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| | Address | | Suite A, 1025 Northpark Drive (Ridgeland), P.O. Box 9147 | | Ridgeland, Mississippi 39157 | | (Madison Co.) | | Mailing Address: P.O. Box 9147, Jackson, MS, 39286-9147 | |  | Free Initial Consultation |
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| | Contact Information | | Phone: 601-978-1996 | | Facsimile: 601-978-1949 | | Visit Our Website | | http://www.uwbbr.com |  | | Send Us Email |  |
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| | Upshaw, Williams, Biggers, Beckham & Riddick, LLP practices in the following areas of law:
General Civil Practice in all State and Federal Courts; Administrative; Appellate Practice; Arson; Bad Faith; Banking; Bankruptcy; Business; Casualty; Civil Trial; Commercial; Construction; Corporation; Environmental; F.E.L.A.; Fidelity; Fraud; Insurance Defense; Insurance Coverage; Legal Malpractice; Liability; Litigation; Mass Torts; Medical Malpractice; Negligence; Personal Injury; Probate; Product Liability; Professional Liability; Property; Railroad; Real Estate; Savings and Loan; Self-Insured Matters; Surety; Torts; Transportation; UCC; Uninsured Motorist; Workers Compensation. | | Year Established: 1971 | | Firm Size: 26 | Representative Clients:
Insurance: Alexsis, Inc.; ALFA Insurance Co.; Allied American Insurance Co.; Allstate Insurance Co.; American Interstate Insurance Co.; American Federation General Agency, Inc.; American Federated Group; American Fire & Casualty Co.; American Indemnity Group; American Inter-Fidelity Exchange; American Motorist Insurance Co.; American States Insurance Co.; Argonaut Insurance Co.; Arrow Insurance Co.; The Atlanta Casualty Cos.; Automotive Insurance Co.; Aviation Adjustment Bureau, Inc.; Beacon American Insurance Co.; Bituminous Casualty Co.; Boston Old Colony Insurance Co.; Capital Alliance Insurance Co.; Capital Assurance Co., Inc.; CIGNA Insurance Co.; City Insurance Co.; Coastal Insurance Enterprises, Inc.; Colonial Insurance Co. of California; Commercial Union Insurance Co.; CNA Insurance Cos.; Crawford & Co.; Crum & Foster; Direct Insurance Cos.; Dixie Insurance Co.; The Doctor's Company; Dominion Insurance Corp.; Employer's Mutual Casualty Insurance Cos.; Farmland Insurance Cos.; Federal Home Life Insurance Co.; Federal Kemper Insurance Co.; Fidelity & Casualty Co. of New York; Fidelity & Deposit Co. of Maryland; Fidelity & Guaranty Insurance Co.; Florist Mutual Ins. Co.; Florists Insurance Co.; Foremost Ins. Group; Frontier Adjusting Co.; General Accident Insurance Co. of America; General Adjustment Bureau; General Star Management; Georgia Casualty & Surety Co.; Glen Falls Insurance Co.; Grain Dealers Mutual Ins. Co.; Graphic Arts Mutual Ins. Co.; Graward General Cos.; Great American Insurance Co.; Great Atlantic Insurance Co.; Great River Insurance Co.; Harbor Insurance Co.; Hartford Accident & Indemnity Co.; Hartford Casualty Insurance Co.; Hartford Fire Insurance Co.; Hartford-Lloyd's Insurance Co.; Home Indemnity Co.; Home Insurance Co.; Independent Fire Insurance Co.; Independent Underwriters, Inc.; Industrial Indemnity Co.; The Infinity Group; International Insurance Co., Inc.; International Paper Co.; Jefferson Insurance Group; Kemper Insurance Co.; Kemper Security Insurance Co.; Liberty Mutual Insurance Co.; Liberty National Life Insurance Co.; Lumberman's Mutual Casualty Co.; Marine Office of America; Maryland Casualty Co.; Medical Assurance Co. of MS (MACM); Mississippi Casualty Ins. Program; Mississippi Farm Bureau Ins. Cos.; Mississippi Manufacturer's Assn. (W.C. Group); The Moore Group; Motors Insurance Co.; National Union Fire Ins. Co.; Nationwide Agribusiness Insurance Co.; Nationwide Mutual Insurance Co.; The New Hampshire Insurance Co.; New Jersey