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Ian Brendel

Of Counsel Attorney, Personal Injury

Practicing in Alabama, Georgia, Mississippi, Louisiana, and Tennessee

Ian Brendel is an AV Preeminent®-rated trial lawyer with a proven record in personal injury, industrial accident, and criminal law cases. He’s led more than 20 civil jury trials across multiple states and handled over 1,000 depositions, including complex litigation involving 18-wheeler crashes, defective products, and wrongful death. Ian now focuses his practice on helping injured individuals recover after serious accidents—with results that include multimillion-dollar settlements and high-stakes jury verdicts.

Ian Brendel Injury & Accident Lawyer

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​Ian is rated in 2016-2025 as AV Preeminent® Martindale-Hubbell® Peer Review Rating™ for the following practice areas: Personal Injury, Industrial Accidents and Criminal Law. The AV Preeminent rating signifies that a large number of the lawyer's peers rank him at the highest level of professional excellence for his legal knowledge, communication skills and ethical standards. Ian has tried civil jury trials in state courts in Alabama, Louisiana, Georgia and Mississippi, and has tried civil jury trials in federal courts in Mississippi. He has been either lead or trial counsel in over 20 civil jury trials, and been selected to lecture at Continuing Legal Education courses on the topics related to automobile injury cases. After previously representing civil defendants/insurance companies, he now devotes his law practice to helping injured human beings in Alabama, Mississippi, Louisiana, Tennessee and Georgia recover for their harms and losses due to the fault of another. Having taken and participated in over 1,000 depositions in his law practice, Ian has extensive deposition experience; particularly, expert, medical and corporate depositions. Ian also has experience in complex litigation cases involving multiple defendants and parties involving defective products, wrongful death, automobiles, slip/trip fall, 18-wheeler cases and industrial accident/severe injury cases.

Notable Jury Trial Verdicts

  • $2,529,229.00 jury verdict for an injured Plaintiff as trial counsel in a case tried to verdict in East Baton Rouge Parish, Louisiana. Highest pretrial offer was $125,000.00.

  • $235,384.94 jury verdict for non-surgical disc bulge injury in Mobile County, Alabama. Highest pretrial offer was less than $15,000.00. Verdict paid in full.

  • $215,000.00 jury verdict in Crenshaw County, Alabama in a contested damages underinsured motorist claim with less than $700 in property damages to the Plaintiff’s vehicle. Highest pretrial offer was $35,000.00.

  • ​$127,000.00 jury verdict in a soft tissue contested liability and damages case in Mobile County, Alabama. Highest pretrial offer was $35,000.00.

  • $100,000.00 verdict in a contested liability and damages auto case in Harrison County, Mississippi. No pretrial offer was made by the defendant.

  • $65,000.00 jury verdict in a soft tissue contested liability and damages case in Mobile County, Alabama. Highest pretrial offer was $15,000.00.

Notable Settlements in Transportation/18-Wheeler Truck Accident Cases

  • $9,400,000.00 in Illinois 18 wheeler case

  • $1,025,000.00 in Georgia 18 wheeler case

  • $917,000.00 in Tennessee 18 wheeler case

  • $650,000.00 in Georgia 18 wheeler case

  • $400,000.00 in Louisiana 18 wheeler case

Bar Admissions

  • Mississippi Supreme Court – October 2007

  • Alabama Supreme Court – April 2009

  • Louisiana Supreme Court – October 2010

  • Tennessee Supreme Court – December 2012

  • Georgia Supreme Court – September 2016

  • United States District Court for the Southern District of Mississippi – October 2007

  • United States District Court for the Northern District of Mississippi – October 2011

  • United States District Court for the Southern District of Alabama – May 2009

  • United States District Court for the Middle District of Alabama – May 2014

  • United States District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana – November 2010

  • United States District Court for the Western District of Louisiana – September 2015

  • United States District Court for the Northern District of Georgia – September 2018

  • United States District Court for the Middle District of Georgia – August 2018

  • United States District Court for the Western District of Tennessee – September 2018

  • United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit – August 2008

  • United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit – May 2009

Office Address:
733 Dante Street, Suite H
New Orleans, LA 70118
Office Address:
3017 Bolling Way NE, #5243
Altanta, GA 30305
Office Address:
205 N. Conception St., Suite 203
Mobile, AL 36603

Mailing Address:
P.O. Box 8765
Mobile, AL 36689

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Unless otherwise indicated, Tennessee attorneys are not certified as specialists by the Tennessee Commission on Continuing Legal Education and Specialization in the areas of practice listed on their profiles. See Tennessee Code of Professional Responsibility DR 2-101(C)(3) (1998).

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