Admissions
- Mississippi
- United States Supreme Court
- United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth, Eleventh and Federal Circuits
- United States District Court for the Northern District of Mississippi
- United States District Court for the Southern District of Mississippi
- All Mississippi State Courts
- Admitted Pro Hac Vice in courts in numerous states, including Alabama, Arizona, Colorado, Florida, Georgia, Missouri, North Carolina, Tennessee, Wisconsin and Virginia
Education
A.B., Duke University, 1968
J.D., University of Mississippi School of Law, 1971
For over forty years, Ken Rutherford has focused his practice on business transactions and business disputes, including trials, arbitrations, mediations, and appeals. He has a particular interest in franchising, representing both franchisors and franchisees. In the last ten years, Ken has also developed an estate planning practice. Ken’s approach to client matters is simple, but effective. Ken says, “Experience has taught me first to learn my clients’ goals and expectations. We then work diligently together to refine those goals to attain realistic results as efficiently as possible. Clients deserve nothing less.”
Professional Affiliations
American Bar Association: Franchise Forum, Litigation Section
The Mississippi Bar Association
Arbitrator, National Association of Securities Dealers
Bar Association of the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals
Honors & Awards
Best Lawyers in America®
- Commercial Litigation
- Corporate Law
Martindale-Hubbell Bar Register for Preeminent Lawyers: Commercial Litigation, Franchise Law, Personal Injury
Martindale-Hubbell AV Preeminent® Rated
Mississippi Law Journal, Research Editor, Editor-In-Chief 1970-1971
Numerous presentations at seminars sponsored by American Bar Association, Mississippi Bar, Association, American Franchisee Association and others
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®.
- Best Lawyers Named Eighteen Daniel Coker Horton & Bell to Best Lawyers for 2018
- 2019 Daniel Coker Horton & Bell Best Lawyers in America Announced
- 19 Daniel Coker Horton & Bell, P.A. lawyers named to 2020 Best Lawyers®
News
- August 20, 2020
- August 15, 2019
- August 15, 2016
- August 17, 2015
- August 18, 2014
- September 2013