About
Gilmore, rowley, crissey & Hayes

W. Ivey Gilmore, Jr. is a member of the Tuscaloosa County Bar Association and the American Bar Association. His practice areas include civil litigation and trial practice (with an emphasis on insurance defense), general insurance coverage matters, casualty and complex construction litigation. He has represented architects, engineers, general contractors and other trades in the construction field. Mr. Gilmore is peer rated and has received the Martindale-Hubbard AV rating for his extensive litigation skills and experience in and out of the court room.

Adrian M. Rowley is a member in good standing of the Tuscaloosa County Bar Association, the Alabama Bar Association and is a licensed Title Insurance Agent in the State of Alabama. He earned a Master’s Degree in geography from the University of Southern Mississippi in 1999 and a Juris Doctorate degree from The University of Alabama School of Law in 2001. While attending law school, he was on the staff of the Alabama Law Review. Mr. Rowley’s primary areas of practice are real estate and business law. He also conducts commercial and residential real estate closings in conjunction with the firm’s title company, Queen City Title, LLC. Mr. Rowley has been a resident of Tuscaloosa County since 1999. He and his wife, Jill, have two children, Sam and Alice.

Laura J. Crissey is a member of the Alabama, Mississippi and Tuscaloosa County Bar Associations. Her areas of practice include general litigation, estate planning and probate law. Ms. Crissey is originally from Andalusia, Alabama, and she has lived in Tuscaloosa since 1998. She earned her Juris Doctorate from the University of Alabama in 2001, graduating magna cum laude. While in law school, she served as the Alabama Editor of the Alabama Law Review, was named a Hugo Black Scholar and was a member of the Farrah Law Society. Upon graduation, she was awarded membership in the prestigious Order of the Coif. Laura earned her undergraduate degree in English, cum laude, from Auburn University in 1997.

Walter S. Hayes is a member of the Alabama and Tuscaloosa County Bar Associations. He is a lifelong resident of Tuscaloosa County. He graduated from the University of Alabama in 2000 and earned his Juris Doctor degree from the University of Alabama School of Law in 2004. While in law school, he was a member of the Alabama Law Review. His areas of practice include general civil litigation, insurance defense, and landlord-tenant law.

Tony Watkins is a member of the Alabama and Tuscaloosa Bar Associations. He practices in general litigation and appellate law. Tony is originally from Harlan County, Kentucky. Before becoming an attorney, Tony served as an officer in the United States Air Force and Tennessee Air National Guard. He graduated cum laude from the Cumberland Law School of Law in 2005. In law school, Tony served as a Caruthers Fellow and Writing Editor for the Cumberland Law Review.