Lyons, Pipes & Cook is pleased to announce that six of its attorneys have been selected for inclusion on the Alabama Super Lawyers 2010 list.
Tom Garth Tax
Teeto Graham Transportation/Maritime
Caroline McCarthy Insurance Coverage Jay Minus Employment & Labor
William Shreve Appellate
Cooper Thurber Personal Injury Defense
Lyons, Pipes & Cook is pleased to announce that seven of its attorneys have been selected for the Super Lawyers - Rising Star category. Rising Stars name the state’s top up-and-coming attorneys.
Ashley Swink General Litigation
Britten Britt Estate Planning & Probate
Todd Denison Tax
Richard Johnson Construction Litigation
Lara Keahey Civil Litigation Defense
Day Peake Employment & Labor
Bradley Sanders Real Estate
Lyons, Pipes & Cook is pleased to announce Monica E. Soderlund was elected secretary of the MBA Women Lawyer’s section for 2010.
Lyons, Pipes & Cook is pleased to announce that Britten L. Britt has been recognized as one of the Bay area’s “40 Under 40” in Mobile Bay Monthly magazine. This award recognizes 40 of the top local individuals under the age of 40 “who demonstrate leadership, professional excellence and a commitment to the Bay area community”.
A. Kelly Sessoms, in the firm’s Pascagoula office, has been included in the 2009 Mid-South Super Lawyers for Tennessee, Arkansas and Mississippi.
Allen “Teeto” Graham was recently elected Treasurer of the Southeastern Admiralty Law Institute.
Long time LPC employee Amy Kleinschrodt, who is a member of Buccaneer Yacht Club in Mobile, and her crew of Sara Hall and Ashley Hall won the Mrs. Charles Francis Adams Trophy and gold medals for First Place in the 2009 U.S. Women’s Sailing Championship. Amy and her crew will defend their title on Lake Michigan in 2010.
Lyons, Pipes & Cook is pleased to announce that eight attorneys from our firm have been selected by their peers for inclusion in The Best Lawyers® in America 2010:
Cooper Thurber Bet-the-Company Litigation Commercial Litigation Insurance Law Product Liability Litigation
Marion Quina Maritime Law
Tom Garth*Listed as one of a distinguished group of attorneys who have now been listed in Best Lawyers® for ten years or longer. Employee Benefits Law Non-Profit/Charities Law Tax Law Trusts and Estates
Walter Cook Commercial Litigation Construction Law
Caroline McCarthy Insurance Law
William Shreve Appellate Law Insurance Law
Teeto Graham Maritime Law
Lyons, Pipes & Cook is pleased to announce A. Kelly Sessoms has been elected to a 3 year term as District 3 Director for the Mississippi Defense Lawyers Association and elected Vice-President of the Russell-Blass-Walker American Inn of Court for 2009.
Barry W. Andrews has extensive corporate and business legal experience at the local, national and international levels. This includes significant transactional work in the areas of mergers and acquisitions; banking and finance; private equity; intellectual property, software, technology and licensing arrangements; and real estate purchasing and leasing. In addition to his transactional “deal” work, Mr. Andrews has assisted a multitude of clients around the nation in drafting and negotiating their numerous contract and legal arrangements, and he has advised clients on various ongoing day-to-day business legal matters, strategies and issues. His clients have ranged from family-owned start up businesses to members of the Fortune 500.
Mr. Andrews earned his B.A. in 1990 from Yale University, studying American Literature and American Studies. He went on to earn his J.D. in 1995 from the University of Notre Dame.
Before joining Lyons, Pipes & Cook as a Partner on November 1, 2007, Mr. Andrews spent over 12 years practicing at the headquarters office of Baker & Hostetler LLP, a national, 10 office, 600 lawyer law firm, serving 5 years as a partner. He was repeatedly elected by peers and senior attorneys as one of Ohio’s best “Rising Star” attorneys. He brings with him substantial, broad-based experience to assist the many clients of Lyons, Pipes & Cook with their numerous corporate and commercial legal needs.
Mr. Andrews met his wife, Mary Beth Andrews, while they were together attending the University of Notre Dame. Mary Beth was raised in Mobile and is the daughter of John and Karin Welch, History Professor of Spring Hill College and Montessori teacher, respectively. Mr. and Mrs. Andrews now reside on the Eastern Shore, where they are active raising their three young children, daughter, Maeve, and sons, Rory and Patrick. They are members of Christ The King Church in Daphne, AL.
In addition to his legal career and fatherhood, Mr. Andrews also enjoys golf and fishing. He is an avid fisherman, pursuing freshwater, saltwater and fly-fishing, and he has traveled around the world to enjoy fishing. He is excited to become a part of Mobile’s growing economy.
Examples of Mr. Andrews' practice include: representing a national fly-fishing and outdoor sporting goods retail company in establishing resort branding and licensing programs; assisting a manufacturing corporation in securing $900,000,000 in credit facilities from a syndication of banks; and negotiating licensing arrangements on behalf of a software company and the eventual sale of this company on behalf of its shareholders to a national Silicon Valley based buyer. Mr. Andrews is a committee member for Manufacture Alabama.
Bar Admissions: Alabama 2007
E-mail: Barry.Andrews@lpclaw.com
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