Contact:
Ridge Park Place, Suite 3000
1130 22^nd Street South
Birmingham, AL 35205
(205) 259-1035
(205) 251-5479 (fax)
clarson@nwkt.com
Kerry Hunton, Legal Assistant
(205) 328-6643

Practice Areas:

Medical Malpractice; Insurance Litigation; Commercial General Liability; ERISA; Employment Law.

Education:

• Auburn University, B.A. in Corporate Journalism (1994)
• Samford University, Cumberland School of Law, J.D. (1998)

Admissions:

• U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
• All U.S. District Courts in Alabama
• Alabama State Bar (1999)
• Tennessee State Bar (2011)

Professional Affiliations / Achievements:

• Tried many cases throughout Alabama ranging from medical malpractice defense to transportation defense and including complex litigation focused primarily on medical malpractice and insurance matters 
• Attended the International Association of Defense Counsel Trial Academy, 2002 
• Member of the Defense Research Institute 
• Member of DRI Medical Liability Steering Committee 
• Past Chair of Young Lawyers SLDO Subcommittee 
• Member of the Alabama Defense Lawyers Association 
• Member of the Alabama State Bar and the Birmingham and American Bar Associations 
• Feature speaker at health professional’s seminars and CLE’s  

Personal:

• Born November 21, 1972, in Richland, Washington. Celeste has lived in Washington, Maryland, D.C., Tennessee, Georgia, Colorado, Hawaii, and Alabama
• Finished 7th in her Age Group in the Hawaii Ironman Triathlon World Championship while in law school and continues to compete in triathlons nationwide