Christian & Small is pleased to announce that Deborah Alley Smith, managing partner, has been nominated to become a Fellow of the American Bar Foundation. According to the American Bar Foundation, membership in the Fellows is limited to one third of one percent of lawyers in America.
“The American Bar Foundation has supported some of the most ground breaking research in our industry. I am honored to be joining this illustrious group and hope to put some of their collective knowledge to work in our community,” said Smith.
The American Bar Foundation was founded in 1952 by the ABA and is now recognized as the premier institute in the United States for social science research on law.
Debbie joins fellow partners Thomas W. Christian, Duncan Y. Manley, Richard F. Ogle, Clarence M. Small, Jr., and Richard E. Smith as Fellows of the American Bar Foundation.