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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.
 
Marion A. Quina, Jr.
Of Counsel

 

Practice Areas: Admiralty/Maritime Law, Environmental Law, Civil Trial Practice, Commercial and Corporate Law, Real Estate, Probate and Estate Planning.

Marion is of counsel for the firm. Born in Mobile, Alabama, Marion has been practicing with LPC since graduating from law school. He regularly practices in the state courts of southern Alabama as well as in the U.S. District Courts of Alabama.

Marion graduated from the University of Alabama with a B.S. degree in 1971 and then obtained his J.D. degree from Cumberland School of Law, Samford University in Birmingham, Alabama in 1974. His practice focuses on Admiralty and Maritime Law, Commercial and Corporate Law, Real Estate, Probate and Estate Planning and Environmental Law. Admiralty and Maritime Law areas encompass terminal and longshore representation, oil spill and environmental matters, personal injury claims, allisions, collisions, maritime contracts and the handling of maritime liens.

Marion is a member of the Southeastern Admiralty Law Institute and served as its Chairman in 1999, and he is a member of the Maritime Law Association of the United States. He served as Chairman of the Advisory Board of Cumberland School of Law at Samford University in 2003 and 2004. He has been a member of many civic and community boards, currently serving on the boards of the American Cancer Society, Preschool for the Sensory Impaired, Infirmary Foundation (Vice Chairman), and Bay Area Food Bank.

Marion is an ardent fisherman and hunter and coupled his interest in these outdoor sports with his service on the Boards of Directors of Coastal Conservation Association and the Alabama Wildlife Federation. He served as the Vice Chairman of the State Board and Chairman of the Mobile Chapter of CCA. Marion is married to Jamie Mayhall Quina.

E-mail: maq@lpclaw.com

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Direct Dial: 251-441-8227
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