Enrique ('Henry') Gimenez Email Address

Partner

Lightfoot's trial attorneys handle the most demanding and complex cases in the most difficult venues in Alabama and throughout the country. Whether you are seeking zealous representation in a high-stakes business, catastrophic injury or death case, a top notch defense in a nationwide class action, appellate counsel to handle the appeal of a runaway jury verdict, or coordinating counsel for cases pending around the country, we can help. Lightfoot, Franklin & White: When it matters.

Henry represents a wide variety of clients in the areas of litigation and collegiate sports law, from Fortune 500 manufacturers and service providers to NCAA national championship contenders and Heisman Trophy winners. He has represented these clients in an equally wide variety of settings, including state and federal court trials across the Southeast and hearings before the NCAA’s Committee on Infractions and Infractions Appeals Committee. Henry’s traditional litigation practice focuses on product liability and commercial cases. In his collegiate sports practice, Henry handles traditional NCAA compliance issues and investigations while also helping colleges and universities with investigations relating to Title IX and student welfare issues, athletics-related employment disputes, negotiating and drafting coaching contracts, and more. As a first-generation Cuban-American, Henry is committed to promoting diversity in the courtroom and ensuring equal access to civil justice for all minorities. He is a member of the Hispanic National Bar Association and recently completed a multi-term tenure as a regional president. He has also served on the Board of Directors for the Alabama Defense Lawyers Association and served on the organization’s first-ever Diversity Task Force. He was also selected as a founding member of an Alabama State Bar committee to address providing legal services to the Hispanic community.