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| | Address | | 111 East Capitol Street, Suite 600, P.O. Box 23066 | | Jackson, Mississippi 39225-3066 | | (Hinds & Madison Cos.) | | | |
| | | Reviser of the Louisiana Law Digest for this Directory. | Phelps Dunbar LLP practices in the following areas of law:
Admiralty; Appellate Litigation; Bankruptcy and Creditors' Rights; Biotechnology; Business and Finance; Commercial Litigation; Construction; Corporate and Securities; Employee Benefits; Energy and Minerals; Environmental; Gaming; Health Care; Insurance and Reinsurance; Intellectual Property; Labor and Employment; Legislative and Governmental Relations; Municipal Finance; Oil and Gas; Products Liability; Public Utilities and Electric Power; Railroad; Real Estate; Regulatory and Governmental Matters; Tax; Tort Litigation; Toxic Tort Litigation; Trusts and Estates; and White Collar Criminal Defense. | | Year Established: 1853 | Firm Profile:
Established in 1853 in New Orleans, Phelps Dunbar LLP is one of the oldest law firms in the South. At the same time, the progressive partnership has taken initiatives to transform the firm into a regional law firm with a practice that is international in scope. As a result of this transformation, Phelps Dunbar now has offices in New Orleans and Baton Rouge, Louisiana; Jackson, Tupelo, and Gulfport, Mississippi; Houston, Texas; Tampa, Florida; and London, England. Through a network of regional offices, clients have access to more than 250 attorneys representing an extensive and diverse range of talent and experience. No matter how intricate a client's legal needs, Phelps Dunbar's professional depth and experience allow the firm to provide accessible, cost-effective, prompt service to all clients. We are proud of the legal abilities and the personal qualities of our attorneys. Among past and present members, we count a United States Ambassador, a Chief of Protocol of the United States, two Judges of the United States District Court, a United States Attorney, three Justices of the Louisiana Supreme Court, a Louisiana Appellate Court Judge, a Presiding Justice of the Mississippi Supreme Court, two Associate Justices of the Mississippi Supreme Court, a City Attorney, a President of the American Bar Association, two Presidents of the Maritime Law Association of the United States, four Presidents of the Louisiana State Bar Association, two Presidents of The Mississippi Bar, three university board Presidents, and a law school Chancellor. | | Firm Size: 260 | Representative Clients:
Abbott Laboratories; Altria Group, Inc.; FKA Philip Morris Inc.; AmSouth Bancorporation; Ashley Furniture Industries, Inc.; AT&T; BancorpSouth Bank; Bank of Morton; Bank of Yazoo City; B.C. Rogers Oil Co.; Beverly Enterprises Miss Inc.; Blue Cross & Blue Shield of Mississippi; Bombardier Capital, Inc.; Capital One Financial Corp.; Chevron Corp.; Continental Grain Co., Inc.; Delphi Automotive Systems; Delta and Pine Land Co.; Entergy Mississippi, Inc.; Fidelity Acceptance Corp.; First National Bank of Oxford; First State Corp.; Fleet Capital Corp.; Frito-Lay, Inc.; Gannett River States Publishing Corp.; GATX Corp.; General Electric Capital Corp.; General Motors Corp.; General Star Indemnity Co.; Georgia Pacific Corporation; Great American Insurance Cos.; Harcourt General, Inc.; Harvey Construction Co.; Hesselbein Tire Co.; Jackson Municipal Airport Authority; Kraft-IFD; L3 Communications Vertex Aerospace; Mississippi Chemical Corp.; Mississippi Municipal Liability Plan; Mississippi Municipal Workers Compensation Group; Mississippi Power & Light Co.; Mississippi Valley Gas Co.; Newsprint South, Inc.; North Mississippi Health Services, Inc. (and affiliated entities); Rush Health Systems, Inc. (and affiliated entities); St. Paul Fire & Marine Insurance Co.; Sanderson Farms, Inc.; Sara Lee Corp.; Signal Capital Corp.; Southern Farm Bureau Life Insurance Co.; Systems Electro Coating, LLC; Trustmark National Bank; Underwriters at Lloyd's, London; Union Planters Bank of Central Mississippi; Valley Food Services, Inc.; Valley Management Services, Inc.; Viking Range Corp.; Wachovia Bank & Trust Co., N.A.; Westinghouse Electric Corp. |
Other Office Locations of Phelps Dunbar LLP
New Orleans, Louisiana, U.S.A. (Main Office)
Tampa, Florida, U.S.A.
