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| | Address | | 200 Concourse, Suite 200, 1062 Highland Colony Parkway | | Ridgeland, Mississippi 39157 | | (Madison Co.) | | | |
| | Contact Information | | Phone: 601-856-7200 | | Facsimile: 601-856-7626 | | Visit Our Website | | http://www.cctb.com | | | | Send Us Email |  |
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| Copeland Cook Taylor & Bush,
A Professional Association practices in the following areas of law:
Banking and Commercial Lending, Bankruptcy and Creditors' Rights, Corporate and General Business, Environmental, Estate Planning and Probate, Health Care Law, Insurance, Corporate/Administrative/Legislative, Third Party Personal Injury Defense, Coverage/First Party Claims/Bad Faith, Litigation, Mergers and Acquisitions, Natural Resources, Real Estate, Securities, Taxation. | | Year Established: 1985 | Firm Profile:
Copeland Cook Taylor & Bush, P.A. was formed in 1985, specializing primarily in oil and gas law, insurance and defense litigation. A merger in 1994 with an experienced tax law firm brought expertise in taxation, employee benefits, estate planning and probate. Today, CCT&B has grown to over forty attorneys and has expanded its practice areas to include corporate and general business, banking, environmental, bankruptcy, general litigation, securities, mergers and acquisitions, healthcare and labor and employment law. CCT&B clients include national corporations and insurance companies, oil and gas interests, healthcare providers, financial institutions, manufacturers and other major businesses and industries.CCT&B is a Mississippi firm based in the Jackson area. Its attorneys grew up in Hernando, Cleveland, Okolona, Brandon, Pinola, Wiggins and other towns across the state of Mississippi. Those small town backgrounds influence CCTÆ style of serving clients' needs with commitment to quality but with respect for all involved. Hometown ties also give CCT&B attorneys an advantage in their legal work throughout the state. General knowledge of a town or region and established relationships with local residents, businesses, lawyers and government personnel bring ease and familiarity to a project, often helping avoid time-consuming delays and other obstacles.CCT&B has grown primarily through the hiring of young associates, making thirty-five the average age of CCT&B's attorneys. Youthfulness combined with senior attorneys' cumulative years of practice offer clients an energetic approach to practicing law supported by a solid foundation of experience and knowledge. The firm's litigation team has a long record of success in defending and prosecuting actions in state and federal trial courts and a broad range of experience in handling appeals to state and federal appellate courts. CCT&B's natural resources attorneys are widely recognized as being among the premier oil and gas lawyers in the state. CCT&B's business and tax attorneys have over one hundred years cumulative experience in business and taxation matters and recently represented the shareholder of one of Mississippi's largest corporations in the sale of the corporation's stock to an out-out-state concern.A progressive, full service law firm, CCT&B continually seeks to increase its knowledge, experience and resources to provide its clients with the services they desire and deserve. Evidence of CCT&B's commitment to quality and efficiency is the firm's new office building that includes advanced telecommunications, the latest in legal research technology and conference facilities.Whether the client is an individual, small business, or large corporation, CCT&B attorneys offer legal services with emphasis on quality, professionalism, client service and efficiency. | | Firm Size: 60 | Representative Clients:
ABEX Corp.; Able Home Health; Alliance Health Systems; American Federated General Agency, Inc.; American General Life and Accident; American Insurance Assn.; American International Underwriters; American States Insurance Company; Ameris Health Systems; Amerisure Companies; Audubon Insurance Co.; AXA Global Risk U.S.; Bankers Life and Casualty Co.; BankPlus; Bass Enterprises Production Co.; Beech Aircraft Corp.; Burlington Resources, Inc.; Central Mississippi Health Care at Home; Chubb Insurance Co.; Coastal Exploration Co.; Dynahealth, Inc.; Emergystat, Inc.; Employers Casualty Co.; Ergon Oil and Gas Co.; Federal Health Care Services, Inc.; First Bank; Fluor Daniel, Inc.; Foremost Insurance Co.; Forest Oil Corp.; General Motors Corp.; General Star Management Co.; Georgia Casualty and Surety Co.; Gilbert's Home Health Agency; Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co.; B.F. Goodrich Co.; Guaranty National Companies; Hankins Lumber Co.; Help at Home, Inc.; Home Health Care of Mississipppi; Hospice Ministries, Inc.; Hunt Refining Co.; ITT Hartford; K & K Insurance Group; Kare-In-Home Services; KLLM, Inc.; Legion Insurance Co.; Lloyds of London Syndicates; Louisiana-Pacific, Inc.; Medical Systems, Inc.; Meridian Coca-Cola Bottling Co.; Mid-South Rehabilitation Services, Inc.; Mississippi Baptist Medical Center; Mississippi Farm Bureau Insurance Co.; Mississippi Insurance Guaranty Assn.; Mississippi Manufacturers Assn; Mssissippi Surplus Lines Assn.; Mississippi Tort Claims Board; Mississippi Voices for Children & Youth; National Fire and Marine Insurance Co.; Ohio Casualty Insurance Co.; Orion Specialty Group; PDN, Inc.; Plains Resources Inc.; Prentiss Regional Hospital; Professional Nurse Consultants, Inc.; Pursue Energy Corp.; Queen City Nursing Center; Raleigh Community Hospital; Royal Insurance Company of America; Samedan Oil Corp; Scott Regional Hospital; Scottsdale Insurance Co.; Sharkey-Issaquena Community Hospital; Shell Oil Co.; Shell Western E & P, Inc.; Southern Farm Bureau Casualty Insurance Companies; Southern Guaranty Insurance Co.; Southern Pacific Transportation Co.; Sta-Home Health Agency; Sta-Home Hospice, Inc.; Standard Healthcare Services, Inc.; States General Insurance Companies; System Fuels, Inc.; The Louisiana Land and Exploration Co.; The St. Paul Companies; TIG Insurance Company; Total Transportation, Inc. of Mississippi; Tri-County Health Care, Inc.; Trustmark National Bank; Union Pacific Resources Co.; Union Planters Bank; Van Winkle Home Health; Vesta Insurance Companies. | Reference:
Union Planters Bank, Jackson, Mississippi. | | Charles G. Copeland (Shareholder) born Mobile, Alabama, June 15, 1950; admitted to bar, 1974, Mississippi. Education: Mississippi State University (B.S., 1972); University of Mississippi (J.D., 1974). Phi Delta Phi. Research Editor, Mississippi Law Journal, 1973-1974. Law Clerk, Mississippi Supreme Court, 1974-1975. Member: Hinds County and American Bar Associations; The Mississippi Bar; Mississippi Defense Lawyers Association; Defense Research and Trial Lawyers Association. Special Agencies: Mississippi Counsel for the American Insurance Association. Practice Areas: Insurance Defense; Litigation; Products Liability. Email: Charles G. Copeland | | Glenn Gates Taylor (Shareholder) born Fort Belvoir, Virginia, November 19, 1951; admitted to bar, 1975, Mississippi; 1982, U.S. Supreme Court. Education: University of Mississippi (B.A., 1973; J.D., 1975). Omicron Delta Kappa; Phi Delta Phi; Phi Alpha Theta. Recipient, American Jurisprudence Awards: Chancery Practice; Wills and Trust Drafting. Associate Editor, Mississippi Law Journal, 1974-1975. Law Clerk, Mississippi Supreme Court, 1975-1976. Author, "The Excess Gas Market: Recent Legal Problems Precipitated by Excess Gas Deliverability and Applicable Regulatory Provisions," Thirty-Fifth Annual Institute on Oil and Gas Law and Taxation, 1984. Co-author, "Appeals