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: Insurance Coverage and Firm Management.
Caroline has been with the firm since 1984, when she started as a summer clerk. She is actively involved in the management of the firm.
Caroline was born in Jackson, Mississippi and grew up in south Louisiana. She received her B. A. degree, cum laude from Southern Methodist University in 1983 and her J.D. degree, summa cum laude from the University of Alabama in 1986. Her practice concentrates on insurance coverage and firm management.
While in law school, Caroline coauthored "Parents, Psychologists & Child Custody Disputes: Protecting the Privilege and the Children" Issue 37:2 Alabama Law Review. She was senior editor of the Alabama Law Review and graduated Order of the Coif and as a Hugo Black Scholar.She also received the M. Leigh Harrison Award for academic performance and meritorious legal research and writing.
Caroline is a member of the Mobile Bar Association, Alabama State Bar Association, American Bar Association and is licensed to practice in all Alabama State and Federal Courts. She is also a member of the Professional Liability Underwriting Society. Caroline was named an Alabama Super Lawyer for 2009 and included in The Best Lawyers in America 2009.
Caroline is married to Brian McCarthy and they have three children. She is involved in numerous community organizations, currently sits on the Board of Directors for the Mobile Area Chamber of Commerce, recently served on the Executive Task Force for DASH for the Gulf Coast, is a sustaining member of the Junior League of Mobile, and is an active member of Dauphin Way United Methodist Church.
E-mail: Caroline.McCarthy@lpclaw.com
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Direct Dial: 251-441-8257
