Distinctions · AV-rated, Martindale-Hubbell · The Best Lawyers in America®, Product Liability Litigation · Member, Mississippi Governor's Judicial Appointments Advisory Committee · Fellow, Mississippi Bar Foundation · Judge Advocate, United States Marine Corps, 1991-94 · Nominee, Outstanding Young Marine Corps Lawyer, 1992 · City Attorney, West Point, Mississippi, 2005-present · Clay County's Top 40 Over 40, Daily Times Leader, 2008 · Mid-South Super Lawyers®, Personal Injury: Defense, Products · "Litigation Star" by Benchmark Litigation Magazine, Fifth Edition Associations · American Bar Association · Bar Association of the Fifth Federal Circuit · Mississippi Bar Association
- Bench-Bar Liaison Committee
- Litigation/General Practice Section
-- President, 2003-11
- Workers' Compensation Section
-- Executive Committee · American Board of Trial Advocates · Magnolia Bar Association · International Association of Defense Counsel Legal Experience · Numerous jury trials as lead counsel or co-counsel in state, federal and military venues. · Participation in mass tort litigation involving pharmaceutical products and toxic and environmental issues. Papers, Presentations & Publications · "Red Hot Topics in Litigation: What's the Damage? Apportionment of Fault," Mississippi Bar Convention, Summer School for Lawyers, July 2008. · "The Opening Statement: A Lasting Impression, The Commonwealth of Massachusetts v. Roy Smith" (based on A Death in Belmont by Sebastian Junger), Mississippi Bar Litigation Section, January 2009. · "The Art of the Settlement," National Business Institute, September 2009. · "Building Your Civil Trials," National Business Institute, July 2010. · "Opening Statements," Continuing Legal Education Seminar, Federal Express Worldwide Headquarters, Memphis, Tennessee, November 2010. |