Will O. (Trip) Walton III

After many years of practicing law with a large prestigious firm, Trip Walton decided to build his own firm around a core of attorneys with superior trial skills, who would share the same goal of standing up and fighting for the rights of those who cannot fight for themselves. Trip is a former Golden Gloves Heavyweight Boxing Champion. The values of a fighter are honor, dignity, pride and sportsmanship. Trip learned that aggressive hard work, persistence and diligence pay off – in the boxing ring and in the courtroom. Let Walton Law Firm fight for you!

Trip has a well-earned reputation in the Personal Injury, Tractor Trailer Collision, Traumatic Brain Injury and Mediation arena. Trip is highly regarded in these areas of practice and has been asked to speak at various professional conferences across the country. Trip has tirelessly fought, standing up to the big insurance companies, winning multi-million and million dollar settlements for his clients.

Trip also has established a practice of defending those accused of Title IX offenses which typically involve sexual and gender-based misconduct.  Because the standard of proof in these cases is less than “beyond a reasonable doubt” (i.e. more likely than not), these cases are very difficult to defend and require a lot of time and experience.  Trip also defends students accused of violating Auburn University’s Code of Student Conduct.

Trip is rated AV Preeminent by the Martindale-Hubbell Peer Review Rating Service, which means he has been rated by his peers as having the highest level of legal ability and ethical standards. He has also been selected yearly as an Alabama Super Lawyer since 2011, Top Attorney’s in Alabama since 2011, and 100 Top Trial Lawyer’s since 2011. In 2020 Mr. Walton joined a global honorary society of attorneys, judges, law faculty, and legal scholars by accepting a  fellowship of the American Bar Association.

Walton Law Firm has also been recognized by Martindale-Hubbell Bar Register of Preeminent Lawyers, which is a select group of lawyers who have been recognized for their legal expertise and professional stature.

While in college and law school, he enjoyed a successful amateur heavyweight boxing career with a 20-1 record. As an amateur heavyweight fighter, he was known for his knockout punch with 18 first round knockout victories. His record includes the Auburn University and Southeastern Regional Intercollegiate Titles in 1978; a win in the Georgia Golden Gloves Tournament in 1980; the Alabama AAU Open-Class Heavyweight Championship in 1981; and he concluded his boxing career in 1982 by winning the Alabama Golden Gloves Heavyweight Championship.

Trip is an Eagle Scout and was a member of the Auburn University Football Team and the Auburn University Debate Team. He is a member of Phi Delta Phi legal fraternity.

Before founding Walton Law Firm in 2001, Trip served as a Deputy District Attorney in Montgomery County, AL where he prosecuted numerous felony cases including capital murder, murder, rape, robbery, dealing of marijuana, dealing of cocaine, trafficking of illegal drugs, arson, and other felony type offenses. Trip left the DA’s office in Montgomery and began his private practice with Harper and Meadows Law Firm in Auburn, Alabama. Senior partner Bobby Harper became a circuit judge in Lee County and thereafter Trip and Bob Meadows joined forces with Walker, Hill, Adams, Umbach, Meadows and Walton. While a partner with the Walker-Hill firm, in Opelika/Auburn, Trip handled the City prosecution duties for the City of Auburn, for approximately five (5) years. He also built his personal injury/wrongful death practice while a partner at the Walker-Hill firm.

Alabama State Bar (1984)

U.S. District Court (1985)

Middle District of Alabama (1985)

U.S. Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit (1986)

U.S. Supreme Court (1996)

Georgia State Bar (2008)

Lee Academy High School (1976)

Auburn University, B.S. (1980)

University of Alabama School of Law, J.D. (1984)

Lee County Bar Association

Chambers County Bar Association
American Bar Association

Georgia State Bar

Alabama State Bar (Executive Committee, Young Lawyers Section, 1986-1994; Task Force on Illiteracy, 1988-1989; Indigent Defense Committee, 1989-1990; Military Law Committee, 1990-1991; Task Force on Disaster Response, 1991-1992; Member, 1991-present and Chairman, 1998-present, Unauthorized Practice of Law Committee)

Alabama Criminal Defense Lawyers Association (Executive Board, 1986-1987)

Association of Plaintiff Interstate Trucking Lawyers of America (APITLA)

APITLA National Advisory Board

Saint James School Board 2013 – present

Top 100 National Trial Lawyers for 2011 – present

American Bar Foundation Fellowship

Million Dollar Advocates Forum

Multi-Million Dollar Advocates Forum

Mid-South Super Lawyer  2011 – present

Business in Alabama – Top Attorney 2012 – present

Best of Auburn – Personal Injury Attorney 2012

National Advocacy for DUI Defense – Top 75 DUI Attorneys in Alabama – 2014

Top Litigator Awards – 2015

Alabama Association for Justice

American Association for Justice

Auburn Chamber of Commerce

Greater Valley Chamber of Commerce

National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers

North American Brain Injury Society (NABIS)

Traumatic Brain Injuries Litigation Group of the American Association for Justice

North American Brain Injury Society

Spinal Cord Injury Litigation Group of the American Association for Justice

Trip Walton & Walton Law Firm, P.C. have recovered over $100 Million in Verdicts and Settlements!

