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Announcements

We are pleased to announce that William J. Gamble, Jr. has been named President Elect of the ADLA Young Lawyer’s Section.

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.
 
Britten L. Britt
Associate

 

Practice Areas: Probate and Estate Planning, Business and Tax Planning, Trusts and Estates.

Britten was born in Fairhope, Alabama and graduated from Auburn University with a B.S. degree, cum laude, in 1997. In 2001, she obtained her M.B.A. from Samford University and J.D. from Cumberland School of Law. Britten received her LLM in Taxation from Georgetown University School of Law in 2002.

Britten was admitted to the Tennessee Bar in 2001, the Alabama Bar in 2002 and the Florida Bar in 2005. She is admitted to practice in the United States District Court for the Northern, Middle and Southern Districts of Alabama, as well as the U.S. Tax Court.

Britten’s area of practice focuses primarily in the areas of probate and estate planning, business and tax planning and trusts and estates. She also handles corporate transactions, family limited partnerships, limited liability companies, corporate tax matters, charitable foundations and assists in the preparation of fiduciary estate tax returns.

Britten is a member of the American Bar Association, the Alabama Bar Association, the Tennessee Bar Association, the Florida Bar Association and the Mobile County and Baldwin County Bar Associations. She also serves on the executive committee of the Estate Planning Council of Mobile, as co-chair of the Mercy Medical Foundation, and as a member of the Thomas Hospital Foundation.

Britten currently resides on the Eastern Shore with her husband, Brian Britt, and daughter, Maggie.

E-mail: blb@lpclaw.com

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Direct Dial: 251-441-8268

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