Maynard Cooper & Gale is pleased to announce Shareholder Maibeth Porter has been selected the recipient of the 2017 Susan Bevill Livingston Leadership Award by the Alabama State Bar. Maibeth's honor was announced at the recent Alabama State Bar Annual Meeting held in Point Clear, Alabama. This award honors an attorney who demonstrates a continual commitment to those around her as a mentor, a sustained level of leadership throughout her career, and a commitment to her community in which she practices. Below is a snippet from the award announcement released in the Women's Section of the Alabama State Bar newsletter:

Maibeth J. Porter is a founding member and Shareholder of Maynard Cooper & Gale where she has exemplified to an extraordinary degree all of the qualities that the Susan Bevill Livingston award seeks to highlight. Maibeth is an accomplished trial lawyer and serves as Co-Chair of the firm’s Financial Institutions, Corporate Governance & Fiduciary Litigation Practice Group. She demonstrates a continual commitment to those around her as a mentor, also serving as Co-Chair of Maynard Cooper’s Women’s Mentoring Program. Her litigation and appellate talents are consistently recognized by her peers and clients.