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Established in 1919 as Welch & Cooper, the firm's name has changed from Welch, Gibbes & Graves; Gibbes & Graves; Gibbes Graves Mullins Bullock & Ferris; to Hortman Harlow Bassi Robinson & McDaniel, PLLC. Diversity in areas of concentration enables the firm to offer a wide range of legal services. Firm members are active in professional association activities, and the firm has the distinction of having had a member serve in an official capacity on either the local or state level for the past 25 years. Firm members have served as lecturers in continuing legal education programs. The firm is active in civic and community affairs.

Statement of Practice

General Civil and Trial Practice in all State and Federal Courts. Corporation, Insurance, Oil and Gas, Real Estate, Probate Law, Personal Injury, Wrongful Death, Corporate Liability, Insurance Claims.

Clients

COUNSEL FOR: ChevronTexaco
Masonite Corporation
Shell Oil
Dixie Electric Power Association
BellSouth
City of Laurel, Miss.
Liberty Mutual Insurance Company
Sanderson Farms, Inc.
Southern Guaranty Insurance Co.
Utica Mutual Insurance Company
Principal Casualty Company
Equitable Life Assurance Company
Lincoln National Life Insurance Co.
Transamerica Insurance Company
CIGNA
American Continental Insurance Co./MMI Companies
State Auto Insurance Co.
Western States Insurance Co.
Great River Insurance Co.
Audubon Insurance Group
AmFed Companies, LLC
Rheem Manufacturing Company
Oryx Energy Co.
Exxonmobil
Shell Pipeline Corp.
Equiva
Equilon
Amoco Prod. Co.
Dunkin Donuts, Inc.
AmSouth Bank
Best Outdoor, LLC
MS Trucking Assn.
Fireman's Fund Ins.
Travelers Ins. Co.
Mid-Continent Group
Zurich American Ins. Group
Canadian Delta Oil Co.
North Pacific Lumber Co.
Dayco
Lumberman's Underwriting Alliance
Gray Insurance
Hudson's Inc.
National Assn. of Government Vending
Triple AAA of Missouri
G.B. "Boots" Smith Corp.

APPROVED TITLE ATTORNEYS FOR: Mississippi Valley Title Insurance Co.
Lawyers Title Insurance Corp.
American Title Insurance Company.

Reference:

Regions Bank.

Rate Information

Fixed Hourly Rates
Fixed Fees Available
Free Initial Consultation

Address

414 West Oak Street P.O. Drawer 1409
Laurel, MS 39441-1409, (Jones Co.)

Phone

Phone: 601-649-8611
Fax: 601-649-6062

Website

http://www.hortmanharlow.com

Office Hours

Monday: 08:00 AM - 05:00 PM
Tuesday: 08:00 AM - 05:00 PM
Wednesday: 08:00 AM - 05:00 PM
Thursday: 08:00 AM - 05:00 PM
Friday: 08:00 AM - 05:00 PM

MEMBERS OF FIRM

Norman Gene Hortman, Jr. (Member) born Natchez, Mississippi, April 26, 1954; admitted to bar, 1981, Mississippi. Education: University of Mississippi (B.A., 1975; J.D., 1981). [Lt. Col., JAGC, MS Army National Guard]. Practice Areas: Trials and Appeals; Environmental Law; Toxic Torts; Products Liability; Personal Injury; Personal Injury Defense; Plaintiffs Personal Injury; Commercial Litigation.Email: Norman Gene Hortman, Jr.

Eugene M. Harlow (Member) born Clarksdale, Mississippi, July 11, 1957; admitted to bar, 1982, Mississippi. Education: University of Mississippi (B.B.A., 1979; J.D., 1982). Practice Areas: Mediation; Personal Injury Defense; Wrongful Death; Plaintiffs Personal Injury; Insurance Claims Defense; Workers Compensation Law; Trials and Appeals; Commercial Real Estate; Truck Accidents.Email: Eugene M. Harlow

Deidra Jones Bassi (Member) born Laurel, Mississippi, September 9, 1963; admitted to bar, 1992, Mississippi. Education: Mississippi State University (BPA, cum laude, 1985); Tulane Law School (J.D., 1992). Certified Public Accountant, Mississippi and Louisiana, 1988. Practice Areas: Corporate Law; Trusts and Estates; Insurance Defense; Consumer Litigation; Commercial Litigation; Personal Injury; Municipal Law.Email: Deidra Jones Bassi

Brett W. Robinson (Member) born Grenada, Mississippi, January 19, 1970; admitted to bar, 1995, Mississippi. Education: Rhodes College (B.A., 1992); University of Mississippi (J.D., 1994). Practice Areas: Workers Compensation; Medical Malpractice; Consumer Litigation; Personal Injury; Commercial Litigation; Insurance Defense.Email: Brett W. Robinson

Christopher B. McDaniel (Member) admitted to bar, 1997, Mississippi. Education: William Carey College (B.S., cum laude, 1994); University of Mississippi (J.D., cum laude, 1997). Law Clerk to Hon. Charles W. Pickering, Sr., U.S. District Court, Southern District of Mississippi. Practice Areas: Litigation; Insurance Defense; Corporate Law; Products Liability; Commercial Litigation; Consumer Litigation; Mass Torts; Complex Litigation.Email: Christopher B. McDaniel

ASSOCIATES

April Crane Ladner (Associate) born Hattiesburg, Mississippi, February 4, 1979; admitted to bar, 2004, Mississippi; 2005, Alabama. Education: University of Southern Mississippi (B.S.B.A., 2001); University of Mississippi (J.D., 2004). Practice Areas: Civil Litigation; Insurance Defense; Corporate Law; Personal Injury; Products Liability; Workers Compensation.Email: April Crane Ladner

Roy A. Nowell, Jr. (Associate) born 1977; admitted to bar, 2002, Mississippi. Education: University of Mississippi (B.A., cum laude, 1999; J.D., 2002). Member: Jones County Bar Association; The Mississippi Bar. Practice Areas: General Litigation; Insurance Defense; Personal Injury; Constitutional Law; Workers Compensation; Oil and Gas Law.Email: Roy A. Nowell, Jr.

OF COUNSEL

William S. Mullins, III (Of Counsel) born Greenwood, Mississippi, October 3, 1937; admitted to bar, 1962, Mississippi. Education: Millsaps College (B.S., 1959); University of Mississippi (LL.B., 1962). Fellow, Mississippi Bar Foundation (President, 1993-1994). Practice Areas: Wills, Trust and Probate; Environmental; Corporate; Municipal; Real Estate; Litigation.Email: William S. Mullins, III