Mike Ellingburg leads the Appellate Law and Commercial/Business Litigation practices within the firm and is active in advancing the firm's technological capabilities and usage. He has litigated complex matters in nearly every industry, with extensive experience in banking, closely held corporations, and commercial construction. Mike has been recognized in Best Lawyers in America since 1995 and is listed in Commercial Litigation, Construction Law, Litigation - Banking and Finance, Litigation - Construction, and Litigation - Securities. Based on his proficiency in these areas, in addition to his role as lead counsel and counsel of record in multiple cases, Mike has also been engaged on significant cases as co-lead counsel responsible for developing expert testimony and examining expert witnesses at trial.
Honors & Awards
Best Lawyers in America
•Commercial Litigation since 1995
•Construction Law
•Litigation - Banking & Finance
•Litigation - Construction
•Litigation - Securities
Best in the US, Commercial Litigation
Martindale-Hubbell, AV Preeminent Rated
Mid-South Super Lawyers - 2014 - 2016, Business Litigation
American Registry of America's Most Honored Professionals (Top One Percent)
American Registry of Top Commercial Litigation Lawyers in 2006
Cambridge Who's Who
Marquis Who's Who
Recognitions
•Seventeen Daniel Coker Horton & Bell, P.A., Attorneys Named 2015 Best Lawyers and Two Named Lawyer of the Year
•2014 Super Lawyers and Rising Stars Announced
•Eighteen Daniel Coker Horton & Bell Attorneys Recognized As 2016 Best Lawyers In America .
•2015 Super Lawyers and Rising Stars Announced
•DCH&B 2017 Best Lawyers Announced
News
•Daniel Coker Lawyers Named to 2017 Best Lawyers
August 15, 2016
•Eighteen Daniel Coker Horton & Bell Attorneys Recognized As 2016 Best Lawyers In America .
August 17, 2015
•2014 SuperLawyers and Rising Stars Announced
November 14, 2014
•Bloomberg BNA's Water Law & Policy Monitor Article Regarding Supreme Court Asks U.S. to File Brief in Dispute Between Mississippi, Tennessee
November 4, 2014
•Seventeen Daniel Coker Horton & Bell, P.A., Attorneys Named 2015 Best Lawyers and Two Named Lawyer of the Year
August 18, 2014
•15 Daniel Coker Horton & Bell Attorneys Recognized as 2014 Best Lawyers In America
September 2013
•Driskell, Ellingburg, and Long Contribute to Mississippi Bar's Summer School for Lawyers
August 2011
Publications
Dealing with Change in the Legal Marketplace, Best Lawyers Winter 2014 Business Edition (PDF)
Technology as the Seventh Pillar of Law Practice, Best Lawyers Spring 2013 Business Edition (PDF)
The Mandate for Efficiency in Business Litigation, Best Lawyers Spring 2012 Business Edition (PDF)
Recent Victories
•Represented The Plaintiff Insurer In The Successful Declaratory Action And On Appeal
May 2013
•U.S. Fifth Circuit Court Of Appeals Reverses a District Court's Order
May 2010
