Grove Hill, AL

Wyman O. “Gil” Gilmore, Jr.

Wyman O. Gilmore, Jr. graduated from the University of Alabama in 1980 and Cumberland School of Law in 1983. He returned home to Grove Hill and began practicing with his father and sister in 1983. His practice evolved into primarily representing individuals and consumers in personal injury, fraud and wrongful death cases. In 1999 Mr. Gilmore was admitted to the Tennessee State Bar and began focusing much of his practice on discrimination cases against various automobile finance companies. He has practiced in the state courts of Alabama and Tennessee, and has tried cases in the states of Mississippi and Florida. He has practiced in the U. S. District Courts for the Southern, Middle and Northern Districts of Alabama, and the Middle District of Tennessee, the District Courts for New Jersey, New York and California, the U. S. Circuit Court of Appeals for the 6th and 11th Circuits, and the U. S. Supreme Court. He is a member of the Clarke County Bar Association, Public Justice, American Association for Justice, Alabama Association for Justice, and has served on that organization’s executive committee for several years. In July, 2004, the Trial Lawyers for Public Justice honored Mr. Gilmore and his associate counsel as finalists for the organization’s annual Lawyer of the Year Award. In 2007, Mr. Gilmore was elected into membership of the Fellows of the Alabama Law Foundation. In 2009 and again in 2010, Mr. Gilmore has been designated by his peers for inclusion in Alabama Super Lawyers. Since 2007 Mr. Gilmore has served on the Board of Directors for the Regional Child Advocacy Center. He is the Chairman of the newly formed Southwest Regional Airport Authority.

R. Edwin Lamberth

Mr. Lamberth's passion for law was inspired by his grandfather's commitment to justice and integration. He has been co-lead counsel in several class actions against auto loan companies and recovered millions for clients in various types of complex litigation and personal injury cases. He is dedicated to his community and church, serving as Bar Commissioner for the Alabama State Bar and on the Alabama Supreme Court’s Rules of Civil Procedure Committee. He also served on the Board and Executive Committee of the Mobile Volunteer Lawyers Program and is involved in environmental protection.

Wylynn Gilmore Phillippi

V. Wylynn Gilmore Phillippi received her B.S. degree at Birmingham Southern College in 1974 and her Juris Doctorate from the Birmingham School of Law in 1979. She was admitted to practice law in the State of Alabama in September, 1979. Wylynn is a member of the Family Law Section of the Alabama State Bar and a charter member of the Family Law Association of Alabama. Her practice consists of domestic, civil, criminal, personal injury and probate work, but has become specialized in domestic relations and criminal defense work. Her practice has taken her into all counties in southwest Alabama. Wylynn has spoken and participates in the annual Alabama State Bar Family Law Section’s Divorce on the Beach Seminar. Wylynn is admitted to practice in the state Courts of Alabama and in the U.S. District Court for the Southern, Middle and Northern Districts of Alabama.

Allison Butts-Walley

Allison Butts-Walley, grew up in Washington, County Alabama in a small town called Frankville on her mother and father’s, Carlton and Carmen Butts’ Black Angus Cattle Farm. Allison graduated from the University of South Alabama with a Bachelors degree in Political Science and a minor in Communication in 2019. Allison then attended Thomas Goode Jones School of Law at Faulkner University in Montgomery, Alabama and graduated in May 2023 and was admitted to practice law by the Alabama State Bar that same year. While attending law school Allison participated in several organizations including the Women’s Legal Society, Meals on Wheels, Elder Law Clinic Summer Associate, and as a Volunteer tutor for underclassmen. Allison was also elected by her peers to serve as the Honor Court Justice during her first two years at law school; During her third year Allison was elected by the entire law school community to serve as the Chief Justice of the Honor Court. Allison began working at the Gilmore Law Firm during her third year as a law student focusing her practice areas on Family Law and Personal Injury. Allison is licensed to practice in the state Courts of Alabama and the U.S. Southern District Court in Alabama. She is a member of the Young Lawyers Section, Women’s Section, and the Family Law Section of the Alabama State Bar.

Lamar Johnson

Lamar C. Johnson grew up in the small community of Whatley, near Grove Hill, Alabama. Lamar graduated high school in 1982 and from the University of Alabama in 1986. After college, Lamar worked, along with his father, in the timber industry in Southwest Alabama. He attended law school at the University of Mississippi and was admitted to practice in 1992. Lamar became associated with the firm in 1992 and has handled a range of cases since that time including real estate work, criminal and civil defense cases, and probate matters. Lamar has assisted all the attorneys in the office with his superior brief-writing abilities. Lamar is admitted to practice before the state Courts of Alabama, the U.S. District Court for the Southern and Middle Districts of Alabama, as well as the U.S. Supreme Court. Lamar serves part time as a municipal court judge for the Municipal Court of Chatom, Alabama, and as prosecutor for the Municipal Courts of Grove Hill and Jackson, Alabama.

William R. “Billy” Phillippi

William R. Phillippi III, or ‘Billy’ as he is known to his friends, grew up in Wilcox County Alabama, just outside the town of Camden. Billy graduated from Auburn University in 2012 with a Bachelor’s degree in History. He graduated from the Thomas G. Jones School of Law at Faulkner University in 2016, and was admitted to the Alabama State Bar the same year. Now practicing in the firm founded by his grandfather, Wyman Gilmore, Sr., Billy and the members of Gilmore Law Firm strive to carry on Wyman Sr.’s legacy of protecting the people of Southwest Alabama, by giving them a voice. While at Jones, Billy was a chairman of the Board of Advocates, where he participated in mock trial competitions against other law students from all over the Southeast, and was a Director in the Deans Fellow program there. He has also been published for his unique and insightful views on ways to handle homeowner, or first-party insurance, disputes with “Products Liability for Financial Products: Judicial Insurance for the Insured.” His time at school was also spent clerking with the Toxic Torts Section of Beasley-Allen, and with the Montgomery office of Morris, Carey, Andrews, Tallmadge, & Driggers. Billy is licensed to practice in the State of Alabama and the Middle and Southern Federal District Courts of Alabama. He is a member of the Young Lawyers Section of the Alabama State Bar.