to the Mississippi Supreme Court," 48 Mississippi Law Journal, Summer 1977. Member: Hinds County, Fifth Federal Circuit and American (Member, Litigation and Natural Resources Sections) Bar Associations; The Mississippi Bar (Member, Sections on: Litigation; Natural Resources); Mississippi Oil and Gas Lawyers Association (President, 1981-1982). Practice Areas: Natural Resources; Environmental Law; Commercial Litigation; Commercial Law; Administrative Law. Email: Glenn Gates Taylor | | C. Glen Bush (Shareholder) born Jackson, Mississippi, January 11, 1945; admitted to bar, 1977, Mississippi; 1990, Alabama. Education: Mississippi College (B.S., Chemistry, 1967); University of Texas (M.A., Organic Chemistry, 1971); University of Mississippi (J.D., 1977). Member, Mississippi Law Journal, 1976-1977. Member: Hinds County, Madison County and American (Member, Natural Resources Section) Bar Associations; The Mississippi Bar (Member, Natural Resources Section); Alabama State Bar; Mississippi Oil and Gas Lawyers Association (Director, 1983-1984, 2007-2008). Practice Areas: Natural Resources; Environmental Law; Real Estate; Commercial Law. Email: C. Glen Bush | | Joseph Leray McNamara (Shareholder) born Greenville, Mississippi, January 14, 1947; admitted to bar, 1975, Mississippi. Education: University of Mississippi (B.A., 1968; J.D., 1975). Omicron Delta Kappa; Phi Delta Phi. Adjunct Professor, Mississippi College School of Law, 1978-1979, 1999-2008. Member: The Mississippi Bar; American Bar Association; National Association of Railroad Trial Counsel; Mississippi Law Institute; Mississippi Defense Lawyers Association (Chairman, 1981); Defense Research Institute; American Inns of Court; American Board of Trial Advocates. [Lt., U.S. Navy, 1969-1973]. Reported Cases: Wyatt v. Cole, 504 U.S., 158 (1992); Toney v. Kawasaki Heavy Industries, Ltd., 985 F.2d 162 (5th Cir. 1992); Bradford v. Sears, Roebuck and Co., 673 F.2d 792 (5th Cir. 1982). Practice Areas: Products Liability; Medical Malpractice Defense; Employment Litigation; Commercial Litigation. Email: Joseph Leray McNamara | | Thomas L. Kirkland, Jr. (Shareholder) born Meridian, Mississippi, January 8, 1953; admitted to bar, 1978, Mississippi. Education: Meridian Jr. College (A.A., 1973); Mississippi State University (B.A., 1975); University of Mississippi (J.D., 1978). Omicron Delta Kappa; Phi Delta Phi. Member, Moot Court Board. Former Member, Mississippi State Board of Health. Member: Hinds County Bar Association; The Mississippi Bar; Federation of Insurance and Corporate Counsel; American Health Lawyers Association. Practice Areas: Health Law; Business Litigation; Certificates of Need; Health Care Litigation; Health Care Mergers and Acquisitions; Home Health Care; Nursing Home Litigation; Physicians Contracts; Medicare and Medicaid Reimbursement. Email: Thomas L. Kirkland, Jr. | | James R. Moore, Jr. (Shareholder) born San Marcos, Texas, September 15, 1955; admitted to bar, 1981, Mississippi. Education: Mississippi State University (B.S., 1978); University of Mississippi (J.D., 1981). Phi Delta Phi (Vice-Magister, 1981). Member, Moot Court Board, 1980-1981. Member: Madison County (Past President) and Hinds County Bar Associations; The Mississippi Bar; Mississippi Defense Lawyers Association (Secretary-Treasurer); Transportation Lawyers Association; International Association of Arson Investigators; Mississippi Fire Investigators Association. Practice Areas: Litigation; Insurance Defense; Fraud; Truck Accidents. Email: James R. Moore, Jr. | | J. Tucker Mitchell (Shareholder) born Cleveland, Mississippi, December 28, 1959; admitted to bar, 1983, Mississippi. Education: Delta State University (B.A., with honors, 1981); University of Mississippi (J.D., 1983). Omicron Delta Kappa; Phi Kappa Phi. Chairman, Moot Court Board, 1983. Student Body President, University of Mississippi Law School, 1983. Member: The Mississippi Bar; Mississippi Defense Lawyers Association; Defense Research Institute; Federation of Defense and Corporate Counsel (FDCC). Practice Areas: Insurance Defense; Litigation. Email: J. Tucker Mitchell | | Robert P. Thompson (Shareholder) born Forest, Mississippi, May 28, 1956; admitted to bar, 1981, Mississippi. Education: Mississippi State University (B.S., 1978); University of Mississippi (J.D., 1981). Phi Delta Phi. Member, Moot Court Board. Member: Hinds County and American Bar Associations; The Mississippi Bar; Mississippi Defense Lawyers Association; Mississippi Research Institute; International Association of Defense Counsel. Practice Areas: Commercial Litigation; Insurance Litigation; Workers Compensation. Email: Robert P. Thompson | | William H. Leech, Sr. (Shareholder) born Jackson, Mississippi, June 13, 1956; admitted to bar, 1981, Mississippi, U.S. District Court, Southern and Northern Districts of Mississippi, U.S. District Court, Northern and Southern District of Texas and U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit; Choctaw Tribal Court; U.S. Supreme Court. Education: Millsaps College (B.A., summa cum laude, 1978); Vanderbilt University (J.D., 1981). Patrick Wilson Scholar in Law, Vanderbilt University. Recipient, Millsaps College Founder's Medal. Member, Vanderbilt Law Review, 1979-1981. Selected for inclusion in Woodward White's "Best Lawyers in America". Adjunct Professor: Business Law and Business Ethics, Belhaven College; Secured Transactions and Debtor-Creditor Law, Mississippi College School of Law. Selected for inclusion in Woodward White's Best Lawyers in America. Panelist: "14th Annual Mid-South Conference on Bankruptcy Law" (Tunica, MS 2008); "Asset Protection Strategies Affected by BAPCA," 11th Annual American Bankruptcy Institute Southeast Bankruptcy Workshop (Amelia Island, FL 2006); "Mississippi Class Action Symposium," Mississippi Supreme Court, Mississippi Court of Appeals and Mississippi College School of Law (2004); "The Future of Consumer Financial Services Law," The Conference on Consumer Finance Law (Maui, Hawaii 2004); "Using Arbitration to Minimize Class Action Litigation" and "Keeping Classes Out of Bankruptcy Court: Tips and Traps When Dealing With Bankrupt Debtors," American Conference Institute (New York, NY and San Francisco, CA 2002). Lecturer and Author: "Small Business Provisions/Single Asset Real Estate Chapter 11 Cases Under BAPCPA," Annual Mid-South Conference on Bankruptcy Law (2007); "Asset Protection Strategies Affected By BAPCPA," Mississippi Bankruptcy Conference, Inc. (2007); "Update on Bankruptcy Developments," The Credit Law Institute (Santa Monica, CA 2005); "Litigating Consumer Class Actions in Bankruptcy Court," American Conference Institute (Chicago, IL 2005); "Consumer Bankruptcy," American Conference Institute (New York City, NY 2004); "Bad Faith Case Filings, Case Dismissals and Conversions Under Chapters 7, 11 & 13," 18th Annual Memphis Bar Association Bankruptcy Section Seminar (Memphis, TN 2004); "Hot and Developing Consumer Topics," 18th Annual Memphis Bar Association Bankruptcy Section Seminar (Memphis, TN 2004); "Private Rights of Action and Class Actions in Bankruptcy Court," 10th Annual Mid-South Conference on Bankruptcy Law (2004); "Mississippi State and Federal Legislative Update," FNBB-MNBB-ABB Annual Summer Conference (Destin, FL 2004); "Class Actions in Bankruptcy Court and Update of Section 524 Private Right of Action Defense," The Conference on Consumer Finance Law (Honolulu, Hawaii 2004); "Class Actions in Consumer Bankruptcy - Common Violations of the Bankruptcy Code, Class Action Resistant Reaffirmation Agreements and Redemption Procedures, and Update of Section 524 Private Right of Action Defense," American Conference Institute (New