Baton Rouge, Louisiana, U.S.A.
Gulfport, Mississippi, U.S.A.
Tupelo, Mississippi, U.S.A.
Houston, Texas, U.S.A.
London, England
| | PARTNERS | | Joseph Lee Adams (Partner) born Batesville, Mississippi, January 31, 1971; admitted to bar, 1997, Mississippi. Education: Mississippi State University (B.B.A., magna cum laude, 1994); University of Mississippi (J.D., cum laude, 1997). Associate Editor, Mississippi Law Journal. Recipient: Outstanding Student Award in Constitutional Law II; Mississippi Law Journal Award, 1996-1997. Finalist, Moot Court Oral Competition, 1997. Member: The Mississippi Bar. Practice Areas: Labor; Employment. Email: Joseph Lee Adams | | Reuben V. Anderson (Partner) born Jackson, Mississippi, September 16, 1942; admitted to bar, 1967, Mississippi; 1968, U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit; 1971, U.S. Supreme Court. Education: Tougaloo College (B.A., 1964); University of Mississippi (J.D., 1967). Municipal Judge, Jackson, Mississippi, 1976-1977. County Court Judge, Hinds County, Mississippi, 1977-1981. Circuit Judge, Seventh Circuit Court District, State of Mississippi, 1981-1985. Associate Justice, Mississippi Supreme Court, 1985-1991. Serve on Board of BellSouth Corp., The Kroger Co. and Trustmark National Bank. Arbitrator, Panel of Arbitrators, American Arbitration Association. Member: Magnolia, Hinds County, American and National Bar Associations; The Mississippi Bar (President, 1997-1998). Practice Areas: Commercial Litigation; Gaming; Regulatory and Governmental Law; Tort Litigation. Email: Reuben V. Anderson | | Fred L. Banks, Jr. (Partner) born Jackson, Mississippi, September 1, 1942; admitted to bar, 1968, Mississippi, U.S. District Court, Northern and Southern Districts of Mississippi and U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit; 1969, District of Columbia; 1971, U.S. Supreme Court. Education: Howard University (B.A., 1965; J.D., cum laude, 1968). Author: "The Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals: A Personal Perspective," 16 Miss. Coll. L. Rev. 275 (Spring 1996); "Trial and Post-Trial Motions, Ch. 13, Mississippi Civil Procedure, West Group, 2001. Adjunct Professor of Law, Appellate Practice, Mississippi College School of Law, Spring 1996. State Representative, Mississippi House of Representatives, 1976-1985. Member, Mississippi Board of Bar Admissions, 1979-1981. Circuit Judge, 7th Circuit Court, District of Mississippi, 1985-1991. Associate Justice, Mississippi Supreme Court, 1991-2000. Presiding Justice, Mississippi Supreme Court, 2000-2001. Member: Magnolia, American and National Bar Associations; The Mississippi Bar; The District of Columbia Bar; Mississippi Bar Foundation; Charles Clark Chapter, American Inns of Court; American Law Institute. Practice Areas: Commercial Litigation; Appellate Litigation; Mediation and Arbitration (or ADR). Email: Fred L. Banks, Jr. | | Ross F. Bass, Jr. (Partner) born Jackson, Mississippi, August 14, 1946; admitted to bar, 1973, Mississippi and Georgia; 1977, U.S. Supreme Court. Education: Vanderbilt University; Belhaven College (B.A., 1970); University of Mississippi (J.D., with honors, 1973). Phi Delta Phi. Editor-in-Chief, Mississippi Law Journal, 1973. Listed in: Best Lawyers in America, 2000— (Commercial Litigation); Chambers USA America's Leading Lawyers for Business 2004— (Commercial Litigation). Member: The Mississippi Bar; State Bar of Georgia; American Bar Association (Member, Litigation Section); Mississippi Bar Foundation. Practice Areas: Complex Civil Litigation; Class Actions. Email: Ross F. Bass, Jr. | | Debra M. Brown (Partner) born Yazoo City, Mississippi, November 22, 1963; admitted to bar, 1997, Mississippi. Education: Mississippi State University (B.Arch., 1987); University of Mississippi (J.D., 1997). Associate Articles Editor, Mississippi Law Journal, 1996-1997. Author: "Calling the Bluff: Exploring Anonymity as a Means to a Colorblind Electoral System," 66 Miss. L. J. 547 (1997). Member: The Mississippi Bar (Young Lawyers Division, Co-Chair, High School Mock