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| | Address | | 4400 Old Canton Road, Suite 400 | | Jackson, Mississippi 39211-5982 | | (Hinds & Madison Cos.) | | Mailing Address: P.O. Box 1084, Jackson, MS, 39215-1084 | | | |
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| Daniel Coker Horton & Bell, P.A. practices in the following areas of law:
General Civil, Trial and Appellate Practice in State and Federal Courts. Agribusiness, Antitrust, Commercial, Bankruptcy, Construction and Surety, Contract, Corporation, Energy, Environmental, Estate Planning and Probate, Insurance, Mass Tort Litigation, Personal Injury, Private and Public Sector Employment Law, Public Utilities, Labor and Employment, State and Federal Taxation, Trade Regulation and Workers Compensation Litigation. | | Year Established: 1946 | Firm Profile:
Daniel Coker Horton & Bell, P.A. was founded in 1946 and has become one of the larger law firms in Mississippi. Building upon one of the more diverse civil litigation practices in the State, the firm offers a full range of legal services, from its offices in Jackson, Oxford and Gulfport, Mississippi. Eight practice groups cover a number of substantive areas including administrative law, commercial and construction litigation, mass torts and environmental law, general civil litigation, energy and natural resources, private and public sector employment law, products liability and tax, corporate and business law. The firm is committed to serving the professional bar and community. The firm has had two members serve as president of the Mississippi Bar and has produced two presidents of the Mississippi Defense Lawyers Association. Three members are also Fellows of the American College of Trial Lawyers. | | Firm Size: 63 | Representative Clients:
Allianz Insurance Co.; ANLIR; Barrett Refining; Bituminous Casualty Corporation; Bridgestone/Firestone; Chubb Group; Cigna; Commercial Union Group; Constitution State Services; Crum & Forster; CUNA Mutual Insurance Society; Electric Power Associations of Mississippi; Eljer Industries; Federal Express Corp.; Federated Mutual Insurance Co.; Fireman's Fund Insurance Cos.; First Colony Insurance; Ford Motor Company; Gallagher-Bassett; General Adjustment Bureau; Georgia-Pacific Corp.; Great American Insurance; Hartford Accident and Indemnity Co.; Liberty Mutual Insurance Co.; MS Casualty Ins. Co.; Nationwide Indemnity Co.; Pfizer; Ranger Insurance Co.; Roadway Express, Inc.; Rockwell International; Schering-Plough Corp.; Sentry Insurance Co.; Splash Casino; Sulzer Medica; Tellus Operating Group, LLC; The Travelers Insurance Cos.; USAA, Inc.; Wausau Insurance Company; urich-American Insurance Cos.; Zurich Insurance Companies; 84 Lumber. |
Other Office Locations of Daniel Coker Horton & Bell, P.A.
Gulfport, Mississippi, U.S.A.
Oxford, Mississippi, U.S.A.
| | —————————— | | George E. Abdo, III (Member) born Greenville, Mississippi, December 18, 1968; admitted to bar, 1994, Mississippi; U.S. District Court, Southern and Northern Districts of Mississippi and U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit. Education: University of Mississippi (B.B.A., cum laude, 1991; J.D., cum laude, 1994). Phi Delta Phi. Member, Moot Court Board. Member, University of Mississippi Law Journal, 1993-1994. Contributing Editor, "Tort Law Desk Reference- A Fifty-State Compendium," Aspen Publishers. Member: The Mississippi Bar; American Bar Association; Jackson Young Lawyers Association; Mississippi Defense Lawyers Association; Defense Research Institute. Practice Areas: Insurance Defense; Insurer Liability; Insurance Coverage; Premises Liability; Emergency Medical Care Defense. Email: George E. Abdo, III | | Jackson H. Ables, III (Member) born Vicksburg, Mississippi, December 3, 1946; admitted to bar, 1975, Mississippi; 1982, U.S. Supreme Court. Education: University of Mississippi (B.A., 1969; J.D., 1975). Phi Delta Phi (Magister, Mayes Inn). Associate Editor, Mississippi Law Journal, 1973-1975. Co-Author: J. Ables and L. Moffett, Mississippi Environmental Law Handbook, (1994, Government Institutes, Inc.). Member, Legal Advisory Board, The Southeastern Legal Foundation. Member: Hinds