Austin Underwood

Birmingham, AL

About Austin Underwood

Austin Underwood advocates for veterans pursuing VA disability benefits at Wettermark Keith, which he joined in 2024 shortly after finishing law school. A North Alabama native with personal connections to the veteran community, he graduated cum laude from the University of North Alabama in 2020 with a professional finance degree before earning his J.D. from Mississippi College School of Law in May 2024. His practice centers on disability claims and appeals for veterans across the firm's multi-state footprint.

Proven verdicts and settlements at Wettermark Keith Personal Injury Lawyers

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$5 millionVerdictTop 20 in Tennessee · #8

A Shelby County jury found Norfolk Southern 100 percent at fault after veteran conductor Thomas David Jordan was struck by a passing BNSF train while working between dangerously close tracks in South Memphis, awarding $5 million under the Federal Employers' Liability Act. Wettermark Keith co-founder Chris Keith was counsel of record for Jordan, and the Tennessee Court of Appeals affirmed the judgment entered on the verdict in 2009.

Circuit Court of Shelby County (Memphis), Tennessee · 2006Workplace InjuryRead the full story →

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