Jonathan Coleman Sapp, Sr., is entering his twentieth year of practice as a personal injury lawyer. He founded The Sapp Law Firm, L.L.C., in 2003 after co-founding the law firm of Warren & Sapp in 2001 and working previously as an associate at the King & Warren firm as a personal injury attorney.
Jonathan was born in Gadsden, Alabama on November 28, 1971, and graduated from Hewitt-Trussville High School in 1990. From there, he went on to The University of Alabama where he received his Bachelor of Science degree, majoring in psychology and minoring in biology.
After obtaining his undergraduate degree, Jonathan studied at The University of Alabama School of Law where he earned his Juris Doctorate degree in 1999. While in law school, Jonathan served as Senator of the Student Bar Association and as a member of the Student Government Association Standing Committee on Libraries, the Bench and Bar Legal Honor Society, the Farrah Law Society, and Phi Delta Phi legal fraternity. He also was the recipient of the Corpus Juris Secundum Award, the CALI Excellence for the Future Award, and the Student Bar Association Leadership Award.
Jonathan is a member of the First United Methodist Church of Jasper. He has served as board member of several community/philanthropic organizations in Walker County, including two terms on the Board of Directors of Chamber of Commerce of Walker County. He is an active member of the Walker County Bar Association, the Birmingham Bar Association, the Alabama Civil Justice Foundation and the Alabama Association for Justice (where he serves as a Sustaining Member and on the Executive Committee).
Aside from the practice of law, Jonathan loves coaching his son, J. Coleman Sapp, Jr., in football, basketball and baseball. He also enjoys all things related to Alabama football.