DANIEL COKER MOST PROLIFIC TRIAL LAW FIRM IN MISSISSIPPI IN 2013
The Mississippi Jury Verdict Reporter announced that Daniel Coker was the most prolific trial law firm in Mississippi in 2013.  Nine trials were listed in Auto, Premises Liability, Fraud, Products Liability and Negligence.

 GRIFFIN ELECTED PRESIDENT OF JACKSON CHAPTER CHRISTIAN LEGAL SOCIETY

Steven J. Griffin, was elected President of the Jackson Chapter of the Christian Legal Society for 2014. Griffin will serve as the chapter's representative to the legal community and public at large, and will also serve as the chapter's primary contact with the National Christian Legal Society office

BENEDICT AND MURRAY NAMED SHAREHOLDERS IN DANIEL COKER HORTON & BELL

Effective January 1, 2014, Luke Benedict of the firm's Oxford office, and Christopher Murrray of the firm's Gulfport office became shareholders in the firm.

15 DANIEL COKER HORTON & BELL ATTORNEYS RECOGNIZED AS 2014 BEST LAWYERS IN AMERICA®.
Daniel Coker Horton & Bell, P.A., is pleased to announce that 15 firm attorneys have been selected by their peers for inclusion in The Best Lawyers in America 2014 in 20 practice areas as indicated below. Click Here to view a photo of DCH&B's 15 2014 Best Lawyers in America.

Robert S. Addison (*)
Personal Injury Litigation
Defendants
Product Liability Litigation - Defendants

Wilton V. Byars III (2011)
Insurance Law
Personal Injury Litigation - Defendants

John B. Clark (2001) (10)
Personal Injury Litigation - Defendants
Professional Malpractice Law - Defendants

C. Michael Ellingburg (1995) (10)
Commercial Litigation
Construction Law
Litigation - Banking and Finance
Litigation - Construction
Litigation - Securities

John Stanford Gonzalez (2013)
Workers' Compensation Law - Employers

B. Stevens Hazard (2011)
Personal Injury Litigation - Defendants
Personal Injury Litigation - Plaintiffs
Transportation Law

J. Wyatt Hazard (2011)
Personal Injury Litigation - Defendants

Gary K. Jones (2003) (10)
Workers' Compensation Law - Employers

Terry R. Levy (2012)
Commercial Litigation
Insurance Law
Litigation - Construction
Litigation - Municipal

Silas W. McCharen (2011)
Employment Law - Management
Litigation - Labor and Employment

Larry D. Moffett (2011)
Commercial Litigation
Energy Law
Mass Tort Litigation / Class Actions - Defendants
Natural Resources Law
Oil and Gas Law

George E. Read (2013)
Workers' Compensation Law - Employers

Kenneth Rutherford (2012)
Commercial Litigation
Corporate Law

Roy A. Smith, Jr. (*)
Product Liability Litigation - Defendants

Edward C. Taylor (2009)
Personal Injury Litigation - Defendants

(Year) First year the lawyer was listed. (*) Lawyers who are listed for the first time in Best Lawyers.

JACK ABLES PRESENTS AT ATA'S 2013 FORUM FOR MOTOR CARRIERS
Jackson H. Ables was invited to be a program  moderator and guest speaker at ATA’s 2013 Forum for Motor Carriers’ General Counsel at the Coeur d’Alene Resort in Coeur d’Alene, Idaho held from July 14 through 17, 2013.  He spoke to an audience of approximately 150 on the subject “Successful Strategies for Defending Against Punitive Damages.”

ROY A. SMITH, JR SPEAKS AT MISSISSIPPI SUMMER SCHOOL FOR LAWYERS
Roy A. Smith, Jr. , president of Daniel Coker Horton & Bell, P.A., presented "Life After Learmonth: The Current Case for and Against the Non-Economic Damages Cap", at Mississippi Summer School for Lawyers, on July 8, 2013.  More than 300 judges and attorneys were in attendance.  Mississippi Summer School for Lawyers is offered by the Mississippi Bar Association.  This event was the 25th annual session, and was held in Sandestin, Florida. The presentation can be viewed in its entirety, here.

