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| | Address | | 315 Hemphill Street, P.O. Drawer 750 | | Hattiesburg, Mississippi 39403-0750 | | (Forrest & Lamar Cos.) | | | |
| | Contact Information | | Phone: 601-583-2671 | | Fax: 601-583-2677 | | Visit Our Website | | http://www.aultmantyner.com | | | Send Us Email |  |
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| Aultman, Tyner, Ruffin & Swetman Ltd.,
A Professional Law Corporation practices in the following areas of law:
Toxic Tort, Environmental, Insurance Defense, Products Liability, Professional Negligence, Transportation, Municipal Liability, Business Torts. | | Year Established: 1918 | Firm Profile:
The members of Aultman Tyner believe that the firm's success and continued growth depends on providing our clients with superior legal services in a prompt, cost-effective manner. We strive to develop partnerships with our clients whereby we can meet their current legal needs in a proficient and pro-active manner and accurately anticipate and manage future needs, as well. In addition to client dedication, Aultman Tyner is known for its dedication to the community. Our attorneys and employees are active in civic, charitable, educational, and professional organizations. We believe that knowledge is the fruit of experience - when we advance an effort, we also expand our breadth of knowledge and depth of understanding.Diversity is also a core value of our firm, and we will continue to pursue it with initiatives that seek to make every aspect of our work environment more open and fulfilling for all our employees. Diversity within Aultman Tyner establishes a foundation, which enhances both our ability to provide the best services to clients and contribute to the strength of the communities in which we work and live. While some firms have good intentions of being more diverse, Aultman Tyner is building upon our diversity while striving to help diverse individuals reach their potential within the firm. | | Firm Size: 23 | Clients:
COUNSEL FOR: |
Acceptance Insurance Company; Aetna Casualty and Surety Co.; AIG Claims Services, Inc.; Alea North American Insurance Company; American Fidelity Ins. Co.; American General Insurance Co.; American National Property & Casualty Company; |
American States Insurance/SAFECO; Arkema Inc., f/k/a ATOFINA Chemicals Inc.; Auto Auction of New Orleans, Inc.; |
Bank of Mississippi; Bechtel Corporation; Bel Air Auto Auction of Maryland; Boise Cascade Corporation; C.P. Hall Company; |
Capital Rubber & Specialty Co.; Cavenham; CGU (Commercial Union Insurance Co.); Champlain Cable; Chubb Executive Risk; |
CIGNA; City of Petal; CNA Group; Commercial Union Insurance Co.; Crawford & Company; Dunn Roadbuilders, LLC.; |
Dutch International, Inc.; Dwyer Instruments, Inc.; Economy Fire; Elliot Turbomachinery Corp.; EnPro Industries, Inc.; |
Exxon Mobil Corporation; Fairbanks Morse Pump Company; Farmers Insurance Group; Fidelity and Deposit Company of Maryland; Fireman's Fund; Finlo Construction Co.; First Federal Bank for Savings; Ford Motor Co.; Forrest Products, Inc.; Future Abrasive Company; Gallagher Bassett Services, Inc.; Gallant Insurance Company; Garfield Mfg. Co.; Garlock Sealing Technologies, LLC; |
Gaylord Container Corp.; GE Betz, Inc.; General Agents Insurance Co.; Georgia Casualty and Surety Co.; Griner Drilling Services, Inc.; Gulf Belting & Gasket Co., Inc.; Gulf Guaranty Insurance Co.; Hancock Bank; Hercules, Incorporated; Holiday Inns of America; |
Home Depot; Horace Mann; Hudson Company of Tennessee; J.C. Penney Company, Inc.; J.P. Morgan Chase; Joy Technologies, Inc.; JWF Specialty Co., Inc.; K & K Insurance Group, Inc.; Kemper Group; L & A Contracting; Lambert Gravel Co., Inc.; |
