Mr. Beckum has over seventeen years of legal experience representing individuals and small businesses in civil litigation and estate planning matters. Mr. Beckum's civil litigation practice focuses on employment litigation and construction litigation. He represents individuals throughout the State of Alabama that have been wrongfully terminated as a result of discrimination (race, gender, pregnancy, religion, and disability) and also represents victims of sexual harassment and retaliation.
His construction litigation practice focuses on representing individuals who have purchased a home or condominium with defective work. He has successfully represented numerous homeowners, condominium associations, and small business owners who have purchased buildings with construction defects.
Mr. Beckum is a engineering graduate of Georgia Tech in Atlanta, Georgia and completed his law degree at Washington University in St. Louis in 2003.
- Employment Law
- Employee Benefits, Employment Contracts, Employment Discrimination, ERISA, Overtime & Unpaid Wages, Sexual Harassment, Whistleblower, Wrongful Termination
- Construction Law
- Construction Contracts, Construction Defects, Construction Liens, Construction Litigation
- Estate Planning
- Guardianship & Conservatorship Estate Administration, Health Care Directives, Trusts, Wills
- Insurance Claims
- Bad Faith Insurance, Business Insurance, Disability Insurance, Health Insurance, Life Insurance, Motor Vehicle Insurance, Property Insurance
- Nursing Home Abuse
- Consumer Law
- Class Action, Lemon Law
- Personal Injury
- Animal & Dog Bites, Brain Injury, Car Accidents, Construction Accidents, Motorcycle Accidents, Premises Liability, Truck Accidents, Wrongful Death
- Free Consultation
- Credit Cards Accepted
- Contingent Fees
- Alabama
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- Illinois
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- Missouri
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- U.S. District Court, Middle District of Alabama
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- U.S. District Court, Northern District of Alabama
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- U.S. District Court, Southern District of Alabama
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- English
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- Beckum Law LLC
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- Partner
- Beckum Kittle LLP
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- Lloyd Gray and Whitehead P.C.
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- Rabbitt, Pitzer & Snodgrass, PC
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- Haar & Woods, LLP
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- Washington University School of Law
- J.D. (2003) | Law
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- Honors: Member and Editor - Washington University Law Review
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- University System of Georgia - Georgia Institute of Technology
- B.S. (1998) | Industrial Engineering
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- Honors: Graduated with Honor
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- Top Flight Attorneys
- B-Metro
- Best of Birmingham Finalist - Attorney
- Birmingham Magazine
- B-Metro Top Lawyers 2018
- B-Metro Magazine
- Peer Review Rated
- Martindale-Hubbell
- Alabama Bar Association
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- Birmingham Bar Association
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- Alabama Association for Justice
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- Vestavia Hills Chamber of Commerce
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- 'Weinstein effect' pushes commission to consider sexual harassment training
- Decatur Daily - Newspaper
- Employment Law - Can My Boss Do That?, Law Call
- 2013
- E-Discovery - Federal Litigation, Lawyers Association of St. Louis
- 2005