Trial Competition, 1999-2001); Hinds County, American and Magnolia Bar Associations; Mississippi Women Lawyers Association (Member, Board of Directors, 2000-2001); Metro Jackson Black Women Lawyers Association; Jackson Young Lawyers Association (Chair, Child Advocacy Committee, 1999-2001). Practice Areas: Commercial Litigation; Construction. Email: Debra M. Brown | | Stratton Bull (Partner) born New Orleans, Louisiana, March 27, 1952; admitted to bar, 1978, Mississippi and U.S. District Court, Northern District of Mississippi; 1979, U.S. District Court, Southern District of Mississippi; 1982, U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit; 1990, Tennessee; 1991, U.S. District Court, Western District of Tennessee. Education: Rhodes College (B.A., 1974); University of Mississippi (J.D., cum laude, 1978). Phi Delta Phi. Recipient, American Jurisprudence Awards in Mississippi Circuit Court Practice, Mississippi Chancery Court Practice, Criminal Procedure, and Legal Accounting. Author: Mississippi Judicial College, 1977 and 1978. Member: The Mississippi Bar. Practice Areas: Commercial Real Estate; Transactional Litigation; Probate; Oil and Gas; Title Insurance. Email: Stratton Bull | | James W. Craig (Partner) born Oakland, California, August 15, 1959; admitted to bar, 1985, Mississippi, U.S. District Court, Southern District of Mississippi and U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit; 1990, U.S. Supreme Court. Education: Whitworth College (B.A., summa cum laude, 1981); Mississippi College (J.D., 1985). Editor-in-Chief, Mississippi College Law Review, 1984-1985. Adjunct Professor, Mississippi College School of Law (Products Liability, Remedies). Executive Director, Mississippi Capital Defense Resource Center, 1989-1995. Commissioner, Mississippi Public Defender Commission. Member: The Mississippi Bar; American Bar Association (Co-Chair, Task Force on Death Penalty Representation, Section of Litigation); Mississippi Public Defenders' Association (Life Member). Practice Areas: Appellate; Commercial Litigation; Products Liability. Email: James W. Craig | | Deborah Shelby Dees (Partner) born Starkville, Mississippi, October 24, 1957; admitted to bar, 1982, Mississippi and U.S. Tax Court. Education: Mississippi State University (B.S., 1979); University of Mississippi (J.D., cum laude, 1982); University of Florida (LL.M. in Taxation, 1983). Beta Alpha Psi; Phi Kappa Phi; Phi Delta Phi. Member, Moot Court Board, 1980-1982. Leadership Jackson, 1994-1995. Member: Hinds County and American (Member, Taxation Section; Employee Benefits Committee) Bar Associations; The Mississippi Bar (Chairperson, Taxation Section, 1993-1994); American Law Institute; IRS Gulf Coast Area TE/GE Council. Practice Areas: ERISA Compliance; Qualified Retirement Plans; Employee Health Benefits; COBRA; HIPAA Privacy and Security; Non-Qualified Benefits. Email: Deborah Shelby Dees | | Gary E. Friedman (Partner) born Greenville, Mississippi, May 11, 1949; admitted to bar, 1982, Mississippi. Education: Georgia Institute of Technology (B.S.I.E., 1971); University of Mississippi (J.D., with distinction, 1982). Phi Delta Phi. Articles Editor, Mississippi Law Journal, 1980-1981. Editor, The Mississippi Lawyer, 1983-1984. Member: Hinds County, Federal and American (Member, Labor and Employment Law Section) Bar Associations; The Mississippi Bar; Defense Research Institute. Practice Areas: Labor and Employment; Constitutional. Email: Gary E. Friedman | | Jerome C. Hafter (Partner) born Orlando, Florida, May 16, 1945; admitted to bar, 1974, Mississippi. Education: Rice University (B.A., summa cum laude, 1967); Oxford University (B.A., with first class honours, 1969; M.A., 1974); Yale University (J.D., 1972). Phi Beta Kappa. Listed in Who's Who in America; Who's Who in American Law; The Best Lawyers in America in the field of Corporate Law, Mergers and Acquisitions and Securities Law. Director, Yale Moot Court. Associate Editor, Yale Law Journal, 1971-1972. Marshall Scholar. Law Clerk to The Hon. Charles