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About John Spade
John R. Spade is a Texas native who has called Alabama home for more than twenty years. He earned a B.A. in Economics from Auburn University in 2011 and a J.D. from Cumberland School of Law in 2015, where he was a four-time member of Cumberland's national trial team, a Scholar of Merit in Pre-Trial Practice and Procedure, and an articles editor for the American Journal of Trial Advocacy. He joined Hollis Wright directly from law school and has exclusively represented injured plaintiffs throughout his career.
Spade's practice spans commercial and motor vehicle collisions, dram shop liability, construction and premises liability, insurance bad faith, prescription errors, products liability, and wrongful death. He handles cases primarily in Alabama and throughout the Southeast. He is recognized by The National Trial Lawyers as a Top 40 Under 40 attorney, has received Super Lawyers Rising Star recognition, and is listed in Best Lawyers' Top Attorneys in the Mid-South Rising Stars.
Proven verdicts and settlements at Hollis, Wright & Clay, P.C.
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A Jefferson County jury awarded $10 million to Sheriff's Deputy Aimee Jo Brasher after Hueytown Police Officer David McIntosh allowed his narcotics dog, Rocco, to run uncontrolled and unmuzzled during a May 2021 training exercise, mauling her face and body.
A Montgomery County jury returned $2.56 million on July 24, 2025, for Wilshondra Soles, 32, of Montgomery, against the City of Montgomery and police officer Damian J. Smith. Smith was answering an emergency call at 111 mph with lights and sirens on East South Boulevard when he failed to slow at the Strathmore Drive intersection and struck Soles, who had a green light. She suffered a head wound that left a permanent forehead scar and a broken right wrist that needed surgery.
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