George Walker, a member in the firm's Mobile office, was elected President-Elect of the Association of Defense Trial Attorneys during its recent annual meeting in Boston. The ADTA is an international organization whose purpose is to bring together selected trial lawyers whose practices consist substantially in the defense of claims at the request of insurance companies and self-insured companies and who have demonstrated possession of knowledge and skills necessary to provide legal services of the highest standard. Walker will assume the presidency of the Association following its 2011 annual meeting.