TUSCALOOSA, Ala. -- Lightfoot Franklin & White, L.L.C. of Birmingham has contributed $150,000 to The University of Alabama School of Law’s building expansion and renovation campaign. The firm will name the Warren B. Lightfoot Trial Advocacy Competition Courtroom in honor of its senior founding partner, a 1964 UA law school graduate.

During law school, Warren Lightfoot was a member of the managing board of the Alabama Law Review. He has distinguished himself in service to the legal profession. In 1988, he received the Walter P. Gewin Award for outstanding service to the Alabama Bench and Bar in Continuing Legal Education. He served as president of the Birmingham Bar Association in 1990-91, president of the Alabama State Bar in 1996-97, and president of the American College of Trial Lawyers in 2002-03. Lightfoot also is a Diplomate of the American Board of Trial Advocates. He is listed in three categories in The Best Lawyers in America, having been listed in every edition since the first one was published in 1983.

“I am deeply grateful to the firm for making this gift in my honor,” Lightfoot said. “We have always believed in giving back to our profession, and this contribution is the most recent example of that philosophy.”

Mac M. Moorer, managing member of the law firm, said “We are delighted to honor our senior founding partner and to support the law school’s Building Excellence Campaign with this donation. Warren has been regarded for years as one of the top trial attorneys in the country, and the naming of this trial advocacy facility at a Top 40 law school is a fitting tribute to his invaluable contributions to our firm and to our profession.”

Lightfoot, Franklin & White focuses its practice on complex civil litigation, including commercial disputes, antitrust, environmental/toxic torts, professional malpractice, product liability, securities fraud, consumer claims, and employment and communications.

The UA School of Law has been raising funds for the building expansion and renovation campaign for the past two years. All but $1 million of the $13.5 million needed has been raised. The law school will break ground on March 18, 2005, with building completion expected in 2006.