Don McKenna

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Hare, Wynn, Newell & Newton, LLP

The Historic Massey Building
2025 Third Avenue North
Suite 800
Birmingham, AL 35203

Phone: (205) 328-5330
Toll Free: (800) 568-5330
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Mr. McKenna was admitted to the Alabama bar in 1995. After a few years with another litigation firm, Mr. McKenna joined Hare Wynn in 1997 and became a partner in 2000. He and his wife Stephanie settled in Alabama after attending college at Auburn University. They have three children – two daughters and a son.

Mr. McKenna graduated from Auburn in 1992 where he was named to the Spades honorary, an honor reserved for the top ten seniors on campus. He received his law degree from the Cumberland School of Law, Samford University where he was a member of the Cumberland Law Review and named a Scholar of Merit in toxic torts. Mr. McKenna was named 2009 Whistleblower Lawyer of the Year by the Tax Payers Against Fraud Education Fund.

During his career Mr. McKenna has litigated cases for plaintiffs resulting in jury verdicts and settlements totaling more than $563,000,000. Mr. McKenna handles cases covering many different fronts including: serious personal injuries; tractor trailer accidents; wrongful death; automobile accidents; products liability; explosions; burn victims; class actions; complex commercial litigation; False Claims Act whistleblower cases; consumer fraud; health care fraud; insurance fraud; as well as toxic torts and environmental cases.

Mr. McKenna's co-counsel often remark on his relentless pursuit of discovering the truth and dogged determination to never be outworked by the defense. Mr. McKenna has handled cases throughout the country including: Texas, Arkansas, Louisiana, Georgia, Mississippi, Florida, Tennessee, Ohio, Pennsylvania, and the District of Columbia. His cases have been presented to the Supreme Court of the United States, State Supreme Courts and have been the subject of several precedent-setting decisions favoring Plaintiffs in the State of Alabama and across the United States.

He is a member of the Executive Committee of the Alabama Association for Justice. He is also a member of the Birmingham and Alabama Bar Associations as well as the American Association for Justice. Mr. McKenna has published several articles in legal journals and law reviews and is a frequent speaker at continuing legal education seminars.

Mr. McKenna is an active member of his Church where he serves on several committees, has been a Sunday School teacher, and regularly participates in and leads local and international missions. He serves on the advisory board of Restoration Academy and enjoys coaching Little League baseball.

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  • Auburn University, 1992
  • Cumberland School of Law,1995

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  • Alabama, 1995

 

Serving the following Alabama cities and counties:
Birmingham, Mobile, Montgomery, Huntsville, Tuscaloosa, Gadsden, Florence, Anniston, Guntersville, Decatur, Jasper -- Autauga, Baldwin, Barbour, Bibb, Blount, Bullock, Butler, Calhoun, Chambers, Cherokee, Chilton, Choctaw, Clarke, Clay, Cleburne, Coffee, Colbert, Conecuh, Coosa, Covington, Crenshaw, Cullman, Dale, Dallas, DeKalb, Elmore, Escambia, Etowah, Fayette, Franklin, Geneva, Greene, Hale, Henry, Houston, Jackson, Jefferson, Lamar, Lauderdale, Lawrence, Lee, Limestone, Lowndes, Macon, Madison, Marengo, Marion, Marshall, Mobile, Monroe, Montgomery, Morgan, Perry, Pickens, Pike, Randolph, Russell, Shelby, St. Clair, Sumter, Talladega, Tallapoosa, Tuscaloosa, Walker, Washington, Wilcox, Winston

Serving the following Arkansas cities and counties:
Little Rock, Fort Smith, North Little Rock, Fayetteville, Jonesboro, Pine Bluff, Springdale, Conway -- Arkansas, Ashley, Baxter, Benton, Boone, Bradley, Calhoun, Carroll, Chicot, Clark, Clay, Cleburne, Cleveland, Columbia, Conway, Craighead, Crawford, Crittenden, Cross, Dallas, Desha, Drew, Faulkner, Franklin, Fulton, Garland, Grant, Greene, Hempstead, Hot Spring, Howard, Independence, Izard, Jackson, Jefferson, Johnson, Lafayette, Lawrence, Lee, Lincoln, Little River, Logan, Lonoke, Madison, Marion, Miller, Mississippi, Monroe, Montgomery, Nevada, Newton, Ouachita, Perry, Phillips, Pike, Poinsett, Polk, Pope, Prairie, Pulaski, Randolph, St. Francis, Saline, Scott, Searcy, Sebastian, Sevier, Sharp, Stone, Union, Van Buren, Washington, White, Woodruff, Yell

Airplane Crash | Catastrophic Injury | Commercial & Business Litigation | Dangerous & Defective Drugs | Defective Products | False Claims Act / Qui Tam / Whistleblower | Medical Malpractice | Motor Vehicle Accidents | Nursing Home Abuse & Neglect | Personal Injury |  Premises Liability | Securities Fraud | Tire Tread Separation | Wrongful Death

The recoveries, verdicts, favorable outcomes, and testimonials described on this site are not an indication of future results. Every case is different, and regardless of what friends, family, or other individuals may say about what a case is worth, each case must be evaluated on its own facts and circumstances as they apply to the law. The valuation of a case depends on the facts, the damages, the jurisdiction, the venue, the witnesses, the parties, and the testimony, among other factors. No representation is made that the quality of the legal services to be performed is greater than the quality of legal services performed by other lawyers.