Liz Huntley Featured in Article on ‘Business Lessons Learned from Local Leaders’ by StyleBlueprint Birmingham

October 25, 2017

Lightfoot, Franklin & White LLC of counsel Elizabeth H. Huntley topped a recent list of “Business Lessons Learned from Local Leaders” in StyleBlueprint Birmingham. The article highlights 12 leaders from the Birmingham community and the lessons they gleaned from early career mistakes.

“Be open to the advice of your mentors," said Huntley. "It took me years to fully understand the value of a mentor and how I needed to allow myself to be a little vulnerable if I wanted take full advantage of what my mentors had to offer."

In addition to handling large corporate litigation matters at Lightfoot, Huntley is a committed child advocate and provides legal and consultation services to government and nonprofit agencies that serve children and families. She is frequently appointed by judges to represent the legal interests of children in civil cases.

Huntley also serves as a motivational speaker to various groups and organizations where she challenges audiences to adopt her “no excuses” philosophy. In 2015, she published her personal memoir, “More Than A Bird,” which recounts her childhood journey “from unimaginable darkness to radiance.”