During nearly seventeen years of law practice, Bruce has tried commercial disputes, fraud cases, environmental claims, and wrongful death and personal injury cases. He has significant experience defending high exposure personal injury and wrongful death litigation. Bruce served as national coordinating counsel for a pharmaceutical company in the phen-fen litigation, and serves as state or regional counsel for a number of product manufacturers, including those who make heavy trucks and other vehicles, electrical equipment, and pharmaceuticals and medical devices.  Bruce served as the President of the Alabama Defense Lawyers Association (ADLA) for 2007-08 and has served on the ADLA Board of Directors since 1999. He is a Fellow of the American Bar Foundation and is an active member of the International Association of Defense Counsel (IADC), and the Defense Research Institute (DRI). Bruce serves as the DRI State Representative for Alabama (2008-2011). He also is active in the Alabama State Bar, having served on the Character and Fitness Committee since 1998. Bruce is admitted to practice in all State and Federal courts in Alabama, as well as the Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals and the United States Supreme Court. He has litigated matters in courts throughout the Southeast and in Colorado, Ohio, Pennsylvania, West Virginia, and Wisconsin.  Bruce is married and the proud father of two children.