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About this office: Established in 1853 in New Orleans, Phelps Dunbar LLP is one of the oldest law firms in the South. At the same time, the progressive partnership has taken initiatives to transform the firm into a regional law firm with a practice that is international in scope. As a result of this transformation, Phelps Dunbar now has offices in New Orleans and Baton Rouge, Louisiana; Jackson, Tupelo, and Gulfport, Mississippi; Houston, Texas; Tampa, Florida; and London, England. Through a network of regional offices, clients have access to more than 250 attorneys representing an extensive and diverse range of talent and experience. No matter how intricate a client's legal needs, Phelps Dunbar's professional depth and experience allow the firm to provide accessible, cost-effective, prompt service to all clients. We are proud of the legal abilities and the personal qualities of our attorneys. Among past and present members, we count a United States Ambassador, a Chief of Protocol of the United States, two Judges of the United States District Court, a United States Attorney, three Justices of the Louisiana Supreme Court, a Louisiana Appellate Court Judge, a Presiding Justice of the Mississippi Supreme Court, two Associate Justices of the Mississippi Supreme Court, a City Attorney, a President of the American Bar Association, two Presidents of the Maritime Law Association of the United States, four Presidents of the Louisiana State Bar Association, two Presidents of The Mississippi Bar, three university board Presidents, and a law school Chancellor. Statement of Practice Summary: Admiralty; Appellate Litigation; Bankruptcy and Creditors' Rights; Biotechnology; Business and Finance; Commercial Litigation; Construction; Corporate and Securities; Employee Benefits; Energy and Minerals; Environmental; Gaming; Health Care; Insurance and Reinsurance; Intellectual Property; Labor and Employment; Legislative and Governmental Relations; Municipal Finance; Oil and Gas; Products Liability; Public Utilities and Electric Power; Railroad; Real Estate; Regulatory and Governmental Matters; Tax; Tort Litigation; Toxic Tort Litigation; Trusts and Estates; and White Collar Criminal Defense. Year Established: 1853 Representative Clients: Abbott Laboratories; Altria Group, Inc.; FKA Philip Morris Inc.; AmSouth Bancorporation; Ashley Furniture Industries, Inc.; AT&T; BancorpSouth Bank; Bank of Morton; Bank of Yazoo City; B.C. Rogers Oil Co.; Beverly Enterprises Miss Inc.; Blue Cross & Blue Shield of Mississippi; Bombardier Capital, Inc.; Capital One Financial Corp.; Chevron Corp.; Continental Grain Co., Inc.; Delphi Automotive Systems; Delta and Pine Land Co.; Entergy Mississippi, Inc.; Fidelity Acceptance Corp.; First National Bank of Oxford; First State Corp.; Fleet Capital Corp.; Frito-Lay, Inc.; Gannett River States Publishing Corp.; GATX Corp.; General Electric Capital Corp.; General Motors Corp.; General Star Indemnity Co.; Georgia Pacific Corporation; Great American Insurance Cos.; Harcourt General, Inc.; Harvey Construction Co.; Hesselbein Tire Co.; Jackson Municipal Airport Authority; Kraft-IFD; L3 Communications Vertex Aerospace; Mississippi Chemical Corp.; Mississippi Municipal Liability Plan; Mississippi Municipal Workers Compensation Group; Mississippi Power & Light Co.; Mississippi Valley Gas Co.; Newsprint South, Inc.; North Mississippi Health Services, Inc. (and affiliated entities); Rush Health Systems, Inc. (and affiliated entities); St. Paul Fire & Marine Insurance Co.; Sanderson Farms, Inc.; Sara Lee Corp.; Signal Capital Corp.; Southern Farm Bureau Life Insurance Co.; Systems Electro Coating, LLC; Trustmark National Bank; Underwriters at Lloyd's, London; Union Planters Bank of Central Mississippi; Valley Food Services, Inc.; Valley Management Services, Inc.; Viking Range Corp.; Wachovia Bank & Trust Co., N.A.; Westinghouse Electric Corp. (For Complete Biographical Data on all Personnel, see Professional Biographies at other locations)
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