Clark, U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit, 1972-1973. Chairman, Mississippi Board of Bar Admissions, 1979-2002. Member, 1989-2000, and Chairman, 1998-1999, Board of Trustees, National Conference of Bar Examiners. Member: Washington County (President, 1990), Hinds County, Federal and American (Member, Council of Section on Legal Education and Admissions to the Bar, 2000-2006; Vice Chair, 2007-2008; Chair Elect, 2008-2009; Member, Accreditation Committee, Section on Legal Education and Admissions in the Bar, 1998-2002) Bar Associations; The Mississippi Bar (Chairman, Section on Corporate Finance and Business Law, 1989-1990); American Judicature Society; American Law Institute. Fellow, Mississippi Bar Foundation. [Major, CE, USAR, Retired]. Practice Areas: Agri-Business; Business; Corporate; Biotechnology; Intellectual Property Licensing; State and Local Taxation. Email: Jerome C. Hafter | | Christopher R. Maddux (Partner) born Nashville, Tennessee, November 12, 1973; admitted to bar, 1999, Tennessee; 2002, Mississippi. Education: Vanderbilt University (B.S., 1996; J.D., 1999). Member: Tennessee Bar Association; The Mississippi Bar; American Bankruptcy Institute. Practice Areas: Commercial Litigation; Business and Finance; Bankruptcy and Creditors' Rights. Email: Christopher R. Maddux | | Dan M. McDaniel, Jr. (Partner) born Natchez, Mississippi, July 21, 1949; admitted to bar, 1973, Mississippi. Education: University of Southern Mississippi (B.S., 1971); University of Mississippi (J.D., 1973). Assistant U.S. Attorney (Civil Division), 1981-1986. President, 2005 and Member, Board of Trustees, 1996—, International Association of Gaming Advisors. Chairman, Gaming Section, The Mississippi Bar, 2000-2001. Co-Chair, Section on Gaming Law, American Bar Association, 2001. Former Member, Mississippi Commission on Judicial Performance, State of Mississippi. Representation in Mississippi and other U.S. and foreign jurisdictions of international and domestic organizations involved in all aspects of the gaming industry, including, but not limited to, the licensing, registration, and findings of suitability of casinos, manufacturers, distributors, lessors, shareholders, officers, directors, key employees and other persons; and the representation of those groups before gaming authorities with regard to licensing, registration, findings of suitability, transfers of ownership, work permits, patron disputes, investigations, disciplinary proceedings, and other regulatory matters. Member: The Mississippi Bar; Federal and American Bar Associations; Mississippi Association of Gaming Attorneys (Founding Member); International Association of Gaming Advisors. Practice Areas: Gaming; Administrative; Gaming Licensing; Professional Licensing Regulation. Email: Dan M. McDaniel, Jr. | | Paul O. Miller, III (Partner) born Meridian, Mississippi, October 26, 1943; admitted to bar, 1967, Mississippi; 1970, Tennessee. Education: University of Mississippi (B.B.A., 1965; J.D., 1967). Phi Delta Phi. Member, Moot Court Board. Contributing Editor: The Developing Labor Law, 1972—; Employment Discrimination Law, 1985—. Trial Attorney, National Labor Relations Board, 1967-1968. Chairman, Mississippi Law Institute, 1978. Member: Hinds County, Tennessee, Federal (President, Mississippi Chapter, 1982-1983) and American (Member, Labor and Employment Law Section) Bar Associations; The Mississippi Bar; Mississippi Defense Lawyers Association; American Arbitration Association (Member, Panel of Employment Arbitrators and Mediators). Practice Areas: Employment Discrimination; Labor (Management). Email: Paul O. Miller, III | | Luther T. Munford (Partner) born Jackson, Mississippi, December 14, 1949; admitted to bar, 1976, Mississippi; 1978, U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit; 1984, U.S. Supreme Court. Education: Princeton University (A.B., 1971); Oxford University, Oxford, England (B.A., 1973); University of Virginia (J.D., 1976). Mississippi Appellate Practice, Mississippi Law Institute Press, 2007. Law Clerk to the: Hon. Paul