Robert L. Carothers, Jr., partner in the firm’s Banking & Financial Services Practice Group, has been selected to participate in the Alabama Leadership Initiative ("ALI") to be held April 11–12, 2012, in Montgomery, Alabama. Sponsored by Leadership Alabama and the Public Affairs Research Council of Alabama Roundtable, the two-day forum will present a microcosm of the Leadership Alabama program discussing the state of the state, past and present. As a member of the 2012 ALI, Mr. Carothers will participate in discussions of state issues with a variety of Alabama leaders.