York City, NY, 2003); "State Hotspots, Statutes and Practices that Can Make or Break Your Class Action," American Conference Institute (New York City, NY, 2003); "Bankruptcy and Arbitration Issues and Developments," The Conference on Consumer Finance Law (Dallas, TX, 2003); "Recent Developments in Consumer Lending Arbitration" and "Automatic Stay/Discharge Injunction Issues When the Debtor has Elected to 'Ride Through'," American Conference Institute (New York, NY and San Francisco, CA, 2002); "Impact of Bankruptcy on Real Estate Loans and Foreclosure," The Conference on Consumer Finance Law (Dallas, TX, 2002); "Litigation Risks and Update for Automobile Finance and Mortgage Lending in Mississippi and Beyond," CompliSource (San Diego, CA and New Orleans, LA, 2002); "Debt Collection, Bankruptcy and the Expanded Liability of Creditors," The Conference on Consumer Finance Law (Palm Springs, CA, 2002); "Recent Developments in Bankruptcy," Mississippi Bankruptcy Conference, Inc., Twenty-First Annual Seminar (2002); "Debtor-Creditor Law, Privacy, Fair Credit Reporting and Consumer Bankruptcy," The Conference on Consumer Finance Law (Fort Worth, TX, 2002); "Issues in Bankruptcy Affecting Sub-Prime Lenders," National Home Equity Mortgage Association Convention (New Orleans, LA, 2001); "The Implications of the 203 North LaSalle Case," 7th Annual Mid-South Bankruptcy Conference (Memphis, TN, 2001); "Chapter 11 Issues," Mississippi Bankruptcy Conference, Inc. Twentieth Annual Seminar (2000); "Issues in Utility Bankruptcy Restructuring," 22nd Annual National Conference of Regulatory Attorneys (1999); "The Future of New Value," Fifth Annual Mid-South Bankruptcy Conference (Memphis, TN, 1999); "Small Business and Single Asset Cases: Are Statutory Changes Necessary?", American Bankruptcy Institute Annual Spring Meeting, (Washington, DC, 1998); "Basic Bankruptcy in Mississippi," National Business Institute, Inc. (1998, 1991, 1988); "Annual Seminar," Memphis Bar Association Bankruptcy Section (1996, 1995); "Debt Collection Seminar," University of Mississippi School of Law (1996); "How to Protect Secured Interests in Bankruptcy in Mississippi," National Business Institute, Inc. (1995); "Annual Bankruptcy Law Seminar," Mississippi College School of Law (1996, 1995, 1994, 1990, 1989); "Mississippi Foreclosure and Repossession," National Business Institute, Inc. (1994); "Selected Bankruptcy Issues and Practices," Mississippi Bankruptcy Conference, Inc. (1994, 1993, 1991, 1988); "The Ins and Outs of Bankruptcy Practice for Non-Bankruptcy Practitioners," Lorman Education Services (1994, 1993, 1992, 1991); "Foreclosure and Repossession in Mississippi, How to Do It Right," National Business Institute, Inc. (1993, 1992, 1990). Delegate to the Judicial Conference of the Fifth Circuit (1990). Member, Panel of Arbitrators and Mediators, National Arbitration Forum. Qualified Neutral, United States District Court, Northern and Southern Districts of Mississippi. Member, Order of Barristers. Fellow, Mississippi Bar Foundation. Reported Cases: American Heritage Life Insurance Co. v. Orr, 294 F.3d 702 (5th Cir. 2002); Bank One, N.A. v. Boyd, 288 F.3d 181 (5th Cir. 2002); BankOne v. Shumake, 281 F.3d 507 (5th Cir. 2002); Wood v. Wood, 825 F. 2d 90 (5th Cir. 1987); Brown v. J.P. Morgan/Chase Bank, 2006 WL 2095404 (S.D. Miss. 2006); Huntington Nat. Bank v. Entecap Corp., 2006 WL 3519346 (S.D. Miss. 2006); In Re: Harris, 312 B.R. 591, (N.D. Miss. 2004); Johnson v. J.P. Morgan Chase & Co., 2004 WL 2370621 (N.D. Miss. 2004); Knight v. Chase Manhattan Mortgage Corp., 2004 WL2297694 (N.D. Miss. 2004); Republic Finance v. Cauthen, 343 F. Supp. 2d 529 (N.D. Miss. 2004); Rosemont Gardens Funeral Chapel-Cemetary, Inc., et al. v. Trustmark National Bank, et al., 330 F. Supp. 801 (S.D. Miss. 2004); Wilson v. Bank of America Corp., 2004 WL 443881 (S.D. Miss., 2004); Boyd v. American Heritage, Ins. Co., 282 F. Supp. 2d 502 (S. D. Miss. 2003); Reed v. Mississippi Farm Bureau Mut. Ins. Co., 299 B.R. 804 (S.D. Miss. 2003); Toyota Motor Sales, USA, Inc. v. Farr, 237 F. Supp. 2d 703 (S.D. Miss. 2002); Roberts v. Chandaleur Homes, Inc., et al., 237 F. Supp. 2d 696 (S.D. Miss. 2002); Bank One, N.A. v. Coates, 125 F.Supp.2d 819 (S.D. Miss. 2001); Chickaway v. Bank One Dayton, N.A., 261 B.R. 646 (S.D. Miss. 2001); Bank One, N.A. v. Lewis, 144 F. Supp. 2d 640 (S. D. Miss. 2001); General Electric Capital Corp. v. Haymer, 151 F. Supp. 2d 753 (S. D. Miss. 2001); Wade v. Bailey, 267 B.R. 874 (S.D. Miss. 2001); Blount v. National Lending Corp., Inc. 108 F. Supp. 2d 666 (S. D. Miss. 2000); Raesly v. Grand Housing, Inc., 105 F. Supp. 2d 562 (S. D. Miss. 2000); Gray v. WMC Mortgage Corp., 2000 WL 33706390 (S.D. Miss. 2000); In re: Gunsmith's, Inc., 271 B.R. 487 (S. D. Miss. 2000); In re: Wood, 113 B.R. 253 (S.D. Miss. 1990); Wood v. Wood, 84 B.R. 432 (S.D. Miss. 1988); In re Consultrix Technologies, Inc., 2006 WL 4446466 (Bankr. S.D. Miss. 2006); In Re: Heath, 305 B.R. 249 (Bankr. N. D. Miss. 2004); Sylvester Harris, et. al. vs. Washington Mutual Home Loans, Inc., 297 B.R. 61 (Bankr. N.D. Miss. 2003); In re: Supertrail MFG. Co., Inc., 276 B.R. 136 (Bankr.N.D.Miss. 2000); Freeman Horn v. Trustmark National Bank, 245 B.R. 820 (Bankr. S.D. Miss. 1999); In re: Condere Corp., 228 B.R. 615 (Bankr. S.D. Miss. 1998); In the Matters of Treasure Bay Corporation, Treasure Bay Gaming and Resorts, Inc., 212 B.R. 520 (Bankr. S.D. Miss. 1997); In the Matter of Treasure Bay Corp., 205 B.R. 490 (Bankr. S.D. Miss. 1997); In re: Biloxi Casino Belle, Inc., 176 B.R. 427 (Bankr. S.D. Miss. 1995); Helena Chemical Co. v. Manley, 47 B.R. 72 (Bankr. N.D. Miss. 1985); Owen & Galloway, L.L.C. v. Smart Corp., 913 So.2d 174, 2005 WL 674809 (Miss. 2005); Johnson v. Bay City South Mortgage Company, 928 So.2d 888 (Miss. App. 2005); The Huntington National Bank v. Entecap Corporation, 2006 WL 3519346 (S.D. Miss.); Origen Financial v. Thompson, 2007 WL 3407391 (S.D. Miss.); Michael E. McDuffie v. Countrywide Home Loans, Inc., 2007 WL 3226844 (S.D. Miss.). Practice Areas: Bankruptcy Law; Creditors; Consumer Credit Litigation; Class Action Litigation; Commercial Litigation; Lender Liability; Mediation; Arbitration. Email: William H. Leech, Sr. | | Michael W. Baxter (Shareholder) born Memphis, Tennessee, March 26, 1963; admitted to bar, 1988, Mississippi, U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit and U.S. Supreme Court. Education: Delta State University (B.S., 1985); University of Mississippi (J.D., 1988). Phi Delta Phi. Member, Moot Court Board. Member: Madison County Bar Association; The Mississippi Bar; Mississippi Defense Lawyers Association; Defense Research Institute. Practice Areas: Insurance Defense; Insurance Coverage; Litigation; Products Liability. Email: Michael W. Baxter | | C. Ted Sanderson, Jr. (Shareholder) born Jackson, Mississippi, January 2, 1960; admitted to bar, 1985, Mississippi, U.S. District Court, Northern and Southern Districts of Mississippi and U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit; 1987, U.S. Tax Court; 1991, U.S. Court of Federal Claims. Education: Mississippi State University (B.B.A., 1982); Mississippi College School of Law (J.D., 1985); George Washington University (LL.M., Taxation, 1987). Law Clerk, Mississippi Supreme Court, 1985-1986. Attorney, Office of Chief Counsel, Internal Revenue Service, Washington, DC, 1987-1992. Member: The Mississippi Bar (Member, Taxation Section); American Bar Association (Member, Taxation Section). Practice Areas: Federal Taxation; State Taxation; Estate Planning; Probate; Guardianship; Trust Law; Commercial Law. Email: C. Ted Sanderson, Jr. | | Monte L. Barton, Jr. (Shareholder) born Albuquerque, New