TAYLOR INTERVIEWED BY MISSISSIPPI BUSINESS JOURNAL
Edward C. Taylor was interviewed by the Alan Turner, Editor of the Mississippi Business Journal in an article entitled "The new legal landscape".  The article appeared in the June 21, 2013 Edition of the Mississippi Business Journal and can be viewed in its entirety, here.  A five-minute video of the interview can be viewed here.


DRISKELL APPOINTED TO ETHICS COMMITTEE OF MS BAR
Mitchell O. Driskell  has been appointed to serve on the Ethics Committee of the Mississippi Bar Association.  The Ethics Committee helps Mississippi lawyers answer ethics questions that arise in their everyday practices. The Ethics Committee recommends standards of conduct in the practice of law as a profession. The Committee also issues opinions interpreting the Rules of Professional Conduct and whether a proposed course of professional conduct is in compliance with the Rules.  Mitchell was appointed to serve a two-year term on the Committee.

THE NATIONAL LAW JOURNAL INTERVIEWS ROY SMITH, JR.
Roy A. Smith, Jr. was interviewed by The National Law Journal for their inaugural The Southern Report which was published on April 29, 2013.  A reprint of the article "Change is Afoot in a State that Clings to its Traditions", can be viewed in its entirty, here. 


JOHN CLARK NAMED 2013 LAWYER OF THE YEAR
John B. Clark has been named the Best Lawyers' 2013 Jackson-MS Professional Malpractice Law - Defendants "Lawyer of the Year".

13 DCH&B ATTORNEYS SELECTED AS 2013 BEST LAWYERS
Thirteen lawyers from Daniel Coker Horton & Bell, P.A. were recently selected by their peers for inclusion in The Best Lawyers in America (Copyright 2012 by Woodward/White, Inc., Aiken, SC) in 18 different practice areas. Included are:

Gulfport:
Edward C. Taylor           
Personal Injury Litigation - Defendants
John S. Gonzalez          
Workers’ Compensation Law – Employers

Jackson:
John B. Clark                 
Personal Injury Litigation – Defendants
Professional Malpractice Law - Defendants
C. Michael Ellingburg     
Commercial Litigation
Construction Law
Litigation – Banking & Finance
Litigation – Construction
Litigation – Securities
B. Stevens Hazard        
Personal Injury Litigation – Defendants
Personal Injury Litigation – Plaintiffs
Transportation Law
J. Wyatt Hazard           
Personal Injury Litigation – Defendants
Gary K. Jones             
Workers’ Compensation Law – Employers
Terry R. Levy               
Commercial Litigation
Insurance Law
Litigation – Construction
Litigation - Municipal
Silas W. McCharen      
Employment Law – Management
Litigation – Labor & Employment

Oxford:
George E. Read        
Workers’ Compensation Law – Employers
Larry D. Moffett         
Commercial Litigation
Energy Law
Mass Tort Litigation//Class Actions Defendants
Natural Resources Law
Oil & Gas Law
Kenneth Rutherford    
Commercial Litigation
Corporate Law
Wilton V. Byars III     
Personal Injury Litigation – Defendants

Since it was first published in 1983, Best Lawyers has become universally regarded as the definitive guide to legal excellence.  Because Best Lawyers is based on an exhaustive peer-review survey in which more than 36,000 leading attorneys cast almost 4.4 million votes on the legal abilities of other lawyers in their practice areas, and because lawyers are not required or allowed to pay a fee to be listed, inclusion in Best Lawyers is considered a singular honor.

13 DCH&B SHAREHOLDERS ARE "TOP RATED LAWYERS -  PERSONAL INJURY DEFENSE"
ALM, the publisher of The National Law Journal, Legal Tech Directory and Virtual Legal Tech has identified 13 Daniel Coker Horton & Bell Shareholders as Top Rated Lawyers  - Personal Injury Defense.  These attorneys are all AV Rated by Martindale Hubbell.  They include:

Gulfport -- Nancy Siples Brumbeloe, Brenda G. Long, Nathan L. Schrantz and Edward C. Taylor;
Jackson -- George E. Abdo, Jackson H. Ables, Robert S. Addison, B. Stevens Hazard, W. Beinville Skipper, Roy A. Smith, Jr., and M. James Weems;
Oxford -- Terry Little and Shea Scott.

