Mr. Wright is responsible for recovering and litigating cases with substantial results, to include some of these notable cases: a $22 million result in a product liability suit; a $17.3 million award in a commercial business dispute case, a $10 million verdict in a product liability case; a $7.6 million result in a commercial vehicle case; a $7.5 million result in a breach of contract case; a $5.5 million result in a commercial case; a $3.76 million verdict in a pool drowning case; a $3.3 million result in an industrial accident case; a $3 million result in a trucking case; a $2.2 million result in a convenience store death case, etc.*

Mr. Wright is ranked AV Preeminent by his legal peers and judges by Martindale-Hubbell, a Lexis-Nexis Corporation. His ranking is listed as a 5 out of 5 in the criteria of general ethical standards. Josh was honored by the Birmingham Business Journal as one of Birmingham’s Top 40 Under 40, a group of top professionals under the age of 40 years old in the Birmingham, Alabama area. And, he was honored recently as one of Alabama’s 12 “Champions for Justice” for the Alabama Association for Justice, where he has served as the President. Josh was selected by the Birmingham Business Journal as one of Birmingham’s Top Small Business CEOs. Moreover, Josh has been selected as one of Alabama’s Super Lawyers each year since 2009, and has been selected as one of the Top Attorneys in Alabama by Business Alabama Magazine since 2009. Recently, Josh was selected as a Top Rated Lawyer in the area of Personal Injury, by American Lawyer Media and Martindale-Hubbell, and was recognized by Best Lawyers in America as one of the top plaintiff lawyers in America. Josh was awarded as America’s Top 100 Personal Injury Attorneys (2019), America’s Top 100 High Stakes Litigators (2019), and The National Trial Lawyers Top 100 Trial Lawyers (2013).

Areas of Practice

Mr. Wright focuses on the following type cases: wrongful death, dram shop, personal injury, industrial accidents, products and pharmaceutical.

TV Appearances

Josh is a regular guest on talk shows and local television in the State of Alabama. He has hosted a weekly television talk show for 10 years on Sunday nights on NBC13 called The Attorneys. Information about that show can be found here. Josh is also a guest host on NBC13’s Daytime Alabama each Friday afternoon. He has appeared on CBS42 to answer legal questions related to potential football ticket forgery, and answered questions on Cocaine Federal Sentencing Guideline changes. Josh has appeared on LawCall on WBRC Fox6 regarding Alcohol Liability, and Josh also appeared as a legal expert on CBS 42 for a show called “After the Storm” — discussing various legal topics relevant to tornadoes in Alabama. Mr. Wright was also featured in the Alumni Spotlight of the April 2011 edition of Tiger Tales, an Auburn University publication.

Education/Activities

Mr. Wright is from the Atlanta, Georgia area and received his J.D. from the University of Alabama School of Law in Tuscaloosa, Alabama. While in law school, Mr. Wright was a member of the Order of Barristers, University of Alabama National Moot Court Team and John A. Campbell Moot Court Board. Mr. Wright was a recipient of the Corpus Juris Secundum Academic Excellence Award and the Edward M. Friend Outstanding Oral Advocacy Award while at the University of Alabama. He also served as a Senior Editor of the Alabama Law & Psychology Review and received the Lewis F. Powell, Jr. Medal for Excellence in oral advocacy at the National Moot Court Competition.

Mr. Wright received a Bachelor of Science degree in Economics from Auburn University in Auburn, Alabama. While at Auburn, Mr. Wright was selected as a member of the Spade Honor Society and served as President of the Interfraternity Council.