Wilton V. “Trey” Byars, III, a shareholder in the Daniel Coker Horton & Bell Oxford office, has been installed as President of the 2012 Board of Directors Executive Committee of the Mississippi Defense Lawyers Association.  Two previous members of the firm have held this position, including Thomas A. Bell and John Benton Clark.  The ceremony was held at the Country Club of Jackson on Saturday, January 28, 2012.