Custom Cell :
import java.awt.BorderLayout;
import java.awt.Component;
import java.awt.Dimension;
import java.awt.Graphics;
import java.awt.Image;
import java.awt.image.BufferedImage;

import javax.swing.Box;
import javax.swing.BoxLayout;
import javax.swing.ImageIcon;
import javax.swing.JLabel;
import javax.swing.JList;
import javax.swing.JPanel;
import javax.swing.ListCellRenderer;

import com.nouty.classes.Contact_Info;
import com.nouty.funcs.PhotoFuncs;

@SuppressWarnings("serial")
public class CustomContactCellRender extends JPanel implements ListCellRenderer<Contact_Info>{

    JLabel name;
    JLabel msg;
    BufferedImage img;

    public CustomContactCellRender() {

        setOpaque(true);
        setLayout(new BoxLayout(this , BoxLayout.Y_AXIS));

        JPanel overallPanel = new JPanel();
        overallPanel.setLayout(new BoxLayout(overallPanel , BoxLayout.X_AXIS));
        overallPanel.setPreferredSize(new Dimension(40,400));
        add(overallPanel);

        JPanel firstPanel = new JPanel();
        firstPanel.setPreferredSize(new Dimension(40,40));
        firstPanel.setLayout(new BorderLayout());
        overallPanel.add(firstPanel);

        JPanel statusPanel = new JPanel();
        statusPanel.setPreferredSize(new Dimension(37,37));
        statusPanel.setLayout(new BorderLayout());

        firstPanel.add(statusPanel , BorderLayout.CENTER);
        firstPanel.add(Box.createRigidArea(new Dimension(3,40)) , BorderLayout.LINE_START);
        firstPanel.add(Box.createRigidArea(new Dimension(3,40)) , BorderLayout.LINE_END);
        firstPanel.add(Box.createRigidArea(new Dimension(40,3)) , BorderLayout.PAGE_END);
        firstPanel.add(Box.createRigidArea(new Dimension(40,3)) , BorderLayout.PAGE_START);

        JPanel photoPanel = new JPanel(){
            public void paintComponent(Graphics g) {
                g.drawImage(PhotoFuncs.photoResize(img, 32, 32), 0  , 0  ,null);
            }
        };
        photoPanel.setPreferredSize(new Dimension(32,32));
        photoPanel.setLayout(null);
        statusPanel.add(photoPanel);

        JPanel secondPanel = new JPanel();
        secondPanel.setLayout(new BoxLayout(secondPanel , BoxLayout.Y_AXIS));
        overallPanel.add(secondPanel);

        secondPanel.add(Box.createRigidArea(new Dimension(3,this.getWidth())));

        name = new JLabel();
        name.setPreferredSize(new Dimension(100,15));
        secondPanel.add(name);

        secondPanel.add(Box.createRigidArea(new Dimension(4,this.getWidth())));

        msg = new JLabel();
        msg.setPreferredSize(new Dimension(this.getWidth(),15));
        secondPanel.add(msg);

        secondPanel.add(Box.createRigidArea(new Dimension(4,this.getWidth())));
    };
    @Override
    public Component getListCellRendererComponent(JList list, Contact_Info value,
            int index, boolean isSelected, boolean cellHasFocus) {

        img = value.getProfile_pic();
        name.setText(value.getFirst_name() + " " + value.getLast_name() + " (" + value.getNickname() + ")");
        msg.setText(value.getMsg());

        return this;
    }
}