Click here to view the Top Rated Lawyers group.

GEORGE READ PRESENTS AT MISSISSIPPI MUNICIPAL SERVICE COMPANY ANNUAL EVENT
May 1, 2012 - George E. Read, recently spoke at the Annual Advanced Techniques in Claims Management Workshop presented by the Mississippi Municipal Service Company.  The event was attended by more than 30 Mayors, City Clerks, Personnel Directors and Department Heads from municipalities in North Mississippi.  His topic was "Workers' Compensation Litigation, An Employers' Perspective".


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DRISKELL NAMED TO MBJ 2014 CLASS OF TOP 40 UNDER 40
Mitchell O. Driskell, a shareholder in the Oxford, Mississippi office of Daniel, Coker, Horton and Bell, P.A., has been named to the Mississippi Business Journal’s Top 40 Under 40 for 2014.   Driskell focuses his law practice in the areas of Insurance Bad Faith and Coverage, Public Entity/Governmental Liability and Transportation Law.  He received his J.D. from University of Mississippi (cum laude) in 2000.  Driskell serves on the Board of Directors of the Mississippi Defense Lawyers Association, and is a member of the Ethics Committee of the Mississippi Bar Association.  He received the award in person at the MBJ Top 40 Under 40 Awards Ceremony held on April 4, 2014. Click here to see a photo.


TERRY LEVY NAMED MISSISSIPPI JOURNAL'S 2013
LAWYER  OF THE YEAR

Terry Levy was named Mississippi Business Journal's 2013 Lawyer of the Year at the MBJ's Leadership in Law dinner held on December 11, 2013 at the Jackson Hilton.  Forty Mississippi attorneys were honored for their contibutions to the practice of law, and Levy was named Lawyer of the Year. The Leadership in Law event is four years old, prior firm Leadership in Law honorees include John Clark, Jackson Ables, and Trey Byars.

11 DANIEL COKER HORTON & BELL ATTORNEYS RECOGNIZED
AS 2013 MID-SOUTH SUPERLAWYERS AND RISING STARS

Daniel Coker Horton & Bell, P.A., is pleased to announce that six firm attorneys have been named 2013 Mid-South SuperLawyers and five firm attorneys have been named 2013 Rising Stars as indicated below:

2013 Mid-South SuperLawyers
Jackson Office:
Robert S. Addison
Gary K. Jones
W. Bienville Skipper

Oxford Office:
Wilton V. Byars
Mitchell O. Driskell
Robert F. Stacy

2013 Mid-South Rising Stars:
Gulfport Office:
Michael B. Dickinson

Jackson Office:
Steven J. Griffin
Jason H. Strong

Oxford Office:
Catherine A. Hester
Timothy M. Peeples

DANIEL COKER HORTON & BELL RANKED TIER 1 IN 2014 "BEST LAW FIRMS" BY U.S. NEWS & WORLD REPORT AND  BEST LAWYERS® REGIONALLY IN  10 PRACTICE AREAS

Firms included in the 2014 "Best Law Firms” list are recognized for professional excellence with persistently impressive ratings from clients and peers. Achieving a ranking signals a unique combination of quality law practice and breadth of legal expertise.
The U.S. News – Best Lawyers “Best Law Firms” rankings, for the fourth consecutive year, are based on a rigorous evaluation process that includes the collection of client and lawyer evaluations, peer review from leading attorneys in their field, and review of additional information provided by law firms as part of the formal submission process. Clients and peers were asked to evaluate firms based on the following criteria: responsiveness, understanding of a business and its needs, cost-effectiveness, integrity and civility, as well as whether they would refer a matter to the firm and/or consider the firm a worthy competitor.
Metropolitan First-Tier Rankings for Daniel Coker Horton & Bell are as follows:

Gulfport
Personal Injury Litigation – Defendants
Workers’ Compensation Law - Employers

Jackson - MS
Commercial Litigation
Insurance Law
Litigation – Construction
Personal Injury Litigation – Defendants
Professional Malpractice Law – Defendants
Workers’ Compensation Law – Employers

Tupelo (Oxford)
Commercial Litigation
Workers’ Compensation Law - Employers

First-tier rankings will be featured in the Money issue of U.S. News and World Report and will also be featured in the “Best Law Firms” stand-alone publication. The rankings in their entirety are posted online at http://bestlawfirms.usnews.com.
 
