Contact:
Ridge Park Place, Suite 3000
1130 22^nd Street South
Birmingham, AL 35205
(205) 259-1033
(205) 251-5479 (fax)
kturner@nwkt.com
Cindy Vines, Legal Assistant
(205) 328-6643

Practice Areas:

Directors and Officers Liability; Insurance Litigation; Transportation; Medical Malpractice; Products Liability; Nursing Home Liability; Toxic and Mass Torts; Construction Litigation.

Education:

• University of New Mexico, B.B.A. in International Management (1990)
  • Amigo Scholarship Recipient
  • Las Companas Honor Society
  • President, Sigma Chi Fraternity 
• Samford University, Cumberland School of Law, J.D. (1994)
• Who’s Who Among American Law Students (12th Ed.)
• Winner of the Williams Trial Competition
• Finalist in the Shores Moot Court Competition
• Director of the Haley Trial Competition.

Admissions:

• U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit 
• All U.S. District Courts in Alabama 
• Alabama State Bar  

Professional Affiliations / Achievements:

• Tried over 70 cases in State and Federal Courts 
• Primarily focused on medical malpractice and transportation defense and also defends cases involving nursing homes, insurance matters (including coverage opinions), commercial claims, products liability, toxic tort litigation, and director’s and officer’s liability. 
• Also handled many successful appeals. 
• AV® Rated by Martindale-Hubbell® 
• Alabama Super Lawyers®, Civil Litigation Defense, 2008 - 2011 
• "2006 Top 40 Under 40" - Birmingham Business Journal 
• Attended the International Association of Defense Counsel Trial Academy, 1998 
• Member of the Federation of Defense and Corporate Counsel 
• Vice Chair of Trial Tactics Committee - 2007-Present 
• Member of the Defense Research Institute 
• Trial Tactics Steering Committee - 2006-Present
• White Collar Crime Steering Committee - 2005-present 
• Young Lawyers Committee Chair - 2004-05 
• Young Lawyers Committee Vice Chair - 2003-04 
• Annual Meeting Steering Committee - 2003 
• Products Liability Seminar Faculty - 2003 
• Young Lawyers Seminar Program Chair - 2002 
• Young Lawyers Seminar Faculty - 1999
• Member of the Alabama Defense Lawyers Association 
• Member of the Alabama State Bar and the Birmingham and American Bar Associations 
• Continuing Legal Education Presentations: 
• “Technology in the Courtroom” DRI, Chicago, Illinois, 2009 
• “Winning Your First Trial”, NBI, Birmingham, Alabama, December, 2008 
• "Impatience of the Judiciary - Caselaw Update" FDCC, Banff Springs, Canada, 2008 
• "Calculating and Proving Damages" NBI, Birmingham, Alabama, 2008 
• "Using Technology to Win" DRI, New Orleans, Louisiana, 2007 
• “Building Your Civil Trial Skills" NBI, Birmingham, Alabama, 2006 
• "Products Liability Caselaw Update" DRI, Las Vegas, Nevada, 2006 
• "Spying on the Enemy - Plaintiff's Tactics" FDCC, San Diego, California, 2005 
• "Civil Trial From Start to Finish" NBI Birmingham, Alabama, 2005 
• "Professional Development" DRI, Chicago, Illinois, 2005 
• "Recent Developments in Tort Reform" DRI, New Orleans, Louisiana, 2005 
• "Nursing Home Malpractice" NBI, Birmingham, Alabama, 2003 
• "Sun Tzu & The Art of Cross Examination" DRI, Las Vegas, Nevada, 2003 
• "Nursing Home Malpractice" NBI, Birmingham, Alabama, 2002 
• "The Tripartite Relationship" DRI, Denver, Colorado, 1999  

Publications

• “DRI and Its Presidents” For the Defense, February 2010 & March 2010 
• “Still Enjoying a Lawyer’s Life”, For The Defense, January 2005 
• "Strategies For the Warrior-Litigator", For The Defense, July, 2004 
• “Sun Tzu and the Art of Cross-Examination”, Australian Product Liability Reporter, October 2003 
• “How To Develop Your Practice”, For The Defense, June 1998  

Personal:

Kile's wife, Sara, is also an attorney and they are the proud parents of five children.