Local attorney John Cocke with Merkel & Cocke was recently named this year’s “Lawyer of the Year” for personal injury litigation-plaintiffs in the Memphis area. (Copyright 2015 by The Clarksdale Press Register). Read the article

The law firm of Merkel & Cocke is proud to announce that Charles M. Merkel, Jr., has received the prestigious Lifetime Achievement Award from the Mississippi Association for Justice. Charles M. (Charlie) Merkel, Jr. has been a trial lawyer since 1966 when he graduated magna cum laude from the University of Mississippi School of Law.…

John Cocke, a founding member of Merkel & Cocke, received the ‘Beyond The Call Of Duty’ award from the Mississippi Volunteer Lawyers Project (MVLP). The MVLP is a joint venture of The Mississippi Bar Association and Mississippi Legal Services Programs. More than 1,600 Mississippi attorneys volunteer their time and expertise to participate in the Project,…

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…