Recognized in Chambers USA
as one of America's Leading Lawyers for Business (since 2004)
Best Lawyers in
America® in Personal Injury Litigation (since 2005) and in Product Liability Litigation
Mid-South Super Lawyers (since 2006). Named to the Lawdragon 3000 (2010). Named
among top 50 attorneys in Mississippi, 2008. Listed as a "Leader in
Law" by the Mississippi Business Journal's (2010). Recipient: Mississippi
Majesty Award (2008)
Drum Major for Justice Award (1998). Barrister, American
Inns of Court. With: Lawyers Committee for Civil Rights, Jackson, Mississippi,
1977-1979
Ford & Ford, Tupelo, Mississippi, 1979-1990 (General Civil
Litigation). Municipal Court Judge, Pontotoc, Mississippi, 1979-1990. Public
Defender, Lee County, Mississippi, 1987-1990. Elected as State Court Trial
Judge, First Circuit Court District (District includes Alcorn, Itawamba, Lee,
Monroe, Pontotoc, Prentiss and Tishomingo Counties), State of Mississippi, 1990.
Shareholder, Baker, Donelson, Bearman, Caldwell & Berkowitz, PC, 2000—.
Invited Co-Presenter: "Spying on the Enemy: What Real Trial Lawyers Are
Doing to Defeat the Latest Strategies of the Plaintiffs' Bar," Defense
Research Institute Product Liability Conference, San Diego, California (April
16, 2009)
"Trial Strategies for the Catastrophic Injury Case," 2009
Emerging Issues in Motor Vehicle Product Liability Litigation, Phoenix, Arizona
(April 3, 2009). Faculty: Tenth Annual National Trial Academy, American Bar
Association Tort Trial and Insurance Practice Section and The American Board of
Trial Advocates, Reno, Nevada (March 21-25, 2009).
