Distinctions · AV Rated, Martindale-Hubbell · The Best Lawyers in America®, Mass Tort Litigation · Mid-South Super Lawyers®, Personal Injury Defense: General · Graduate, International Association of Defense Counsel Trial Academy Associations · American Bar Association · Defense Research Institute
- Electronic Discovery Committee · Lawyers for Civil Justice · Mississippi Bar · Mississippi Defense Lawyers Association · Capital Area Bar Association Legal Experience · Andrew McCarrell v. Hoffmann-La Roche Inc. - New Jersey Accutane litigation (Trial Counsel). · Jordan Speisman, et al. v. Hoffmann-La Roche Inc. - New Jersey Accutane litigation (Trial Counsel). · Kamie Kendall v. Hoffmann-La Roche Inc. - New Jersey Accutane litigation (Trial Counsel). · Statewide Counsel, diet drug litigation for Wyeth. · Regional Counsel, Gammagard litigation for Baxter Healthcare Corporation. · Akins v. Golden Triangle Planning & Development District, Inc., __ So. 3d __, 2010 WL 1909564 (Miss.) · American Home Products Corp. v. Sumlin; 942 So. 2d 766 (Miss. 2006). · Wyeth Laboratories v. James, 918 So. 2d 1243 (Miss. 2005). · Wyeth-Ayerst Laboratories v. Caldwell, 905 So. 2d 1205 (Miss. 2005). · American Guarantee and Liability Ins. Co. v. The 1906 Co., 273 F. 3d 605 (5th Cir. 2001). · American Guarantee and Liability Ins. Co. v. The 1906 Co., 129 F. 3d 802 (5th Cir. 1997). · Ezell v. BellSouth Telecommunications, Inc., 961 F.Supp. 149 (S.D. Miss. 1997). · McCoy v. South Cent. Bell Telephone Co., 688 So. 2d 214 (Miss. 1996). · Allstate Ins. Co. v. Chicago Ins. Co., 676 So. 2d 271 (Miss. 1996). · Radmann v. Truck Ins. Exchange, 660 So. 2d 975 (Miss. 1995). Papers, Presentations & Publications · "Effect of Judicial Estoppel on Plantiffs Personal Injury Claim-What Every Defense Lawyer Needs to Know," Southern Law Network, October 2010. · "Preparation and Use of Expert Witnesses," Expert Witness and Scientific Evidence, American Conference Institute, July 2008. · "E-Discovery," Thirteenth Triennial Mississippi Oil and Gas Law Seminar, May 2008. · "To Catch a Thief" Defense Research Institute, Drug and Device Seminar, May 2008. · Electronic Discovery Preparedness Training, Mississippi Association of Petroleum Landmen, 2007. · "E-Discovery Era," Central Mississippi Chapter of Institute of Internal Auditors Summer Seminar, 2007. · Federal Practice & Procedure Seminar, June 8, 2007. · Memphis Paralegal Association Electronic Discovery Seminar, 2007. · "Taking and Defending Effective Depositions in Mississippi," 2006-08. · "Litigation in the Digital Age," 2007. · American Conference Institute Drug & Medical Device Litigation Conference, 2006. · "Mediation in Multi-District Litigation," For the Defense, Defense Research Institute, 2003. |