A litigator focused on product liability, medical malpractice and commercial matters
Sarah Frances Jackson focuses her practice on product liability, medical malpractice and commercial litigation matters, building on the foundation she developed during her two summers at Lightfoot in 2024 and 2025. Her experience includes drafting research memoranda, briefs and discovery documents on complex evidentiary issues and supporting litigation teams through depositions, court proceedings and mediations.
While attending the University of Alabama School of Law, Sarah Frances drafted and argued an appellate brief before the U.S. Court of Appeals through the school’s Appellate Advocacy Clinic. During law school, she received the Harrison Award, the Alabama Law Excellence Award, and CALI awards for Best Paper in Legal Writing, Healthcare Law, Federal Jurisdiction, and Complex Litigation. In addition, Sarah Frances was named to the Order of the Coif and the Order of Barristers. She also served as a junior editor and articles editor for the Alabama Law Review, the secretary of the Bench and Bar Legal Honor Society, and was a moot court fellow and member of the American Bar Association Moot Court Team for two consecutive years.
Before law school, Sarah Frances earned a Master of Arts in teaching and a Bachelor of Arts in Spanish from the University of Georgia, graduating with highest honors, and spent three years as a second-grade classroom teacher in Athens, Georgia.
Outside the office, Sarah Frances enjoys tennis and pickleball, hiking, baking, and supports the community through the Birmingham Ballet Guild and other volunteer work.
