Distinctions · AV-rated, Martindale-Hubbell · Mid-South Rising Stars®, Personal Injury Defense: Medical Malpractice · Graduate, International Association of Defense Counsel Trial Academy, 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
- Young Lawyers Committee · Mississippi Defense Lawyers Association · Mississippi Bar
- Mock Trial Committee
- Young Lawyers Division · Capital Area Bar Association · Jackson Young Lawyers Legal Experience · Coordinator of Butler Snow's Nursing Home Litigation Group. · Summary judgment granted in Savage v. Pilot Travel Centers, LLC, United States District Court for the Southern District of Mississippi, Jackson Division; Civil Action No. 3:10cv208-TSL-FKB. May 19, 2011. · Mayers v. Burke Handling Systems, Inc,; Lead Trial Counsel; Circuit Court of Scott County, Mississippi- directed verdict. · McIntosh v. Dillards Department Stores; Lead Counsel, S.D. Miss. - 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.; Trial Counsel; Smith County, Miss. Circuit Court - defense verdict. · McKenzie v. Highland Home Nursing Center, obtained first order from a trial court compelling arbitration in a nursing home case. · 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 the following cases:
- Beare/Gaffney v. Ortho-McNeil-Janssen; 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), is a decision of the Mississippi Supreme Court which significantly changed the landscape of litigation in Mississippi, declaring that joinder of plaintiffs in prescription drug cases, in many cases improper, was subject to strict scrutiny, resulting in severance of many claims and transfers to appropriate venues
- Janssen Pharmaceutica Inc. v. Bailey, 878 So.2d 31 (Miss. 2004), is a decision of the Mississippi Supreme Court reversing a $48 million judgment awarded to ten plaintiffs in a product liability action involving a prescription drug Papers, Presentations & Publications · "Tips for Impeaching and Discrediting Plaintiffs' Expert Witnesses," ACI Long Term Care Conference, April 2011. · "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. · "Understanding the Inherent Risks of Dual Representation in Internal Investigations and Civil Litigation," Pro Te: Solutio, Vol. 2 No. 4, 2-7 (October 2009). · "Oops! The Dog Ate My Pacemaker - A Lower Standard for Spoliation Claims," Pro Te: Solutio, Vol. 1 No. 4, 10-13 (October 2008). |