Mexico, October 18, 1966; admitted to bar, 1991, Mississippi, U.S. District Court, Northern and Southern Districts of Mississippi and U.S. Court of Appeals, 5th Circuit. Education: Mississippi State University (B.S., Ag. Economics, 1988); University of Mississippi (J.D., 1991). Phi Delta Phi. Honor Council Chairman, 1990-1991, Moot Court Board Chairman and Trial Competition Chairman, 1989-1990. Associate Legal Officer, Mississippi Wing Civil Air Patrol. Member: Madison-Ridgeland Rotary Club; Madison County Chamber of Commerce Board of Directors; Madison County Foundation, Board of Directors. Member: Fifth Federal Circuit, Federal and American Bar Associations; The Mississippi Bar; Lawyer-Pilots Bar Association; American Agricultural Law Association; Association for Transportation Law, Logistics and Policy. Special Agencies: Tribal Court for Mississippi Band of Choctaw Indians. Practice Areas: Insurance Defense; Products Liability; Federal Civil Litigation; Complex Litigation; Civil Litigation; Trial Practice; Aerial Chemical Application; Agricultural Law; Agricultural Tort Claims; Aviation Accidents; Aviation Law; Aviation Litigation; Business Litigation; Business Torts; Complex Business Litigation; General Practice. Email: Monte L. Barton, Jr. | | W. Shan Thompson (Shareholder) born Picayune, Mississippi, July 8, 1963; admitted to bar, 1992, Mississippi, U.S. District Court, Northern and Southern Districts of Mississippi and U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit. Education: University of Southern Mississippi (B.A., with honors, 1988); Brigham Young University (J.D., 1992). Member: Moot Court Board; J. Sherman Christensen American Inn of Court I. Recipient, Oil and Gas Law Award, Brigham Young University, 1992. Author, Comment, "CERCLA and the Abrogation of State Sovereign Immunity," 6 Brigham Young University Journal of Public Law 457 (1992). Representative, Student Bar Association. Member: The Mississippi Bar; Mississippi Defense Lawyers Association; Defense Research Institute. Reported Cases: Mississippi Farm Bureau Mutual Ins. Co. v. Walters, 908 So.2d 765 (Miss. 2005); Watson Quality Ford, Inc. v. Great River Ins. Co., 909 So.2d 1196 (Miss.App. 2005); Fitzgerald v. Liberty Safe and Security Products, Inc., 80 Fed.Appx. 897 (5th Cir. 2003); Guidry v. Pine Hills Country Club, Inc. of Calhoun County, 858 So.2d 196 (Miss. App. 2003); Ramsay v. Omnibank, 293 F.3d 760 (5th Cir. 2002); USF&G v. Omnibank, 812 So.2d 196 (Miss. 2002); TV-3, Inc. v. Royal Ins. Co. of America, 102 F.Supp.2d 347 (S.D. Miss. 2000); Pinkston v. Miss. Dept. of Transportation, 757 So.2d 1071 (Miss. 2000); KLLM, Inc. Employee Health Protection Plan v. Ontario Community Hospital, 947 F.Supp. 262 (S.D. Miss. 1996). Languages: Swedish. Practice Areas: Insurance; Insurance Defense; Litigation; Appellate Practice; Products Liability. Email: W. Shan Thompson | | C. Dale Shearer (Shareholder) born Jackson, Mississippi, November 1, 1963; admitted to bar, 1991, Mississippi. Education: University of Southern Mississippi (B.A., 1987); Louisiana State University (visiting student, 1990); University of Minnesota (J.D., 1991). Member: The Mississippi Bar (Member, Sections on: Natural Resources, Energy and Environmental Law; Business; Litigation); Mississippi Oil and Gas Lawyers Association (Member, Board of Directors, 1996-1998; Secretary, 1997-1998); Mississippi Defense Lawyers Association; Mississippi Association of Petroleum Landmen; Mississippi Associated Builders and Contractors. Practice Areas: Natural Resources; Construction Law; Construction Litigation; Commercial Law; Commercial Litigation. Email: C. Dale Shearer | | Jefferson P.W. Skelton (Shareholder) born Greenville, Mississippi, April 22, 1966; admitted to bar, 1993, Mississippi, U.S. District Court, Northern and Southern Districts of Mississippi and U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit. Education: Mississippi State University (B.A., 1989); Cumberland School of Law at Samford University (J.D., 1993). Phi Delta Phi. Member: Madison County Bar Association; The Mississippi Bar (Member, Administrative Law Section); Mississippi Defense Lawyers Association. Practice Areas: Workers Compensation; Administrative Law; Insurance. Email: Jefferson P.W. Skelton | | Julie Bowman Mitchell (Shareholder) born Denver, Colorado, September 30, 1968; admitted to bar, 1995, Mississippi; 1997, Illinois. Education: University of Mississippi (B.B.A., 1992; J.D., 1995); DePaul University (LL.M, 1997). Phi Delta Phi. Member: Mississippi Moot Court Board, 1994; American Health Lawyers Association, 1996. Member: Madison County Bar Association; The Mississippi Bar (Member, Health Law Section); Jackson Young Lawyers Association; American Health Lawyers Association. Practice Areas: Health Law; Corporate Law; Business Law; Medicare and Medicaid; Hospital Law; Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA); Nursing Home Law; Health Care Fraud; Health Care Abuse; CON Law. Email: Julie Bowman Mitchell | | J. Wade Sweat (Shareholder) born Ripley, Tennessee, October 23, 1967; admitted to bar, 1994, Mississippi and Tennessee, U.S. District Court, Northern and Southern Districts of Mississippi and U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit. Education: Mississippi State University (B.B.A., 1989); University of Mississippi, Oxford (J.D., 1994). Alumni Editor, Mississippi Law Journal, 1992-1994. Business Manager, Moot Court Board, 1992-1994. Member: The Mississippi Bar; American Bar Association; Jackson Young Lawyers Association; Defense Research Institute. Practice Areas: Insurance Defense; Litigation. Email: J. Wade Sweat | | Randall E. Day, III (Shareholder) born Harlingen, Texas, August 30, 1959; admitted to bar, 1994, Mississippi. Education: Copiah-Lincoln Community College (A.A., 1979); University of Southern Mississippi (B.S., 1983); University of Mississippi (J.D., 1993). Member: Madison County, Washington County and American Bar Associations; The Mississippi Bar; Washington County Young Lawyers Association (President, 1995). Practice Areas: Health Care; Corporate Law; Casualty Insurance; Fidelity and Surety Bonds; Extra Contractual Insurance Defense; Commercial Insurance Defense; Casualty Insurance Defense; Automobile Liability Defense; Automobile Insurance Defense; Insurance Defense; Products Liability. Email: Randall E. Day, III | | Donald J. Blackwood, Jr. (Shareholder) born Jackson, Mississippi, March 8, 1971; admitted to bar, 1997, Mississippi and U.S. District Court, Northern and Southern Districts of Mississippi and U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit. Education: University of Alabama (B.A., 1993); University of Mississippi (J.D., 1997). Member, Moot Court Board, 1995-1997. Member and Business Manager, Journal of National Security Law, 1996-1997. Mississippi Board of Bar Commissioners. Named one of Mississippi's Top 40 Under 40, 2003. Member: Hinds County, Madison County and American Bar Associations; The Mississippi Bar; Jackson Young Lawyers Association. Practice Areas: Commercial Litigation; Oil and Gas Law. Email: Donald J. Blackwood, Jr. | | Dale G. Russell (Shareholder) born Jackson, Mississippi, January 5, 1972; admitted to bar, 1998, Mississippi and U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit. Education: University of Southern Mississippi (B.S., 1995); University of Mississippi (J.D., 1997). Executive Board Member, Moot Court Board. Finalist, Moot Court Oral Advocacy Compeition. Member, National Moot Court Competition Team. Vice-President and Co-Founder, University of Mississippi School of Law Criminal Law Society. Recipient: Currie, Johnson, Griffin, Gaines & Myers Appellate Advocacy