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Warren Herlong Featured In TV News Story About Controversial Pipeline Project

Warren Herlong was recently interviewed on local CBS affiliate television station WKRG-TV concerning a condemnation lawsuit brought by Houston-based Plains Southcap against Mobile Area Water & Sewer System to acquire the final tracts of property it needs to finish constructing a pipeline across Mobile County to the Chevron refinery in Pascagoula, Mississippi. Helmsing Leach represented a number of land owners defending against Plains Southcap condemnation proceedings and was successful in having the company’s condemnation petition dismissed. To see Mr. Herlong’s television interview, please click this link

Casey Pipes Ends Term As Co-Chair Of One ABA Committee, Begins Term As Chair Of Another

Casey Pipes recently completed a three-year term as Co-Chair of the American Bar Association Litigation Section’s Condemnation, Zoning and Land Use Committee. He has now been appointed Chair of the Condemnation Committee of the ABA’s Section of Real Property, Trust & Estate Law.

Eleven Firm Lawyers Named In 2014 Edition of Best Lawyers In America

Alan Alexander, Joe Babington, Russell Buffkin, Jeff Hartley, Warren Herlong, John Leach, Charlie Mixon, Jim Newman, Casey Pipes, Robert Rouse and Win Stuardi were all selected for inclusion in the 2014 edition of The Best Lawyers in America^© (Copyright 2013 by Woodward/White, Inc., of Aiken, SC). In addition, Best LawyersnamedMr. Rouse Mobile, Alabama’s Tax Lawyer of the Year.

Warren Herlong To Speak On Eminent Domain At Meeting of International Right Of Way Association

Warren Herlong will give a presentation on recent developments in Alabama eminent domain on July 26, 2013 at the Summer Conference of the Alabama Chapter of the International Right Of Way Association (IRWA) in Orange Beach, Alabama. IRWA is a leading sponsor of educational programs and professional services in the right of way field. Formed as a not-for-profit association in 1934, IRWA today has almost 10,000 members throughout the United States, Canada and Africa. Those members include acquisition agents, appraisers, environment professionals, engineers, lawyers, property managers, relocation assistance agents, surveyors and title experts.

Casey Pipes Re-Appointed To ABA Committee

Casey Pipes was recently appointed to serve another year as Co-Chair of the Condemnation, Zoning and Land Use Committee of the American Bar Association, Section of Litigation. This will be Mr. Pipe’s third year in this position. The Committee has over 600 members around the nation.

John Leach & James Newman Recognized By Benchmark Litigation

John Leach and James Newman have been selected as litigation stars in the 2013 edition of Benchmark Litigation, a reference publication used by Fortune 1000 general and litigation counsel, named in-house counsel at US investment banks, financial institutions, commercial banks and partners at leading litigation firms in each state.

Warren Herlong & Casey Pipes Author Chapter On Eminent Domain Law For ABA Publication

The American Bar Association recently published a book covering the eminent domain laws of each of the fifty states and the District of Columbia. Warren Herlong and Casey Pipes authored the chapter on Alabama’s eminent domain laws. The book is available for purchase from the ABA website: https://www.americanbar.org/products/inv/book/214929/

Firm Retained By Many Landowners Affected By Major Mobile County Road Widening Project

The Alabama Department of Transportation and Mobile County are currently undertaking a major road widening project on Schillinger Road, one of the County’s main thoroughfares. Owners of approximately twenty-five separate tracts of land impacted by this work have retained Warren Herlong and Casey Pipes to represent them in connection with the project.

Christopher Conte Is Elected to the Board of the Alabama State Bar’s Commercial Law and Bankruptcy Section

Christopher Conte was elected to the Board of the Alabama State Bar’s Commercial Law and Bankruptcy Section in June 2012 at the section’s annual meeting in Sandestin, Florida. Mr. Conte will remain on the board for the next five years, and will serve as its chairman in his fifth year.

Ten Helmsing Leach attorneys recognized by Super Lawyers rating service

Attorneys Joseph P.H. Babington, Russell C. Buffkin, Jeffery J. Hartley, Warren C. Herlong, Jr., John N. Leach, Jr., James B. Newman, Robert H. Rouse and A. Edwin Stuardi, III were named as 2012 Super Lawyers and Christopher T. Conte and T. Ryan Luna were named as Rising Stars. Super Lawyers is a rating service of outstanding lawyers in more than 70 practice areas who have attained a high-degree of peer recognition and professional achievement. The selection process is multi-phased and includes independent research, peer nominations and peer evaluations. The firm is proud of the selected attorneys for their well-deserved recognition.