John Walter Sharbrough, III

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John Walter Sharbrough, III (b. November 16, 1956, Lafayette, Louisiana) is an attorney specializing in complex class action litigation. He grew up in Belzoni, Mississippi and attended the University of Alabama School of Law. He is perhaps best known as the lead counsel in the infamous BancBoston Class Action in the 1990s. [1][2]

In 1995, Sharbrough established a professorial chair, the John W. Sharbrough, III Professor of Law with an initial gift of $100,000 to the University of Alabama School of Law. He is the youngest graduate of the University of Alabama School of Law to establish a professorship. See Capstone Lawyer 1995 Report

He practices law in Mobile, Alabama with the Sharbrough Law Firm. He presently specializes in complex antitrust class action litigation.[3]

[edit] Notable Cases

Hoffman vs. Bank of Boston Corp., Circuit Court of Mobile County, Alabama; Excessive escrow and lender liability case.[4]

Fletcher, et al. vs. Brooke Group, Ltd., Circuit Court of Mobile County, Alabama; Sharbrough served as Special Master in nationwide tobacco liability class action involving the Liggett Tobacco Company. [5]

In re Community Bank of Northern Virginia, United States District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania in Pittsburgh, PA., Third Circuit; Billion dollar lender liability case involving overcharges in second mortgages by Residential Funding Corporation, the nations largest mortgage lender.[6]

[edit] Selected reported decisions

In re Vitamins Antitrust Litigation, 320 F. Supp.2d 1 (D.D.C. 2004).
Ex parte Green Tree Financial Corp., 723 So. 2d 6 (Ala. 1998).
In re Brand Name Prescription Drugs Antitrust Litigation, 123 F.3d 599 (7th Cir. 1997).
Ex parte Lewis, 667 So. 2d 104 (Ala. 1995).
Ex parte Toyota Motor Credit Corp., 644 So. 2d 870 (Ala. 1994).
Marx v. Broom, 632 So. 2d 1315 (Miss. 1994).
Winn-Dixie Montgomery, Inc. v. Wright, 619 So. 2d 1302 (Ala. 1993).
Ex Parte Sizemore, 611 So. 2d 1069 (Ala. 1993).
Bassett v. Toyota Motor Credit Corp., 818 F. Supp. 1462 (S.D. Ala. 1993).
Simon v. World Omni Leasing, Inc., 146 F.R.D. 197 (S.D. Ala. 1992).
Seale v. Dekle, 575 So. 2d 1128 (Ala.Civ.App. 1991).
Todd v. Johnson, 718 F. Supp 1305 (S.D. Miss. 1989).