Award. Member, Parkway Hills United Methodist Church, Madison, MS. Member, Mississippi Claims Association. Member: Madison County, South Central Mississippi and American Bar Associations; The Mississippi Bar; Mississippi Defense Lawyers Association. Practice Areas: Insurance Bad Faith Defense; Insurance Coverage Defense; Premises Liability; Employment Law; Uninsured and Underinsured Motorists. Email: Dale G. Russell | | Patricia E. Herlihy (Shareholder) born Jackson, Mississippi; admitted to bar, 1992, Mississippi. Education: Tulane University (B.A., 1984); University of Mississippi School of Law (J.D., 1992). Member: Hinds County and Madison County Bar Associations; The Mississippi Bar. Practice Areas: Family Law; Construction Law; Collections; General Litigation. Email: Patricia E. Herlihy | | Rebecca S. Blunden (Shareholder) born Berea, Ohio, November 21, 1970; admitted to bar, 1999, Mississippi. Education: Cornell University (B.A., 1993); University of Mississippi (J.D., 1999). Member: Moot Court Board, 1997-1999, and Intellectual Property Moot Court Team, 1998 and 1999. Competed in the Saul Lefkowitz National Trademark Moot Court Competition, 1998 and 1999 (won National Championship, 1999). Legal Research and Writing Teaching Assistant, 1997-1999. Attorney Coach, Mississippi High School Mock Trial Competition, 2000, 2002 (5th place finish in State), 2003 (4th place finish in State) and 2004. Member: The Mississippi Bar; Mississippi Defense Lawyers Association. Reported Cases: Titan Indem. Co. v. Old South Ins. Group, Inc. et al., --- S.W.3d ----, 2006 WL 3780407 (Tex. Ct. App. - San Antonio December 27, 2006); Robinson v. Southern Farm Bureau Cas. Co., 915 So. 2d 516 (Miss. Ct. App. 2005); Frye v. Southern Farm Bureau Cas. Ins. Co., 915 So. 2d 486 (Miss. Ct. App. 2005); Banks v. Southern Farm Bur. Cas. Co., 912 So. 2d 1094 (Miss. Ct. App. 2005); Huff-Cook, Inc. v. Dale, 913 So .2d 988 (Miss. 2005); Titan Indemnity Co. v. Hood, 895 So. 2d 138 (Miss. 2004); Noxubee County Sch. Dist v. United Nat'l Ins. Co., 883 So. 2d 1159 (Miss. 2004); Luedke v. Audubon Ins. Co., 874 So. 2d 1029 (Miss. Ct. App. 2004); Trotter v. Federal Ins. Co., 865 So. 2d 411 (Miss. Ct. App. 2004); Stubbs v. Mississippi Farm Bureau Cas. Ins. Co., 825 So. 2d 8 (Miss. 2002); Lewallen v. Slawson, 822 So. 2d 236 (Miss. 2002); Martin v. Flanagan, 818 So. 2d 1124 (Miss. 2002). Practice Areas: Insurance(50%); Civil Litigation(40%); Insurance Defense(10%). Email: Rebecca S. Blunden | | —————————— | | Wm. Bruce McKinley (Associate) born Jackson, Mississippi, June 8, 1956; admitted to bar, 1981, Mississippi; U.S. District Court, Northern and Southern Districts of Mississippi; U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth, Eleventh and District of Columbia Circuits. Education: Millsaps College (B.A., 1978); University of Mississippi (J.D., 1981). Director, Legal Department, Mississippi Public Service Commission, 1988-2002. Member, Staff Subcommittee on Law, National Association of Regulatory Commissioners (NARUC). Past President, National Conference of Regulatory Attorneys (NCRA). Lead Co-Counsel In Re: Welding Rods Products Liability Multi-District Litigation Docket No. 1535. Member: The Mississippi Bar; Madison County Bar Association. Practice Areas: Electric Power; Natural Gas; Energy; Telecommunications Law; Water Law; Utility Law; Corporate Law; Motor Carrier Law; Insurance Defense; Mass Tort Defense; Multi-District Litigation. Email: Wm. Bruce McKinley | | Janet G. Arnold (Associate) born Galveston, Texas, January 4, 1960; admitted to bar, 1984, Mississippi; U.S. District Court, Northern and Southern Districts of Mississippi, U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth and Sixth Circuits, U.S. Supreme Court. Education: University of Mississippi (B.A., cum laude, 1981; J.D., magna cum laude, 1984). Phi Delta Phi; Phi Kappa Theta; Eta Sigma Phi. Recipient: National Merit Scholar; Charles Dean Memorial Scholarship, Commercial Law; William Waller Criminal Law and Procedure Award; American Jurisprudence Awards in Commercial Law, Criminal Procedure, Mississippi Civil Practice. Member, 1982-1984 and Research Editor, 1984, Mississippi Law Journal. Adjunct Professor, University of Mississippi School of Law, Appellate Advocacy, 1994-1997. Law Clerk, U.S. District Court Judge William C. Keady, Northern District of Mississippi, 1984-1985. Member: The Mississippi Bar. Practice Areas: Insurance Defense; Complex Litigation. Email: Janet G. Arnold | | Robert C. Richardson (Associate) born Greenwood, Mississippi, September 26, 1961; admitted to bar, 1987, Mississippi; 1988, Tennessee. Education: University of Mississippi (B.B.A., Management, 1983; J.D., 1987). Member: Memphis (Vice Chairman, Corporate Counsel Section, 1998-1999), Tennessee and American (Member, Labor and Employment Section) Bar Associations; The Mississippi Bar. Practice Areas: Labor and Employment; Business Law; Corporate Law; Employee Benefits. Email: Robert C. Richardson | | Bridget H. Robinson (Associate) born Natchez, Mississippi, September 28, 1966; admitted to bar, 1992, Mississippi. Education: University of Southern Mississippi (B.S., 1988); Mississippi College School of Law (J.D., 1992). Associate Editor, Mississippi College Law Review, 1991-1992. Member: Hinds County and American Bar Associations; The Mississippi Bar; Jackson Young Lawyers Association; Mississippi Defense Lawyers Association. Email: Bridget H. Robinson | | Samuel S. Goza (Associate) born Canton, Mississippi, April 17, 1963; admitted to bar, 1995, Mississippi, U.S. District Court, Northern and Southern Districts of Mississippi and U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit. Education: Mississippi State University (B.B.A., 1990); University of Mississippi (J.D., 1994). Phi Delta Phi. Recipient: American Jurisprudence Award for Civil Procedure I; Outstanding Student Award for Insurance. Member, Mississippi Law Journal. Member: Madison County Bar Association; The Mississippi Bar; American Bar Association. Practice Areas: Commercial Law; Real Estate; Wills; Estates; Bankruptcy; Business Law; Insurance Defense; General Practice. Email: Samuel S. Goza | | Michelle C. Partridge (Associate) born Pensacola, Florida, December 8, 1967; admitted to bar, 1996, Mississippi. Education: University of West Florida (B.A., 1990); Troy State University (M.P.A., 1993); Mississippi College School of Law (J.D., 1996). Delta Theta Phi. Member, Trial Advocacy Team, Mississippi College School of Law. Recipient, American Jurisprudence Awards: Family Law; Trial Practice. Member: Hinds County and American Bar Associations; The Mississippi Bar; Jackson Young Lawyers Association. Practice Areas: Copyrights; Insurance Insolvency; Insurance Guaranty Association Law; Insurance Mergers and Acquisitions; Insurance Receivership; Insurance Rehabilitation and Liquidation; Intellectual Property; Trademarks. Email: Michelle C. Partridge | | William O. Brown, Jr. (Associate) born Evanston, Illinois, December 9, 1952; admitted to bar, 1977, Mississippi and U.S. District Court, Northern District of Mississippi; 1981, U.S. Tax Court. Education: Mississippi State University (B.S., Accounting, 1974); University of Mississippi (J.D., 1977); University of Denver (LL.M., Taxation, 1981). Who's Who-Business and Finance; Outstanding Young Man in America; Honorable Mention, CPA Exam; Am Jur Award-Will and Trust Drafting. Rotary Club, Board Member and President; Chamber of Commerce, Board Member and Vice President; Episcopal Church, Vestry Member and Clerk; Arts Council, Board Member and President. Member: The Mississipi Bar; American Bar Association; American Institute of Certified Public Accountants; Mississippi