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| | Location: 211 South 29th Avenue, Suite 201, P.O. Box 18350, Hattiesburg, Mississippi 39404, (Forrest & Lamar Cos.) | | |
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| Hicks & Bennett, PLLC practices in the following areas of law:
General Civil Practice. Trials in all Courts. Banking, Commercial, Insurance Law and Personal Injury. Litigation. | | Year Established: 1984 | Firm Profile:
The firm was founded in 1984. In 1992, Mr. Hicks joined the practice, having previously served as a law clerk to U.S. District Judge Henry Wingate. In 2004, Mr. Bennett joined the firm, having previously practiced in a firm specializing in commercial litigation and insurance defense. The firm's practice is limited to matters involving civil litigation of any variety. | | Firm Size: 4 | Representative Clients:
Auto Owners Insurance Company; Bituminous Insurance Company; ERMC II, L.P.; Food Giant Supermarkets, Inc.; F-S Prestress, LLC; Gallagher Bassett Services, Inc.; Georgia-Pacific Corp.; Great West Casualty Company; ITT Hartford; Kemper National Insurance Companies; L. & A. Contracting Company; Metropolitan Casualty and Property Insurance Co.; Mississippi Insurance Guaranty Association; Mississippi Insurance Managers; Mississippi Municipal Services Corp.; Pinnacle Risk Management Services; Plum Creek Timber Corporation; Providence Washington Insurance Company; Rite Aid Corporation; TCB Construction Company; Travelers Insurance Co.; W.R. Fairchild Construction Co., Ltd. | Reference:
Bancorp South. | | L. Clark Hicks, Jr. (Member) born Richmond, Virginia, October 16, 1966; admitted to bar, 1991, Mississippi, U.S. District Court, Southern and Northern Districts of Mississippi and U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit. Education: Mississippi College (B.A., special distinction with highest honors, 1988); University of Mississippi (J.D., cum laude, 1991). Research Editor, Mississippi Law Journal, 1990-1991. Recipient, 1986 Harry S. Truman Scholar from Mississippi. Author: "Corporations - Fiduciary Duty - In a Closed Corporation, a Majority Shareholder Owes a Fiduciary Duty Towards the Minority When Seeking a Controlling Share," 60 Mississippi Law Journal 425, Fall 1990. Member: South Central Mississippi and American Bar Associations; The Mississippi Bar. Practice Areas: Insurance Law; Commercial Litigation; Personal Injury; Product Liability; Wrongful Death; Automobile Accident. Email: L. Clark Hicks, Jr. | | L. Grant Bennett (Member) born McComb, Mississippi, October 4, 1974; admitted to bar, 2002, Mississippi; U.S. District Court, Northern and Southern Districts of Mississippi; U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit. Education: Mississippi State University (B.B.A., Economics, summa cum laude, 1997); University of Mississippi (J.D., 2002). Member: The Mississippi Bar (Member, Young Lawyers Division); Bar Association of the Fifth Federal Circuit; American Bar Association; South Central Mississippi Bar Association; Hattiesburg Area Young Lawyers; Mississippi Defense Lawyers Association; Defense Research Institute; Russell-Blass-Walker Chapter, American Inns of Court (Treasurer, 2003-2004). Practice Areas: Insurance Law; Personal Injury; Commercial Litigation; Automobile Accidents; Workers Compensation; Products Liability; Wrongful Death; Civil Litigation. Email: L. Grant Bennett | | ASSOCIATE | | R. Lane Dossett (Associate) born Petal, Mississippi; admitted to bar, 2008, Mississippi, U.S. District Court, Northern and Southern Districts of Mississippi and U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit. Education: The University of Southern Mississippi (B.S.B.A., Accounting, magna cum laude, 2005); Appalachian School of Law (J.D., summa cum laude, 2008). Mr. Dossett graduated from the Appalachian School of Law, where he finished Valedictorian of his class. He was an associate editor with the Appalachian Journal of Law, the school's flagship law review. Before joining Hicks & Bennett, PLLC, Lane was an intern with The United States Army JAG and the Special Assistant to the United States Attorney in the Northern District of Alabama. Member: The Mississippi Bar (Member, Young Lawyer's Division); American Bar Association; Hattiesburg Area Young Lawyers Association; Mississippi Defense Lawyer's Association. Practice Areas: Business Law; Corporate Law; Contracts; Breach of Contract; Contract Litigation; Contract Fraud; Construction Law; Construction Defects; Insurance Defense; Personal Injury; Accidents; Wrongful Death. Email: R. Lane Dossett |
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