Lana A. Olson, Partner
Birmingham
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205-581-1514 phone
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205-581-0799 fax
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lolson@lightfootlaw.com
Biography
Lana Olson is a trial lawyer who understands the pressures in-house counsel face.
When it comes to defending her clients, Lana has never been afraid of a challenge. Whether she is trying a complex, high-stakes case, providing day-to-day risk management advice or leading an internal investigation, Lana has the experience and judgment needed to guide clients through even the most daunting situations. She is a gifted leader who believes in prioritizing clear communication with clients and tailoring her approach to their unique needs.
Maintaining a varied litigation and arbitration practice, Lana serves as lead trial counsel in matters involving toxic tort, product liability, catastrophic injury, class action, commercial/consumer fraud and breach of contract claims. Her clients are located all over the country and range from Fortune 100 multinational companies to small family businesses. They include a Fortune 100 global science, chemical and innovation company, a residential warranty company; and a Fortune 50 online technology company, along with international commercial vehicle safety manufacturers, chemical manufacturers and transportation companies. Lana regularly handles cases in Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Michigan, Mississippi, Pennsylvania, Texas, New York and South Carolina.
Recent examples of Lana’s cases include:
- Defending a Fortune 500 company in more than 50 cases in four states related to PFAS contamination and exposure.
- Obtaining multiple defense verdicts at trial on behalf of a Fortune 100 technology company in a series of cases involving claims of consumer fraud, breach of contract, deceptive trade practices, Magnusson-Moss violations and breach of warranty.
- Representing a chemical manufacturer in multiple lawsuits brought by more than 400 plaintiffs related to chlorine exposure.
- Negotiating cessation of a chemical exposure case pre-suit for an international company based on early fact investigation and expert work showing a lack of causation.
- Serving as trial counsel in dozens of consumer fraud, breach of contract, deceptive trade practices, Magnusson-Moss violations and breach of warranty arbitrations across the Southeast.
Lana understands the complicated realities facing today’s in-house lawyers because she was once in their shoes: she served for seven years as the assistant general counsel for a leading heavy truck component distributor. In this role, she managed all facets of the company’s legal and compliance matters, from day-to-day consultation to the most complex and significant pieces of litigation. Lana was also responsible for hiring and managing a team of outside counsel and gained invaluable experience that she draws on daily to deliver the best possible service to her clients.
Outside of the courtroom, Lana is heavily involved in both the firm and the legal community. She has held many board-level roles with DRI, the leading organization of defense attorneys and in-house counsel, and most recently served as president from 2022-23. Lana has belonged to the Alabama Defense Lawyers Association for more than 25 years and is also a longtime member of the International Association of Defense Counsel and the Federation of Defense & Corporate Counsel. Within the firm, Lana is a dedicated member of Women of Lightfoot (WOLF).
When she isn’t wearing her trial lawyer hat, Lana enjoys being a mother to her vivacious teenage daughter, Maggie, as well as her three (yes, three!) four-legged companions, George Bailey (Shih-Tzu), Penny (rescue mutt), and her Scooter (Bernedoodle).
Representative Matters
- Defending Fortune 500 chemical companies in PFAS litigation (personal injury, class action, environmental exposure cases) in multiple states.
- Serving as first-chair in a million dollar product liability claim involving an 18-wheeler rear-end incident resulting in debilitating back injuries. Successfully defended the moving equipment rental company from plaintiff’s claims of defective lights and inadequate warnings. The jury returned a defense verdict after less than thirty minutes of deliberations.
- Serving as assistant general counsel for a leading truck component supplier (2010-17).
- Serving as lead defense counsel in the arbitration of a multimillion-dollar personal injury case. The arbitrator found in favor of the defense on the issue of comparative fault, resulting in a 90 percent reduction of the award.
- Assisting and advising a natural gas company in a two-year NTSB investigation.
- Representing a Fortune 100 company in class actions and individual lawsuits resulting from a train derailment, as well as assisting in the related NTSB investigation.
- Defending environmental contamination lawsuits against a manufacturing facility involving hundreds of plaintiffs suing for environmental contamination (air, soil, vapor and groundwater) from the chemical TCE.