Society of Certified Public Accountants; International Association of Certified Financial Planners; Estate Planning Council of Mississippi. Practice Areas: Business Planning; Mergers, Acquisitions and Divestitures; Corporate Reorganization; Business Succession; Corporate Law; Taxation; Estate Planning; Tax Controversies; Asset Protection; Executive Compensation. Email: William O. Brown, Jr. | | Rhonda Lea McCullough (Associate) born Grenada, Mississippi, March 30, 1969; admitted to bar, 1997, Mississippi and U.S. District Court, Northern and Southern Districts of Mississippi and U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit. Education: University of Southern Mississippi (B.A., 1991); University of Mississippi (J.D., 1997). Member: The Mississippi Bar; Mississippi Defense Lawyers Association. Practice Areas: Insurance Coverage; Insurance Defense; Personal Injury Defense; Wrongful Death Defense; Products Liability Defense. Email: Rhonda Lea McCullough | | Frank John Kolb, IV (Associate) born Louisville, Kentucky, December 23, 1971; admitted to bar, 2000, Maryland. (Not admitted in Mississippi). Education: The American University (B.A., cum laude, 1993); University of Houston Law Center (J.D., 1998); University of Texas School of Public Health (M.P.H., 2000). Health Lobbyist, National Association of Counties, April 2002-April 2003. Legal Assistant: U.S. Rep. Bobby Rush (D-IL), Oct. 2000-April 2002; Texas State Senator Judith Zaffirini, Aug. 1998-May 1999. Legal Intern, American Medical Association (Summers 1996 and 1997). Intern, M.D. Anderson Hospital, Houston, TX, Spring, 1996. Law Clerk, Boehl, Stopher & Graves, Paducah, Kentucky, Summer 1995. Editorial Assistant, The Hotline, Summer, 1994. Intern, Sen. Edward Kennedy, August 1993-May 1994. Practice Areas: Health Care Law. Email: Frank John Kolb, IV | | William Buckley Stewart (Associate) born West Monroe, Louisiana, March 11, 1972; admitted to bar, 1998, Mississippi; 2000, Louisiana, U.S. District Court, Northern and Southern Districts of Mississippi, U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit. Education: Louisiana State University (B.A., 1994); Mississippi College (J.D., 1998). Law Clerk to the Honorable D. Milton Moore, III and the Honorable John L. Lolley, Fourth Judicial District Court, Monroe, Louisiana, 1998-2000. Certified Law Enforcement Officer, State of Mississippi, 1997. Member: The Mississippi Bar; Louisiana State Bar Association; Mississippi Defense Lawyers Association. Practice Areas: Insurance Defense; Construction Defects; Trial Practice; Premises Liability Defense; Asbestos Defense; Mold Litigation. Email: William Buckley Stewart | | Abigail M. Marbury (Associate) born August 13, 1973; admitted to bar, 1999, Mississippi, U.S. District Court, Southern and Northern Districts of Mississippi and U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit; 2001, Louisiana; 2002, U.S. District Court, Eastern, Western and Middle Districts of Louisiana. Education: University of South Alabama (B.A., 1995); University of Mississippi School of Law (J.D., 1999). Member: Hinds County, Madison County, Louisiana State and American Bar Associations; The Mississippi Bar. Reported Cases: Ainsworth v. Capform, Inc., 784 So.2d 1008 (Miss. App. 2001); Smith v. Noble Drilling (U.S.), Inc., 784 So.2d 1003 (Miss. App. 2001); In re Estate of Johnson, 779 So.2d 164 (Miss. App. 2000). Practice Areas: Litigation; Insurance Defense. Email: Abigail M. Marbury | | Walker Reece Gibson (Associate) born Beaufort, South Carolina, May 9, 1975; admitted to bar, 2000, Mississippi, U.S. District Court, Northern and Southern Districts of Mississippi and U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit. Education: Mississippi College (B.A., 1997); Mississippi College School of Law, Jackson (J.D., 2000). Vice-Chairman, Moot Court Board, 1999-2000. President, Federalist Society. Recipient, American Jurisprudence Award, Trial Practice. Member: Hinds County, Madison County and American Bar Associations; The Mississippi Bar; Jackson Young Lawyers Association; Charles Clark Chapter, American Inns of Court. Practice Areas: Personal Injury Defense; Products Liability Defense; Insurance Related Matters; Employment Law. Email: Walker Reece Gibson | | Caryn L. Anlage (Associate) born May 24, 1977; admitted to bar, 2002, Mississippi, U.S. District Court, Northern and Southern Districts of Mississippi and U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit; 2003, Alabama, U.S. District Court, Northern, Middle and Southern Districts of Alabama and U.S. Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit. Education: Auburn University (B.A., 1999); Mississippi College School of Law (J.D., magna cum laude, 2002). Vice Competition Chairman, Moot Court Board (2001-2002). Recipient: Mississippi Bankruptcy Conference Award, 2001; American Jurisprudence Award, Civil Procedure II, Debtor-Creditor and Alternate Dispute Resolution. Writer, Legal Eye Newspaper. Member: Alabama State Bar; The Mississippi Bar; Defense Research Institute (Insurance Law Division). Practice Areas: Insurance Bad Faith; Insurance Coverage; Corporate Insurance Defense; Appellate Practice; Litigation. Email: Caryn L. Anlage | | Karen L. Gunn (Associate) born Meridian, Mississippi, November 13, 1973; admitted to bar, 2002, Mississippi. Education: University of Alabama (B.A., 1994; J.D., cum laude, 2002). Student Bar Association, Secretary; Bench & Bar Legal Honor Society, Vice-President; Phi Delta Phi, Vice-Magister, Exchequer; Law and Psychology Review Managing Board. Recipient: Jerome A. Hoffman Student Leadership Award; Bench & Bar Dallas Sands Outstanding Senior Award; Phi Delta Phi Howell T. Heflin Award; Dean's Community Service Award. Member: The Mississippi Bar; Mississippi Bankruptcy Conference (Board of Directors, 2004-2005); Jackson Young Lawyers. Practice Areas: Commercial Law; Business Litigation; Oil and Gas Law; Litigation. Email: Karen L. Gunn | | Lori Jordan Graham (Associate) born Middlesboro, Kentucky, July 22, 1974; admitted to bar, 2002, Mississippi, U.S. District Court, Northern and Southern Districts of Mississippi and U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit. Education: Eastern Kentucky University (B.A., 1996); Mississippi College School of Law (J.D., 2002). Member: The Mississippi Bar; American Bar Association. Reported Cases: Lifestyle Furnishings v. Judy R. Tollison, — So.2d —, 2008 WL 767424 (Miss.App.). Practice Areas: Litigation; Workers Compensation Defense; Insurance Defense. Email: Lori Jordan Graham | | Andy Lowry (Associate) born Jackson, Mississippi, May 10, 1969; admitted to bar, 2002, Mississippi. Education: Millsaps College (B.A., 1991); Mississippi State University (M.A., 1995); University of Mississippi School of Law (J.D., cum laude, 2002). Mississippi Cases Editor, Mississippi Law Journal, 2001-2002. Member, Moot Court Board, 2000-2002. Intern, Judge William H. Barbour, Jr., United States District Court for the Southern District of Mississippi, summer 2001. Law Clerk, Justice Kay B. Cobb, Mississippi Supreme Court, 2002-2003. Member: The Mississippi Bar, Mississippi Defense Lawyers' Association. Reported Cases: St. Dominic-Madison County Med. Ctr. v. Madison County Med. Ctr., 928 So. 2d 822 (Miss. 2006), Windmon v. Marshall, 926 So. 2d 867 (Miss. 2006), Singing River Hosp. Sys. v. Biloxi Reg'l Med. Ctr., 928 So. 2d 810 (Miss. 2006), Miss. State Dep't of Health v. Rush Care, Inc., 882 So.2d 205 (Miss. 2004). Practice Areas: Health Care Law; Litigation; Appellate Practice. Email: Andy Lowry | | James A. Norris, III (Associate) admitted to bar, 2003, Mississippi. Education: University of Mississippi (B.Accy., 1994; M.Tax, 