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About this office: Forman Perry Watkins Krutz & Tardy LLP, founded in 1986 in Jackson, Mississippi, is a general civil practice firm with a strong emphasis in tort, environmental, and commercial litigation. The firm now has six offices in five states. In early 2000, the firm opened an office in Dallas, Texas, followed by the opening of an office in New Orleans, Louisiana in April 2001. In August 2002, the firm opened an office in Houston, Texas. The Denver, Colorado and Detroit, Michigan offices were opened most recently in October of 2008. We litigate throughout the United States for both local and national clients. Our lawyers handle virtually every type of litigation from simple negligence claims to complex commercial litigation and mass tort claims involving thousands of plaintiffs. Lawyers within the firm also provide a wide spectrum of legal services in a number of other areas, including corporate law, commercial lending, bankruptcy, securities, commercial real estate, public utilities, antitrust and administrative law.
Statement of Practice Summary: Mass Tort Defense; Toxic Tort Defense; Appellate Litigation; Antitrust/Unfair Competition Litigation; Commercial Litigation; Drugs and Medical Devices Litigation; Financial Services Litigation; Insurance Litigation; Personal Injury Litigation; Product Liability Litigation; Professional Liability Litigation; Business; Banks and Banking; Corporate Governance; Financing; Transactions/Securities; Acquisitions and Dispositions; Development; Leasing; Tax; Real Estate. Year Established: 1986 Representative Clients: ABB, Inc.; ACE USA; AstenJohnson, Inc.; AT & T Wireless; Bancorp South, Inc.; BP Amoco Corporation; Cellular South; Chubb & Son, Inc.; Combustion Engineering, Inc.; Community BancShares of Mississippi, Inc.; EastGroup Properties, Inc.; Electric Insurance Company; Fireman's Fund Insurance Cos.; General Electric Company; Georgia-Pacific Corporation; Household Finance Corporation; Household International; Household Retail Services, Inc.; Ingersoll-Rand Company; Kone, Inc.; Merchants & Farmers Bank; Mississippi College; Monaco Coach Corporation; Owens-Illinois, Inc.; Parkway Properties, Inc.; Primerica Life Insurance Company; R.W. Tyson Producing Company, Inc.; Royal Insurance Co.; St. Paul Insurance Company; SPX Corporation; Telapex, Inc.; Terex Corporation; U-Haul System; Union Pacific Railroad Company; Uniroyal, Inc.; US Industries; Zurn Industries, Inc.
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