- Resolving numerous class action, mass joinder and multiplaintiff lawsuits in which the plaintiffs claimed personal injuries and property damage as the result of alleged exposure to various wood-treating chemicals, including creosote, pentachlorophenol and arsenic.
- Defending a natural gas marketing company to verdict at trial in a fraud, breach of contract and RICO case where the alleged damages topped $100 million.
- Defending a food manufacturing company in state and federal lawsuits in which the plaintiffs alleged that odor nuisances affected their property values.
- Obtaining the dismissal of a Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) collective action claim following a week-long bench trial on behalf of a large, national luxury goods retailer.
- Obtaining summary judgment for a manufacturing client in an Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) claim.
- Obtaining early dismissal in a race discrimination, hostile work environment, constructive discharge and retaliation case on behalf of a chemical company.
- Defending a uniform supply company in a nationwide class action lawsuit for fraud and breach of contract.
- Obtaining a defense verdict for a Fortune 100 technology company in a trial in Mississippi state court. Plaintiff alleged product liability, warranty and breach of contract claims.
Articles
Events
News
- Lightfoot Practices and Attorneys Earn Prominent Placements in Chambers and Partners USA 2025 Guide
- Lightfoot Secures Key PFAS Appellate Win for DuPont from Alabama Supreme Court
- Lana Olson Receives Prestigious Mary Massaron Award from DRI
- Lightfoot, Franklin & White LLC Earns ‘Top 20 Trial Law Firm’ for 8th Year and Achieves Multiple Firm and Attorney Honors in Benchmark Litigation’s 2025 Guide
- Lightfoot, Franklin & White LLC Earns ‘Top 20 Trial Law Firm’ for 8th Year and Achieves Multiple Firm and Attorney Honors in Benchmark Litigation’s 2025 Guide
- 3 Lightfoot Attorneys Named Birmingham “Lawyers of the Year” and 47 Recognized Overall in 2025 Edition of Best Lawyers®
- Lana Olson Discusses Her Time as DRI President on Everything Except the Law Podcast
- Lightfoot Practices and Attorneys Earn Prominent Placements in Chambers and Partners USA 2024 Guide
- Lightfoot, Franklin & White LLC Earns ‘Top 20 Trial Law Firm’ for 7th Year and Achieves Multiple Firm and Attorney Honors in Benchmark Litigation’s 2024 Guide
- Melody Eagan, Lana Olson, Haley Cox Named to Benchmark Litigation ‘Top 250 Women in Litigation - South’ for 2023
- 28 Lightfoot Attorneys Named 2022 Mid-South Super Lawyers and Rising Stars
- Lana Olson’s Appointment as DRI President Covered in Several Outlets
- Lightfoot Partner Lana Olson Named President of DRI
- Three Lightfoot Attorneys Named Birmingham “Lawyers of the Year” and 48 Recognized Overall in 2023 Edition of Best Lawyers®
- Melody Eagan, Lana Olson and Haley Cox Named to Benchmark Litigation "Top 250 Women in Litigation - South" for 2022
- Partner Lana Olson Presents at 2022 Regional Women in the Law Summit
- Lightfoot Named 2022 ‘Alabama Firm of the Year’ by Benchmark Litigation
- Lana Olson Gives Opening Remarks at 2022 DRI Women in the Law Seminar