1995; J.D., magna cum laude, 2002); University of Florida (LL.M., Taxation, 2003). Phi Kappa Phi. Recipient, Outstanding Student Award in Income Taxation I. Member, Mississippi Law Journal, 2000-2002. Certified Public Accountant. Member: The Mississippi Bar; American Bar Association (Member, Sections on: Taxation; Real Property; Probate and Trust Law; Business Law); American Institute of Public Accountants; Mississippi Society of Certified Public Accountants. Practice Areas: Business Planning; Mergers, Acquisitions and Divestitures; Corporate Reorganization; Business Taxation; Partnership Taxation; Estate Planning; Trusts and Estates; Wills; Estate and Gift Taxation; Trusts and Estates Taxation; Tax Controversies; Asset Protection. Email: James A. Norris, III | | Christy M. Sparks (Associate) born Tuscaloosa, Alabama, November 8, 1973; admitted to bar, 2002, Alabama; 2004, Mississippi; U.S. Court of Appeals, Eleventh and Fifth Circuits; U.S. District Court, Northern and Southern Districts of Mississippi. Education: University of Alabama (B.A., magna cum laude, 1996; M.A., 1999; J.D., magna cum laude, 2002). Phi Beta Kappa. Member, John A. Campbell Moot Court Board, 2001-2002. Editor-in-Chief, Law & Psychology Review, 2001-2002. National Labor & Employment Moot Court Team, 2001-2002. Member: Alabama State Bar; The Mississippi Bar; American Bar Association. Practice Areas: Business Litigation; Civil Litigation; Appellate Practice; Oil and Gas. Email: Christy M. Sparks | | Ellen P. Robb (Associate) born Mobile, Alabama, January 31, 1975; admitted to bar, 2003, Mississippi and Alabama; U.S. District Courts Northern and Southern Districts of Mississippi; U.S. District Court, Northern and Middle Districts of Alabama; U.S. Courts of Appeals, Fifth and Eleventh Circuits. Education: Auburn University (B.A., 1998); University of Memphis (M.B.A., 2000); Univerisity of Mississippi (J.D., cum laude, 2003). Practice Areas: Civil Litigation. Email: Ellen P. Robb | | Barry D. Hassell (Associate) born Jackson, Mississippi, September 14, 1976; admitted to bar, 2003, Mississippi, U.S. District Court, Northern District of Mississippi and U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit. Education: University of Mississippi (B.B.A., 1999; J.D., 2003). Member: Hinds County, Madison County and American Bar Associations; The Mississippi Bar; Jackson Young Lawyers Association. Practice Areas: Insurance Defense; Mass Torts; Personal Injury Defense. Email: Barry D. Hassell | | Allison C. Simpson (Associate) born Roanoke, Virginia, 1978; admitted to bar, 2003, Mississippi. Education: Mississippi State Univesity (B.A., 2000); University of Mississippi (J.D., 2003). Member: Madison County Bar Association; The Mississippi Bar; American Health Lawyers Association. Practice Areas: Health Law; Business Law. Email: Allison C. Simpson | | P. Vance Daly (Associate) born Memphis, Tennessee, February 21, 1978; admitted to bar, 2003, Mississippi, U.S. District Court, Northern and Southern Districts of Mississippi and U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit. Education: Delta State University (B.B.A., Insurance and Real Estate, 2000); University of Mississippi (J.D., cum laude, 2003). Phi Delta Phi. Member, Moot Court Board. Honor Council Representative. Secretary, Public Interest Law Clinic. Member: Madison County Bar Association; The Mississippi Bar (Member, Child Advocacy Committee); Jackson Young Lawyers Association. Practice Areas: Oil and Gas Law; Products Liability; Construction Law; Construction Litigation; Environmental Law; Litigation; Health Care; Business Law; Business Litigation; Collections; Garnishments; Certificates of Need; Continuing Care Retirement Communities; Health Care Compliance; Health Care Fraud; Health Care Licensing; Health Care Litigation; Health Care Reimbursement; Nursing Home Regulation. Email: P. Vance Daly | | Marisa Campbell Atkinson (Associate) born Jackson, Mississippi, March 13, 1977; admitted to bar, 2003, Mississippi, U.S. District Court, Northern and Southern Districts of Mississippi and U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit. Education: Mississippi State University (B.A., summa cum laude, 1998); University of Mississippi (J.D., 2003). Phi Delta Phi; Delta Theta Phi. Member, The Journal of National Security Law. Author: "How to Succeed in the Mississippi Gaming Industry...Sorry, But You Can't," 7 Gaming L.R. 193 (2003). Member, Civil Legal Clinic, 2002-2003. Member: Madison County Bar Association; The Mississippi Bar (Member, Young Lawyers Division; Publications Committee). Practice Areas: Insurance; Insurance Defense(100%). Email: Marisa Campbell Atkinson | | Philip J. Chapman (Associate) born Starkville, Mississippi, March 19, 1976; admitted to bar, 2004, Mississippi, U.S. District Court, Northern and Southern Districts of Mississippi and U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit. Education: Millsaps College (B.S., magna cum laude, 1997); Mississippi College School of Law (J.D., cum laude, 2004). Member, Mississippi College Law Review 2002-2004. Member: The Mississippi Bar; American Bar Association. Practice Areas: Insurance Defense; Litigation. Email: Philip J. Chapman | | Stephanie C. Edgar (Associate) admitted to bar, 2004, Mississippi; U.S. District Court, Southern and Northern Districts of Mississippi; U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit. Education: University of Southern Mississippi (B.A., Political Science, with highest honors, 2001); University of Mississippi School of Law (J.D., 2004). Member: Madison County Bar Association; The Mississippi Bar. Practice Areas: Medical Malpractice Defense; Insurance Defense; Products Liability Defense. Email: Stephanie C. Edgar | | Daniel E. Ruhl (Associate) born 1973; admitted to bar, 2004, Mississippi, U.S. District Court, Southern and Northern Districts of Mississippi and U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit. Education: Tulane University (B.S.E., Civil Engineering, 1995); Mississippi College School of Law (J.D., summa cum laude, 2004). Recipient, American Jurisprudence Award in seven classes, 2001-2004. Executive Editor, Mississippi College Law Review, 2003-2004. Participant, Duberstein National Moot Court Competition, 2002. Speaker and Author, "Ethical Considerations in a Wired World," Lorman Education Services Seminar on Legal Ethics in Mississippi, Jackson, Mississippi, 2005. Author, "Mississippi Supreme Court Walks the Line in Favor of Arbitration," Mississippi Defense Lawyers Quarterly, Spring, 2005. Speaker, "Electronic Discovery - The Common Law Duty to Preserve and the Federal Rules Amendments," Madison County Bar Association, 2007. Member, Editorial Board, Quarterly Magazine, Mississippi Defense Lawyers Association, 2006-2007. Member, Charles Clark Chapter, American Inns of Court, 2003-2004. Member: Fifth Circuit and American Bar Associations; The Mississippi Bar (Member, Child Advocacy Committee, Young Lawyers Division, 2006-2007); Mississippi Defense Lawyers Association; Jackson Young Lawyers Association (Member: Community Service Committee, 2006-2007; City Court Mediation Committee, 2007); Mississippi Bankruptcy Conference; American Bankruptcy Institute; Conference on Consumer Finance Law. [Lieut., U.S. Navy, 1995-2000]. Reported Cases: Haywood v. Tribeca Lending Corp., et al, Slip Copy, 2006 WL 2850348 (N.D. Miss., October 4, 2006); Haywood v. Tribeca Lending Corp., et al, Slip Copy, 2006 WL 2708578 (N.D. Miss., September 20, 2006); Brown v. J.P. Morgan/Chase Bank, Slip Copy, 2006 WL 2095404 (S.D. Miss., July 27, 2006); Origen Financial, LLC v. Christy Lynn W. Thompson, et al., Slip Copy, 2007 WL 3407391 (S.D. Miss., November 15, 