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Sirote is pleased to congratulate one of our firm’s outstanding attorneys, Lenora Pate, for being named Birmingham’s 2021 “Lawyer of the Year” for Health Care Law by Best Lawyers.

This is a great honor for Lenora because only a single lawyer in each practice specialty and metropolitan area is honored as the "Lawyer of the Year," making this accolade particularly significant. “Lawyers of the Year” selections are based upon particularly impressive voting averages received during the peer review assessments. This isn’t the first time Lenora has been named “Lawyer of the Year” in Birmingham: She also earned this recognition in 2016 for Health Care Law.

In addition to the “Lawyer of the Year” award, Lenora was listed in the 2021 edition of The Best Lawyers in America© for Health Care Law, an honor for which she has been recognized every year since 2007. Lenora has earned an impressive number of awards throughout her career, including Birmingham Magazine’s “Top Attorney” Award in 2020, B-Metro Magazine’s “Top Women Attorneys” in Health Care and “Top Lawyer” Awards, and the Birmingham News’ “Top Five Most Influential Lawyers” award. She has also been ranked in Chambers U.S.A. (Health Care) every year since 2017 and holds an AV-Preeminent Martindale-Hubbell® Peer Review Rating™.

At Sirote, Lenora is the head of the Health Care Practice Group. In this capacity, she advises all types of healthcare providers, institutions, practices, professionals, businesses, and related associations on their business legal needs, including federal and state regulatory issues. Additionally, she has significant experience in the areas of government and public policy, including state certificates of need, licensure, and state and federal healthcare, legislative, and regulatory matters. Outside the office, Lenora has participated in an astounding number of state reform committees, task forces, women’s commissions, and leadership organizations, to name just a few. 

Other 2021 “Lawyers of the Year” from Sirote include Timothy Bush in Nonprofit/Charities Law in Birmingham, Greg Carwie in Litigation - Trusts and Estates in Mobile, and Brad Sklar in Business Organizations (including LLCs and Partnerships) in Birmingham.