Practices

Business Litigation
Intellectual Property
Professional Liability
Alternative Dispute Resolution
Telecommunications
Securities Litigation
Collegiate Sports
Education

J.D., University of Alabama School of Law (2005)
B.A., Washington & Lee University (2000)
Bar Admissions

Alabama
Courts

U.S. District Court, Middle District of Alabama
U.S. District Court, Northern District of Alabama
U.S. District Court, Southern District of Alabama

Tabor R. Novak, III
Associate

Tabor is an associate and began working at Starnes Davis Florie in 2005.

Practice

Tabor has worked on a variety of litigation matters, concentrating on complex, high-risk litigation. He has represented both regional and national companies, including major financial institutions in both federal and state court. He has also represented Fortune 500 companies in a variety of litigation. Tabor has also represented the University of Alabama in a variety of high-profile litigation.

Highlights

* Represented The University of Alabama in Huntsville in an intellectual property dispute over PEGylation technology and helped UAH obtain a $25 million settlement.

* Represented UAB and the UAB Research Foundation in a patent dispute relating to antiviral compounds used to treat Hepatitis B and helped UAB obtain a settlement with a minimum value of $15 million.

* Currently representing The University of Alabama in a trademark dispute with sports artist Daniel A. Moore that has been the subject of press coverage by numerous news outlets including The New York Times, NPR and ESPN.

* Currently representing a New York-based, private equity firm in litigation relating to a leveraged buyout of an Alabama company.

* Currently representing UAB in a trade secret/ fraud case relating to an electrosurgical device. 

* Currently representing an inmate in a capital appeal pro bono.

Community Involvement

Tabor is an active member of the Phoenix Club of Birmingham and is also involved with the Birmingham Athletic Partnership.

Reported Cases

The Board of Trustees of The University of Alabama v. Nektar Therapeutics, Inc., 2005 WL 2335714 (N.D. Ala. 2005)

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