Layne & Bowler, Inc.; Liberty Mutual Insurance Company; Lockheed Martin Corporation; Mack Trucks, Inc.; Magnolia Federal Bank for Savings; Marley Cooling Technologies, Inc.; Marley Pump Company; Martindale Electric Co.; Medical Assurance Company of Mississippi; Medical Group of Hattiesburg, P.A.; Mercedes-Benz USA, Inc.; Methodist Hospital of Marion County; Michael Baker Jr., Inc.; Miller-Picking of Mississippi; Mississippi Insurance Guaranty Assn.; Mississippi Tort Claims Board; Mississippi Valley Title Insurance Corp.; Nationwide Insurance Co.; Norcal Mutual Insurance Company; Orleans Furniture, Inc.; PACCAR, Inc.; |
Pearl River Valley Electric Power Assn.; Permanent General Insurance Company Phillips Petroleum Co.; PMT, Inc.; |
Priority E.M.S., Inc.; Protective Insurance Company; Quatroy Sheet Metal Works, Inc.; Quincy Compressor; Reading & Bates; |
Republic Claims Service; Republic Life Ins. Co.; Richton Bank & Trust Co.; Roadway Express; Ross-King-Walker, Inc.; R.T. Vanderbilt Company, Inc.; Ryder System, Inc.; Scott Paper Co.; Scottsdale Insurance Co.; Sears, Roebuck & Co.; Sentry Insurance Company; South Carolina Ins. Co.; Southern United Fire Insurance Company; St. Paul Travelers Insurance Co.; Star Graphics; |
Sunbelt Controls, Inc.; The Cato Corporation; The First American Corporation; The Hartford Group; The Peoples Bank, Biloxi, MS; |
The Quaker Oats Company; TIG; Time Insurance Co.; Total Building Systems, Inc.; Total Petrochemicals USA, Inc. Transamerica Insurance Group; Triple S Well Service; Trustmark National Bank; Underwriters at Lloyd's of London; Universal Underwriters Group; |
Vanguard Storage Co.; Volvo North America, Inc.; Washington Mills Electro Minerals Corporation; Western Auto; Westport Insurance Corporation; William Carey College; York International Corporation; Zurich-American Insurance Company. | Office Hours:
Monday: 08:00 AM - 05:30 PM
Tuesday: 08:00 AM - 05:30 PM
Wednesday: 08:00 AM - 05:30 PM
Thursday: 08:00 AM - 05:30 PM
Friday: 08:00 AM - 05:30 PM
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Fixed Hourly Rates
Fixed Fees Available
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Other Office Locations of Aultman, Tyner, Ruffin & Swetman Ltd.,
A Professional Law Corporation
New Orleans, Louisiana, U.S.A.
Gulfport, Mississippi, U.S.A.
| | Dorrance Aultman (Member) born Sumrall, Mississippi, November 17, 1933; admitted to bar, 1956, Mississippi and U.S. District Court, Northern District of Mississippi; 1964, U.S. Court of Appeals, 5th and 11th Circuits; 1968, U.S. Supreme Court. Education: public schools, Sumrall; University of Southern Mississippi (B.S., 1954); University of Mississippi (LL.B., 1956). Phi Alpha Delta. Member, Mississippi Board of Bar Admissions by appointment of Supreme Court, 1979-1982. Member: South Central Mississippi and American Bar Associations; Mississippi State Bar; Mississippi Defense Lawyers Association; American Board of Trial Advocates. [B.G., MSARNG, J.A.G.C., Retired]. Practice Areas: Civil Litigation; Admiralty Law; Insurance Law; Commercial Litigation; Environmental Law; Hospital Law; Professional Liability. Email: Dorrance Aultman | | Thomas W. Tyner (Member) born Hattiesburg, Mississippi, May 3, 1940; admitted to bar, 1972, Mississippi and U.S. District Court, Southern and Northern Districts of Mississippi; 1975, U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit. Education: University of Southern Mississippi (B.S., 1969); University of Mississippi (J.D., 1972). Phi Delta Phi. Recipient, American Jurisprudence Award in Contracts and Torts. Author: "Res Gestae: A Need for Guidelines," Vol. XLII, No. 2, Mississippi Law Journal, Spring, 1972, p. 287. City