- 31 Lightfoot Attorneys Named 2021 Mid-South Super Lawyers and Rising Stars
- Lightfoot Partner Lana Olson Named President-elect of DRI
- Three Lightfoot Attorneys Named Birmingham ‘Lawyers of the Year’ and 44 Recognized Overall in 2022 Edition of Best Lawyers®
- Lightfoot Sponsors DRI’s Virtual Women in the Law Annual Meeting
- 32 Lightfoot Attorneys Named 2020 'Mid-South Super Lawyers' and 'Rising Stars' by Super Lawyers (Thomson Reuters)
- Benchmark Litigation Names 17 Lightfoot Lawyers to 2021 Guide
- B-Metro Magazine Names Lightfoot Partners ‘Top Women Attorneys’ for 2020
- Liz Huntley and Lana Olson Named to Birmingham Business Journal’s ‘Best of the Bar’ for 2020
- Two Lightfoot Attorneys Recognized as Birmingham "Lawyer of the Year,” 30 Listed in The Best Lawyers in America© 2021 and Eight Recognized as “Ones to Watch”
- Melody Eagan, Lana Olson and Haley Cox Named to Benchmark Litigation’s ‘Top 250 Women in Litigation’ for 2020
- Lightfoot Attorneys Named 2019 Mid-South Super Lawyers and Rising Stars
- Lightfoot Partner Lana Olson Elected Second Vice President of DRI
- Benchmark Litigation Recognizes 15 Lightfoot Attorneys in its 2020 Edition
- Melody Eagan and Lana Olson Named to Benchmark Litigation’s ‘Top 250 Women in Litigation’ for 2019
- Three Lightfoot Attorneys Recognized as Birmingham ‘Lawyers of the Year’ and 24 Listed Overall in The Best Lawyers in America© 2020
- Three Lightfoot Attorneys Named to ‘Who’s Who Legal: Product Liability Defense 2019’ List
- Six Lightfoot Partners Named to 2019 B-Metro Magazine ‘Top Flight Attorneys’
- 13 Lightfoot Attorneys Selected as ‘Litigation Stars’ in 2019 Edition of Benchmark Litigation
- Lightfoot Attorneys Named 2018 Mid-South Super Lawyers and Rising Stars
- Lightfoot Partner Lana Olson Elected Secretary-Treasurer of DRI
- Two Lightfoot, Franklin & White Attorneys Recognized as Birmingham ‘Lawyers of the Year’ and 20 Listed Overall in The Best Lawyers in America 2019
- B-Metro Magazine Names Melody Eagan, Sara Ford and Lana Olson ‘Top Women Attorneys’
- Lightfoot Partner Lana Olson Again Named to Benchmark Litigation’s ‘Top 250 Women in Litigation’ for 2018
- Lightfoot Attorneys Named to Law Business Research’s 'Who's Who Legal: Product Liability Defense 2018' List
- 41 Lightfoot Attorneys Named 2017 Mid-South Super Lawyers and Rising Stars
- 13 Lightfoot Attorneys Recognized as ‘Litigation Stars’ in 2018 Edition of Benchmark Litigation
- Three Lightfoot Attorneys Named to Law Business Research’s ‘Who’s Who Legal: Product Liability Defense 2017’ List
- Four Lightfoot, Franklin & White Attorneys Recognized as Birmingham ‘Lawyers of the Year’ and 19 Listed Overall in 2018 The Best Lawyers in America© Published by Woodward/White, Inc.
- Lightfoot, Franklin & White Partner Lana Olson Named to Benchmark Litigation’s “Top 250 Women in Litigation” for 2017
- Lightfoot Partner Lana Olson Speaks On the Gender Wage Gap in the Legal Profession at DRI Diversity for Success Seminar
- Thirty-five Lightfoot Attorneys Named 2016 Mid-South Super Lawyers and Rising Stars by Thomson Reuters’ Super Lawyers
- Eighteen Lawyers from Lightfoot listed in the ‘Best Lawyers in America’ 2017 by Best Lawyers® by Woodward White, Inc.
