Distinctions · Mid-South Rising Stars®, Personal Injury Defense: Products and Personal Injury Defense: General · Top 40 Under 40, Mississippi Business Journal, 2008 · Graduate, Leadership Jackson, 2003-04 · J.B. Carr Community Service Award Associations · International Association of Defense Counsel · American Bar Association · Defense Research Institute (DRI)
- Product Liability Committee, 2010-11
- Recreational Products Litigation Group
-- Vice-Chair, 2010-11 · Mississippi Bar
- Young Lawyers Division
-- Board of Directors, 2007-09 · Capital Area Bar Association
- Board of Directors, 2006-07 · Jackson Young Lawyers
- Board of Directors, 2003-05 President, 2006-07 Legal Experience · Represents clients in areas of recreational vehicles, watercraft, automatic doors, automobiles, firearms, home appliances, industrial machinery, children's toys and natural gas pipelines. · Gulf Guar. Life Ins. Co. v. Conn. Gen. Life Ins. Co., 304 F.3d 476 (5th Cir. 2002). · Stellar Group v. Pilgrim's Pride Corp., 2007 WL 955293 (S.D. Miss. March 28, 2007). · Hutchenson v. Am. Home Prod. Corp., 2006 WL 1717176 (N.D. Miss. June 20, 2006). · Alexander v. Am. Home Prod. Corp., 2006 WL 1716908 (N.D. Miss. June 19, 2006). · Baggett v. Yamaha Motor Corp., U.S.A., 2006 WL 1520539, Prod. Liab. Rep. (CCH) P 17, 485 (S.D. Miss. May 31, 2006). · Gulf South Pipeline Co. v. Pitre, 35 So. 3d 494 (Miss. 2010). Papers, Presentations & Publications · "Why Expansion of Commerce and Trade Does Not Expand the Reach of the Courts: In Personam Jurisdiction and Stream-of-Commerce Theory", For The Defense, November 2011. · "Product Liability Law Update: Lawson, McIntyre, and Goodyear," 2011 Bulldog Lawyer CLE, Mississippi State University. · "Electronic Evidence: The New Spoliation Frontier?" 2011 Harmonie Group Product Liability Seminar, Chicago, IL. · "Making Life Easier for the Recreational Products Client in the 'New Economy,'" 2010 DRI Products Liability Seminar, Recreational Products Specialized Litigation Group, Las Vegas, Nevada. · "Effective Use of Experts in Product Liability Cases," 2009 Southeast Products Liability Forum, Nashville, Tennessee. · "Defend Uninsured/Underinsured Motorist Cases - and Win," 2008 National Business Institute Seminar, Settling Uninsured and Underinsured Motorist Claims, Jackson, Mississippi. · "Hold on to Your Hats: The Year in Review," 2008 DRI Products Liability Seminar, Recreational Products Specialized Litigation Group, Phoenix, Arizona. · "After the Recall: What Do We Do Now?" DRI's In-House Defense Quarterly, Fall 2007. · "A Primer on the Use of Epidemiological Studies in Product Liability Litigation," The International Comparative Legal Guide to: Product Liability 62 (2007). · "The Reporters Privilege in Mississippi," The Reporter's Privilege Compendium (2002 & 2007). |