Erby Fischer
Location: Birmingham
Email: erby.fischer@fglawgroup.com
Phone: (205) 423.8504
Kelly Karns, Legal Assistant to Mr. Fischer: kelly.karns@fglawgroup.com
Ashley Lett, Legal Assistant to Mr. Fischer: ashley.lett@fglawgroup.com
Erby Fischer has been trying cases in Alabama courtrooms since he first graduated from law school at the University of Alabama in 1996. In fact, his talent as a trial lawyer revealed itself even prior to graduation, as Erby received national recognition when he was named the American College of Trial Lawyers’ Most Promising Trial Lawyer as well as being an ATLA Trial Competition National Semi-Finalist in 1995.
Today, Erby Fischer practices with longtime friends and partners Dennis Goldasich and Jay Aughtman under their partnership shingle of Fischer, Goldasich & Aughtman, LLC. Here, Erby’s focus is on helping those who have been harmed by the wrongs of another using the benefits that only a boutique litigation law firm can provide. Over the course of their careers, Erby Fischer, Dennis Goldasich and Jay Aughtman have already secured settlement agreements and verdicts valued in excess of $400,000,000.00.
Erby Fischer Tries Complex Personal Injury Lawsuits
Over the course of his career as an Alabama injury lawyer, Erby has handled automobile accidents, car crashes, premises liability (slip and fall) cases, trucking accidents, products liability, environmental cases, insurance fraud and bad faith lawsuits, as well as drug and business litigation. Today, the majority of the cases that Erby handles are catastrophic personal injury and complex commercial litigation matters.
Erby Fischer has tried to jury verdict many personal injury lawsuits that have resulted in six and seven figure awards. These include a verdict of $3.5 million dollars against a trucking company and a $2.5 million dollar verdict in a premises liability case. Many cases are resolved without the necessity of a jury trial. Erby Fischer has recovered millions of dollars in settlements in cases ranging from trucking cases to pharmaceutical injury cases to business and commercial cases.
Victories for Plaintiffs Injured in Commercial Truck Accidents
Erby Fischer has a particular compassion and interest in helping injury victims (and their families) who have been injured or killed in trucking accidents involving commercial vehicles, including 18-wheeler / tractor-trailer / big rig wrecks.
Recognized by his peers for his experience in these types of complex injury cases, Erby has written and lectured in continuing legal education seminars on the successful prosecution of Alabama truck accident cases involving serious injury or wrongful death. Indeed, Erby Fischer has achieved numerous multi-million dollar jury verdicts and settlements for his clients who have been seriously harmed in commercial truck (big rig, 18-wheeler, tractor trailer) accidents.
Complex Business Litigation and Commercial Litigation Cases
Today, much of Erby Fischer’s time is spent in complex business and commercial litigation. Erby has significant trial experience representing business ventures and commercial enterprises who have been harmed by the wrongdoing of another, either by breach of contract or by intentionally tortious conduct. Interestingly, the first two trials in which Fischer, Goldasich & Aughtman, LLC’s Erby Fischer and Dennis Goldasich worked together involved complex business litigation matters, where they secured jury verdicts of $1 million dollars in a case involving tortious interference and $6 million dollars in a case involving trade secrets.
Lawsuit for the Commissioner of the Tennessee Department of Commerce and Insurance
Erby Fischer currently represents the Commissioner of the Tennessee Department of Commerce and Insurance in multi district litigation in Tennessee. The Tennessee Commissioner has brought tort actions against General Reinsurance, Pricewaterhouse Coopers, Milliman USA and others for their role in the collapse of three major risk retention groups domiciled in Tennessee. The case involves thousands of injured policyholders with total damages exceeding $700 million dollars.
Other Notable Business Clientele
Recently, Erby brought an action on behalf of the former President of Mossy Oak Properties against the company for fraud. That case is currently pending. In the past, Erby has represented such clients as the team physician for the University of Alabama football team in the successful defense of claims prosecuted against him by a physician practice management group. Erby also prosecuted counterclaims against the physician practice management group resulting in a successful resolution of the case for his client. Erby has also performed substantial and successful work on environmental cases involving damages to land owners.
EDUCATION
Troy State University (B.S., 1992)
summa cum laude
History, Economics, Business
University of Alabama School of Law (J.D., 1996)
American College of Trial Lawyers Award for Most Promising Trial Lawyer
ATLA Trial Competition National Semi-Finalist 1995
Bench and Bar
BAR ADMISSION
Alabama State Bar (1996)
Alabama Supreme Court
United States District Court for the Northern District of Alabama
United States District Court for the Southern District of Alabama
United States District Court for the Middle District of Alabama
United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
AFFILIATIONS
Alabama State Bar
Alabama Association for Justice
Member, Board of GovernorAmerican Association for Justice
Birmingham Bar Association
American Bar Association