- Defense verdict for U-Haul Co. of Texas
Presentations and Publications
Presenter, "Business Development Tips for Lawyers" N.D. Defense Lawyers Association Annual Membership Meeting and Fall Seminar, (2019)
Presenter, “The Art of Marketing,” FDCC, (2017)
Presenter, “Why Gender Equality is Good for Everyone, Including Men,” Defense Trial Counsel of Indiana (DCTI ) Annual Meeting, (2016)
Presenter, “Work/Life Balance for Women Lawyers,” Louisiana Defense Counsel Meeting, (2016)
Presenter, “Business Development for The Employment Lawyer,” DRI Employment Law Seminar, (2015)
Author, “Don’t Be a Scarlett O’Hara: Start Thinking About Business Development Now,” The Guide — A Young Lawyer’s Guide to Defense Practice, (2015)
Presenter, “What You Need to Know About the Plaintiffs’ Attorney Information Exchange Group (AIEG),” DRI Toxic Torts and Environmental Law Seminar, (2015)
Author, “Ten Things I Wish I'd Known About Business Development,” DRI For the Defense, (July 2013)
Presenter, “The Best in Trial and Courtroom Techniques in Trucking Litigation,” Transportation Megaconference XI, (2013)
Presenter, “Reinvent the Way You Practice Law: Six Experts in 90 Minutes,” DRI Annual Meeting, (2013)
Author, “Ten Things I Wish I'd Known Before My First Expert Deposition,” DRI For the Defense, (November 2011)
Author, “Ten Things I Wish I'd Known Before My First Deposition,” DRI For the Defense, (April 2008)
Author, “Ten Things I Wish I'd Known Before My First Trial,” DRI For the Defense, (September 2007)
Recurring speaker at the Alabama Defense Lawyer’s Association’s Annual Deposition Boot Camp
Presenter (with CNN senior analyst Jeffrey Toobin), “Inside the Supreme World of the Supreme Court,” DRI Annual Meeting
Presenter, “Effectively Leveraging Affinity Groups,” DuPont Women Lawyers Network Meeting
Presenter, “Collision Mitigation Technology: The Future is Forward-Looking,” American Bar Association, TIPS Fall Leadership Meeting/Commercial Transportation Litigation Committee
Presenter, “Affirmative Recovery Programs: How to Change Your Law Department from a Cost Center to a Profit Center,” DRI’s Corporate Counsel Roundtable
Presenter, “Business Development for Lawyers,” DRI International Seminar
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Legal Assistant
Bio 
Lana Olson is a trial lawyer who understands the pressures in-house counsel face.
When it comes to defending her clients, Lana has never been afraid of a challenge. Whether she is trying a complex, high-stakes case, providing day-to-day risk management advice or leading an internal investigation, Lana has the experience and judgment needed to guide clients through even the most daunting situations. She is a gifted leader who believes in prioritizing clear communication with clients and tailoring her approach to their unique needs.
Maintaining a varied litigation and arbitration practice, Lana serves as lead trial counsel in matters involving toxic tort, product liability, catastrophic injury, class action, commercial/consumer fraud and breach of contract claims. Her clients are located all over the country and range from Fortune 100 multinational companies to small family businesses. They include a Fortune 100 global science, chemical and innovation company, a residential warranty company; and a Fortune 50 online technology company, along with international commercial vehicle safety manufacturers, chemical manufacturers and transportation companies. Lana regularly handles cases in Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Michigan, Mississippi, Pennsylvania, Texas, New York and South Carolina.
Recent examples of Lana’s cases include:
- Defending a Fortune 500 company in more than 50 cases in four states related to PFAS contamination and exposure.
- Obtaining multiple defense verdicts at trial on behalf of a Fortune 100 technology company in a series of cases involving claims of consumer fraud, breach of contract, deceptive trade practices, Magnusson-Moss violations and breach of warranty.
- Representing a chemical manufacturer in multiple lawsuits brought by more than 400 plaintiffs related to chlorine exposure.
- Negotiating cessation of a chemical exposure case pre-suit for an international company based on early fact investigation and expert work showing a lack of causation.
- Serving as trial counsel in dozens of consumer fraud, breach of contract, deceptive trade practices, Magnusson-Moss violations and breach of warranty arbitrations across the Southeast.
Lana understands the complicated realities facing today’s in-house lawyers because she was once in their shoes: she served for seven years as the assistant general counsel for a leading heavy truck component distributor. In this role, she managed all facets of the company’s legal and compliance matters, from day-to-day consultation to the most complex and significant pieces of litigation. Lana was also responsible for hiring and managing a team of outside counsel and gained invaluable experience that she draws on daily to deliver the best possible service to her clients.
Outside of the courtroom, Lana is heavily involved in both the firm and the legal community. She has held many board-level roles with DRI, the leading organization of defense attorneys and in-house counsel, and most recently served as president from 2022-23. Lana has belonged to the Alabama Defense Lawyers Association for more than 25 years and is also a longtime member of the International Association of Defense Counsel and the Federation of Defense & Corporate Counsel. Within the firm, Lana is a dedicated member of Women of Lightfoot (WOLF).
