Lightfoot Named 2023 Benchmark Litigation’s ‘Alabama Firm of the Year’

March 30, 2023

For the seventh consecutive year, Lightfoot, Franklin & White LLC has been named “Alabama Firm of the Year” by Benchmark Litigation. The recognition was announced at the 2023 Benchmark Litigation US Awards ceremony in New York on March 15. Partner R. Ashby Pate attended the event and received the award on behalf of the firm.  

“We’re grateful to receive this award again and see our work recognized nationally,” said Lightfoot managing partner Melody Eagan. “This designation is more special to the firm each year as we continue to build on the last to better serve our clients.”

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. It is compiled through extensive research, including interviews with litigators and their clients. The annual Benchmark Litigation Awards recognize the country’s most distinguished litigators and their firms for their work over the past 12 months.