Alumni Spotlight: Featuring

Alé Dalton

By: Alyssa Ward | September 17, 2024

Spotlight Feature: Alé Dalton

Graduation Year: 2016

Tennessee Law Review Position: Executive Editor

Alé Dalton has had an incredibly fulfilling professional journey since her time on staff with the Tennessee Law Review (“TLR”). Alé currently works as a Partner at Bradley Arant Boult Cummings (“Bradley”)  in Nashville, TN, in the Healthcare Practice Group, which is consistently ranked by industry and legal publications as one of the top healthcare practices in the country. In this role, Alé helps clients navigate the complexities of the healthcare industry by providing practical advice on transactional, operational, and regulatory matters. With extensive experience in negotiating complex transactions and ensuring strict regulatory compliance, Alé has directly impacted her clients’ daily operations and success.

Alé is a dedicated and highly experienced legal professional with a passion for giving back to the community. In addition to her legal practice, she is deeply committed to pro bono work through her firm’s pro bono program and community legal clinics. Alé is committed to mentoring junior lawyers and fostering a thriving, supportive work environment at Bradley.

Throughout her career, Alé has served in many different roles focusing on advancing the next generation of lawyers, including chair of the American Health Law Association’s Early Career Professionals Council, vice chair of Bradley’s Lawyers of Color Resource Group, and a liaison for Bradley’s Women’s (Winn) Initiative. Alé’s dedication to pro bono work and her efforts to support and mentor junior lawyers exemplify her commitment to using her legal expertise for the betterment of society. Her leadership within various legal associations and her contributions to her firm’s initiatives reflect her passion for creating a more inclusive and supportive legal community.

As an Executive Editor for TLR from 2015-2016, Alé gained practical skills that ultimately benefitted her throughout her career. Alé said that successfully navigating the TLR article process required “extensive collaboration with a large team, project management, and so much attention to detail.” Alé believes these skills are at the core of being a great lawyer.  For Alé, “these experiences have translated into my current practice, where working collaboratively with clients, colleagues, the legal team across the table, and governmental agencies while understanding a very detail-heavy regulatory landscape is key for navigating . . . complex regulatory problems and negotiating transactions.” Most importantly, serving as an Executive Editor developed her project management skills, which Alé believes is one of the most underrated yet essential skills a lawyer can possess.

Alé aims to create a comfortable work environment for all professionals, particularly first-generation law students. She stated, “I truly believe you can be a happy and fulfilled lawyer, especially at a large firm, and I am deeply committed to supporting first-generation lawyers and ensuring they have the resources and mentorship they need to succeed as they chart their own paths in the profession.” What pushes Alé to go to work every day is knowing that she is influencing her firm and local bar association to find enjoyment in their work and feel supported.as they chart their own paths in the profession.” What pushes Alé to go to work every day is knowing that she is influencing her firm and local bar association to find enjoyment in their work and feel supported.