Press Release

Bradley is pleased to announce that the firm’s partners Leigh Anne Hodge, Lela M. Hollabaugh and Kimberly B. Martin have been named to Benchmark Litigation’s Top 250 Women in Litigation 2020.

“We congratulate Leigh Anne, Lela and Kim on their successes that have led to this prestigious recognition from Benchmark Litigation as among the top female litigators in the nation,” said Bradley Chairman of the Board and Managing Partner Jonathan M. Skeeters.

Ms. Hodge, Ms. Hollabaugh and Ms. Martin are among the more than 225 litigators – comprising nearly half of the firm – who make up Bradley’s Litigation Practice Group. The group’s attorneys have experience nationally and internationally and in a wide range of industries. The group has handled high-stakes and complex cases, including arbitration and litigation, in every state, as well as every federal district and appellate court, across the United States.

A member of Bradley’s Healthcare Practice Group and leader of the firm’s Litigation Practice Group, Ms. Hodge represents clients in the healthcare industry in regional and national engagements. She regularly represents and counsels clients in the healthcare industry in product liability litigation, medical malpractice litigation, peer review and staff privileges matters, administrative hearings before licensure board, ERISA litigation, Medicare Advantage plan litigation, managed care litigation, insurance disputes, and insurance fraud cases. Ms. Hodge is based in Bradley’s Birmingham office.

Managing partner of Bradley’s Nashville office, Ms. Hollabaugh has served as the lead trial lawyer in more than a dozen jury trials, as well as more than two dozen bench trials, arbitrations and administrative hearings. She advises leading natural gas pipeline companies and other infrastructure clients on issues involving location, land acquisition, construction, and operations. She also represents leading pharmaceutical, medical device and other manufacturers in matters ranging from individual lawsuits to mass tort cases around the country.

Based in Bradley’s Huntsville office, Ms. Martin is a member of the firm’s board and focuses her practice on general litigation with an emphasis on medical device and pharmaceutical products liability litigation, as well as white collar matters and False Claims Act litigation. She has tried cases in state and federal court. Most recently, she was a national team member for sales and marketing issues defending a pharmaceutical company in multi-district litigation throughout the United States. Ms. Martin has represented multi-national pharmaceutical and medical device manufacturers in litigation across the country.

Now in its ninth edition, the Top 250 Women in Litigation determines honorees through research of litigators’ professional activities as well as client feedback from surveys and individual interviews. According to Benchmark Litigation, “These women have earned their place amongst the leading female litigators by participating in some of the most impactful litigation matters in recent history as well as by earning the hard-won respect of their peers and clients.” For more information about Benchmark Litigation, visit www.benchmarklitigation.com.