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.
Practice Areas: Civil litigation, including Toxic Torts, Construction Defects, Pharmaceutical, Wrongful Death, Fire Cause and Origin related to coverage disputes, Real Estate Disputes, Architect and Engineering Malpractice, Maritime Personal Injury.
Walter was born in Mobile, Alabama and has been practicing with LPC for 32 years. He has tried cases in most counties in the southern region of Alabama and the U. S. District Court for the Southern District of Alabama.
Walter graduated from Vanderbilt University with a B.S. degree in 1973 and was commissioned on graduation in the United States Naval Reserve. He obtained his law degree from the Cumberland School of Law, Birmingham, Alabama in 1976. His practice is primarily civil litigation and jury trials in various areas, including toxic torts, construction defect litigation, pharmaceutical litigation, real estate disputes, wrongful death, products liability, fire cause and origin and related coverage disputes and maritime personal injury. Walter is a member of the Alabama Defense Lawyers Association, the International Association of Defense Counsel, the Southeastern Admiralty Law Institute, the Mobile and Alabama State Bar Associations, and the Trial Lawyers Association of America. Walter was also selected and included in The Best Lawyers of America in the area of commercial litigation.
Walter resides in Point Clear, Alabama and is a member of Fairhope United Methodist Church. He has four children.
E-mail: Walter.Cook@lpclaw.com
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Direct Dial: 251-441-8272
