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Lightfoot, Franklin & White Named 2017 ‘Alabama Firm of the Year’ by Benchmark Litigation, published by Euromoney Institutional Investor PLC

February 16, 2017

Lightfoot, Franklin & White LLC has been named the 2017 “Alabama Firm of the Year” by Benchmark Litigation. Partners Harlan Prater and Lee Hollis attended a ceremony in New York on February 16 to accept the award.

“We’re honored to receive such a prestigious distinction,” said Lightfoot managing partner Wynn Shuford. “It is particularly gratifying to have our dedication to client service recognized, and it serves as motivation for all of us to set the bar even higher going forward.”

This is the first time Lightfoot has been named “Alabama Firm of the Year” by Benchmark Litigation, which has consistently ranked the firm as “Highly Recommended” in Alabama in previous publications.

The award winners for the 2017 edition of Benchmark Litigation were determined through extensive research, including interviews with litigators and their clients. The awards recognize the country’s most distinguished litigators and their firms for their work over the past 12 months.

An annual guide to the leading U.S. litigation firms and lawyers, Benchmark Litigation is the only publication that focuses exclusively on litigation in the United States.