Distinctions · AV-rated, Martindale-Hubbell · The Best Lawyers in America® Lawyer of the Year, Government Relations Practice · The Best Lawyers in America®, Government Relations Law · President, Clinton Public School District Board of Trustees, 2008-09; 2009-10 · Board of Directors, Mississippi School Boards Association, Central District, 2009-current · Adjunct Professor, Regulated Industries In Mississippi, Mississippi College School of Law, Fall 2007 and Fall 2009 · Board of Directors, State Law Resources · Mid-South Super Lawyers®, Civil Rights/First Amendment Associations · International Municipal Lawyers Association · American Bar Association
- State and Local Government Law Section · Mississippi Association of County Board Attorneys · Mississippi Bar Association
- Government Law Section
-- Chair, 2002-03 · Capital Area Bar Association Legal Experience · Lead Counsel, Mississippi Joint Legislative Committee on Reapportionment (Congressional and State), (2001-05) (2010- ). · Akins v. Golden Triangle Planning & Development District, Inc., __ So. 3d __, 2010 WL 1909564 (Miss.) · Woullard v. Mississippi, 2006 WL 1806457 (S.D. Miss. 2006). · Waters v. Gnemi, 907 So.2d 307 (Miss. 2005). · Bond v. Marion County Board of Supervisors, 807 So.2d 1208 (Miss. 2001). · Upton v. McKenzie, 761 So.2d 167 (Miss. 2000). · Ladner v. Necaise, 771 So.2d 353 (Miss. 2000). · Zimmerman v. Three Rivers Planning and Development District, 747 So.2d 853 (Miss. Ct. App. 1999). · Golden Triangle Regional Solid Waste Management Authority v. Concerned Citizens Against Location of Landfill, 722 So.2d 648 (Miss. 1998). · Clancy's Lawn Care and Landscaping, Inc. v. Mississippi State Board of Contractors, 707 So.2d 1080 (Miss. 1997). · State v. Mississippi Ass'n of Supervisors, Inc., 699 So.2d 1221 (Miss. 1997). Papers, Presentations & Publications · Co-Author, "Election Challenges Involving Candidates for Federal Office," America Votes! A Guide to Modern Election Law and Voting Rights, American Bar Association, February 2008. |