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Practice Areas:

• Drug and Device Litigation
• Product Liability Law
• Professional Liability
• Premises Liability
• Insurance

Distinctions:

• AV-rated, Martindale-Hubbell
• The Best Lawyers in America®, Personal Injury Litigation - Defendants
• Mid-South Super Lawyers®, Personal Injury Defense: Medical Malpractice
• Graduate, International Association of Defense Counsel (IADC) Trial Academy,

Stanford Law School, 2006:

• Leadership Mississippi, Class of 2005
• Certified Public Accountant

Associations:

• American Bar Association
• Federal Bar Association
• Defense Research Institute
  • Medical and Health Care Law Committee
  • Steering Committee
• Mississippi Defense Lawyers Association
• Mississippi Bar Association
  • Young Lawyers Division
  • Mock Trial Committee
• Capital Area Bar Association
• International Association of Defense Counsel

Education & Honors:

• Mississippi College, J.D., cum laude, 2001
  • Managing Editor, Mississippi College Law Review
• University of Mississippi, M.A., Taxation, cum laude, 1996
• University of Mississippi, B.A., Accountancy, cum laude, 1995

Bar Admissions:

• Mississippi, 2001
• S. District Courts
  • Mississippi: Northern and Southern Districts
• S. Court of Appeals
  • 5th Circuit
• Admitted pro hac vice in seven states

Legal Experience:

• James Orams v. Pilot Travel Centers, LLC, Circuit Court of Hinds County, Mississippi; Civil Action No. 251-09-6909; August 16, 2013; summary judgment.
• Suzanna Davis v. The Young Men’s Christian Association, Circuit Court of Rankin County, Mississippi; Civil Action No. 2012-653; April 23, 2013; summary judgment.
• Lyles v. Maselle & Associates et al.; Mississippi Arbitration Association; April 2, 2013; Lead Trial Counsel; defense verdict.
• Savage v. Pilot Travel Centers, LLC, United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit; Civil Action No. 11-60406; March 9, 2012; summary judgment affirmed.
• Magee v. Covington County School Dist., --- So.3d ----, 2012 WL 48026 (Miss. App. Ct. 2012).
• Mayers v. Burke Handling Systems, Inc,; Circuit Court of Scott County, Mississippi; May 31, 2011; Lead Trial Counsel; directed verdict.
• McIntosh v. Dillards Department Stores; S.D. Miss.; February 12, 2008; Lead Trial Counsel; defense verdict.
• Derse, Inc. v. Haas Outdoors, Inc. dba Mossy Oak; August 17, 2010; American Arbitration Association; No. 69 152 00513; represented Claimant in a contractual dispute; judgment for Claimant for full amount requested.
• Backwell v. Tiffin Motor Homes, Inc.; Circuit Court of Smith County, Miss.; Trial Counsel; defense verdict.
• McKenzie v. Highland Home Nursing Center, obtained first order from a trial court compelling arbitration in a nursing home case.
• Marie Ellison et al. v. CareGivers, LLC d/b/a Clarksdale Nursing Home, Circuit Court of Coahoma County, Mississippi; Civil Action No. 14-CI-02-0141; August 30, 2010; summary judgment.
• Thelma Mitchell, et al. v. Nutrition & Management Services, Inc., et al., Circuit Court of Coahoma County, Mississippi; Civil Action No. 14-CI-03-0063; February 17, 2009; summary judgment.
• Veal v. J.P. Morgan Trust Co., N.A., 955 So.2d 843 (Miss. 2007).
• Eaton Vance Municipals Trust v. Conegie, 2007 WL 1484539 (N.D. Miss. 2007).
• Smith v. Nationwide Mut. Ins. Co., 286 F.Supp.2d 777 (S.D. Miss. 2003).
• Assisted Trial Teams in following cases:
  • Beare/Gaffney v. Ortho-McNeil-Jannssen, No. 196-10MT Superior Court of New Jersey Law Division; Atlantic County; 2011 – defense verdict.
• Thomas Gaines v. McNeil Consumer & Specialty Pharmaceuticals, Inc.; No. CGC-06-457600 –Superior Court of California; County of San Francisco; 2010 – defense verdict.
• Janssen Pharmaceutica Inc. v. Armond, 866 So.2d 1092 (Miss. 2004) Mississippi Supreme Court decision in favor of client.
• Janessen Pharmaceutica Inc. v. Bailey, 878 So.2d 31 (Miss. 2004), a Mississippi Supreme Court ruling in favor of client.

Papers, Presentations and Publications:

• "Drug and Medical Device Litigation: Recent Trends in Products Liability Litigation," Panel Counsel Seminar Presentation, Sea Island, Georgia, June 2015.
• “Recent Developments in the Pharmaceutical/Product Liability Industry,” In-house Client Presentation, New Brunswick, New Jersey, May 2013.
• “Epidemiology Concepts and Applications,” In-house Seminar Presentation, August 2012.
• “Drug and Medical Device Litigation: Navigating the Social Media Maze,” Panel Counsel Seminar Presentation, Lake George, New York, June 2012.
• “The Final Rule: FDA's Security Reporting Requirements for Investigational New Drug Applications", Pro Te: Solutio, Vol. 5 No. 1, 8-11 (February 2012).
• “The Path to Aggregate Settlements,” American Bar Association Mass Torts Litigation, Spring 2012, Vol. 10 No. 3.
• “Tips for Impeaching and Discrediting Plaintiffs’ Expert Witnesses,” ACI Long Term Care Conference, April 2011.
• “Sanctions for Failure to Properly Preserve Electronic Evidence,” In-house Client Presentation, Whitehouse Station, Pennsylvania, June 2010.
• “ABA’s Ethics Opinion on Aggregate Settlements,” Harmonie Professional Liability Seminar, New York, New York, May 2010.
• “Caves: Clarity or Confusion?” Mississippi Defense Lawyers Association Quarterly, April 2009.
• “Advanced Deposition and Trial Techniques for Cross-Examining the Combative Plaintiff’s Expert Witness,” DRI’s Nursing Home/ALF Litigation Seminar, September 2008.
• “Advanced Expert Witness Deposition Tactics,” National Business Institute Seminar, October 2008.
• “Cross-Examinations of Lay Witness,” In-house Defense Quarterly, Winter 2006.