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Announcements

Sara Elizabeth Lee is going to be speaking at a CLE scheduled for May 20, 2008 in Mobile at the Radisson Admiral Semmes Hotel. The CLE, entitled "The Art of the Settlement," is sponsored by National Business Institute. The topics she will be presenting include: "How to Succeed at Settlement Conferences," "Using Mediation When Settlements Don't Work," and participation in a mock settlement negotiation.

Lyons, Pipes & Cook invests in downtown Mobile.

Lyons, Pipes & Cook is pleased to announce that A. Kelly Sessoms, III and Barry W. Andrews have joined the firm as partners. Mr. Sessoms will practice in the firm's Mississippi office and Mr. Andrews will practice in the firm's Mobile office.

Robert C. Matthews and A. Grady "Bo" Williams, IV have joined the firm as associates. Mr. Matthews and Mr. Williams will practice in the firm's Mobile office.

Lyons, Pipes & Cook featured in Forbes magazine, September 3, 2007

The attorneys at Lyons, Pipes & Cook and the attorneys at Lehr Middlebrooks & Vreeland proudly announce their decision to form a strategic alliance to provide labor and employment representation to businesses along the Gulf Coast. Both firms are excited about what we can do for our clients in Florida, Alabama and Mississippi. Lyons, Pipes & Cook has continuously provided legal representation to clients along the Gulf Coast in virtually every area of law since the firm was founded in 1899. Lehr Middlebrooks & Vreeland focuses in the area of labor and employment law on behalf of management, with an emphasis on management rights and the actions that management can take, rather than those it can't.

Mandy Herndon has been elected as one of two co-chairs of the Service Learning Committee for the Coast Young Professionals.

Lyons Pipes & Cook is pleased to announce that Birmingham Magazine has named the following attorneys as among The Best Lawyers® in Alabama: Cooper C. Thurber Commercial Litigation,
Insurance Law, Product Liability, Litigation
Thomas F. Garth
Tax Law, Employee Benefits Law, Non-Profit Charities
Marion A. Quina, Jr.
Maritime Law
William E. Shreve, Jr.
Appellate Law
Kenneth A. Nixon
Non-White-Collar Criminal Defense

Mandy Herndon was recently elected secretary of the Young Lawyers Section of the Jackson County, Mississippi Bar.

Cooper Thurber, Marion Quina, Tom Garth, William Shreve, Jr. and Ken Nixon were recently selected as Best Lawyers in America.
 
Barry W. Andrews
Partner

 

Practice Areas: General Corporate and Commercial, Mergers and Acquisitions, Private Equity, Banking and Finance, Intellectual Property, Real Estate.

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 3 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.

Bar Admissions: Ohio 1995, Alabama 2007

E-mail: bwa@lpclaw.com

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Direct Dial: 251-441-8275
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