2007). Practice Areas: Collections; Bankruptcy; Commercial Litigation; Consumer Finance. Email: Daniel E. Ruhl | | Michael C. Gatling (Attorney) born Laurel, Mississippi, 1975; admitted to bar, 2004, Mississippi. Education: North Carolina State University (B.S., Zoology, 1997; B.S., Chemical Engineering, 1999); University of Mississippi (J.D., 2004). Member: Washington County and Madsion County Bar Associations; The Mississippi Bar; Washington County Young Lawyers Association. Practice Areas: Insurance Defense; Litigation. Email: Michael C. Gatling | | John H. Geary, Jr. (Associate) admitted to bar, 2004, Mississippi. Education: Vanderbilt University (B.A., cum laude, 1979); Fuller Theological Seminary (M.A., 1985; M.Div., 1988); University of Mississippi (J.D., 2004). Member: The Mississippi Bar. Practice Areas: Oil and Gas; Commercial Litigation; Real Estate; Natural Resources; Environmental Law; Commercial Law. Email: John H. Geary, Jr. | | Leslie Bounds (Associate) admitted to bar, 2006, Mississippi. Education: Mississippi College School of Law; New York University (LL.M., 2006). Practice Areas: Taxation. Email: Leslie Bounds | | James D. Boone (Associate) born Jackson, Mississippi, 1979; admitted to bar, 2006, Mississippi, U.S. District Court, Southern and Northern Districts of Mississippi and U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit. Education: Brigham Young University, Idaho (B.S., 2003); Mississippi College School of Law (J.D., 2006). Member: The Mississippi Bar. Languages: Portuguese. Practice Areas: Insurance Coverage Defense. Email: James D. Boone | | M. Scott Jones (Associate) born San Diego, California, January 12, 1977; admitted to bar, 2006, Mississippi; U.S. District Court, Northern and Southern Districts of Mississippi; U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit. Education: Mississippi College (B.S.B.A.); Mississippi College School of Law (J.D.). Practice Areas: Litigation; Insurance; Trademarks; Intellectual Property. Email: M. Scott Jones | | Jesse S. New, Jr. (Associate) born Jackson, Mississippi, September 6, 1979; admitted to bar, 2006, Mississippi, U.S. District Court, Northern and Southern Districts of Mississippi and U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit. Education: University of Southern Mississippi (B.A., 2003); Mississippi College School of Law (J.D., 2006). Member: Madison County and American Bar Associations; The Mississippi Bar. Practice Areas: Natural Resources; Oil and Gas Law; Oil and Gas Leasing; Oil and Gas Title Examination; Real Estate. Email: Jesse S. New, Jr. | | Lindsey M. Turk (Associate) admitted to bar, 2006, Mississippi; U.S. District Court, Northern and Southern Districts of Mississippi and U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit. Education: University of Mississippi (B.B.A., magna cum laude, 1999); University of Mississippi School of Law (J.D., cum laude, 2006). Member: The Mississippi Bar. Practice Areas: Commercial Litigation; Business Law; Business Litigation. Email: Lindsey M. Turk | | R. Eric Toney (Associate) born McComb, Mississippi, 1980; admitted to bar, 2006, Mississippi, U.S. District Court, Southern and Northern Districts of Mississippi and U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit. Education: Mississippi College (B.S., 2003); Mississippi College School of Law (J.D., 2006). Phi Delta Phi. Member, Moot Court Board. Participant: ABA National Appellate Advocacy Competition; Eighth Annual Pepperdine Entertainment Law Appellate Competition. Intern to the Hon. Kay B. Cobb, former justice of the Mississippi Supreme Court. Recipient, American Jurisprudence Awards in: Legal Research and Legal Drafting; Appellate Advocacy. Member: Madison County Bar Association; The Mississippi Bar; Transportation Lawyers Association. Practice Areas: Automobile Insurance Defense; Automobile Liability Defense; Motor Carrier Defense; Truck Accidents. Email: R. Eric Toney | | LaToya Tate Jeter (Associate) born Jackson, Mississippi, January 27, 1981; admitted to bar, 2006, Mississippi; U.S. District Court, Northern and Southern Districts of Mississippi. Education: University of North Carolina, Greensboro (B.A., cum laude, 2003); University of Mississippi (J.D., 2006). Law Clerk, Justice James E. Graves, Mississippi Supreme Court, 2006-2007. Recipient, American Jurisprudence Award in Alternative Dispute Resolution. Author, "The Status of the Outer Space Treaty at International Law During "War" and "Those Measures Short of War," Journal of Space Law, July 2006. Member: The Mississippi Bar. Practice Areas: Insurance Defense; Litigation. Email: LaToya Tate Jeter | | Charles P. Copeland (Associate) born 1977; admitted to bar, 2008, Mississippi. Education: University of Mississippi. Member: The Mississippi Bar. | | OF COUNSEL | | Thomas A. Cook (Of Counsel) born Charleston, Mississippi, December 31, 1946; admitted to bar, 1975, Mississippi. Education: University of Mississippi (B.B.A., 1971; J.D., 1975). Business Manager, Mississippi Law Journal, 1974-1975. Co-Author: "Exemptions from Registration under the Securities Act of 1933 and Registration of Securities under the Mississippi Securities Law," 46 Mississippi Law Journal, Fall, 1975. Member: Hinds County Bar Association; The Mississippi Bar (Secretary-Treasurer, Natural Resources Section, 1988-1989; Member, Sections on: Corporate Finance; Commercial Law; Natural Resources Law); Mississippi Oil and Gas Lawyers Association (President, 1980-1981). [U.S. Army, 1971-1973]. Practice Areas: Corporate Law; Real Estate; Natural Resources. Email: Thomas A. Cook | | Robert L. Goza (Of Counsel) born Canton, Mississippi, October 7, 1932; admitted to bar, 1956, Mississippi, U.S. District Court, Northern and Southern Districts of Mississippi, U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit and U.S. Supreme Court. Education: Mississippi State University (B.S., 1955); University of Mississippi (LL.B., 1956). Phi Delta Phi. Member, Moot Court Board. Member, University of Mississippi Law Journal. Attorney for City of Canton, Mississippi, 1961-1981. County Prosecuting Attorney, 1971-1982. Circuit Court Judge, 1983-1998. Member: Hinds County and Madison County Bar Associations; The Mississippi Bar; Conference of Senior Trial Judges. Practice Areas: Litigation; Criminal Law; Municipal Law; Alternative Dispute Resolution. Email: Robert L. Goza | | Ronnie Musgrove (Of Counsel) born Tocowa, Mississippi, 1956; admitted to bar, 1981, Mississippi. Education: Northwest Junior College (B.A., 1976); University of Mississippi (B.S., 1978; J.D., 1981). Recipient: Outstanding Service Award, Mississippi Bar Association,1985; Phi Beta Kappa, 2004; Phi Kappa Theta Award, 2004; Jobs for America's Graduates Award, 2003 and 2004; Distinguished Service Award, National Guard Bureau, 2003. State Senator, Mississippi, 1988-1996; Lieutenant Governor, State of Mississippi, 1996- 2000; Governor, State of Mississippi, 2000-2004. Vice Chair, Democratic Governors Association, 2003. Chair Elect, National Governors Association, 2003. Chair, Southern Regional Education Board, 2003. Chair, Southern States Energy Board, 2002. Chair, Southern Growth Policies Board, 2001. Chair, National Conference of Lieutenant Governors, 1998. Member: Rotary Club, Paul Harris Fellow; National Assessment Governing Board; National Board for Professional Teaching Standards; Habitat for Humanity, Volunteer. Member: The Mississippi Bar (Commissioner, Board of Bar Commissioners, 1990-1993). Fellow, Mississippi Bar Foundation. Practice Areas: Commercial Law; Zoning, Planning and Land Use; Contracts; Property Law; General Practice. Email: Ronnie Musgrove |
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