Ernest Cory
Principal and Managing Shareholder at Cory Watson Attorneys
Ernest “Ernie” Cory has practiced law for more than 40 years with a focus on dangerous drugs, defective medical devices, product liability, mass torts, and class actions. He has represented clients across the U.S., as well as Asia, Africa, and Latin America. Ernie is nationally recognized for his ability to level the playing field against corporate America. He is frequently appointed as lead counsel and to other leadership positions in high-profile complex litigation, mass torts, and class actions.
As a founding principal of Cory Watson, Ernie’s legal roots are local. He tried his first jury trial just 11 months after becoming an attorney in Gadsden, Alabama, and he has helped thousands of people across the state over his career.
Ernie realized early that it was essential to establish client trust, and that successful results require hard work. Every client mattered. This commitment to service and unwavering integrity provided the foundation for the firm he founded more than two decades ago, and those values serve as guiding principles for Cory Watson Attorneys today.
He’s proud to have helped assemble a legal team that has served more than 150,000 families and recovered more than $3 billion in settlements and verdicts.
“We know corporations and insurance firms are going to hire the best lawyers they can afford. I have made it my goal for 40 years to be the best, to hire the best, and to never back down from a fight. Our clients deserve nothing less,” said Ernie.
Ernie grew up in Birmingham, Alabama where he graduated from Vestavia Hills High School. He went on to study at the University of Alabama, graduating magna cum laude. He earned his Juris Doctor from Cumberland School of Law at Samford University. Ernie feels it is important to give back to the community and profession that have provided him with so many opportunities, and he serves in a number of philanthropic and leadership positions within the bar and legal profession.
- University of Alabama - Birmingham
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- Cumberland School of Law, Samford University
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- Principal Attorney and Managing Shareholder
- Cory Watson, P.C.
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- Best Lawyers in America
- Best Lawyers
- Mid-South Super Lawyer
- Super Lawyers
- Top 50 Alabama Attorneys
- Super Lawyers
- Local Litigation Stars
- Benchmark Litigation
- TopFlight Attorneys and Hall of Fame Honoree
- B-Metro Magazine
- American Association for Justice-Sustaining
- Member of Aviation Section and Product Liability Section
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- Alabama Civil Justice Foundation
- Charter Member of the Pioneers of Justice Society
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- Birmingham Bar Association
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- Birmingham Bar Foundation
- Life Fellow
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- Birmingham Bar Volunteer Lawyers Program
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- Cumberland School of Law
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Free Consultation
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Contingent Fees
Cory Watson accepts clients on a contingency fee basis.
- Products Liability
- Drugs & Medical Devices, Motor Vehicle Defects, Toxic Torts
- Personal Injury
- Animal & Dog Bites, Brain Injury, Car Accidents, Construction Accidents, Motorcycle Accidents, Premises Liability, Truck Accidents, Wrongful Death
- Asbestos & Mesothelioma
- Medical Malpractice
- Birth Injury, Medical Misdiagnosis, Pharmacy Errors, Surgical Errors
- Environmental Law
- Class Actions
- Toxic Tort Litigation
- Medical Devices
- Pharmaceutical Litigation
- English: Spoken, Written