Eric B. Funderburk, JD, LLM, is a lifelong resident of the Russell County, Alabama, who has been engaged in the practice of law since April 1996.

            Mr. Funderburk received his Bachelor of Arts in History from the University of Alabama, his Juris Doctor from the Jones School of Law and Faulkner University, and his Legum Magistar (Master of Laws), from the Thomas Jefferson School of Law.

            From April 1996 through January 1999, Mr. Funderburk was a Associate attorney with the firm of Funderburk, Day, and Lane in Phenix City, Alabama, where he practiced in the areas of Domestic Relations, Criminal, and Civil Litigation.

            In 1998, Mr. Funderburk was elected to the Russell County District Court and served as district court judge, family court judge, and circuit court judge by special appointment. Mr. Funderburk served Russell County in that capacity until January 2011. During this time, Mr. Funderburk presided over juvenile court matters, divorces, divorce modification and enforcement actions, child support establishment and enforcement actions, establishment of paternity actions, protection from abuse actions, domestic violence actions, traffic cases, district criminal and civil matters, and eviction proceedings.

            Since January 2011, Mr. Funderburk has been a partner with Funderburk Law Group (formerly Funderburk & Lane). Mr. Funderburk has focused his practice on domestic, civil, and criminal litigation and appeals. Mr. Funderburk has represented clients and tried cases throughout the State of Alabama, primarily concentrating his time in the counties of Russell, Lee, Chambers, Barbour, Bullock, and Macon.

            Mr. Funderburk has tried hundreds of cases, as lead counsel, in domestic relations cases, personal injury cases, and criminal cases, including Class A felonies and murder. Mr. Funderburk is “death penalty qualified,” which qualifies him to serve as lead counsel in criminal cases that carry a possible sentence of death upon conviction.

            Mr. Funderburk is a former member of the Alabama Family Court Judges Association, the Alabama Department of Human Resources State Quality Assurance Committee, the Alabama Department of Human Resources Policy sub-Committee, the Alabama Court Improvement Project, and a member of the Committee that authored the Alabama Child Abduction Prevention Act.

            Mr. Funderburk is the current president of Russell County Bar Association and the member of the Russell County Indigent Defense Committee. He is a former Director of the Russell County Children’s Policy Counsel, a former member of the Board of Directors of the Russell County Child and Family Connections, the founder of the Russell County CHINS prevention program, the co-founder of the Russell County GIGG program, a former board member for the Girls, Inc., and a former board member of the Alabama Campaign to Prevent Teen Pregnancy.

            Mr. Funderburk has served as lead appellate counsel in dozens of cases, including the following matters that have resulted in written opinions being issued by the appellate court:

            Council of the Phenix City v. Phenix City Bd. Of Educ., 81 So.3d 1278, 277 Ed. Law Rep. 1252 (Ala. Civ. App. 2011)

            Montgomery v. Montgomery (Ex parte Montgomery), 79 So.3d 660 (Ala. Civ. App. 2011)

            Montgomery v. Montgomery (Ex parte Montgomery), 97 So.3d 148 (Ala. Civ. App. 2012)

            Clark v. State, 166 So. 3d 147 (Ala. Crim. App. 2014)

            Dozier v. Dozier (Ex parte Dozier), 170 So.3d 673 (Ala. Civ. App. 2014)

            Rutan v. Rutan, 155 So.3d 254 (Ala. Civ. App. 2014)

            Irions v. Holt, 156 So.3d 956 (Ala. Civ. App. 2014)

            Williams v. Williams (ex parte Williams), 185 So.3d 1106 (Ala. Civ. App. 2015)

            Stouffer v. Wilson (Ex parte Stouffer), 214 So.3d 1192 (Ala. Civ. App. 2016)

            Riggs v. Krukenberg (Ex parte Krukenberg), 252 So.3d 676 (Ala. Civ. App. 2017)

            W.T. v. H.S., No. 2210492 (Ala. Civ. App. 2022)

            Mr. Funderburk also co-authored the article, “Representing Parents in Dependency Cases Involving the Alabama Department of Human Resources,” published in the May of 2019 issue of the Alabama Lawyer (Vol. 80 No. 3 Pg. 188).