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Berryhill is the managing partner
of Wilson & Berryhill P.C. A native of
Birmingham, Berryhill earned his undergraduate
degree in political science from Birmingham
Southern College in 1993 and his Juris Doctorate
from Birmingham School of Law in 1996.
Berryhill is an avid
outdoorsman and already has worked with or
shared the outdoors with several POMA members.
He also served as an advisor to the original
steering committee that developed the
organizational structure for POMA.
"POMA is proud to have an
attorney of Jonathan's caliber join our
organization as legal counsel," said Betty Lou
Fegely, POMA chairman/president. "We will look
to Jonathan for advise and guidance as we
continue to develop benefits and services and
work within the parameters of the non-profit
sector."
Berryhill’s practice is
principally devoted to civil litigation defense
work in the areas of workers’ compensation,
personal injury, automobile and trucking
liability, & premises liability. A member of the
Alabama State Bar, Berryhill also holds
memberships in the Alabama Defense Lawyers
Association, the Defense Research Institute
where he is the State Liason for the Workers'
Compensation Section, the Alabama Workers’
Compensation Organization, the Alabama Claims
Association, the Workers’ Compensation section
of the Alabama State Bar and the Alabama
Workers’ Compensation Defense Lawyers
Association. With the Birmingham Bar
Association, Berryhill served on the
Unauthorized Practice of Law Committee. He
served two terms as a member of the Executive
Committee of Young Lawyers Section and has
served two terms on the Technology Committee.
Berryhill is a member of Manufacture Alabama and
a member of the Young Contractors Forum. He is
licensed to practice in all state and federal
courts in Alabama.
While completing law school,
Berryhill clerked for the Honorable J. Scott
Vowell of the 10th Judicial Circuit and received
the 1995 Outstanding Participant Award for Moot
Court. He served as a member of the Friends of
Scouting (Fund-raising Committee 1999, 2000) and
continues as a volunteer with the Greater
Alabama District, Boy Scouts of America. He also
has worked as a counselor with Alabama Boys
State (1997 & 1998).