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Barbara (Barbi) H. Agricola

Founder/Partner

Barbara (Barbi) H. Agricola

Founder/Partner

Biography

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.

Bar Admissions

Alabama, 2010
Georgia, 2014
United States Supreme Court, 2020

Practice Areas

Domestic Relations/Family/Divorce
Personal Injury
Criminal Defense
Probate
Administrative
Miscellaneous

Honors

Martindale-Hubbell AV preeminent rating (2016, 2017, 2018)
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)

Education

The University of Alabama School of Law, Tuscaloosa, Alabama

Juris Doctorate

University of Alabama-Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama

B.A. – 2005

Honors: magna cum laude
Honors: With High Honors
Major: Political Science
Minor: Criminal Justice/Philosophy and Law

Fraternities and Sororities

Alpha Omicron Pi

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”

Past Employment

US Federal Courts Northern District of Alabama, Law Clerk, 2010 to 2011
Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals, Law Clerk, 2011 to 2012