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".

SHEA SCOTT PRESENTED "ANATOMY OF A LAWSUIT"
February 28, 2012 - Shea S. Scott  presented "Anatomy of a Lawsuit" to the University of Mississippi School of Law MDLA Student Group.

MISSISSIPPI BUSINESS JOURNAL PROFILES NEW DCH&B PRESIDENT ROY A. SMITH
February 9, 2012 - The January 23, 2012 issue of the Mississippi
Business Journal features an article on Roy A. Smith, Jr., the firm’s newly named president. Click here to download a PDF of the MBJ Profile.

CATHERINE HESTER ADDRESSED UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI SCHOOL OF LAW MDLA STUDENT GROUP
January 31, 2012 - Catherine A. Hester presented "A Day in the Life of an Associate" to the University of Mississippi School of Law MDLA Student Group.

TREY BYARS NOW PRESIDENT OF MISSISSIPPI DEFENSE LAWYERS ASSOCIATION
January 29, 2012 - Wilton V. "Trey" Byars, III, a shareholder in the Daniel Coker Horton & Bell Oxford office has been installed as President of the 2012 Board of Directors Executive Committee of the Mississippi Defense Lawyers Association.  Two previous members of the firm have held this position, including Thomas A. Bell and John Benton Clark.  The ceremony was held at the Country Club of Jackson on Saturday, January 28, 2012.

RICHARD C. BRADLEY III SPOKE AT LAUNCH OF 100TH 
ANNIVERSARY OF MISSISSIPPI CHILDREN'S HOME SERVICES
January 25, 2012 - Richard C. Bradley III, of counsel with Daniel Coker Horton & Bell, P.A., serves as President of the Board for Mississippi Children's Home Services.  Richard, who has been active with the organization since the 1980's, spoke at MCHS Centennial Recognition Day.  MCHS launched its celebration of 100 years of service in the first floor Rotunda of  the Capitol.  Chris Cherney, CEO of MCHS intoduced the speakers, which included both Governor Phil Bryant and Richard C. Bradley, President of the board for MCHS.

ROY A. SMITH NAMED PRESIDENT DCH&B
January 1, 2012 - Roy A. Smith, Jr. is now President of Daniel Coker Horton & Bell, P.A.  His term follows the completion of Terry R. Levy's second term as President.  Mr. Smith joined the firm shortly after his graduation from University of Mississippi School of Law in 1982, and he has served in a variety of leadership positions during the past decade.

KRISTI R. BROWN NAMED SHAREHOLDER
January 1, 2012 - Kristi R. Brown has been named shareholder at Daniel Coker Horton & Bell, P.A. , effective January 1, 2012.  Ms. Brown is located in the Gulfport office, and practices primarily in the areas of Appellate Law, General Insurance Defense, Premises Liability, Products Liability and Professional Liability.

More Firm News...

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 Insitute.  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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