Attorney, Petal, Mississippi, 1974—. Member: South Central Mississippi Bar Association (President, Young Lawyers Section, 1974-1975); Mississippi State Bar; Mississippi Defense Lawyers Association (Chairman, Medical Liaison Committee, 1980); American Judicature Society. [With U.S. Air Force, 1958-1962]. Practice Areas: Civil Litigation; Admiralty Law; Insurance Law; Commercial Litigation; Environmental Law; Hospital Law. Email: Thomas W. Tyner | | Louie F. Ruffin (Member) born New Augusta, Mississippi, January 16, 1934; admitted to bar, 1961, Mississippi. Education: University of Southern Mississippi (B.S., 1956); University of Mississippi (LL.B., 1961). Judge, Mississippi Workmen's Compensation Commission, 1967-1982. Member: Mississippi State Bar. Practice Areas: Civil Litigation; Admiralty Law; Insurance Law; Commercial Litigation; Environmental Law; Hospital Law. Email: Louie F. Ruffin | | R. Curtis Smith, II (Member) born Greenville, Mississippi, October 24, 1949; admitted to bar, 1974, Mississippi and U.S. District Court, Northern District of Mississippi; 1975, U.S. Court of Military Appeals; 1984, U.S. District Court, Southern District of Mississippi. Education: Delta State University (B.A., 1972); University of Mississippi (J.D., 1974). Delta Theta Phi, 1973-1974; Phi Alpha Delta. Member: Covington County (Vice President, 1983), South Central Mississippi and American Bar Associations; Mississippi State Bar. [Lt. Col., JAGC, U.S. Army Reserve, 1975-1999]. Practice Areas: Civil Litigation; Commercial Litigation; Environmental Law; Business Law; Insurance Defense; Trusts and Estates; Wills; Probate; Elder Law. Email: R. Curtis Smith, II | | William Nelson Graham (Member) born Auburn, Alabama, October 6, 1950; admitted to bar, 1975, Mississippi and U.S. District Court, Northern and Southern Districts of Mississippi. Education: Millsaps College (B.A., Political Science, 1972); University of Mississippi (J.D., 1975). Phi Delta Phi; Omicron Delta Kappa. Member, University of Mississippi Law Journal, 1974-1975. Co-Author: "A Recommendation for Court-Appointed Counsel in Child Abuse Proceeding," 46 Mississippi Law Journal 1072-1095, 1975. President, Student Body, Millsaps College, 1971-1972. Member: Mississippi State Bar. Practice Areas: Civil Litigation; Admiralty Law; Insurance Law; Commercial Litigation; Environmental Law; Hospital Law. Email: William Nelson Graham | | Glenn L. M. Swetman (Member) born Ruston, Louisiana, April 1, 1967; admitted to bar, 1992, Louisiana; 1993, Mississippi; U.S. District Court, Southern and Northern Districts of Mississippi and U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit; Texas. Education: Louisiana State University (B.A., 1989; J.D., 1992); Tulane School of Public Health (M.P.H., Epidemiology). Partner, Aultman, Tyner, Ruffin & Swetman, Ltd., New Orleans Office. Experience in the defense of cases involving asbestos, silica, mold, polychlorinated biphenyls, dioxins, polychlorinated dibenzofurans, pesticides, benzene, PFOA, PFOS and other PFCs, other POPs, chemical mixtures, underground storage tanks, indoor air quality issues, due diligence audits, and OSHA and other regulatory compliance. Represented clients in regional and national capacities and has experience in the investigation of corporate client histories from decades to over a century into the past. Counsels clients on issues of liabilities associated with environmental and site contamination and, looking forward, potential future liabilities which may arise from industrial and manufacturing processes. Member: Louisiana Bar Association; New Orleans Bar Association; Federal Bar Association; Mississippi Bar Association; State Bar of Texas. (Resident, New Orleans, Louisiana