Practice Areas - Employment Law
- Labor Law
- Equal Employment Opportunity Law
- Arbitration
| - Employment Litigation
- Personnel Policies
- Affirmative Action
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| University | University of Mississippi, B.A., 1973 |
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| Law School | University of Mississippi, J.D., 1977 |
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| Admitted | 1977, Mississippi; U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit; U.S. District Court, Northern and Southern Districts of Mississippi; U.S. District Court, Eastern and Western Districts of Arkansas; U.S. District Court, Eastern and Western Districts of Tennessee |
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| Memberships | Federal (Vice Chairman, Bar Activities, 1998) and American (Member, Labor and Employment Law Section; Member, Committees on: Equal Employment Opportunity Law; Management Member, Practice and Procedure Under the National Labor Relations Act; Employment Rights and Responsibilities; Mississippi Liaison with the EEOC and OFCCP; Member, Joint ABA-EEOC Training Program) Bar Associations; The Mississippi Bar (Chairman, Labor and Employment Law Section, 1989-1990); Bar Association of the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals. |
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| Biography | Omicron Delta Kappa; Phi Kappa Phi. Editor-in-Chief, Mississippi Law Journal, 1976. Listed in The Best Lawyers In America (each edition since 2000). Recognized in Chambers U.S.A. (2007, 2008, 2009 editions for excellence in the field of Labor and Employment Law. Author: Southern Methodist University, "Litigating Emotional Distress Claims in Today's Employment Litigation"; Mississippi College School of Law, "Recent Developments in Employment Litigation," "Emotional Distress Claims in Mississippi Employment Litigation"; University of Mississippi, "Recent Developments in Employment Litigation," "Ethical Issues in Employment Litigation"; 2009 University of Mississippi Employment Law Handbook, Chapter on "Exceptions to Employment at Will.".
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| Reported Cases | EEOC v. Agro Distribution LLC, 442 F.Supp.2d (S.D. Miss. 2006), aff'd. 555 F3d. 462 (5th Cir. 2009; In Re EEOC, 18 AD Cases, 1304 (5th Cir. 2006); F.L. Crane & Sons v. IKBI, Inc. 2009 WL 1308666 (S.D. Miss. 2009); Buchanan v. Ameristar Casino Vicksburg, Inc., 852 So.2d 25 (Miss. 2003); Graham v. Applied Geo Technologies, Inc., 593 F.Supp.2d 915 (S.D. Miss. 2008); Wilson v. Shoe Show, 2008 WL 1932361 (S.D. Miss. 2008); Orozco v. Columbia Sussex Corp. 2006 WL 2008758 (S.D. Fla. 2006); Miller v. Lowe's Home Centers, Inc. 2005 WL 2290207 (N.D. Miss. 2005, aff'd 184 Fed. Appx. 386, 2006 WL 1601814 (5th Cir. 2006); Piner v. Fidelity Nat. Corp., 2003 WL 25537751 (S.D.Miss. 2003); Patterson v. Red Lobster, 81 F.Supp.2d 681 (S.D.Miss.1999); Eaves v. Kmart, 86 FEP Cases 32 S.D. Miss. 2001); Ellison v. Darden Restaurants, Inc., 52 F.Supp.2d 747 (S.D.Miss. 1999); Andress v. National Pizza Co. Intern., Inc., 984 F.Supp. 475 (S.D.Miss. 1997); Smith v. St. Regis Corp., 850 F.Supp. 1296 (S.D. Miss. 1994); Ballard v. Board of Trustees of Jackson/Hinds Library Administrative Bd. 1993 WL 625529 (S.D.Miss. 1993); Van Deusen v. St. Regis Paper Co., 1990 WL 75201 (Ohio App. 1990); Gray v. Frito Lay, Inc., 35 FEP Cases 598 (S.D. Miss. 1982); Wood v. Campbell Sixty Six Express, Inc., 21 FEP Cases 1268 (S.D. Miss. 1979); Williams v. Scientific Plastics, 20 FEP Cases 1585 (S.D. Miss. 1979); Platzer v. McRae's, Inc., 1979 WL 53 (S.D. Miss. 1979); Murray v. Miller Transporters, Inc., 20 FEP 1636 (S.D. Miss. 1978). |
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| ISLN | 907642136 |
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