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535 North Fifth Avenue
P.O. Box 1289
Laurel, Mississippi 39441
(601) 649-4440
(601) 649-4441(fax)
About The Firm
Gholson Burson Entrekin & Orr is committed to providing our clients the very best in legal services. Our attorneys have extensive experience litigating tough cases around the country. This experience, together with our unyielding commitment to hard work and superior legal representation, translates into solutions for our clients’ problems.
GBEO represents international and national companies, as well as local businesses, in all types of litigation and appellate work in the state and federal courts of Mississippi. Our lawyers have appeared in courtrooms all over Mississippi, as well as Alabama, New Jersey, and Pennsylvania. In addition, GBEO has lawyers who are admitted to practice in Louisiana and Tennessee. This diversity of experience results in a broad range of skills and perspective, all of which works to the benefit of our clients.
GBEO represents people and businesses in many of the major fields of law, including products liability, railroad defense, insurance defense, medical malpractice, pharmaceutical liability, environmental law, employment law, legal malpractice, hospital liability, workers’ compensation, commercial and business law, real estate, and banking law. In addition, our firm’s attorneys regularly advise clients on diverse employment issues and business matters. Our firm’s dedication to solutions for the people and businesses we represent has resulted in long-standing relationships with our clients, both locally and across the country.
Our firm’s lawyers are leaders in the legal community and are actively involved in the local and state bar associations. In addition to the American Bar Association and The Mississippi Bar, the members and associates of our firm are members of some of the country’s most prominent legal organizations, including the American College of Trial Lawyers, the National Association of Railroad Trial Counsel, American Board of Trial Advocates, Defense Research Institute, and the International Association of Defense Counsel. On the state and local level members and associates of our firm are members of the Mississippi Defense Lawyers Association, Mississippi Claims Association, and the Mississippi Bar Foundation. Members and associates of the firm are active members of the Jones County Bar Association where several have served as president.
Locally, members and associates of our firm are involved in numerous civic, religious, and benevolent activities and maintain a high profile in the Laurel and Jones County area.
Our firm views technology as a key component to providing the highest quality of legal services to our clients. We accomplish this through the use of state-of-the-art imaging technology, online research, remote access to email and case files, and specialized document and time management software.
Martindale-Hubbell, which has published lawyer ratings for more than 100 years, has given our firm an A-V rating – its very highest ranking. This status reflects the professional standards and abilities of the firm as judged by both lawyers and judges.