Office). Reported Cases: "Control of Nosocomial Infections in Pediatric Hospitals" (paper and presentation). Tulane University Hospital and Clinics, April 14, 2002, New Orleans, Louisiana. "What is Epidemiology and Why Do I Care?" (paper and presentation). Andrews' Asbestos Litigation Seminar, April 25-26, 2002, New Orleans, Louisiana. "Estrogen Replacement Therapy and Coronary Heart Disease" (paper and presentation). Tulane University Hospital and Clinics, July 21, 2004, New Orleans, Louisiana. "Lipids Analysis Is a Significant, Often Unrecognized Source of Uncertainty in POPs Results for Human Blood" (paper and presentation). 27th International Symposium on Halogenated Persistent Organic Pollutants, September 2-7, 2007, The Dioxin Conference - Tokyo, Japan. "Deposition Survival for the Industrial Hygiene Professional" (presentation). American Industrial Hygiene Association ¿ Deep South Section for the New Orleans/Baton Rouge area, October 18, 2007. Languages: Spanish. Practice Areas: Litigation; Real Estate; Complex and Multi-District Litigation; Environmental Cleanup; Environmental Compliance; Environmental Contamination; Environmental Diseases; Environmental Due Diligence; Federal Insecticide, Fungicide and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA); Groundwater Contamination; Toxic Substance Liability; Underground Storage Tanks; Water Pollution; Complex Litigation; Defense Litigation; Products Liability; Diet Drug Litigation; Asbestos Defense; Chemical Exposure; Mold Litigation; Occupational Disease. Email: Glenn L. M. Swetman | | Daphne M. Lancaster (Member) born Hattiesburg, Mississippi, May 8, 1971; admitted to bar, 1996, Mississippi; 2000, Georgia. Education: Millsaps College (B.A., 1993); University of Mississippi (J.D., 1995). Phi Delta Phi. Member: South Central Mississippi Bar Association (Member, Law Library Committee); The Mississippi Bar. Practice Areas: Civil Litigation; Admiralty Law; Insurance Law; Commercial Litigation; Environmental Law; Hospital Law; Medical Liability. Email: Daphne M. Lancaster | | Christopher O. Massenburg (Member) born Bossier City, Louisiana, December 6, 1975; admitted to bar, 2000, Louisiana; 2001, Mississippi; 2007, Texas. Education: Loyola University (B.B.A., 1997); Tulane University (J.D., 2000; Maritime Law Certification). Order of Barristers; Moot Court Board. Recipient, James A. Wysocki Trial Advocacy Award; Cicero C. Sessions Award; Senior Trial Competition Champion; Tulane Criminal Law Clinic. Adjunct Professor, Trial Advocacy, Tulane Law School. Member, National Trial Teams. Member: The Mississippi Bar; Louisiana and South Central Mississippi Bar Associations; Hattiesburg Area Young Lawyers Association; Defense Research Institute; Association of Trial Lawyers of America. Reported Cases: Mabus v. St. James Episcopal Church, 884 So.2d 747 (Miss. 2004); Rials v. Duckworth, 822 So.2d 283 (Miss. 2002). Languages: German. Practice Areas: Admiralty and Maritime Law; Environmental Law; Civil Litigation; Complex Litigation; Insurance; Asbestos Defense; Mold Litigation; Toxic Tort Defense; Occupational Cancer; Pesticide Litigation; Lead Poisoning; Chemical Exposure; Environmental Cleanup; Environmental Contamination; Groundwater Contamination; Underground Storage Tanks; Water Pollution; Diet Drug Litigation. Email: Christopher O. Massenburg | | W. Heath Hillman (Partner) born Pascagoula, Mississippi, December 4, 1971; admitted to bar, 2002, Mississippi. Education: Mississippi College (B.A., 1994; M.A., 1997); University of Maryland (J.D., 2002). Omicron Delta Kappa; Mortar Board. Listed in Who's Who in American College and Universities. Member: Association of Fundraising Professionals, 1994-2002; Council