Rick Davidson is a native of Auburn, Alabama. Growing up in Auburn, Rick attended the Auburn City Schools and graduated from Auburn High School. Rick later graduated from Auburn University in 1990. Rick earned his law degree from the University of Alabama School of Law in 1994 and was admitted to the Alabama State Bar that same year. After law school, Rick began practicing law with Sasser & Littleton in Montgomery, Alabama where he worked until 1997. Rick’s practice was primarily in the areas of banking law and insurance defense litigation, including defending automobile accident litigation, manufactured home litigation, and termite litigation. In 1997, Rick moved back to Auburn and joined the Walker, Hill, Adams, Umbach, Meadows & Walton firm and continued practicing law there until it evolved into the present firm in 2002. Rick has proudly been a partner at Adams, Umbach, Davidson & White since its inception in 2002. Rick’s practice focuses on municipal law, public school law, general litigation and trial practice, business and banking law, collections and real estate.

Matt White is a native of Montgomery, Alabama. He graduated from Auburn in 1990 with a degree in Business Administration with a specialty in Marketing. Matt earned his law degree from Mississippi College School of Law in 1994 and was admitted to the Alabama State Bar that same year. After graduating law school Matt served as an Assistant District Attorney for the Fifth Judicial Circuit of Alabama which includes Chambers, Tallapoosa, Macon and Randolph Counties. While working as an Assistant District Attorney Matt tried many cases to verdict and gained invaluable courtroom experience. In 1999, Matt and his family moved to Auburn and joined the firm of Walker, Hill, Adams, Umbach, Meadows and Walton and began practicing general civil litigation. Matt has been a partner in the Adams, Umbach, Davidson & White firm since its inception in 2002. Matt’s practice focuses primarily on general litigation, including personal injury litigation, workers’ compensation litigation, real estate litigation and construction litigation.

Michael E.Short is originally from Monroeville, Alabama. He received his undergraduate degree in business administration (marketing) from Auburn University in 1994 and received his Masters of Education from Auburn University in 1996. Michael then received his Juris Doctorate from Cumberland School of Law at Samford University in 2004, where he was the Associate Director of Mediation for the Trial Advocacy Board, as well as a member of the Alabama Defense Lawyer’s Association.

Blake is originally from Dothan, Alabama. He received his undergraduate degree in political science, cum laude, from Auburn University, and his Juris Doctorate, cum laude, from Cumberland School of Law. While in law school, Blake received two Scholar of Merit Awards and served as Research Editor for the Cumberland Law Review. Prior to joining the firm as an associate in 2004, Blake served as a law clerk for the Honorable J. Gorman Houston, Jr., Chief Justice of the Alabama Supreme Court.

Mrs. Christine Bryan Dean is originally from Lanett, Alabama. She received her undergraduate degree from the University of Alabama where she graduated summa cum laude with a major in political science and a double minor in mathematics and history. Christine was named the Distinguished Undergraduate Scholar at the University of Alabama. She was also a member of Phi Beta Kappa.

Mr. Umbach is a native of Williamsburg, Virginia. He is a 1969 graduate of Auburn University and received his law degree from the University of Alabama School of Law in 1971. He also earned an LL.M. in taxation from Emory University in 1976. Mr. Umbach joined the firm in 1971.

Paul A Clark in partner the Auburn office.  Mr. Clark is a member of the Environmental Litigation and Products Liability and Casualty Litigation Practice Groups.  His trial and appellate experience span the full scope of these practice areas.  Mr. Clark currently serves as lead counsel for a large municipal water works board in the litigation of territorial rights to provide domestic water service. Through the litigation of several mass nuisance cases, Mr. Clark has also gained specialized experience in industrial noise pollution claims.Mr. Clark is the immediate-past president of the Montgomery County Bar Association and is a graduate of the Alabama State Bar's Leadership Forum.  He also serves as Vice-chair of the Arthritis Foundation's Central Alabama Regional Council.