Robert MacKenzie

Practice Areas

Bob MacKenzie is a partner at Starnes Davis Florie, having joined the firm in 1984 after completing law school. Bob has previously served as the firm’s Managing Partner and a member of the firm’s Executive Committee. He is a Fellow of the American College of Trial Lawyers, Past President of the Judge James E. Horton American Inn of Court, and Past President of the Birmingham Bar Association.

Bob’s practice is devoted to handling a broad scope of litigation including medical and legal malpractice actions, product liability, and commercial litigation. He has tried in excess of 100 jury trials to a verdict. Bob also represents lawyers and health care professionals in disciplinary matters before Alabama Regulatory Boards and has experience before the Alabama Court 7 of the Judiciary. He has published multiple articles on the defense of legal malpractice suits and trial practice. Bob handles matters throughout Alabama and the Southeast.

Career

Bob is a Fellow of the American College of Trial Lawyers, where he is the current Regent for Region 7 and previously served as the State Chair for Alabama. He is the Past President of the Birmingham Bar Association (2015 – 2016), the Past - President of the Judge James E. Horton American Inn of Court (2018 - 2020), serves as a Diplomate of the American Board of Trial Advocates (ABOTA) and previously served on the National Board of Directors, and he is a Fellow of the International Society of Barristers and the Litigation Counsel of America. He is named a Top Leading Litigator by Chambers USA, Listed in Best Lawyers in America®. In addition, Best Lawyers in America® has named Bob MacKenzie the “Birmingham Best Lawyers Medical Malpractice Defense Lawyer of the Year” for 2013.

Bob is also a Life Fellow of the Alabama Law Foundation and of the Birmingham Bar Foundation, has been Named a “Litigation Star” in Benchmark Litigation, listed as a Super Lawyer in Alabama by Mid-South Super Lawyers® magazine, and is an AV rated attorney by Martindale-Hubbell® Peer Review RatingsTM.

Professional Memberships

Fellow of the American College of Trial Lawyers; Best Lawyers in America's “Birmingham Best Lawyers Medical Malpractice Defense Lawyer of the Year” for 2013; Past President of the Birmingham Bar Association (2015 – 2016); Diplomate of the American Board of Trial Advocates (ABOTA) and previously served on the National Board of Directors; Fellow of the American Bar Association; Fellow of the International Society of Barristers and the Litigation Counsel of America; A Life Fellow of the Alabama Law Foundation and of the Birmingham Bar Foundation