Manufacturer's Ins. Co.; Niagara Fire Insurance Co.; North River Insurance Co.; Ohio Casualty Insurance Co.; Pacific Insurance Co.; Pennsylvania Mfg. Assn. Ins. Co.; Pilot Insurance Co.; Planet Insurance Co.; Penn General Service Corp.; Preferred Risk Insurance Co.; Preferred Works, Inc.; Presidential Fire & Casualty Co.; Principal Casualty Insurance Co.; Principal Mutual Life Insurance Co.; Professional Risk Management Services, Inc.; Progressive Insurance Co.; Ranger Insurance Co.; Regal Insurance Co.; Regent Insurance Co.; Reliance Insurance Co.; Risk Enterprise Management, Limited; Safeco Insurance Co.; Seaboard Surety Co.; Skandia Southeast Cos.; Southern Farm Bureau Cas. Ins. Co.; St. Paul Fire & Marine Ins. Co.; St. Paul Guardian Insurance Co.; St. Paul Insurance Co.; St. Paul Life Insurance Co.; St. Paul Mercury Insurance Co.; Southern Pilot Insurance Co.; Southern Risk Services, Inc.; State Auto Insurance Co.; State Farm Mut. Automobile Ins. Co.; State Volunteer Mutual Ins. Co.; Stonewall Insurance Co.; Superior Insurance Company; Time Insurance Co.; Transamerica Insurance Co.; Travelers/Aetna Property and Casualty Corp.; U.S. Fire Insurance Co.; United Pacific Insurance Co.; United States Fidelity & Guaranty Co.; Utica Mutual Insurance Co.; The Virginia Insurance Reciprocal; West American Insurance Co.; Westchester Fire Insurance Co.; Western Casualty & Surety Co.; The Western Insurance Cos.; Windsor Insurance Co.; Wolverine Insurance Co.; The Yasuda Fire & Marine Insurance Co. of America; Zurich-American Ins. Group. Miscellaneous: Illinois Central Railroad Co.; National Railroad Passenger Corp. (Amtrak); J. B. Hunt Transport, Inc.; KLLM, Inc.; SAIA Motor Freightline, Inc.; Deep South Surplus, Inc.; Risk Enterprise Management, Ltd.; Westinghouse Electric Corp.; Mississippi Valley Gas Co.; White Consolidated Industries, Inc.; Textron, Inc. (Homelite Division); American Brands, Inc.; The American Tobacco Company; B.A.T. Industries, p.l.c.; BATUS, Inc.; Brown & Williamson Tobacco Corp.; Generic Products Corp.; K-Mart (K-M Administrative Services); Maytag Corp.; The Mississippi Manufacturers Assn. (Workers Compensation Group); Associated General Contractors of Mississippi; Mississippi Materials Co.; The Sands, Inc. (Hollywood Casino); The Promus Cos., Inc. (Harrah's); Boyd Mississippi, Inc.; The Celotex Corporation; Paramount Publishing Corp.; Thompson Machinery of Mississippi, Inc. (Caterpillar); General Motors Acceptance Corporation; Humana, Inc.; RYKO Manufacturing Company; Trustmark National Bank (Greenwood); HOM, Inc., Irvin Industries, Inc.; Waste Management of North America, Inc.; Warner Lambert, Co. (Parke-Davis Division); Day Detectives, Inc.; WestVaco Corp.; Enerco Technical Products; Jitney Jungle Stores of America, Inc.; Takata, Inc.; Dollar General Corporation, Household Retail Services, Inc.; Nelson Materials, Inc. |
APPROVED ATTORNEYS FOR: Mississippi Valley Title Insurance Co.; Safeco Title Company; Farmers Home Administration; Chicago Title Insurance Co.; Southern Title Insurance Company. | References:
Trustmark National Bank, Greenwood, Mississippi; Trustmark National Bank, Jackson, Mississippi; Bank of Commerce, Greenwood, Mississippi; Union Planters Bank, Greenwood, Mississippi; Union Planters Bank, Memphis, Tennessee; Deposit Guaranty National Bank, Jackson, Mississippi. | Rate Information:
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Other Office Locations of Upshaw, Williams, Biggers, Beckham & Riddick, LLP
Greenwood, Mississippi, U.S.A. (Main Office)