When she isn’t wearing her trial lawyer hat, Lana enjoys being a mother to her vivacious teenage daughter, Maggie, as well as her three (yes, three!) four-legged companions, George Bailey (Shih-Tzu), Penny (rescue mutt), and her Scooter (Bernedoodle).
Experience
Representative Matters
Defending Fortune 500 chemical companies in PFAS litigation (personal injury, class action, environmental exposure cases) in multiple states.
Serving as first-chair in a million dollar product liability claim involving an 18-wheeler rear-end incident resulting in debilitating back injuries. Successfully defended the moving equipment rental company from plaintiff’s claims of defective lights and inadequate warnings. The jury returned a defense verdict after less than thirty minutes of deliberations.
Serving as assistant general counsel for a leading truck component supplier (2010-17).
Serving as lead defense counsel in the arbitration of a multimillion-dollar personal injury case. The arbitrator found in favor of the defense on the issue of comparative fault, resulting in a 90 percent reduction of the award.
Assisting and advising a natural gas company in a two-year NTSB investigation.
Representing a Fortune 100 company in class actions and individual lawsuits resulting from a train derailment, as well as assisting in the related NTSB investigation.
Defending environmental contamination lawsuits against a manufacturing facility involving hundreds of plaintiffs suing for environmental contamination (air, soil, vapor and groundwater) from the chemical TCE.
Resolving numerous class action, mass joinder and multiplaintiff lawsuits in which the plaintiffs claimed personal injuries and property damage as the result of alleged exposure to various wood-treating chemicals, including creosote, pentachlorophenol and arsenic.
Defending a natural gas marketing company to verdict at trial in a fraud, breach of contract and RICO case where the alleged damages topped $100 million.
Defending a food manufacturing company in state and federal lawsuits in which the plaintiffs alleged that odor nuisances affected their property values.
Obtaining the dismissal of a Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) collective action claim following a week-long bench trial on behalf of a large, national luxury goods retailer.
Obtaining summary judgment for a manufacturing client in an Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) claim.
Obtaining early dismissal in a race discrimination, hostile work environment, constructive discharge and retaliation case on behalf of a chemical company.
Defending a uniform supply company in a nationwide class action lawsuit for fraud and breach of contract.
Obtaining a defense verdict for a Fortune 100 technology company in a trial in Mississippi state court. Plaintiff alleged product liability, warranty and breach of contract claims.
News & Insights
Articles
Events
News
Lightfoot Practices and Attorneys Earn Prominent Placements in Chambers and Partners USA 2025 Guide
Lightfoot Secures Key PFAS Appellate Win for DuPont from Alabama Supreme Court
Lana Olson Receives Prestigious Mary Massaron Award from DRI
Lightfoot, Franklin & White LLC Earns ‘Top 20 Trial Law Firm’ for 8th Year and Achieves Multiple Firm and Attorney Honors in Benchmark Litigation’s 2025 Guide
Lightfoot, Franklin & White LLC Earns ‘Top 20 Trial Law Firm’ for 8th Year and Achieves Multiple Firm and Attorney Honors in Benchmark Litigation’s 2025 Guide
3 Lightfoot Attorneys Named Birmingham “Lawyers of the Year” and 47 Recognized Overall in 2025 Edition of Best Lawyers®
Lana Olson Discusses Her Time as DRI President on Everything Except the Law Podcast
