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”.
Lyons, Pipes & Cook is pleased to announce that Sara Elizabeth Lee has become a partner of the firm.
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 Ashley Swink has joined the firm as a partner and will practice in the Gulf Shores office. We are also pleased to announce that Phillip Norwood has joined the firm as an associate and will practice in the Pascagoula office.
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
A. Kelly Sessoms has been elected a Fellow of the Young Lawyers of the Mississippi Bar.
Lyons, Pipes & Cook is pleased to announce that five of its attorneys have been selected for inclusion on the Alabama Super Lawyers 2009 list. Lawyers chosen were Thomas F. Garth, Allen E. "Teeto" Graham, Caroline C. McCarthy, William E. Shreve, Jr. and Cooper C. Thurber. Additionally, Cooper C. Thurber has been named to the Top 50 List. Only five percent of the lawyers in the state are named by Super Lawyers. Selections for Super Lawyers are made by the publisher, Law & Politics who undertakes a rigorous multi-phase selection process from more than 70 practice areas.
Lyons, Pipes & Cook is pleased to announce that A. Grady “Bo” Williams, IV and Jordan W. Gerheim passed the Florida Bar.
Lyons, Pipes & Cook is pleased to announce Brenda McClure, Human Resource Manager has received the Senior Professional in Human Resource certification.
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.
Lyons, Pipes & Cook is pleased to announce Jay Minus was elected as ADLA Director for District IV, and Beth Lee was elected as ADLA Young Lawyers Section Director.
Practice Areas: Civil Litigation, including Product and Professional Liability, Personal Injury, Premises Liability and Construction Defects.
Beth joined Lyons, Pipes & Cook in August of 2004, after having clerked with the firm for two summers.
A native of Gulf Shores, Alabama, Beth graduated from the University of Alabama with a B.A. degree in Finance, cum laude, in 2001. She subsequently obtained a J.D. degree from the University of Alabama School of Law in 2004. While attending law school, Beth was a member of the Trial Advocacy Team, Defense Lawyer’s Association, Farrah Law Society, and she received the George Peach Taylor award for trial advocacy.
Beth is a member of the Alabama Bar Association, Mobile Bar Association, Baldwin County Bar Association, and the Executive Committee of the Mobile Bar's Young Lawyer Division. She served as Treasurer of the Mobile Bar Association in 2009, she currently serves as a Young Lawyers Section Director for the Alabama Defense Lawyers Association, is a member of the Defense Research Institute, and is a board member of the Mobile Volunteer Lawyers' Program. Beth is also a member of the Junior Executive Committee of the American Cancer Society, a member of the board of America's Junior Miss and a graduate of the Alabama Leadership Initiative in 2008.
Beth was admitted to the Alabama Bar in September of 2004. She is also certified to practice before the U.S. District Courts of Alabama in the Southern, Middle, and Northern Districts.
E-mail: Beth.Lee@lpclaw.com
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Direct Dial: 251-441-8292
