Sherri is an associate in the litigation group in the Mobile office. She manages an aviation product liability practice, including defense of a general aviation piston manufacturer in Mobile. Her practice focuses on insurance defense, products liability, aviation, personal injury and premises liability. She has litigated cases in both State and Federal Courts, and she has trial experience in complex aviation litigation. Her aviation experience defending general aviation manufacturers and airlines includes second-chairing two jury trials, drafting and arguing summary judgment motions, and drafting appellate briefs. Sherri has been awarded the "AV" rating by the Martindale-Hubbell Law Directory, which is the highest possible rating for legal ability and ethical standards. Sherri was with Lyons, Pipes & Cook in Mobile before the firm joined Phelps Dunbar.

• Loyola University, J.D., 1996
• University of California at Los Angeles, B.A., 1992

• Member: State Bar of California; Alabama State Bar; Mobile Bar Association; Baldwin County Bar Association; American Bar Association; Aviation Insurance Association; International Aviation Women's Association; Alabama Defense Lawyers Association; Defense Research Institute; Manufacture Alabama.
• Admitted: 1996, State Bar of California; 2006, Alabama State Bar; all United States District Courts for Alabama and California as well as the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals.

• Author, "The Yielding Jurisdictional Hierarchy," Federal Lawyer, August 2004