H. Roney, Judge, U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit, 1976-1978; Hon. Harry A. Blackmun, Justice, U.S. Supreme Court, 1978-1979. Member: Advisory Committee on Appellate Rules, Judicial Conference of the United States, 1992-1998; Lawyers' Advisory Committee, U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit, 1986-2003. Bencher, American Inn of Court, Charles Clark Chapter, 1989—. Member: The Mississippi Bar; American Bar Association; American Law Institute; American Academy of Appellate Lawyers (President, 1995-1996). Practice Areas: Appellate; Civil Practice; Defamation: Lawyer Liability. Email: Luther T. Munford | | Douglas C. Noble (Partner) born Oxford, Mississippi, March 6, 1971; admitted to bar, 1997, Tennessee and Mississippi. Education: University of Mississippi (B.B.A., 1993; J.D., 1996). Certified in Business Bankruptcy Law by the American Board of Certification. Member, Moot Court Board. Executive Editor, Mississippi Cases, Mississippi Law Journal, 1996. Member: Tennessee Bar Association; The Mississippi Bar; American Bankruptcy Institute; Mississippi Bankruptcy Conference; American Inns of Court (Associate Member, Leo Bearman Sr. Chapter, 1997 and Charles Clark Chapter, 2000-2002). Practice Areas: Bankruptcy; Creditors' Rights; Secured Transactions; Commercial Litigation. Email: Douglas C. Noble | | James W. O'Mara (Partner) born McComb, Mississippi, 1940; admitted to bar, 1967, Mississippi. Education: University of Mississippi (B.A., 1962; J.D., with distinction, 1967). Phi Delta Phi; Phi Kappa Phi; Omicron Delta Kappa. Editor-in-Chief, Mississippi Law Journal, 1966-1967. President, Mississippi Bankruptcy Conference, 1980-1981. Best Lawyers in America, 1983; Super Lawyers of the South; Chambers. Member: The Mississippi Bar (Member, Business Law Section); American Bar Association (Member, Business Law Section); American Bankruptcy Institute. Fellow: Mississippi Bar Foundation. Practice Areas: Bankruptcy Reorganization; Loan Workouts; Secured Lending; Commercial Litigation; Business Transactions. Email: James W. O'Mara | | John W. Robinson, III (Partner) born Jackson, Mississippi, August 19, 1964; admitted to bar, 1991, Mississippi. Education: Hampden-Sydney College (B.A., 1986); College of William and Mary (J.D., 1991). Co-Author: "The Metamorphosis of Mass Tort Class Actions: A Fifth Circuit Perspective," 17 Miss. Coll. L. Rev. 207 (1997). Member: American Bar Association (Member, Litigation Section); The Mississippi Bar. Practice Areas: Commercial Litigation; Products Liability. Email: John W. Robinson, III | | Bridgforth R. Rutledge (Partner) admitted to bar, 2000, Mississippi. Education: University of Mississippi; Millsaps College (B.A., magna cum laude, 1994); Mississippi College (J.D., cum laude, 1999). Member: The Mississippi Bar (Chairman, Business Law Section, 2008-2009); Hinds County and American Bar Associations; Jackson Young Lawyers Association. Practice Areas: Business; Finance; Real Estate. Email: Bridgforth R. Rutledge | | James W. Shelson (Partner) born Saginaw, Michigan, November 25, 1962; admitted to bar, 1993, Mississippi, U.S. District Court, Northern and Southern Districts of Mississippi, and U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit; 1996, Alabama. Education: Michigan State University (B.A., 1984); Pennsylvania State University (J.D., 1993). Member, Dickinson Law Review, 1992-1993. Co-Author: Mississippi Chancery Practice (2000 Ed.). Adjunct Professor, Remedies, Mississippi College School of Law, Spring 2002. Member: The Mississippi Bar; Alabama State Bar; Fifth Circuit and American Bar Associations. Practice Areas: Business Torts; Lender Liability; Consumer Finance; Coverage Disputes; Bad Faith Claims; Property Damage and Subrogation; Personal Injury and Wrongful Death; Products Liability; Toxic Torts. Email: James W. Shelson | | W. Thomas Siler, Jr. (Partner) born Prentiss, Mississippi, October 12, 1956; admitted to bar, 1983, Mississippi. Education: Millsaps College (B.B.A., 1979); University of Mississippi (J.D., 1983). Associate