About Us

Deborah Burch supports The Foundry Recovery Program based in Bessemer, Alabama. 21 million Americans suffer from some type of substance abuse. This is a national epidemic and affects so many families in America and it hits home. Chances are, you may know someone who is either on or has been on drugs or a family that has been affected by drug addiction. This cause is very near to Deborah’s heart because she has seen the effects of a loved one being addicted. As she sat by and watched her loved one search for help, endlessly trying to get help but the cost of treatment is astronomical. It was a program similar to this one that allowed her family member to get the help they needed at a fraction of the cost of high dollar treatment centers.

Jenn Besaw handles our firm’s billing and accounts management. She has been with Leigh Daniel Family Law for six years and always greets clients with a bright face when they walk in the door. Jenn stays busy as a dance teacher for special-needs children, an instructor at a local dance fitness studio, and a LuLaRoe fashion consultant. Jenn supports the Special Olympics and our local chapter of Best Buddies. The mission of Special Olympics is to provide year-round sports training and athletic competition in a variety of Olympic-type sports for children and adults with intellectual disabilities. Best Buddies is the world’s largest organization dedicated to ending the social, physical and economic isolation of the 200 million people with intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD).

Haley is from Gurley, Alabama. She received a volleyball scholarship and played at Snead State for two years then transferred to Auburn University. She received her Bachelor’s degree and graduated from Auburn in May of 2020. Upon graduation, she joined our team as a legal assistant. She loves bringing her dog, Champ, to work with her.

Linda Summerville is our lead paralegal and has been working in the field of domestic relations for 40 years, spending about 20 of those years with our firm. She is detail oriented and extremely compassionate. Her dedication to clients shines through on a daily basis, and she has been known to work all night in order to meet deadlines.

Amber, a Mississippi Gulf Coast native, moved to Huntsville in 2016. In 1999, she joined a large multi-location civil litigation defense firm, advancing to Sr. Paralegal in under four years. She is known for her passion, drive, and leadership. Her experience includes Construction Law, Insurance Defense, Medical Malpractice, Products Liability, Commercial & Business Litigation, Bad Faith, Professional Liability, Plaintiff work, and for the last couple of years, Family Law. She specializes in all matters and phases of discovery, medical records, and case summaries. Her focus is providing the best service, solutions, and client-specific needs, at the highest level for her team. Prior to her legal background, she was Camp Director of the YMCA and taught aerobics and art. Her free time involves a deep love for food, spirits, travel, music, art, and comedy.

Payton grew up in New Market, AL after her Father retired from the Army in 2012. Payton received a scholarship and spent a year at The University of Alabama until she transferred to Faulkner University in Huntsville to fast track her Criminal Justice degree and begin working. She is currently working on our team as a legal assistant and plans to go to law school in the fall. In her free time she is a volunteer horse trainer at Victory Alliance Ranch in Huntsville, which helps wounded veterans and special ed children learn the love of a horse where she also boards her own horses Cash and Kam. She loves to bring her dogs, Luke and Lila, to work with her!