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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.

 
Thomas F. Garth
Partner

Practice Areas: Taxation, Corporate and Estate Tax, Estate Planning, Qualified Retirement Plan, Corporate, Mergers and Acquisitions and Foreign Tax Planning, Securities, and Healthcare.

Tom is a partner and member of the Management Committee of the firm. Born in Huntsville, Alabama, Tom has been practicing law with LPC since graduating from law school. He is the senior tax lawyer in the firm and has practiced before Probate Courts, State Courts, U. S. District Courts and Tax Court.

Tom graduated from University of Virginia with a B.A. in Economics in 1970 and served as an officer aboard the U. S. S. Lexington in 1970-71. He then obtained his J. D. degree from Cumberland Law School in 1974 and received his LLM in taxation from New York University in 1975. He is a member of the Phi Delta Phi Legal Fraternity. He was an Alabama Bar Examiner in Wills, Trusts and Estates and Federal Income Taxation from 1981-1985; President of the Mobile Estate Planning Council from 1991-1992; Member of the Annual Tax Institute, Alabama Bar Institute for Continuing Legal Education; former Board Member and President (2002) of the Alabama Federal Tax Clinic. He is a Fellow in the American College of Trust and Estate Counsel. His practice focuses on estate planning; personal, estate and corporate tax issues; real estate transactions including tax free exchanges, qualified compensation plans including ESOPS, and foreign tax planning.

Tom is a member of the Vestry of Christ Episcopal Church and is married to the former Susan Price of Evergreen, Alabama and they have four children.

Publications:

CONSERVATION EASEMENTS: Preserving the Environment and the Family Estate
DEFERRED CHARITABLE GIVING
SECTION 529 COLLEGE EDUCATION SAVINGS PLANS
DEEMED SALE ELECTION CAN REDUCE CAPITAL GAIN TAX

E-mail: tfg@lpclaw.com

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Direct Dial: 251-441-8281
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