Editor, Mississippi Law Journal, 1982-1983. Recipient, Phi Delta Phi and Bowling Labor Law Awards, 1983. Member: Hinds County, Federal and American (Member, Litigation and Labor and Employment Law Sections) Bar Associations; The Mississippi Bar; Mississippi Defense Lawyers Association (President, 1995); International Association of Defense Counsel (Chairman: Employment Law Committee, 2005-2006; Audit Committee, 2008-2009). Practice Areas: Labor (Management). Email: W. Thomas Siler, Jr. | | Frank W. Trapp (Partner) born Philadelphia, Mississippi, April 27, 1947; admitted to bar, 1972, Mississippi; 1979, Georgia; 1980, District of Columbia; 1982, Florida. Education: University of Mississippi (B.A., 1969; J.D., 1972). Phi Delta Phi; Omicron Delta Kappa. Member, Mississippi Law Journal, 1971. Attorney, U.S. Department of Justice, Antitrust Division, Public Counsel and Legislative Section (transportation and electrical power industries), 1972-1975. Special Assistant U.S. Attorney, District of Columbia, 1976. U.S. Department of Justice, Antitrust Division, Atlanta Field Office, 1976-1979. U.S. Department of Justice, Criminal Division, Fraud Section (petroleum regulation task force), 1979-1980. Assistant U.S. Attorney, Middle District of Florida (Tampa Division), 1980-1982. Member: State Bar of Georgia; District of Columbia Bar; The Florida Bar; The Mississippi Bar; American Bar Association. Practice Areas: Antitrust; White Collar Criminal Defense; Trial Practice. Email: Frank W. Trapp | | Stephen M. Wilson (Partner) born Monroe, Louisiana, January 21, 1960; admitted to bar, 1991, Mississippi. Education: Northeast Louisiana University (B.B.A., 1982); University of Mississippi (J.D., 1991); New York University (LL.M. in Taxation, 1992). Member: The Mississippi Bar; National Association of Bond Lawyers; Mississippi Secretary of State's Business Law Advisory Group. Practice Areas: Business; Corporate; Tax-Exempt Financing; Transactions; Mergers and Acquisitions; Estate Planning; Taxation. Email: Stephen M. Wilson | | COUNSEL | | Mark Fijman (Counsel) born Pawtucket, Rhode Island, September 22, 1961; admitted to bar, 1998, Mississippi, U.S. District Court, Northern and Southern Districts of Mississippi, and U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit. Education: Emerson College (B.S., 1983); Mississippi College (J.D., 1998). Phi Delta Phi. Casenote and Comment Editor, Mississippi College Law Review, 1997-1998. Member: The Mississippi Bar; Federal Bar Association. Practice Areas: Labor and Employment. Email: Mark Fijman | | Rebecca Hawkins (Counsel) born Atlanta, Texas, March 8, 1966; admitted to bar, 1990, Mississippi; 1992, U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit; 1994, U.S. District Court, Northern and Southern Districts of Mississippi. Education: Louisiana Tech University (B.A., summa cum laude, 1987); Mississippi College (J.D., with distinction, 1990). Phi Delta Phi. Note and Comment Editor, Mississippi College Law Review, 1989-1990. Member: The Mississippi Bar; American (Member, Tort and Insurance Practice and Litigation Sections) Bar Association; Mississippi Defense Lawyers Association; Mississippi Women Lawyers Association; Defense Research Institute (Member, Appellate Advocacy and Diversity Committees). Practice Areas: Appellate; Litigation. Email: Rebecca Hawkins | | Wendy Russell Mullins (Counsel) born Dover, North Carolina; admitted to bar, 1994, Mississippi. Education: University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (B.A., 1991); Mississippi College (J.D., with distinction, 1994). Phi Delta Phi. Member: Hinds County and American Bar Association; The Mississippi Bar (Member, Business Law Section); Mississippi Young Lawyers Association; Mississippi Women Lawyers Association; Women Corporate Counsel Networking Group. Practice Areas: Business Transactions; Corporate. | | Seale Pylate (Counsel) admitted to bar, 1999, Mississippi; 2000, Arkansas. Education: Hendrix College (B.A., 1996); Boston College (J.D., 1999). Member: UCC Reporter Digest; Leadership Jackson, 