Rick Fernambucq, a Birmingham native and founding partner of Boyd, Fernambucq, & Dunn, P.C., has been practicing matrimonial and family law in Alabama since 1981.
He is the author of Family Law in Alabama: Practice and Procedure, with the first edition being printed in 1990. The book is updated annually and is released in December of each year by the publisher LexisNexis. Since 1990, Family Law in Alabama: Practice and Procedure has become recognized as the primary authority and reference on divorce law that both divorce practitioners and trial judges throughout our state utilize.
Rick was a founding member of the Family Law Section of the Alabama State Bar and has served as Chairman of both that Section and the State Chapter of the American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers. He also serves as Treasurer for the American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers, Alabama chapter. Rick has been listed in the Best Lawyers in America in his field of practice and received the Lawyer of the Year Award for 2010 from the Family Law Section of the Alabama State Bar. He is also regularly nominated for SuperLawyers, which is an honor bestowed upon only 5% of Alabama attorneys each year after a state-wide peer evaluation process.
Rick graduated from the University of Alabama in 1977 and from Birmingham School of Law in 1981. He served on the Executive Committee of the Birmingham Bar Association from 1993-1996, and he frequently wrote articles appearing in the Birmingham Bar Bulletin, a quarterly publication produced by the Association. He regularly speaks for various organizations on family law issues as it pertains to the law in the state of Alabama.
Rick has regularly taught in the area of family law, whether in a class setting, at a seminar, or giving “free legal advice” to fellow attorneys/judges who ask for his opinion or status of the law on real life family law situations. He has been married for forty-six years, has two adult children, five grandchildren, and two great-grandchildren. His personal interests include cooking, and anything done outdoors, whether it is hunting, fishing, or working at his sons horse farm just outside of Birmingham.