DCH&B ATTORNEYS B. STEVENS HAZARD AND TERRY R. LEVY NAMED BEST LAWYERS' 2014 LAWYERS OF THE YEAR
  
Two Jackson shareholders have been named the Best Lawyers’ 2014 Lawyers of the Year. B. Stevens Hazard has been named the Best Lawyers’ 2014 Jackson-MS Transportation Law “Lawyer of the Year.” (Copyright 2013 by Woodward/White, Inc., of Aiken, SC) and Terry R. Levy has been named the Best Lawyers’2014 Jackson-MS Insurance Law “Lawyer of the Year.”

TREY BYARS NAMED TO LEADERSHIP IN LAW 2012
Wilton V. Byars, III (Trey) was recently named to Mississippi Business Journal's Leadership in Law 2012. Over 600 Mississippi attorneys were nominated and only 50 were honored at a dinner reception held in Jackson on December 10, 2012.  Byars was further honored by being included in the top ten award recipients. Recipients of this award are selected for legal leadership and quality of character, and the event judges are comprised of a group of judges, attorneys,  MSJ editors and staff.

GINGER ROBEY SPEAKS TO CPCU SOCIETY
Ginger M. Robey spoke to the Charter Property Casualty Underwriters (CPCU) Society in Memphis on November 20, 2012.  She spoke about recent changes to Mississipp Workers' Compensation laws.

ELEVEN DCH&B ATTORNEYS NAMED TO 2012 MID-SOUTH SUPERLAWYERS AND RISING STARS
The following attorneys have been named to 2012 Mid-South SuperLawyers and Rising Stars:

SuperLawyers – Jackson - MS
Robert S. Addison
Gary K. Jones

Rising Stars – Jackson - MS
Tom R. Julian
W. Bienville Skipper
Jason H. Strong
John A. Waits

Rising Stars – Gulfport - MS
Michael B. Dickinson

SuperLawyers – Oxford - MS
Wilton V. Byars, III
Robert F. Stacy, Jr.

Rising Stars – Oxford - MS
Mitchell O. Driskell, III
Timothy M. Peeples
 

DANIEL COKER HORTON & BELL, P.A., A LEADING MISSISSIPPI-BASED LAW FIRM, HAS BEEN NAMED TO U.S. NEWS – BEST LAWYERS “BEST LAW FIRMS” RANKINGS.
U.S. News Media Group and Best Lawyers released these rankings November 1, 2012. The rankings showcase more than 10,000 different law firms in 85 major legal practice areas nationally and in metropolitan or state rankings.

Metropolitan First-Tier Rankings for Daniel Coker Horton & Bell are as follows:

Gulfport
Personal Injury Litigation – Defendants

Jackson - MS
Litigation – Construction
Professional Malpractice Law – Defendants
Workers’ Compensation Law – Employers 

Tupelo (Oxford)
Commercial Litigation

First-tier rankings will be featured in the Money issue of U.S. News and World Report on newsstands November 20, 2012 and will also be featured in the “Best Law Firms” stand-alone publication. The rankings in their entirety are posted online at http://bestlawfirms.usnews.com.

LARRY MOFFETT NAMED TO JUDICIAL APPOINTMENTS ADVISORY COMMITTEE
Governor Phil Bryant appointed Larry D. Moffett to the Judicial Appointments Advisory Committee, representing the Third Supreme Court DIstrict.  Moffett, who is a shareholder located in the firm's Oxford office, has been appointed for a two year terrn commencing July 1, 2012. 

ROBERT S. ADDISON SPOKE AT NBI CLE "MEDICAID UPDATE 2012"
DCH&B Director Robert Addison presented at a recent Continuing Legal Education Seminar hosted by the National Business Institute.  The CLE was entitled "Medicaid Update 2012" and was held at the Jackson Convention Complex on March 15, 2012.  Addison taught how to comply with the recent Medicare Reporting Requirements under the S-CHIP Extension Act.

