Sybil Newton

Sybil Newton is a partner at Starnes Davis Florie and has practiced with the firm for over thirty years. She heads the firm’s Appellate Law and Written Advocacy Group. Prior to her position as head of the firm’s Appellate Group, Sybil had an active trial practice, participating in over twenty jury trials, defending primarily medical malpractice actions across the state. She has handled a variety of appeals on behalf of litigants and is also regularly retained by non-litigants to intervene in appeals as amicus curiae.

She has been appointed by the Alabama Supreme Court, and currently serving in her fifth 3-year term as a member of the Standing Committee on Alabama Rules of Appellate Procedure until October 2024.

She has been recognized as a leading Appellate practitioner in the Eleventh Circuit Benchmark: Appellate, Listed in Best Lawyers in America® for Appellate Law & Medical Malpractice Law, is an AV Peer Rating by Martindale Hubbell for over 25 years, and listed in Mid-South Super Lawyers® magazine as one of the top attorneys in the state of Alabama. She is also a member of The American Society of Legal Advocates, which selects less than 1.5% of lawyers nationwide for membership.