County, Federal, Federal Energy and American (Member, Antitrust, Litigation, Natural Resources, Public Utility, Communications and Transportation Law Sections) Bar Associations; The Mississippi Bar (Member, Litigation and Natural Resources Sections); Defense Research and Trial Lawyers Association; Mississippi Defense Lawyers Association; International Association of Defense Counsel; Mississippi Bar Foundation; International Insurance Law Society. [Lt., USN, 1969-1972]. Practice Areas: Insurance Defense; Extra-Contractual Insurer Liability; Product Liability; Natural Resources; Environmental; Commercial Law. Email: Jackson H. Ables, III | | Robert S. Addison (Member) born Magnolia, Mississippi, April 19, 1953; admitted to bar, 1978, Mississippi; 1987, U.S. Supreme Court. Education: University of Southern Mississippi (B.M.E., with honors, 1974); University of Mississippi (J.D., 1978). Phi Alpha Delta; Pi Gamma Mu; Phi Eta Sigma. Chairman, Moot Court Board; Member, National Mock Trial Team. Member: Hinds County and American (Member, Litigation Section) Bar Associations; The Mississippi Bar; Mississippi Defense Lawyers Association. Practice Areas: General Practice; Insurance Defense; Personal Injury; Product Liability. Email: Robert S. Addison | | Robert J. Arnold, III (Member) born Jackson, Mississippi, September 18, 1961; admitted to bar, 1986, Mississippi; U.S. District Court, Northern and Southern Districts of Mississippi; U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.. Education: University of Mississippi (B.A. Accy., 1983; J.D., 1986). Member: The Mississippi Bar. Practice Areas: Insurance Defense; Products Liability; Premises Liability; Workers Compensation; Professional Liability; Municipal Liability. Email: Robert J. Arnold, III | | Brenda B. Bethany (Member) born Jackson, Mississippi, November 16, 1954; admitted to bar, 1980, Mississippi. Education: Mississippi State University (B.S., with distinction, 1975; M.Ed., 1976); University of Mississippi (J.D., with honors, 1980). Phi Kappa Phi; Phi Delta Phi. Member, 1979-1980 and Research Editor, 1980, Mississippi Law Journal. Co-Author: "Miscellaneous Section of 1979 Mississippi Supreme Court Review," 50 Mississippi Law Journal 833, 1979. Law Clerk for Hon. Neville Patterson, Chief Justice, Mississippi, 1980-1981. Member: The Mississippi Bar. Practice Areas: Business Law; Commercial Law; Construction Law; Automobile Franchises and Dealerships. Email: Brenda B. Bethany | | Richard C. Bradley III (Member) born Hattiesburg, Mississippi, October 3, 1944; admitted to bar, 1969, District of Columbia; 1971, Mississippi; 1974, Georgia and U.S. District Court, Northern District of Georgia; 1979, U.S. District Court, Northern and Southern Districts of Mississippi; 1980, U.S. Claims Court and U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit. Education: University of Virginia (B.A., with honors, 1966); Yale University (LL.B., 1969). Phi Beta Kappa. Member: Hinds County and Federal Bar Associations; The Mississippi Bar; The District of Columbia Bar; State Bar of Georgia. [Judge Advocate, U.S. Air Force, 1970-1974; Colonel, U.S. Air Force Reserve (Retired)]. Email: Richard C. Bradley III | | Donald V. Burch (Member) born Niagara Falls, New York, February 18, 1944; admitted to bar, 1970, Mississippi. Education: Vanderbilt University (B.A., 1966); University of Alabama (J.D., 1969). Sigma Delta Kappa. Law Clerk to Justice L.A. Smith, Jr., Mississippi Supreme Court, 1969-1970. Listed in Best Lawyers in America. Member: Hinds County and American (Member, Litigation Section) Bar Associations; The Mississippi Bar; Mississippi Defense Lawyers Association; Defense Research Institute. Practice Areas: Workers' Compensation; Administrative; Insurance Defense. Email: Donald V. Burch | | John B. Clark (Member) born Laurel, Mississippi, September 6, 1942; admitted to bar, 1966, Mississippi; 1976, U.S. Supreme Court. Education: Millsaps College and University of Mississippi (B.A., 1963); University of Virginia (LL.B., 1966). Phi Kappa Phi; Phi Alpha Delta. Law Clerk to U.S. Circuit Judge James P. Coleman, 1966-1967. Member: Hinds County and American (Member, Insurance Coverage Litigation Committee and