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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.
 
Katherine Amanda Herndon
Associate

 

Practice Areas: Insurance Defense and Commerical Litigation.

Mandy began practicing law as an associate with Upshaw Williams Biggers Beckham & Riddick, LLP in Jackson, Mississippi, in 2003. She practiced in the areas of insurance defense litigation, commercial litigation, and bankruptcy. Prior to becoming a lawyer, Mandy grew up in Hattiesburg, Mississippi, where she played competitive tennis most of her life. She attended the University of Mississippi (better known as Ole Miss) and Spring Hill College for her undergraduate education. While attending Spring Hill, Mandy played collegiate tennis for the college and received a B.S. in accounting in 1999. In May of 2003, Mandy received her J.D. degree from University of Mississippi.

Mandy is licensed to practice law in both Mississippi and Alabama. Currently, she is a member of the Mississippi Bar Association, Alabama Bar Association, American Bar Association, Hinds County Bar Association, Association of Trial Lawyers, Mississippi Defense Lawyers Association, United States Court of Appeals, United States District Court Southern and Northern Division, Supreme Court of Mississippi, Committee Member for Mississippi Young Lawyers Division, Alabama Defense Trial Lawyers Association. Mandy joined Lyons, Pipes & Cook as an associate in June 2006.

E-mail: kah@lpclaw.com

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