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22 Lightfoot Attorneys Named 2024 Mid-South Super Lawyers and Rising Stars
November 21, 2024
Lightfoot, Franklin & White LLC is pleased to announce that 22 of our Birmingham attorneys have been included in the latest Super Lawyers edition. The 2024 list features 14 Lightfoot attorneys as “Mid-South Super Lawyers” and eight as “Mid-South Rising Stars.”
Of note, managing partner Melody Eagan, founding partner Samuel Franklin and partner Christian King were also named as Mid-South “Top Lawyers.” This year marks partner David Pruet’s 10th year on the list, and partner Rachel Lary was named a Mid-South Super Lawyer for the first time.
Thompson Reuters’ patented selection process for the annual regional Super Lawyers and Rising Stars lists encompasses independent research, peer nominations and peer evaluations to select lawyers across all 50 states and Washington, D.C.
The 2024 Mid-South Super Lawyers from Lightfoot:
- Chandler Bailey (Personal Injury - Products: Defense)
- Mike Bell (Personal Injury - General: Defense
- Melody Eagan (Personal Injury - Products: Defense)
- Sara Anne Ford (Business Litigation)
- Sam Franklin (Business Litigation)
- Wesley Gilchrist (Business Litigation)
- Lee Hollis (Personal Injury - General: Defense)
- Christian King (Business Litigation)
- Rachel Lary (Personal Injury - Products: Defense)
- Ashby Pate (Civil Litigation: Plaintiff)
- Harlan Prater (Personal Injury - Products: Defense)
- David Pruet (Business Litigation)
- Jack Sharman (Criminal Defense: White Collar)
- Glenn Waldrop (Business Litigation)
Lightfoot attorneys selected as 2024 Mid-South Rising Stars:
- Reid Carpenter (Civil Litigation: Defense)
- Meghan Cole (Business Litigation)
- McKinley Dunn (Civil Litigation: Defense)
- Amaobi J. Enyinnia (Personal Injury - Products: Defense)
- James Gibson (Personal Injury - Products: Defense)
- Amie Vague (Personal Injury - Products: Defense)
- Matthew Winne (Personal Injury - General: Defense)
- Christopher Yearout (Personal Injury - Products: Defense)