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Victoria practiced family law and mass torts before coming to work at the firm. Her focus areas now include motor vehicle negligence cases, premises liability, slip and falls and civil litigation. Victoria is admitted to practice in all State Courts in Alabama as well as in Federal Court in the Northern District of Alabama. Victoria is an active member of the American Bar Association, the Alabama Bar Association, the Birmingham Bar Association, having served on the CLE Committee and the Pro Bono Committee, the Alabama Association for Justice and an executive member of the National Trial Lawyers Women Trial Lawyer Association.

When she is not in the office, Victoria enjoys spending time with her husband, fellow Shunnarah attorney Ryan Charles, and their young son, highly competitive board game nights and representing pro bono clients from the Birmingham Bar Volunteer Lawyer’s Program.

As a former journalist, I understand how important attention to detail is. The skills I learned as a journalist have helped me be successful as a lawyer.  It’s my perseverance that helps me help others. I’ve been named both a Top 40 under 40 lawyers as well as a Super Lawyers Rising Star. Every day I’m motivated by my wife Victoria Charles who serves as Assistant Dean of the Birmingham School of Law as well as my two children. I serve on the Board of Directors for Easter Seals Birmingham.

While I never imagined I’d be practicing personal injury law, after meeting Mr. Shunnarah and getting to know him as a person, I believed in him and wanted to be a part of his team. Now I can say that I love what I do and I like the people I get to help while doing it. I’ve found that personal injury is an area of law that allows me to help a vast number of people. I take a personable approach when working with my clients. I want to create an atmosphere of trust and understanding. This helps them in what can be inherently frustrating situations. My success is always measured by the joy and comfort of those around me, whether it be colleagues or clients. The biggest joy of my life is spending time with family and friends which I cherish.

I was a defense attorney for the first 4 years of my practice. I was tired of working for the insurance companies and wanted to start working for the people who were suffering from injuries and struggling against insurance companies. I’ve suffered severe orthopedic injuries in the past, so I understand what it’s like having permanent injuries and going through the healing process. Helping people is what keeps me motivated to keep my practice going, this motivation is what helps me settle for my clients including a premises liability case for $750,000 & an $400,000 verdict in an auto wreck. Including these I’ve tried over 20 jury trials.  I’m determined to do whatever it takes to improve the lives of my clients. During my down time I fly fish and hunt as well as spend time playing baseball and chess with my two boys.

Candace Brown practices in the field of personal injury law and civil litigation. Candace believes that compassion and persistence are the keys to success. As a mother and female advocate, Candace knows how to speak up for her clients when battling against big corporations and insurance companies.

Prior to practicing personal injury law, she worked in general practice handling a variety of cases including criminal cases and property litigation. Candace graduated from Cumberland School of Law at Samford University in Birmingham, Alabama. While at Cumberland, she served as the Director of the Parham Williams Trial Competition and was a member of Cumberland’s nationally recognized trial team. Candace’s scope of practice includes motor vehicle accident litigation, premises liability, Dram Shop actions, and commercial vehicle accidents. Candace is an active member of AAJ and frequently serves as a judge for AAJ and National Trial Team Competitions.

Brandon litigates and tries catastrophic injury and wrongful death cases. He has tried numerous jury trials resulting in seven and eight figure verdicts, including some of the following recent jury verdicts: $12,000,000 (Blount County, Alabama); $25,000,000 (Morgan County, Alabama); $18,000,000 (Jefferson County, Alabama- Birmingham Division); $12,026,500 (Jefferson County, Alabama- Bessemer Division); and $1,900,000 (Calhoun County, Alabama).

Aside from verdicts, Brandon has obtained multiple seven and eight figure settlements on behalf of his clients.

Brandon has been named “Top 100″ and “Top 40 Under 40” by The National Trial Lawyers, included as one of “The Most Prolific Trial Attorneys of Alabama” by The Alabama Jury Verdict Reporter, selected by peers for inclusion as a “Super Lawyer” every year since 2011, listed as one of the “Top Attorneys” by Birmingham Magazine also every year since 2011 and included in Birmingham Business Journal’s “Best of the Bar 2021.” Brandon’s hobbies include RV’ing, hiking, camping, fly-fishing and following Premier League soccer.