for the Advancement and Support of Education, 1994-1999; Mississippi State Job Training Coordinating Council, 1996-1999. Member: The Mississippi Bar; South and American Bar Associations; Hattiesburg Area Young Lawyers Association; Mississippi Defense Lawyers' Association; Defense Research Institute. Reported Cases: Mayor and Board of Aldermen of the Town of Prentiss, Mississippi, v. Jefferson Davis County, Mississippi, 874 So.2d 962 (Miss. 2004); Jefferson Davis County Democratic Executive Committee, et al. v. John William Davies, 912 So.2d 837 (Miss. 2005); Marcey T. Jones v. Southern United Fire Insurance, et al., 935 So.2d 1127 (Miss. App., 2006). Languages: German. Practice Areas: Civil Litigation; Medical Malpractice; Insurance; Elder Law; Wills; Probate; Commercial Law; Professional Liability; Personal Injury; Premises Liability; Automobile Insurance Defense. Email: W. Heath Hillman | | —————————— | | Katrina M. Hall (Associate) born Crescent City, California, March 25, 1975; admitted to bar, 2002, Mississippi and U.S. Court of Appeals, 5th Circuit. Education: University of Southern Mississippi (B.S., 1996; M.S., 1998); Mississippi College School of Law (J.D., 2002). Phi Alpha Delta. Member: South Central Mississippi and American Bar Associations; Hattiesburg Area Young Lawyers Association. Practice Areas: Civil Litigation; Insurance; Environmental Law; Toxic Tort Defense; Medical Liability; Commercial Law. Email: Katrina M. Hall | | Chadwick L. Shook (Associate) born Florence, Alabama, December 5, 1971; admitted to bar, 1998, Alabama; 1999, Georgia and Mississippi; 2000, U.S. District Court, Southern and Northern Districts of Mississippi and U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit; 2002, Tennessee and U.S. District Court, Western District of Tennessee; 2005, U.S. District Court, Northern District of Alabama; 2006, U.S. Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit; 2007, U.S. Supreme Court. Education: University of Alabama (B.A., 1993; M.S., 1995); Mississippi College School of Law (J.D., 1998). Phi Alpha Delta; Alpha Phi Sigma; Carl Elliott Society; Anderson Society; Omicron Delta Kappa. Author: "Constitutional Issues in Correctional Administration," with Robert T. Sigler, Carolina Academic Press, 2000; "Bailments," Chapter 9 and "Landlords and Tenants," Chapter 45 of Encyclopedia of Mississippi Law, (Jackson and Miller, Eds.), West Group, 2001. Member: American Bar Association; Alabama State Bar; State Bar of Georgia; The Mississippi Bar; Tennessee Bar Association; Bar Association of the Fifth Federal Circuit; Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences; Southern Criminal Justice Association. Reported Cases: Boone v. Hercules, Inc., 872 So. 2d 730 (Miss. Ct. App. 2004); Brabham v. A.G. Edwards & Sons, Inc.; 376 F. 3d 377 (5th Cir. 2004); Russell v. Williford, 907 So. 2d 362 (Miss. Ct. App. 2004). Practice Areas: Insurance Defense; Civil Litigation; Workers Compensation; Workers Compensation Defense; Workers Compensation Mediation; Workers Compensation Appeals. Email: Chadwick L. Shook | | Dawn E. Fulce (Associate) admitted to bar, 1992, Mississippi. Education: Mississippi State University for Women (B.A., 1989); University of Mississippi School of Law (J.D., 1992). Phi Alpha Delta. Order of the Barrister. Listed, Who's Who Among American Colleges and Universities. Member: The Mississippi Bar; Women in the Law; Barristers. Practice Areas: Child Support(100%, 675); Wills; Medical Liability; Probate; Insurance; Environmental Law; Civil Litigation; Commercial Law; Elder Law. Email: Dawn E. Fulce | | Rocky W. Eaton (Associate) born Hattiesburg, Mississippi, September 16, 1969; admitted to bar, 1993, Mississippi; 1994, Florida and Alabama, U.S. District Court, Northern, Middle and Southern Districts of Alabama and Florida and U.S. Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit; 1995, Georgia and U.S. District Court, Northern and Southern Districts of Mississippi. Education: University of Southern Mississippi (B.A., 1990); Mississippi College School of Law (J.D., 1993). Member: Alabama State Bar; Mississippi State Bar; The Florida Bar; State Bar of Georgia. Reported Cases: Frederick Gordon, et al. v. Honeywell International, Inc., et al., No. 2005-CA-02064-SCT (Miss. 2007); Dilsaver v. Roger's Foundation Repair Co., Inc., 866 So.2d 551, (Ala. Civ. App. 2002) ; Ex parte L.S.B., 800 So.2d 574, (Ala. 2001); Calhoun v. Complete Health Care, Inc., 860 F.Supp. 1494, (S.D. Ala. 1994). Practice Areas: Civil Litigation; Insurance; Commercial Law; Environmental Law; Asbestos Litigation; Toxic Tort Defense; Medical Liability. Email: Rocky W. Eaton | | S. Beth Windham (Associate) born Gulfport, Mississippi, October 13, 1976; admitted to bar, 2003, Mississippi, U.S. District Court, Northern and Southern Districts of Mississippi and U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit. Education: University of Southern Mississippi (B.S., 1998); University of Mississippi (J.D., 2002). Author: (with Kristen Fletcher) "Green Collar Criminals" and Wetlands Uncertainty: The Effect of Criminal Provisions in Public Welfare Statutes on Wetlands," The Environmental Law Reporter, News & Analysis, Vo. 33, pp. 10952-10958, December 2003. Member: American Bar Association. Practice Areas: Toxic Torts; Insurance; Employment Law. Email: S. Beth Windham | | B. Adam Hays (Associate) born November 24, 1978; admitted to bar, 2004, Mississippi and U.S. District Court, Southern District of Mississippi; 2006, Louisiana. Education: University of Southern Mississippi (B.A. 2001); Louisiana State University Law Center (J.D.; B.C.L., 2004). Member: The Mississippi Bar; South Central and American Bar Associations; Hattiesburg Area Young Lawyers Association. Practice Areas: Civil Litigation; Environmental Law; Asbestos Defense; Toxic Tort Defense; Insurance. Email: B. Adam Hays | | Cynthia A. Re (Associate) born September 16, 1961; admitted to bar, 2000, Mississippi; U.S. District Court, Northern and Southern Districts of Mississippi; 2001, U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit. Education: College of Alameda (A.A., 1984); University of South Alabama (B.S., 1995); McGeorge School of Law, University of the Pacific (J.D., 2000). Omicron Delta Kappa. Trial Advocacy Concentration. Law Clerk, Justice George C. Carlson, Jr., Mississippi Supreme Court. Member: The Mississippi Bar. Reported Cases: Bonner v. McCormick, 827 So.2d 39 (Miss. App. 2002). Practice Areas: Medical Liability; Insurance; Commercial Law; Environmental Law; Asbestos Defense. Email: Cynthia A. Re | | Julie Adams Hawkins (Associate) born Petal, Mississippi, March 21, 1979; admitted to bar, 2005, Mississippi, U.S. District Court, Northern and Southern Districts of Mississippi and U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit. Education: University of Southern Mississippi (B.A., 2001); Mississippi College School of Law (J.D., 2005). Member: The Mississippi Bar; American Bar Association; South Central Mississippi Association. Practice Areas: Civil Litigation; Insurance; Toxic Tort Defense. Email: Julie Adams Hawkins | Other Office Addresses: Links to Other Offices
Gulfport, Mississippi Office: 1901 21st Avenue, P.O. Box 607. Telephone: 228-863-6913. Fax: 228-868-8505.
New Orleans, Louisiana Office: 400 Poydras Street, Suite 1900. Telephone: 504-528-9616. Fax: 504-528-9640.
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