Lightfoot Practices and Attorneys Earn Prominent Placements in Chambers and Partners USA 2024 Guide
Lightfoot, Franklin & White LLC Earns ‘Top 20 Trial Law Firm’ for 7th Year and Achieves Multiple Firm and Attorney Honors in Benchmark Litigation’s 2024 Guide
Melody Eagan, Lana Olson, Haley Cox Named to Benchmark Litigation ‘Top 250 Women in Litigation - South’ for 2023
28 Lightfoot Attorneys Named 2022 Mid-South Super Lawyers and Rising Stars
Lana Olson’s Appointment as DRI President Covered in Several Outlets
Lightfoot Partner Lana Olson Named President of DRI
Three Lightfoot Attorneys Named Birmingham “Lawyers of the Year” and 48 Recognized Overall in 2023 Edition of Best Lawyers®
Melody Eagan, Lana Olson and Haley Cox Named to Benchmark Litigation "Top 250 Women in Litigation - South" for 2022
Partner Lana Olson Presents at 2022 Regional Women in the Law Summit
Lightfoot Named 2022 ‘Alabama Firm of the Year’ by Benchmark Litigation
Lana Olson Gives Opening Remarks at 2022 DRI Women in the Law Seminar
31 Lightfoot Attorneys Named 2021 Mid-South Super Lawyers and Rising Stars
Lightfoot Partner Lana Olson Named President-elect of DRI
Three Lightfoot Attorneys Named Birmingham ‘Lawyers of the Year’ and 44 Recognized Overall in 2022 Edition of Best Lawyers®
Lightfoot Sponsors DRI’s Virtual Women in the Law Annual Meeting
32 Lightfoot Attorneys Named 2020 'Mid-South Super Lawyers' and 'Rising Stars' by Super Lawyers (Thomson Reuters)
Benchmark Litigation Names 17 Lightfoot Lawyers to 2021 Guide
B-Metro Magazine Names Lightfoot Partners ‘Top Women Attorneys’ for 2020
Liz Huntley and Lana Olson Named to Birmingham Business Journal’s ‘Best of the Bar’ for 2020
Two Lightfoot Attorneys Recognized as Birmingham "Lawyer of the Year,” 30 Listed in The Best Lawyers in America© 2021 and Eight Recognized as “Ones to Watch”
Melody Eagan, Lana Olson and Haley Cox Named to Benchmark Litigation’s ‘Top 250 Women in Litigation’ for 2020
Lightfoot Attorneys Named 2019 Mid-South Super Lawyers and Rising Stars
Lightfoot Partner Lana Olson Elected Second Vice President of DRI
Benchmark Litigation Recognizes 15 Lightfoot Attorneys in its 2020 Edition
Melody Eagan and Lana Olson Named to Benchmark Litigation’s ‘Top 250 Women in Litigation’ for 2019
Three Lightfoot Attorneys Recognized as Birmingham ‘Lawyers of the Year’ and 24 Listed Overall in The Best Lawyers in America© 2020
Three Lightfoot Attorneys Named to ‘Who’s Who Legal: Product Liability Defense 2019’ List
Six Lightfoot Partners Named to 2019 B-Metro Magazine ‘Top Flight Attorneys’
13 Lightfoot Attorneys Selected as ‘Litigation Stars’ in 2019 Edition of Benchmark Litigation
Lightfoot Attorneys Named 2018 Mid-South Super Lawyers and Rising Stars
Lightfoot Partner Lana Olson Elected Secretary-Treasurer of DRI
Two Lightfoot, Franklin & White Attorneys Recognized as Birmingham ‘Lawyers of the Year’ and 20 Listed Overall in The Best Lawyers in America 2019
B-Metro Magazine Names Melody Eagan, Sara Ford and Lana Olson ‘Top Women Attorneys’
Lightfoot Partner Lana Olson Again Named to Benchmark Litigation’s ‘Top 250 Women in Litigation’ for 2018
Lightfoot Attorneys Named to Law Business Research’s 'Who's Who Legal: Product Liability Defense 2018' List
41 Lightfoot Attorneys Named 2017 Mid-South Super Lawyers and Rising Stars
13 Lightfoot Attorneys Recognized as ‘Litigation Stars’ in 2018 Edition of Benchmark Litigation
Three Lightfoot Attorneys Named to Law Business Research’s ‘Who’s Who Legal: Product Liability Defense 2017’ List
Four Lightfoot, Franklin & White Attorneys Recognized as Birmingham ‘Lawyers of the Year’ and 19 Listed Overall in 2018 The Best Lawyers in America© Published by Woodward/White, Inc.
