At age 6, Ali Hawthorne, Principal in Beasley Allen’s Consumer Fraud Section, begin preparing for the two things she wanted to be when she grew up – a lawyer and a mom. She recalls carrying a junior associate’s briefcase that held her important documents when she wasn’t holding a baby doll. At 16, while working at a law firm, she learned why she wanted to be a lawyer and today she is thankful to be the person clients turn to when they have little or no other options.
Living the dream