Charles M. Merkel, Jr., John Hartwell Cocke, William B. Raiford, III, and Charles M. Merkel, III, lawyers of Merkel & Cocke, P.A., were recently selected by their peers for inclusion in The Best Lawyers in America© 2014 (Copyright 2013 by Woodward/White, Inc., of Aiken, SC). Since it was first published in 1983, Best Lawyers® has become regarded as a…

Cocke Honored as Lawyer of the Year Merkel & Cocke, P.A. is pleased to announce that John Cocke has received Best Lawyers “Lawyer of the Year” award for 2013. Only a single lawyer in each practice area and designated metropolitan area is honored as the “Lawyer of the Year,” making this accolade particularly significant. Read More

Edward “Ted” P. Connell, Jr., Esq., of Merkel & Cocke, P.A., in Clarksdale, Mississippi, was recently inducted into the “Leadership in Law Class of 2012″ as selected by the Mississippi Business Journal. This honor recognizes the State of Mississippi’s leading legal professionals based on their professional and community achievements. The criteria for selection were across…

Charles M. Merkel, Jr., Esq. of Merkel & Cocke, P.A. in Clarksdale, MS was recently inducted into the International Academy of Trial Lawyers (IATL) at their Mid Year Meeting held July 25-29, 2012 in Vail, Colorado. Read More

Best Lawyers named John H. Cocke “Lawyer of the Year” for 2016 for personal injury litigation – plaintiffs in the Memphis, Tennessee area. Best Lawyers, the oldest and most respected peer-review publication in the legal profession, has named Charles M. Merkel, Jr. as the “Jackson, MS Best Lawyers Personal Injury Litigator of the Year” for…

Memphis, TN – A Shelby County, Tennessee jury returned a $23,600,000 verdict in favor of Plaintiffs Courtney Hill and Robert Hill of Desoto County Mississippi on July 10, 2009. Plaintiffs’ counsel are William B. Raiford of the Clarksdale, Mississippi law firm of Merkel & Cocke, Jim Lees of the Charleston, West Virginia law firm of…

Two law partners of Merkel & Cocke are listed as “super lawyers” at the prestigious and selective Mid-South Super Lawyers 2006 magazine, from the publishers of Law & Politics. Charles M. Merkel Jr. and John H. Cocke, of Merkel & Cocke, P.A. have been listed as “super lawyers” in the prestigious and selective Mid-South Super…

We previously reported on a case in which three children were burned as a result of a propane gas explosion. This case was settled for five million three hundred thirty-five thousand dollars with the local propane distributor. The plaintiffs and the local propane distributor had mediated and agreed upon a settlement. The national company, which…