2005-2006; National Association of Stock Plan Professionals. Member: Mississippi State Bar; American Bar Association (Member: Employee Benefits Committee, Executive Compensation Sub-Committee, Section of Taxation; Committee on Employee Benefits, Fiduciary Responsibilities Sub-Committee, Section of Labor and Employment). Practice Areas: ERISA; Employee Benefits; Executive Compensation. Email: Seale Pylate | | ASSOCIATES | | Kelly Riley Blackwood (Associate) admitted to bar, 1999, Mississippi. Education: University of Mississippi (B.B.A., 1995); Mississippi College (J.D., 1999). Member: The Mississippi Bar; American Bar Association; Defense Research Institute; Air and Waste Management Association; Mississippi Defense Lawyers Association; Mississippi Women Lawyers Association. Practice Areas: Environmental. Email: Kelly Riley Blackwood | | Heather J. Camp (Attorney) admitted to bar, 1992, Mississippi. Education: Millsaps College (B.B.A., 1989); Washington and Lee University (J.D., 1992). Phi Delta Phi. Member: The Mississippi Bar; American Bar Association. Practice Areas: Gaming; Regulatory. Email: Heather J. Camp | | Chad A. Davidson (Associate) admitted to bar, 2003, Mississippi. Education: Mississippi State University (B.Acc., summa cum laude, 1999); University of Mississippi (J.D., magna cum laude, 2002); University of Florida (LL.M. in Taxation, 2003). Phi Kappa Phi; Golden Key. Member, Mississippi Law Journal. Member: The Mississippi Bar. Practice Areas: Mergers and Acquisitions; Corporate Partnership and Individual Tax; Federal and State Tax Incentives and Credits; Real Estate Related Matters; Corporate Law; General Business. Email: Chad A. Davidson | | Amy Kebert Elder (Associate) admitted to bar, 1998, Mississippi; U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit; Choctaw Tribal Courts. Education: University of Mississippi (B.S., 1980; J.D., cum laude, 1998). Member: The Mississippi Bar; American Bar Association; Mississippi Women Lawyers Association; International Association of Gaming Advisors. Practice Areas: Business. | | Ken Fairly (Contract Attorney) admitted to bar, 1985, Mississippi and U.S. District Court, Northern and Southern Districts of Mississippi. Education: University of Mississippi (B.P.A., 1980); Mississippi College (J.D., 1985). Member: Hinds County and Rankin County Bar Associations; The Mississippi Bar. Practice Areas: Labor and Employment. Email: Ken Fairly | | Kenneth J. Grigsby (Associate) admitted to bar, 2000, Mississippi. Education: University of Mississippi (B.A., 1997; J.D., 2000). Omicron Delta Kappa. Member, Moot Court Board and National Moot Court Team. Member: The Mississippi Bar. Practice Areas: Litigation. Email: Kenneth J. Grigsby | | W. Brett Harvey (Associate) admitted to bar, 2004, Virginia; 2006, District of Columbia; U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit; 2007, Mississippi. Education: Mississippi College (B.S., summa cum laude, 2001); Harvard Law School (J.D., cum laude, 2004). Member, Board of Governors of Bar Association of the Fifth Circuit. Adjunct Professor, Mississippi College School of Law. Executive Editor, Harvard Journal of Law and Public Policy, Vol. 27. Law Clerk to the Honorable E. Grady Jolly, U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit, 2004-2005. Practice Areas: Labor and Employment; Appellate; General Litigation. | | Elizabeth Jane Hicks (Associate) admitted to bar, 1985, New York; 1997, Mississippi and U.S. District Court, Southern District of Mississippi; 1999, U.S. District Court, Northern District of Mississippi; U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit. Education: Mississippi College (B.A., 1980); Yale University (J.D., 1983). Associate Professor, 1993-1995, and Assistant Professor, 1989-1993, Mississippi College School of Law. Law Clerk to The Hon. E. Grady Jolly, U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit, 1983-1984. Member: The Mississippi Bar; American Bar Association. Practice Areas: Business; Business Litigation. Email: Elizabeth Jane Hicks | | Justin L. Matheny (Associate) admitted to bar, 2002, Mississippi. Education: Millsaps College (B.A., 1998); Mississippi College (J.D., 2002). Member, Mississippi College Law Review. Member: The Mississippi Bar; American Bar Association. Practice Areas: Commercial Litigation. Email: Justin L. Matheny | | Robert Gregg Mayer (Associate) admitted to bar, 2006, Mississippi. Education: Middle Tennessee State University (B.S., 1997); University of Mississippi (J.D., summa cum laude, 2006). Editor-in-Chief, Mississippi Law Journal, 2005-2006. Member: The Mississippi Bar. Practice Areas: General Litigation. | | LaToya C. Merritt (Associate) admitted to bar, 2000, Mississippi, U.S. District Court, Southern and Northern Districts of Mississippi, and U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit. Education: Grambling State University (B.A., magna cum laude, 1997); North Carolina Central University (J.D., cum laude, 2000). Senior Editor, North Carolina Central Law Journal. Law Clerk to The Hon. William J. Haynes, Jr., Judge, U.S. District Court, Middle District of Tennessee, 2000-2001. Member: The Mississippi Bar; Magnolia and Federal Bar Associations; Mississippi Women Lawyers Association; Metro Jackson Black Women Lawyers Association. Practice Areas: Labor and Employment. Email: LaToya C. Merritt | | B. Lyle Robinson (Associate) admitted to bar, 2000, Mississippi. Education: University of Georgia (B.B.A., 1992); Mississippi College (J.D., magna cum laude, 2000). Managing Editor, Mississippi College Law Review, 1999-2000. Member: The Mississippi Bar; Hinds County and American Bar Associations; Jackson Young Lawyers Association. Practice Areas: Litigation; Finance. Email: B. Lyle Robinson | | Saundra B. Strong (Associate) admitted to bar, 2003, Mississippi. Education: University of Southern Mississippi (B.A., with honors, 2000); Mississippi College (J.D., cum laude, 2003). Golden Key. Member: The Mississippi Bar. Practice Areas: Labor and Employment. Email: Saundra B. Strong | | Anne Ligman Turner (Associate) admitted to bar, 1995, California; 2002, Mississippi. Education: University of California, San Diego (B.A., 1987); University of San Diego School of Law (J.D., 1995; LL.M., cum laude, 2001). Member: The Mississippi Bar; State Bar of California. Practice Areas: Business Law; Taxation; Intellectual Property. | | Tori L. Winfield (Associate) admitted to bar, 2000, Florida, U.S. District Court, Northern and Southern Districts of Florida and U.S. Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit; 2003, Mississippi and U.S. District Court, Northern and Southern Districts of Mississippi. Education: University of Miami (B.A., cum laude, 1996); University of Florida (J.D., 2000). Golden Key. Journal of Law & Public Policy. Law Clerk to The Hon. Wilkie D. Ferguson, Jr., Judge, U.S. District Court, Southern District of Florida, 2000-2002. Member: Dade County and American Bar Associations; The Florida Bar; The Mississippi Bar. Practice Areas: Labor and Employment. Email: Tori L. Winfield | Other Office Addresses: Links to Other Offices
New Orleans, Louisiana Office: Canal Place, 365 Canal Street, Suite 2000. Telephone: 504-566-1311. Telecopier: 504-568-9130.
Baton Rouge, Louisiana Office: City Plaza, 445 North Boulevard, Suite 701, P.O. Box 4412. Telephone: 225-346-0285. Telecopier: 225-381-9197.
Tupelo, Mississippi Office: One Mississippi Plaza, 201 South Spring Street, Seventh Floor, P.O. Box 1220. Telephone: 662-842-7907. Telecopier: 662-842-3873.
Gulfport, Mississippi Office: NorthCourt One, 2304 19th Street, Suite 300. Telephone: 228-679-1130. Telecopier: 228-679-1131.
Houston, Texas Office: Bank of America Center, 700 Louisiana Street, Suite 2600. Telephone: 713-626-1386. Telecopier: 713-626-1388.
Tampa, Florida Office: 100 South Ashley Drive, Suite 1900. Telephone: 813-472-7550. Telecopier: 813-472-7570.
London, England Office: Lloyd's, 1 Lime Street, Suite 725, Level 7, London EC3M 7DQ England. Telephone: 011-44-207-929-4765. Telecopier: 011-44-207-929-0046.
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