Litigation Section) Bar Associations; The Mississippi Bar; Mississippi Defense Lawyers Association (President, 1991-1992); Mississippi Bar Foundation. Fellow, American College of Trial Lawyers (State Committee Chair, 1996-1998). Master of the Bench, American Inns of Court. Practice Areas: Commercial; Insurance Coverage; Professional Liability Litigation. Email: John B. Clark | | Tara S. Clifford (Member) born Cerro Gordo, North Carolina; admitted to bar, 2000, Mississippi. Education: University of North Carolina (B.A., 1995): Mississippi College School of Law (J.D., cum laude, 2000). Member: The Mississippi Bar; American Bar Association. Practice Areas: Insurance Defense; Professional Liability. Email: Tara S. Clifford | | C. Michael Ellingburg (Member) born Indianola, Mississippi, January 27, 1951; admitted to bar, 1976, Mississippi. Education: Millsaps College (B.S., 1973); University of Mississippi (J.D., 1976). Phi Delta Phi. Staff, Mississippi Law Journal, 1974-1976. Member: Hinds County, Federal and American (Member: Commercial Law Section; Fidelity and Surety Subcommittee; Forum Committee on Franchising) Bar Associations; The Mississippi Bar; Mississippi Defense Lawyers Association. Practice Areas: Antitrust; Business; Commercial; Construction Law; Real Estate. Email: C. Michael Ellingburg | | B. Stevens Hazard (Member) born West Point, Mississippi, August 13, 1951; admitted to bar, 1976, Mississippi; 1981, U.S. Supreme Court. Education: Mississippi State University (B.A., 1972); University of Mississippi (J.D., 1976). Phi Alpha Delta. Staff, Mississippi Law Journal, 1975-1976. Co-Author: "Mississippi Law Governing Private Construction Contracts: Some Problems and Proposals," 47 Mississippi Law Journal 1437, 1976. Law Clerk for Justice Stokes V. Robertson, Mississippi Supreme Court, 1976-1977. Member: Hinds County and American Bar Associations; The Mississippi Bar; Mississippi Defense Lawyers Association. Practice Areas: Personal Injury; Products Liability; Insurance Defense. Email: B. Stevens Hazard | | J. Wyatt Hazard (Member) born West Point, Mississippi, March 2, 1956; admitted to bar, 1981, Mississippi. Education: Mississippi State University (B.S., 1978); University of Mississippi (J.D., 1981). Delta Theta Phi. Member, Moot Court Board. Member: Hinds County Bar Association; The Mississippi Bar; Mississippi Defense Lawyers Association. Practice Areas: Insurance Defense; Product Liability. Email: J. Wyatt Hazard | | Gary K. Jones (Member) born Amory, Mississippi, December 13, 1955; admitted to bar, 1980, Mississippi. Education: Mississippi State University (B.S., with highest distinction, 1977); University of Mississippi (J.D., 1980). Phi Kappa Phi; Omicron Delta Kappa; Phi Delta Phi. Research Editor, Mississippi Law Journal, 1978-1979. Author: "1978 Mississippi Supreme Court Review: Commercial Law," 50 Mississippi Law Journal 41, 1979. Mississippi Contributor, Independent Contractor Status: State by State Legal Guide (R. Wood ed. 1993). Member: Hinds County and American Bar Associations; The Mississippi Bar; Mississippi Defense Lawyers Association (Chairman, Workers' Compensation Section, 1999). Practice Areas: Workers' Compensation. Email: Gary K. Jones | | Gerald L. Kucia (Member) born Seoul, South Korea, July 2, 1965; admitted to bar, 1990, Mississippi. Education: University of Southern Mississippi (B.S., with honors, 1987); University of Mississippi (J.D, cum laude, 1990).. Member, 1988-1990, Associate Editor, 1989-1990, Mississippi Law Journal. Recipient, American Jurisprudence Awards for Civil Procedure and Antitrust Law. Law Clerk, Honorable James L. Robertson, Mississippi Supreme Court, 1990-1991. Attorney Advisor, U.S. Department of Agriculture, Office of General Counsel, 1992-1999. Member: Mississippi Defense Lawyers Association; DRI; Mississippi Claims Association. Practice Areas: Commercial Vehicle Liability; Bad Faith Insurance Litigation; Premises Liability. Email: Gerald L. Kucia | | Terry R. Levy (Member) born Pascagoula, Mississippi, June 11, 1952; admitted to bar, 1977, Mississippi. Education: University of Mississippi and University of Southern Mississippi (B.A., 1973); University of Mississippi (J.D., 