Dina Kanellos, 334/944-2203 (kaneldi@auburn.edu)
FRANKLIN TO SERVE AS LOWDER VISITING EXECUTIVE IN RESIDENCE
AUBURN - Samuel H. Franklin, a founding partner of Lightfoot, Franklin & White, LLC, will be the Lowder Visiting Executive in Residence in the Auburn University College of Business on Friday, Feb. 17.
Franklin practices in the area of general litigation, with emphasis on product liability and commercial litigation. He has represented the interest of Auburn University in significant litigation, including NCAA compliance matters.
While on the AU campus, Franklin will speak to several business classes as well as participate in a roundtable discussion with students in the university’s pre-law honors program. Members of the community are invited to join students at 1 p.m. in Lowder 125 as Franklin speaks to the undergraduate Business Law course
Franklin graduated with high honors from Auburn University in 1969 and received his law degree in 1972 from the University of Alabama School of Law. He was a member of the Alabama Law Review, serving as managing editor during his third year of law school, and was Order of the Coif. He then received his LL.M degree from Harvard University in 1973.
Franklin is admitted to practice in Alabama, U.S. Courts of Appeals for the Fifth and Eleventh Circuits and the U.S. Supreme Court. He is a Fellow in the American College of Trial Lawyers and an Advocate of the American Board of Trial Advocates. He served as president of the Alabama Defense Lawyers Association in 2003-04, and as president of the Alabama Law Foundation in 2003-05. He is a Fellow in both the American Bar and Alabama Law Foundations.
Franklin has been active in the Alabama State Bar, having served as a member of the Board of Bar Commissioners in 1999-2000. He is currently a member of the Chief Justice’s Commission on Professionalism, a member of the Board of Disciplinary Appeals of the Alabama State Bar and co-chairman of the Judicial Liaison Committee of the Alabama State Bar. For two years, he has been listed in two categories in The Best Lawyers in America: business litigation and personal injury litigation. Recently, he has served as co-chairman of the Guardians for Justice campaign, raising funds for Legal Services of Alabama.
The Robert and Charlotte Lowder Visiting Executive-in-Residence Program provides students and faculty with an opportunity to interact with prominent executives for an open exchange of views on current issues. Through this vital program, executives are brought into the classroom to offer students first-hand information about the complexities of the business world, while giving them the inspiration they need to seek new ways to meet the challenges of tomorrow.
The College of Business at Auburn University is accredited at the undergraduate and graduate levels by the Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business (AACSB International), the highest standard of achievement for business schools. Fewer than 20 percent of collegiate business programs around the world have earned AACSB accreditation. Institutions that earn accreditation confirm their commitment to quality and continuous improvement through a rigorous and comprehensive peer review.
Auburn University is a preeminent land-grant and comprehensive research institution with more than 23,000 students and 6,500 faculty and staff. Ranked among the top 50 public universities nationally, Auburn is Alabama’s largest educational institution, offering more than 230 undergraduate, graduate and doctoral degree programs.
(Contributed by Dina Kanellos.)
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