Lynette Potter

Lynette

Potter

Overview

Lynette is a member of Butler Snow’s Commercial Litigation group. Lynette’s practice specializes in representing and advising agencies in the corrections environment regarding large class actions, civil rights litigation, section 1983 cases, disputes over constitutional requirements applicable to the conditions of confinement and the resolution of consent decrees and court-ordered monitoring. Her practice further involves advising agencies and private corporations on long-term public policy and risk management.

Bar Admissions

  • Alabama, 2022
  • U.S. Court of Appeals
    • 11th Circuit
  • U.S. District Court
    • Alabama: Northern, Middle, Southern
  • Supreme Court of Alabama

Education

  • University of Mississippi School of Law, J.D., summa cum laude, 2022
    • Executive Articles Editor, Vol. 91, Mississippi Law Journal
    • External Chair, Moot Court Board
    • Phi Kappa Phi Honor Society
    • Phi Delta Phi International Legal Honor Society
    • Dean’s Leadership Council
    • Phi Alpha Delta Professional Law Fraternity
    • Mock Trial Co-Chair, Interprofessional Education Board
    • Mississippi Defense Lawyer Association Award
    • Reginald Gray Scholarship Recipient
    • Outstanding Student Awards (various subjects)
  • University of Alabama-Huntsville, B.A., Psychology, 2014
    • Alpha Omicron Pi Fraternity
    • Sigma Alpha Pi Leadership Honor Society
    • Psi Chi Psychology Honor Society
    • Psychology and Law Research Clinic

Associations

  • Alabama Bar Association
  • Huntsville Bar Association
  • Huntsville-Madison County Bar Association

Civic Involvement

  • National Children's Advocacy Center, Young Professional Advisory Council

Lynette

Potter

Overview

Lynette is a member of Butler Snow’s Commercial Litigation group. Lynette’s practice specializes in representing and advising agencies in the corrections environment regarding large class actions, civil rights litigation, section 1983 cases, disputes over constitutional requirements applicable to the conditions of confinement and the resolution of consent decrees and court-ordered monitoring. Her practice further involves advising agencies and private corporations on long-term public policy and risk management.

Bar Admissions

  • Alabama, 2022
  • U.S. Court of Appeals
    • 11th Circuit
  • U.S. District Court
    • Alabama: Northern, Middle, Southern
  • Supreme Court of Alabama

Education

  • University of Mississippi School of Law, J.D., summa cum laude, 2022
    • Executive Articles Editor, Vol. 91, Mississippi Law Journal
    • External Chair, Moot Court Board
    • Phi Kappa Phi Honor Society
    • Phi Delta Phi International Legal Honor Society
    • Dean’s Leadership Council
    • Phi Alpha Delta Professional Law Fraternity
    • Mock Trial Co-Chair, Interprofessional Education Board
    • Mississippi Defense Lawyer Association Award
    • Reginald Gray Scholarship Recipient
    • Outstanding Student Awards (various subjects)
  • University of Alabama-Huntsville, B.A., Psychology, 2014
    • Alpha Omicron Pi Fraternity
    • Sigma Alpha Pi Leadership Honor Society
    • Psi Chi Psychology Honor Society
    • Psychology and Law Research Clinic

Associations

  • Alabama Bar Association
  • Huntsville Bar Association
  • Huntsville-Madison County Bar Association

Civic Involvement

  • National Children's Advocacy Center, Young Professional Advisory Council