1977). Phi Kappa Phi; Phi Delta Phi. Member, Moot Court Board, 1976-1977. Member: Hinds County and American (Member, Fidelity and Surety Subcommittee) Bar Associations; The Mississippi Bar. Practice Areas: Construction; Fidelity and Surety; Professional Errors and Omissions; Professional Liability; Commercial; Business Litigation. Email: Terry R. Levy | | Silas W. McCharen (Member) born West Point, Mississippi, June 6, 1956; admitted to bar, 1985, Mississippi. Education: Millsaps College (B.A., magna cum laude, 1979); University of Mississippi (J.D., 1985). Phi Alpha Delta; Order of Barristers. Chairman, Moot Court Board, 1984. France's Honorary Consul in Mississippi for Consulat Général de France. Member: The Mississippi Bar; Federal and American Bar Associations; Bar Association of the Fifth Federal Circuit; The Defense Research and Trial Lawyers Association; Mississippi Defense Lawyers Association. Languages: French. Practice Areas: Environmental; Mass Tort; Insurance Defense; Worker's Compensation; Labor Law; Employment Law. Email: Silas W. McCharen | | Victoria Hardy Rundlett (Member) (Admission pending). Education: University of Mississippi (B.B.A., 1998); Mississippi College School of Law (J.D., 2001); Mississippi College (M.B.A., 2004). Member: Hinds County and American Bar Associations; The Mississippi Bar. Email: Victoria Hardy Rundlett | | Carolyn C. Satcher (Member) born Ocala, Florida, 1974; admitted to bar, 2001, Mississippi, U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit and U.S.District Court, Southern and Northern Districts of Mississippi. Education: University of Mississippi (B.A.A., 1998); Mississippi College School of Law (J.D., 2001). Member: Hinds County, Fifth Circuit and American Bar Associations; The Mississippi Bar; City of Jackson Young Lawyers Association. Practice Areas: Automobile Liability Defense(50%); General Liability Defense(50%). Email: Carolyn C. Satcher | | W. Bienville Skipper (Member) born Jackson, Mississippi, July 16, 1975; admitted to bar, 2000, Mississippi, U.S. District Court, Northern and Southern Districts of Mississippi and U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit; 2002, U.S. Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit; 2004, U.S. Supreme Court. Education: Millsaps College (B.A., 1997); University of Mississippi (J.D., 2000). Member: The Mississippi Bar; Mississippi Defense Lawyers Association; Mississippi Claims Association. Practice Areas: Workers Compensation; Insurance Defense. Email: W. Bienville Skipper | | Roy A. Smith, Jr. (Member) born Clarksdale, Mississippi, November 27, 1955; admitted to bar, 1982, Mississippi, U.S. District Court, Northern and Southern Districts of Mississippi and U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit. Education: University of Mississippi (B.A., 1977; J.D., 1982). Delta Theta Phi. President, University of Mississippi Law School Student Body, 1981. Member: Hinds County, Federal and American Bar Associations; The Mississippi Bar; Mississippi Defense Lawyers Association. Practice Areas: Product Liability; Insurance Defense; Transportation Law. Email: Roy A. Smith, Jr. | | Jason H. Strong (Member) born McComb, Mississippi, November 23, 1973; admitted to bar, 2000, Mississippi, U.S. District Court, Northern and Southern Districts of Mississippi and U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit. Education: University of Mississippi (B.A., 1996; J.D., cum laude, 2000). Phi Delta Phi. Recipient: Outstanding Student Award in Civil Procedure and Criminal Law; Jeffrey Crawford Adams Memorial Scholarship. Member: The Mississippi Bar; Jackson Young Lawyers Association. Practice Areas: Commercial Trucking Defense; Product Liability. Email: Jason H. Strong | | John A. Waits (Member) born Jackson, Mississippi, May 7, 1972; admitted to bar, 1998, Mississippi. Education: University of Mississippi (B.A., English, 1994; J.D., 1998). Member: Hinds County Bar Association; Jackson Young Lawyers Association. Practice Areas: Insurance Defense; Products Liability. Email: John A. Waits | | M. James Weems (Member) born West Palm Beach, Florida, January 28, 1966; admitted to bar, 1991, Mississippi. Education: Mississippi