Claire Hyndman Puckett

Phone: (205) 251-2881
Fax: (205) 254-3987
Email: clairepuckett@bishopcolvin.com

Claire Hyndman Puckett advises the firm's education and local government clients with regard to a broad range of issues, including employee misconduct, tenure, teacher certification rights and obligations, student rights, employment discrimination, general contractual matters, and regulatory compliance. Ms. Puckett has defended the Jefferson County and Birmingham Boards of Education, among others, in employment discrimination, civil rights, and tenure related litigation. In addition, Ms. Puckett frequently serves as municipal prosecutor for the City of Trussville.

Speaking Engagements / Seminars:

• Teacher Certification: What School Board Attorneys Need to Know; Alabama Council of School Board Attorneys, Summer Conference, Orange Beach, Alabama (2008)
• Don't Let S'up Bring You Down, Jefferson County Board of Education, Administrators Conference, (2009)

Published and Unpublished Opinions:

• Ex parte Birmingham Board of Education, ---So.3d---, 2009 WL 3711577 (Ala. 2009)
• Gray v. Vestavia Hills Board of Education, 317 Fed.Appx. 898 (11th Cir. 2008)
• Riley v. Birmingham Board of Education, 154 Fed. Appx. 114 (11th Cir. 2005)
• Culver v. Birmingham Board of Education, 646 F.Supp.2d 1270 (N.D. Ala. 2009)

Publications:

• Military Leave Changes for the 21st Century, Alabama School Boards (June 30, 2003)

Professional Affiliations, Activities and Honors:

• Alabama Bar Association
• Birmingham Bar Association
• American Bar Association
• Alabama Council of School Board Attorneys
• National School Board Association, Council of School Attorneys
• Alabama Association of Municipal Attorneys
• Active Member of the Junior League of Birmingham