About Barbi
Barbi Agricola, founder of Agricola Law, concentrates her practice in the areas of plaintiff's personal injury law, family law and criminal defense. Barbi was born and raised in Montgomery, where she attended LAMP High School, a nationally-ranked college preparatory school. She completed her undergraduate work at the University of Alabama in Birmingham, where she was accepted into the school's prestigious University Honors Program, which only accepts fifty students a year. Barbi graduated magna cum laude with University and Departmental honors, earning a major in Political Science and a double minor in Criminal Justice and Philosophy and Law, all within the span of three years.
After College at UAB, Barbi attended law school at the University of Alabama School of Law in Tuscaloosa, where she received numerous awards for her trial advocacy skills, leadership skills and involvement in the law school. She was a member of the Order of the Barristers, the Bench & Bar legal honor society, and Law School Ambassadors, among others. Barbi also served as the Managing Editor of the Law & Psychology Review, where she also had a legal article published. As part of the school's trial advocacy and moot court teams, she won first place at the National Trial Advocacy Competition in one year and in another year advanced to the quarter-final rounds in moot court competition.
After law school, Barbi completed several federal clerkships, including clerking for the Honorable William M. Acker, Jr. of the Northern District of Alabama, the Honorable Joel F. Dubina, then Chief Judge of the Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals, and the Honorable W. Keith Watkins, Chief Judge of the Middle District of Alabama. These experiences enable Barbara to maintain a vibrant federal court practice with a high level of knowledge and skill.
Practice Areas
- Personal Injury
- Criminal Defense
- Election Law
- Long Term Care
- Mental Health Law
- Premises Liability
- White-Collar Crimes
- Employment Law
- Civil Rights Law
- Estate Planning
- Constitutional Law
- Insurance Coverage
- Employment Practices Litigation
- Administrative Law
- Family Law
- Expungements
- Appellate Law
- Education Law
Bar Admissions
- Alabama
- Georgia
- U.S. District Court Northern District of Alabama
- U.S. District Court Middle District of Alabama
- U.S. District Court Southern District of Alabama
- U.S. District Court Middle District of Georgia
- U.S. District Court Northern District of Georgia
- U.S. Court of Appeals 11th Circuit
- U.S. District Court Middle District of Louisiana
- Georgia Court of Appeals
- U.S. Supreme Court
Education
- The University of Alabama School of Law, Tuscaloosa, Alabama
- Juris Doctorate
- University of Alabama-Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama
- B.A., Bachelor of Arts
- Honors: magna cum laude
- Honors: With High Honors
- Major: Political Science
- Minor: Criminal Justice/Philosophy and Law
Professional Associations
- Lee County Bar Association
- Russell County Bar Association
- Alabama State Bar Association
- Georgia State Bar Association
Honors
- Martindale-Hubbell AV preeminent rating (2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, and 2023)
- Super Lawyers Mid-South Rising Star (an honor reserved for those lawyers who exhibit excellence in practice. Only 2.5% of attorneys in Mid-South receive this distinction)
- Martindale-Hubbell client satisfaction award 2016-2017 (awarded to 5% of attorneys)
- Lead Counsel selection
- Ms. UAB 2004 (selection based on dedication to the university)
Pro-Bono Activities
- Opelika Rotary Happy Hour Club, Member & Co-Chair for Monthly Speakers
- Lee County Junior League
- Columbus Inn of Court
- National College for DUI Defense
- Hugh Maddox Inn of Court
Published Works
- The Psychology of Pretrial Identification Procedures: The Showup, 33 ALA. L & PSYCH. REV., 125 (2009), 33, 2009
- Book series: Inside the Minds: Defense Strategies for Drug Crimes (2016-2017 Edition) my chapter: “Caught Red-Handed: A Practical Guide to Help Your Client in Federal Drug Crime Cases”
Fraternities and Sororities
- Alpha Omicron Pi
Past Positions
- Law Clerk to Hon. William M. Acker, Jr., U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Alabama 2010-2011
- Law Clerk to Hon. Joel F. Dubina, Chief Judge, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit 2011-2012
- Law Clerk to Hon. W. Keith Watkins, Chief Judge, U.S. District Court, Middle District of Alabama 2013-2014