Distinctions
· The Best Lawyers in America®, Appellate Law
· Mississippi Law Section, 50-State Survey of Law of Defamation and Invasion of Privacy
· Mid-South Super Lawyers®, Appellate
· Chambers USA, America's Leading Lawyers for Business, Litigation: Appellate
· Quarterly Procedural Update, Fifth Circuit Reporter
Associations
· American Bar Association
- Forum on Communications
-- Appellate Practice Committee
· Defense Research Institute
- Appellate Advocacy Committee
· Media Law Resource Center
· Mississippi Bar Association
· Capital Area Bar Association
· Bar Association of the Fifth Federal Circuit
Legal Experience
· Rebelwood Apartments RP, LP v. English, __SO.3d__, 2010 WL 3706439, Miss., September 23, 2010.
· Memphis Biofuels, LLC v. Chickasaw Nation Industries, Inc., 585 F.39 917 (6th Circuit 2009).
· Grobelny v. Baxter Healthcare Corp., 341 Fed. Appx. 803, 2009 WL 2196788, C.A.3 (N.J.), July 24, 2009 (No. 08-3475).
· Morris v. Grusin, Tenn.Ct.App., 2009. 2009 WL 4931324, December 22, 2009.
· Barbour v. State ex rel. Hood, 974 So. 2d 232 (Miss. 2008).
· 3M Co. v. Johnson, 895 So.2d 151 (Miss. 2005), $22.5 million judgment reversed and rendered.
· Janssen Pharmaceutica Inc. v. Armond, 866 So.2d 1092, Prod. Liab. Rep. (CCH) P 16,876 (Miss. 2004), resulted in new joinder and venue rules.
· Community Bank of Ellisville v. Courtney, 884 So.2d 767 (Miss. 2004), $5 million judgment reduced to $7,000.
· Janssen Pharmaceutica Inc. v. Bailey, 878 So.2d 31, Prod. Liab. Rep (CCH) P 17,008. (Miss. 2004), $100 million verdict vacated.
Papers, Presentations & Publications
· Co-Author, "The Path to Aggregate Settlements;" American Bar Association Mass Torts Litigation, Spring 2012, Vol. 10 No. 3.
· "Navigating the Appeal - Practical Tips for the Occasional Appellate Practitioner," Mississippi Defense Lawyers Association Quarterly, May 2009.