State University (B.A., 1988); Emory University (J.D., 1991). Elder, Covenant Presbyterian Church. Member, Salt and Light Honduras Ministry Foundation. Member: The Mississippi Bar; American Bar Association; Mississippi Defense Lawyers Association. Practice Areas: Litigation; Insurance Defense; Products Liability; Personal Injury; Negligence; Nonprofit and Charitable Organizations; Labor and Employment. Email: M. James Weems | | —————————— | | Forrest W. Stringfellow (Of Counsel) born Lucedale, Mississippi, October 24, 1940; admitted to bar, 1970, Mississippi; 1979, U.S. Supreme Court. Education: Gulf Coast Junior College (A.A., 1963); University of Mississippi (B.A., 1965); Jackson School of Law (LL.B., 1969). Phi Theta Kappa; Sigma Delta Kappa. Member: Hinds County and American (Member, Tort and Insurance Practice Section) Bar Associations; The Mississippi Bar; Mississippi Defense Lawyers Association; Mississippi Bar Foundation. Practice Areas: Insurance Defense; Workers' Compensation. Email: Forrest W. Stringfellow | | —————————— | | Michael Garner Berry (Associate) born Hazlehurst, Mississippi, July 15, 1979; admitted to bar, 2003, Mississippi and U.S. District Court, Northern and Southern Districts of Mississippi; U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit. Education: University of Mississippi (B.A., cum laude, 1999); University of Mississippi (J.D., 2002). Member, University of Mississippi School of Law Honor Council, 2000-2001. Member: The Mississippi Bar (Member, Law School Relations Committe, Lawyers Division, 2003-2004); American Bar Association; Jackson Young Lawyers Association; Mississippi Defense Lawyers Association; Defense Research Institute. Practice Areas: Insurance Defense; Premises Liability; Products Liability; Natural Resources. Email: Michael Garner Berry | | Sandra D. Buchanan (Associate) admitted to bar, 2003, Mississippi; U.S. District Court, Northern and Southern Districts of Mississippi. Education: University of Southern Mississippi (B.S., 1998); University of Mississippi School of Law (J.D., 2002). Member: The Mississippi Bar; Magnolia and Hinds County Bar Associations; Mississippi Defense Lawyers Association; Metro Jackson Black Women Lawyers Association. Practice Areas: Insurance Defense; Civil Litigation; Products Liability; Premises Liability. Email: Sandra D. Buchanan | | Brad McDill (Associate) admitted to bar, 2006, Mississippi, U.S. District Court, Northern and Southern Districts of Mississippi and U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit. Education: Mississippi State University (B.A., Accounting, highest distinction, 2003); University of Mississippi (J.D., cum laude, 2006). Member: The Mississippi Bar. Email: Brad McDill | | Tom Julian (Associate) born McComb, Mississippi; admitted to bar, 2005, Mississippi; U.S. District Court, Northern District of Mississippi; U.S. District Court, Southern District of Mississippi; U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit. Education: University of Mississippi (B.B.A. in Economics, cum laude, 2002; J.D., cum laude, 2005). Member: Bar Association of Hinds County; The Mississippi Bar; American Bar Association; Mississippi Defense Lawyers Association. Practice Areas: Insurance Defense; Professional Liability. Email: Tom Julian | | Brandi N. Smith (Associate) born Flowood, Mississippi, May 5, 1978; admitted to bar, 2004, Mississippi; U.S. District Court, Northen and Southern Districts of Mississippi; U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit. Education: University of Southern Mississippi (B.A., 2000); Mississippi College School of Law (J.D., 2004). Mississippi College Law Review. Moot Court Board. Member: The Mississippi Bar; American Bar Association; Jackson Young Lawyers Association. Practice Areas: Insurance Defense; Professional Liability Defense; Commercial Law. Email: Brandi N. Smith | Other Office Addresses: Links to Other Offices
Oxford, Mississippi Office: 265 North Lamar Blvd., Suite R, P.O. Box 1396. Telephone: 662-232-8979.
Gulfport, Mississippi Office: 1712 15th Street, Suite 400, P.O. Box 416. Telephone: 228-864-8117. Fax: 228-232-8440.
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