Lightfoot, Franklin & White Partner Lana Olson Named to Benchmark Litigation’s “Top 250 Women in Litigation” for 2017
Lightfoot Partner Lana Olson Speaks On the Gender Wage Gap in the Legal Profession at DRI Diversity for Success Seminar
Thirty-five Lightfoot Attorneys Named 2016 Mid-South Super Lawyers and Rising Stars by Thomson Reuters’ Super Lawyers
Eighteen Lawyers from Lightfoot listed in the ‘Best Lawyers in America’ 2017 by Best Lawyers® by Woodward White, Inc.
Defense verdict for U-Haul Co. of Texas
Presentations and Publications
Presenter, "Business Development Tips for Lawyers" N.D. Defense Lawyers Association Annual Membership Meeting and Fall Seminar, (2019)
Presenter, “The Art of Marketing,” FDCC, (2017)
Presenter, “Why Gender Equality is Good for Everyone, Including Men,” Defense Trial Counsel of Indiana (DCTI ) Annual Meeting, (2016)
Presenter, “Work/Life Balance for Women Lawyers,” Louisiana Defense Counsel Meeting, (2016)
Presenter, “Business Development for The Employment Lawyer,” DRI Employment Law Seminar, (2015)
Author, “Don’t Be a Scarlett O’Hara: Start Thinking About Business Development Now,” The Guide — A Young Lawyer’s Guide to Defense Practice, (2015)
Presenter, “What You Need to Know About the Plaintiffs’ Attorney Information Exchange Group (AIEG),” DRI Toxic Torts and Environmental Law Seminar, (2015)
Author, “Ten Things I Wish I'd Known About Business Development,” DRI For the Defense, (July 2013)
Presenter, “The Best in Trial and Courtroom Techniques in Trucking Litigation,” Transportation Megaconference XI, (2013)
Presenter, “Reinvent the Way You Practice Law: Six Experts in 90 Minutes,” DRI Annual Meeting, (2013)
Author, “Ten Things I Wish I'd Known Before My First Expert Deposition,” DRI For the Defense, (November 2011)
Author, “Ten Things I Wish I'd Known Before My First Deposition,” DRI For the Defense, (April 2008)
Author, “Ten Things I Wish I'd Known Before My First Trial,” DRI For the Defense, (September 2007)
Recurring speaker at the Alabama Defense Lawyer’s Association’s Annual Deposition Boot Camp
Presenter (with CNN senior analyst Jeffrey Toobin), “Inside the Supreme World of the Supreme Court,” DRI Annual Meeting
Presenter, “Effectively Leveraging Affinity Groups,” DuPont Women Lawyers Network Meeting
Presenter, “Collision Mitigation Technology: The Future is Forward-Looking,” American Bar Association, TIPS Fall Leadership Meeting/Commercial Transportation Litigation Committee
Presenter, “Affirmative Recovery Programs: How to Change Your Law Department from a Cost Center to a Profit Center,” DRI’s Corporate Counsel Roundtable
Presenter, “Business Development for Lawyers,” DRI International Seminar
Education
Samford University, Cumberland School of Law
(J.D., cum laude)
Florida State University
(B.S.)
Professional Organizations
Alabama Defense Lawyers Association (ADLA)
Birmingham Bar Association
DRI, First Vice President (2020 - 2021), President-elect (2021-2022)
Federation of Defense & Corporate Counsel (FDCC)
International Association of Defense Counsel (IADC)
Awards
Benchmark Litigation, “Local Litigation Star” — Environmental, General Commercial, Labor and Employment, Product Liability (2018-21)
Benchmark Litigation, “Litigation Star” (2022-24)
Benchmark Litigation, “Top 250 Women in Litigation” (2017-24)
The Best Lawyers in America© by BL Rankings — Environmental Litigation (2011-24)
Birmingham Business Journal, “Best of the Bar” (2020)
B-Metro magazine, “Top Women Attorneys” (2018, 2020)
B-Metro magazine, "Top Flight Attorneys" (2019)
Mid-South Super Lawyers by Thomson Reuters, "Rising Star" — Environmental Litigation (2011-13)
Mid-South Super Lawyers by Thomson Reuters — Environmental Litigation (2014-23)
Who’s Who Legal: Product Liability Defense (2017-19)
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