WILTON "TREY" BYARS JOINS ASSOCIATION OF DEFENSE TRIAL ATTORNEYS
Wilton V. Byars, III has been invited to become a prime member in the Association of Defense Trial Attorneys (ATDA).  ATDA invites only one defense trial attorney to be its prime member per one million in population.  An ADTA prime membership is, in essensce, a statement of the high regard in which that defense trial attorney is held by his or her peers in the defense trial bar of their city and state or province.

JACKSON HENDERSON ABLES NAMED TO LEADERSHIP IN LAW 2011
Jackson H. Ables was recently named to Mississippi Business Journal's Leadership in Law 2011. Over 600 Mississippi attorneys were nominated and only 50 were honored at a dinner reception held in Jackson on November 30, 2011.  Ables was further honored by being included in the top ten award recipients. Recipients of this award are selected for legal leadership and quality of character, and the event judges are comprised of a group of judges, attorneys and MSJ editors and staff. 

ELEVEN DCH&B ATTORNEYS NAMED TO 2011 MID-SOUTH SUPERLAWYERS AND RISING STARS
The following attorneys have been named to 2011 Mid-South SuperLawyers and Rising Stars:

SuperLawyers - Jackson-MS
Robert S. Addison
John B. Clark
Gary K. Jones

Rising Stars – Jackson – MS
Tom R. Julian
W. Bienville Skipper
Jason H. Strong
John A. Waits

SuperLawyers – Oxford MS
Wilton V. Byars, III
Robert F. Stacy, Jr.

Rising Stars – Oxford MS
Mitchell O. Driskell, III
Timothy M. Peeples


DANIEL COKER HORTON & BELL, P.A., A LEADING MISSISSIPPI BASED LAW FIRM, HAS BEEN NAMED TO U.S. NEWS – BEST LAWYERS “BEST LAW FIRMS” RANKINGS.
U.S. News Media Group and Best Lawyers released these rankings today. The rankings showcase 9,633 different law firms in 75 major legal practice areas and in metropolitan or state rankings in one or more of 119 geographic areas. Metropolitan First-Tier Rankings for Daniel Coker Horton & Bell are as follows:

Gulfport
Personal Injury Litigation – Defendants

Jackson-MS
Personal Injury Litigation – Defendants
Professional Malpractice Law – Defendants
Workers’ Compensation Law – Employers

Tupelo (Oxford)
Commercial Litigation
Personal Injury Litigation - Defendants

First-tier rankings will be featured in the U.S. News and World Report’s Money issue, on newsstands November 15, 2011 and will also be featured in the “Best Law Firms” stand-alone publication. The rankings in their entirety are posted online at http://bestlawfirms.usnews.com.

ELEVEN DCH&B ATTORNEYS NAMED TO 2012 BEST LAWYERS IN AMERICA
Daniel Coker Horton & Bell, P.A. is proud to announce that eleven DCH&B attorneys have been named to the 2012 edition of Best Lawyers in America.

Gulfport:
Edward C. Taylor  (2009)- Personal Injury LItigation  - Defendants

Jackson:
John B. Clark (2001)(10)
Personal Injury Litigation - Defendants
Professional Malpractice Law - Defendants
C. Michael Ellingburg - (1995) (10)
Commercial Litigation
Litigation - Banking & Finance
Litigation - Construction
Litigation - Securities
B.Stevens Hazard - (2011)
Personal Injury Litigation
J. Wyatt Hazard (2011)
Personal Injury Litigation
Gary K. Jones (2003)
Workers' Compensation Law - Employers
Terry R. Levy (2012)
Insurance Law
Litigation - Construction
Silas McCharen (2011)
Employment Law - Management
Litigation - Labor & Employment

Oxford:
Wilton (Trey) V. Byars III (2011)
Personal Injury Litigation - Defendants
Larry D. Moffett (2011)
Commercial Litigation
Energy Law
Natural Resources Law
Oil & Gas Law
Kenneth Rutherford (2012)
Commercial Litigation

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