Stanley E. Blackmon

Listed in Chambers USA, Litigation: Appellate, 2022-2024 Listed in Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch, Appellate Practice, 2021-2025 Commercial Litigation, 2025 Listed in Mid-South Super Lawyers, "Rising Stars," 2022-2024 Appellate, 2019-2021 Leadership Council on Legal Diversity's Fellows Atlas Award Winner, 2023 Alabama Law Alumni Society's Rising Young Attorney Award, 2024 Listed in Mississippi State University Alumni Association’s The Reveille 25, Class of 2025 Aransas County v. NorthStar Recovery Servs., Inc., 2024 WL 853324 (Tex. App.—Corpus Christi-Edinburg Feb. 29, 2024) Obtained affirmance of trial court’s order rejecting governmental entity’s jurisdictional defense in multimillion dollar contract dispute. Oxford House, Inc. v. City of Dothan, 2024 WL 366242 (11th Cir. Jan. 31, 2024) Orally argued and obtained affirmance of summary judgment in City’s favor on claims alleging Fair Housing Act discrimination. Simon v. HealthSouth of Sarasota L.P., 2022 WL 3910607 (11th Cir. Aug. 31, 2022) Successfully obtained affirmance of a summary judgment order in a False Claims Act retaliation case. Regional Pool Alliance v. NorthStar Recovery Servs., Inc., 2022 WL 1412362 (Tex. App.—Corpus Christi-Edinburg May 5, 2022) Orally argued and obtained affirmance of trial court’s order denying governmental immunity for client’s breach of contract claims against governmental entities. Ex parte Encompass Health Corp., 334 So. 3d 199 (Ala. 2021) Successfully obtained a writ of mandamus holding that the trial court failed to follow the mandate rule by allowing a party to raise an issue that had not been argued in an earlier appeal. D2 Excavating, Inc. v. Thompson Thrift Construction, Inc., 973 F.3d 430 (5th Cir. 2020)  Orally argued and obtained unanimous reversal of award of over $250,000 in breach of contract damages – plus several hundreds of thousands in additional interest and fees on that amount – for alleged “excess” excavation under Texas law. Salek v. SunTrust Mortg., Inc., 812 F. App’x 171 (5th Cir. 2020) Obtained affirmance of summary judgment in breach of contract case relating to contractual requirement for disbursement of insurance proceeds on language that had not been previously interpreted Yarbrough v. Decatur Housing Auth., 941 F.3d 1022 (11th Cir. 2019) Obtained affirmance of summary judgment in client’s favor on plaintiff’s claim of a violation of procedural due process Yarbrough v. Decatur Housing Auth., 931 F.3d 1322 (11th Cir. 2019) (en banc) Obtained unanimous reversal of circuit precedent by en banc Eleventh Circuit in case involving whether federal regulation created a private right of action.