As a founding partner at Gathings Law, Honora M. Gathings represents clients in the Birmingham, Alabama, metropolitan area. Ms. Gathings handles matters of personal injury, family law and mass tort. Recently, she was voted by Birmingham Magazine’s Best of Birmingham as one of the Top 5 Lawyers in Birmingham. In 2016, Avvo named her a Top Woman Attorney, and the next year she was added to the Top 100 Registry for Law by the Top 100 Registry, Inc.After earning a Bachelor of Science from Florida State University, Ms. Gathings obtained her Juris Doctor in 1978 from Samford University’s Cumberland School of Law, where she was editor of the American Journal of Trial Advocacy. A member of the American Bar Association, she is also chairman of the Birmingham Bar Foundation and an executive board member of the Women’s Section of the Birmingham Bar Association.Ms. Gathings is admitted to practice in Florida and Alabama and before the U.S. Supreme Court, the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Alabama, the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Alabama, the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Alabama and the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 11th Circuit. Throughout her career, she has had numerous settlements, verdicts and judgments over $1 million.In 2017 Ms. Gathings was given the Pro Bono Service Award by the Alabama Access to Justice Commission. The firm was also selected by the Birmingham Volunteer Lawyers Program as the Volunteer Firm of the Year, highlighting her commitment to giving back to the community.
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