Admissions
- Mississippi
- United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
- United States District Court for the Southern District of Mississippi
- All Mississippi State Courts
Education
B.S.; B.A., University of Southern Mississippi, 1977
M.S., University of Southern Mississippi, 1978
J.D., Mississippi College School of Law, 1986
John Gonzalez joined the firm’s Jackson office in 1988, having first served as staff counsel to the Mississippi Workers’ Compensation Commission. He became a shareholder in 1993. In 1997 John was instrumental in the opening of the Gulfport office, where he practices today. John’s law practice is limited to State Workers’ Compensation and U.S. Longshore and Harbor Workers’ Compensation Law.
Professional Affiliations
American Bar Association
Council on Litigation Management (CLM)
arrison County Bar Association
The Mississippi Bar Association
- Workers Compensation Executive Committee Member at Large 2015 - 2016
Mississippi Claims Association
Mississippi Self-Insured Association
Honors & Awards
Best Lawyers in America®, Workers' Compensation Law - Employers
Martindale-Hubbell, AV Preeminent® Rated
Moot Court Board
American Inns of Court, Russell-Blass-Walker Chapter
Mid-South Super Lawyers 2015 - 2017
Recognitions
- Seventeen Daniel Coker Horton & Bell, P.A., Attorneys Named 2015 Best Lawyers and Two Named Lawyer of the Year
- Eighteen Daniel Coker Horton & Bell Attorneys Recognized As 2016 Best Lawyers In America®.
- 2015 Super Lawyers and Rising Stars Announced
- Best Lawyers Named Eighteen Daniel Coker Horton & Bell to Best Lawyers for 2018
- 2016 Mid-South Super Lawyers and Rising Stars Announced
- 2019 Daniel Coker Horton & Bell Best Lawyers in America Announced
- 2017 DCHB Mid-South Super Lawyers and Rising Stars Announced
- 19 Daniel Coker Horton & Bell, P.A. lawyers named to 2020 Best Lawyers®
News
- August 20, 2020
- August 15, 2019
- November 2017
- August 15, 2017
- November 2016
- August 15, 2016
- August 17, 2015
- August 18, 2014
- September 2013
Seminars & Speaking Engagements
- Biloxi, Mississippi, April 21, 2017
- April 2009
Recent Victories
- October 14, 2016
- October 2016
- September 2015
- May 2015
- February 2015
- October 2013
- 2013
- December 2012
- May 2012
- December 2011
- July 2011
- June 2010