TOP 15 Verdicts & Settlements

$17,500,000.00 Insurance Fraud Verdict

$8,000,000.00 Brain Injury Settlement

$7,500,000.00 Spine Injury Settlement

$6,750,000.00 Brain Injury Settlement

$4,000,000.00 Wrongful Death Settlement

$2,750,000.00 Wrongful Death Settlement

$2,500,000.00 Brain Injury Settlement

$2,200,000.00 Wrongful Termination Verdict

$2,000,000.00 Wanton Conduct Settlement

$2,000,000.00 Wrongful Death Settlement

$1,850,000.00 Wrongful Death Settlement

$1,400,000.00 Wrongful Death Settlement

$1,300,000.00 Wrongful Death Settlement

$1,200,000.00 Wrongful Death Settlement

$1,000,000.00 Wrongful Death Settlement and Personal Injury Settlement

Trip has taught classes and seminars on various topics, including:

• Mediation in Tractor-Trailer Cases: A Winning Approach, 
Tort Law Conference for Alabama Attorneys
, Friday September 13th, 2013 Birmingham Marriott
• Jones School of Law – “Lunch with a Lawyer” (September 2013)
• Litigating Low Impact Collisions – NBI – Montgomery, Alabama (August 2013)
• National Business Institute Webinar – Mediation and Subrogation Leins (June 2013)
• ALAJ Annual Convention – Tractor Trailer Collisions, Destin, Florida June 13th, 2013
• Lawyer Logbook – (Article) Mediation: The Winning Approach ( April 2013)
• KA Order, Auburn – “Know Your Rights” (April 2013)
• West Point Georgia / Valley Alabama Rotary Club (April 2013)
• Association of Plaintiff Interstate Trucking Lawyers – Top Guns II St. Louis,  Missouri April 25th, 2013
• Lee County Bar Association – CLE (March 2013)
• Gamma Phi Beta, Auburn – “Know Your Rights” (March 2013 & February 2014)
• Mediation (November 2012)
• Motor Vehicle Collisions Start to Finish (April 2012)
• Road Collision Litigation: Key Tactics. Lee County Bar Association (2011)
• Behold – Mediation,  Arkansas Trial Lawyers Association,  Little Rock, Arkansas (2011)
• Motor Vehicle Collisions Start to Finish, Chambers County Bar Association(2011)
• Tractor Trailer Crashes – NBI – Montgomery, AL (2011)
• Handling the Auto Injury Claim, NBI (2010)
• Motor Vehicle Collisions Start to Finish, Jones School of Law (2010)
• Pedestrian Injury Litigation Primer, NBI (2010)
• Motor Vehicle Collisions Start to Finish, Montgomery County Bar Association (2010)
• Subrogation and Liens in Auto Accident Litigation, NBI (2009)
• Obtaining the Best Settlement for Personal Injury Clients, NBI (2008)
• Truck Accident Litigation From Start to Finish, NBI (2008)
• How to Successfully Resolve Automobile Injury Cases, NBI (2007)
• Strategies for Successfully Trying the Automobile Injury Case in Alabama, NBI (2005)
• Taking a Case to State District Court, Trial Lawyers Association (2004)
• Trying the Automobile Injury Case in Alabama, National Business Institute (NBI) (2003)
• Killer Trucks, Peoples Court Law School (2000)

Lawyer Logbook – “In the Ring” Winter 2014-15

Lee Magazine – “The Fighter” July/August 2013

Lawyer Logbook – “Mediation: The Winning Approach”

• Lee County Boys and Girls Club, Board Member
• Alabama Democratic Executive Committee, Elected Member
• YMCA Board of Directors – Lee County, Chairman
• Lee County Youth Judicial Program, Director
• Kiwanis of Lee County, Distinguished Service Award
• Southern Union Junior College, Adjunct Professor
• Opelika-Auburn All Millennium Football Team, Member
• First United Methodist Church of Lafayette, Alabama, Member
• Eagle Scout of Advisory Board
• Greater Valley Chamber of Commerce
• Auburn Chamber of Commerce
• Saint James School Board
• The Boys and Girls Club of Chambers County
• March of Dimes
• Crank Your Heart Ride/Run
• Water Well – Zambia Africa
• Boy Scouts of America
• Special Olympics