Dorsey practices in the firm's Construction Law and Commercial Litigation groups. He has represented numerous developers, owners, general contractors, subcontractors, sureties, architects and engineers within the construction industry.
Since 2010, Chambers USA has named Dorsey as a "Leader in their Field" in the area of construction litigation.
Dorsey attended Mississippi State University where he earned his Bachelor's Degree, graduating magna cum laude. He received his J.D. from the University of Georgia where he served as Vice-President of the Student Bar Association as well as Articles Editor for the Georgia Journal of International and Comparative Law. While in law school, Dorsey also attended the London Law Consortium at the University of London, where he interned with Queen's Counsel Jerome Lynch of the Middle Temple.
Dorsey is admitted to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit, and U.S. District Courts for the Northern and Southern Districts of Mississippi, the Northern and Middle Districts of Georgia, the Southern District of Illinois, and the Eastern District of Wisconsin.
Dorsey has held memberships with the Mock Trial Board, Blue Key, Who's Who: American Law Students and Outstanding Young Men of America. He is currently a member of the Mississippi, Georgia and American Bar Associations, where he serves on a steering committee for the Forum on the Construction Industry, and the Association of General Contractors, Associated Builders & Contractors, American Subcontractors Association, Construction Specifications Institute and Lawyers Club of Atlanta.
Dorsey has published the following articles and chapters:
· "Entering Into Construction Contracts and Subcontracts," Construction Law For Architects, Engineers, and Contractors, HalfMoon, LLC, 2008.
· "Contract Disputes," Inside the Minds: Contract Dispute Resolution, Aspatore, 2008.
· "Construction Delay Claims," Lorman Education Services, 2006.
· "Mississippi Construction Law", State Public Construction Law, CCH Incorporated, 2002, Chapter co-author.
· "Construction Claims in Georgia," Lorman Education Services, 2001.
· "Mississippi: No Damages For Delay," Common Sense Contracting, Vol. 15, No. 1 (2001).
· "Construction Lien and Public Contract Bond Law," Lorman Education Services, 2000-01.
· "Is Hot Weather An Excusable Delay?," Common Sense Contracting, Vol. 14, No. 1 (2000).
· "Pass Through Delay Claims," Common Sense Contracting, Vol. 13, No. 3 (1999).
· Mississippi Practitioner's Foreclosure Manual, University of Mississippi Press, 1999, Chapter co-author.
· "Remembering Dean Rusk," Summer 1996, Georgia Journal of International & Comparative Law.
Memberships & Bar Associations
American Bar Association
Mississippi Bar Association
State Bar of Georgia