Donald M. Briskman

Donald M. Briskman has more than four decades of legal experience with expertise as a personal injury attorney, helping clients with wrongful personal injury and death cases. His other areas of practice include criminal defense, and domestic/family law.

Mr. Briskman is a graduate of the University of Alabama after attending Lafayette College and holds his law degree from the University of Alabama School of Law. Mr. Briskman served as President of the Mobile Bar Association in 2002 after having served the Association as Vice President and on various committees. Mr. Briskman has served on the Board of Governors of the Alabama Trial Lawyers Association for over two decades, the National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers and American Inns of Court. Mr. Briskman has served as Chair of numerous political campaigns in the Mobile/South Alabama region, including the successful Senatorial campaigns of U.S. Senators Howell T. Heflin and Richard C. Shelby. In addition, Mr. Briskman has been active in numerous successful judicial and legislative election contests. Mr. Briskman has also served as Assistant City Attorney for the City of Prichard, Municipal Judge for the Mobile County towns of Chickasaw and Creola, and also served for over ten years as Supernumerary Judge of the City of Mobile.

Donald’s wife, Holle, a community force, has demonstrated her leadership as a past chairman of the Mobile Public Library Board and is Chairman of the Library Board’s Capital Campaign. Holle has been honored with membership in Leadership Alabama and Leadership Mobile and previously served on the Alabama Child Advocacy Board and Alabama Arts and Humanity Council. Donald and Holle are active members of Ahavas Chesed Synagogue where Holle served as its President.