 Verdicts of 2020.

Proven verdicts and settlements at Cory Watson Attorneys

These results are credited to Cory Watson Attorneys. A result appears under an attorney's own name only when a published source names them as counsel on the case.

Cory Watson's Jon Conlin, a co-lead lawyer on the plaintiffs' steering committee, helped drive DuPont and Chemours to a $670.7 million global settlement resolving about 3,550 C-8 water-contamination cancer and injury claims.

U.S. District Court, S.D. Ohio (MDL 2433) · 2017Product LiabilityRead the full story →

A federal jury in Columbus found that DuPont's C-8 contamination caused Travis Abbott's testicular cancer and awarded him and his wife $50 million. After the trial court applied Ohio's cap on his wife's loss-of-consortium damages, the enforceable judgment came to about $40.3 million, which the Sixth Circuit later affirmed.

Columbus, Ohio (U.S. District Court, S.D. Ohio) · 2020Product LiabilityRead the full story →
$25 millionVerdictTop 20 of 2017 · #20

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.

Los Angeles, CA (Superior Court of California) · 2017Product LiabilityRead the full story →
$12.5 millionVerdictTop 20 in Ohio · #20

A Columbus federal jury awarded Kenneth Vigneron Sr. $2 million in compensatory and $10.5 million in punitive damages after finding DuPont's C-8 contamination caused his testicular cancer.

Columbus, Ohio (U.S. District Court, S.D. Ohio) · 2017Product LiabilityRead the full story →
$9 millionVerdictTop 20 in Alabama · #18

A Lee County jury awarded the family of 20-year-old Auburn University student Hope Johnson $9 million, a county record, after urgent care doctors missed the blood clots that killed her.

Lee County, AL (Opelika) · 2019Medical MalpracticeRead the full story →

Prior results do not guarantee a similar outcome. Each case is unique and depends on its own facts.

Practice areas

Education

University of Alabama
Undergraduate

Bar admissions & credentials

State Bar of Alabama
State Bar of Florida
State Bar of U.S. District Court, Northern District of Alabama
State Bar of U.S. District Court, Middle District of Alabama
Birmingham Bar Association
Alabama Association for Justice
American Association for Justice
Alabama State Bar Association
Florida Bar Association

Awards & recognition

Mid-South Super Lawyers (2022-2025)
Super Lawyers Rising Star (2020-2021)
Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch (2021-2025)
National Law Journal's Top 100 Verdicts of 2020
Birmingham Business Journal's NextGen in Law (2023)

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Proven verdicts and settlements from other Birmingham firms

Hare Wynn Newell & Newton
Hare Wynn Newell & Newton
$1.51 billion · Hare Wynn Serves as Co-Lead Class Counsel in $1.51 Billion Syngenta Settlement for U.S. Corn Farmers
Marsh, Rickard & Bryan
Marsh, Rickard & Bryan
$30 Million Verdict After Trauma Surgeon Started Second Elective Surgery While Gunshot Patient Bled Out
Alexander Shunnarah Trial Attorneys
Alexander Shunnarah Trial Attorneys
$20.73 million · Horry County Jury Returns Record $20.73 Million Against Myrtle Beach Lifeguard Contractor in Drowning of Father Caught in Rip Current
Heninger Garrison Davis
Heninger Garrison Davis
$64 million · Federal Jury Awards $64 Million to Charity Bingo Developers Blocked by VictoryLand
Hollis, Wright & Clay, P.C.
Hollis, Wright & Clay, P.C.
$10 Million Verdict for Deputy Mauled by Unmuzzled Police K-9 During Training

Prior results do not guarantee a similar outcome. Each case is unique and depends on its own facts.