| | MEMBERS OF FIRM | | James E. Upshaw (Member) born Maben, Mississippi, April 25, 1931; admitted to bar, 1959, Mississippi; 1960, U.S. District Court, Southern District of Mississippi; 1964, U.S. District Court, Northern District of Mississippi; 1965, U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit; 1969, U.S. Supreme Court; 1980, U.S. District Court, Western District of Tennessee. Education: Jones Junior College; University of Southern Mississippi; Cumberland University School of Law (LL.B., 1958). Delta Theta Phi. County Attorney, Wayne County, Mississippi, 1960-1964. Member: Leflore County Bar Association (President, 1989-1990); Mississippi State Bar; Bar Association of the Fifth Federal Circuit; Mississippi Defense Lawyers Association; International Association of Defense Counsel; Mississippi Claims Association; Delta Claims Association; Atlanta Claims Association; American Judicature Society; The Association Internationale de Droit des Assurances (AIDA), U.S. Chapter; The Federalist Society of Mississippi; William C. Keady American Inn of Court (Bencher); Defense Research Institute; National Association of Railroad Trial Counsel. Fellow, Mississippi Bar Foundation; Diplomate, American Board of Trial Advocates (President, Mississippi Chapter, 1984-1985). [U.S. Navy, 1951-1955]. (Resident, Greenwood Office). Email: James E. Upshaw | | Tommie G. Williams (Member) born Leland, Mississippi, June 22, 1953; admitted to bar, 1978, Mississippi, U.S. District Court, Northern and Southern Districts of Mississippi and U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit. Education: Mississippi State University (B.S., 1975); University of Mississippi (J.D., 1978). Phi Delta Phi. Moot Court Board. Member: Leflore County Bar Association; Mississippi State Bar (Secretary, Young Lawyers Section, 1985; Director, Young Lawyers Section, West Central District, 1984-1986); Mississippi Bar Foundation; American Board of Trial Advocates; Mississippi Defense Lawyers Association (Director, 1992-1993). (Resident, Greenwood Office). Email: Tommie G. Williams | | Marc A. Biggers (Member) born Greenwood, Mississippi, February 1, 1950; admitted to bar, 1976, Mississippi and U.S. District Court, Northern and Southern Districts of Mississippi; 1980, U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit. Education: Mississippi State University (B.S., 1972); University of Mississippi (J.D., 1976). Phi Alpha Delta; Alpha Zeta. Assistant District Attorney, 7th Circuit Court District, 1976-1977. Member: Leflore County Bar Association; Mississippi State Bar; Mississippi Claims Association; Delta Claims Association; Mississippi Defense Lawyers Association; Atlanta Claims Association; National Association of Railroad Trial Counsel. (Resident, Greenwood Office). Email: Marc A. Biggers | | Glenn F. Beckham (Member) born Greenville, Mississippi, October 7, 1955; admitted to bar, 1981, Mississippi and U.S. District Court, Northern and Southern Districts of Mississippi; 1985, U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit. Education: Mississippi State University (B.A., 1977); University of Mississippi (J.D., 1981). Omicron Delta Kappa; Blue Key; Phi Kappa Phi; Delta Theta Phi. Assistant District Attorney, 4th Circuit Court District, 1981. Member: Leflore County Bar Association; Mississippi State Bar; Mississippi Defense Lawyers Association; National Association of Railroad Trial Counsel. (Resident, Greenwood Office). Email: Glenn F. Beckham | | Roger C. Riddick (Member) born Shreveport, Louisiana, January 29, 1957; admitted to bar, 1987, Mississippi, U.S. District Court, Northern and Southern Districts of Mississippi and U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit. Education: Mississippi State University (B.S., 1979); Mississippi College School of Law (J.D., 1986). Moot Court Board. Member: Hinds County Bar Association; Mississippi State Bar; Mississippi Claims Association; Mississippi Defense Lawyers Association. Email: Roger C. Riddick | | F. Ewin Henson III (Member) born Charleston, Mississippi, July 23, 1950; admitted to bar, 1974, Mississippi and U.S. District Court, Northern District of Mississippi; 1977, U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit; 1981, U.S. Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit; 1993, U.S. District Court, Southern District of Mississippi. Education: Mississippi State University (B.A., 1972); University of Mississippi (J.D., with distinction, 1974). Phi Delta Phi. Moot Court Board. Member: Coahoma County (Secretary, 1979-1980; Vice President, 1980-1981; President, 1981-1982) and Leflore County Bar Associations; Mississippi State Bar; Mississippi Defense Lawyers Association; William C. Keady American Inn of Court (Barrister); Defense Research Institute; American Judicature Society; Bar Association of the Fifth Federal Circuit; Mississippi Claims Association. (Resident, Greenwood Office). Email: F. Ewin Henson III | | Lonnie D. Bailey (Member) born Leland, Mississippi, November 27, 1951; admitted to bar, 1982, Mississippi and U.S. District Court, Southern District of Mississippi; 1985, U.S. District Court, Northern District of Mississippi; 1986, U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit; 1998, U.S. Supreme Court. Education: University of Mississippi (B.A., 1973); Mississippi College School of Law (J.D., with special distinction, 1982). Phi Alpha Delta. Member and Associate Editor, Mississippi College Law Review, 1981. Recipient: CJS Awards, 1981, 1982; American Jurisprudence Awards in UCC I, UCC II, Contracts, Evidence, Corporations, Insurance and Administrative Law. Member: Leflore County Bar Association; Mississippi State Bar; Mississippi Defense Lawyers Association; Bar Association of the Fifth Federal Circuit. Email: Lonnie D. Bailey | | Robert S. Upshaw (Member) born Waynesboro, Mississippi, January 14, 1955; admitted to bar, 1985, Mississippi and U.S. District Court, Northern and Southern Districts of Mississippi; 1986, U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit. Education: Mississippi State University (B.A., 1981); University of Mississippi (J.D., 1984). Phi Delta Phi. Member: Leflore County Bar Association; Mississippi State Bar; Mississippi Defense Lawyers Association; William D. Keady American Inn of Court (Barrister); National Association of Railroad Trial Counsel. [U.S. Navy, 1976-1980]. (Resident, Greenwood Office). Email: Robert S. Upshaw | | Clinton M. Guenther (Member) born Greenwood, Mississippi, August 15, 1955; admitted to bar, 1981, Mississippi; 1985, U.S. District Court, Northern and Southern Districts of Mississippi and U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit. Education: University of Mississippi (B.A., summa cum laude, 1977); Mississippi College School of Law (J.D., with distinction, 1981). Omicron Delta Kappa; Phi Kappa Phi; Phi Alpha Delta. Co-chairman, Moot Court Board, Appellate Division, 1980-1981. Recipient, American Jurisprudence Award, Estate and Gift Taxation. Member: Leflore County Bar Association; Mississippi State Bar; Mississippi Defense Lawyers Association (Director, 1992-1995; President, 2001). (Resident, Greenwood Office). Email: Clinton M. Guenther | | Richard C. Williams, Jr. (Partner) born New Orleans, Louisiana, December 25, 1946; admitted to bar, 1976, Mississippi and U.S. District Court, Northern and Southern Districts of Mississippi; 1985, U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit. Education: Virginia Military Institute; University of Mississippi (B.B.A., 1970; J.D., 1976); Tulane University (Graduate Studies). Assistant Secretary, General Reinsurance Corporation, 1978-1981. Secretary and General Counsel, American Physicians Service Corp., 1981-1983. Member: Leflore County Bar Association; Mississippi State Bar; Mississippi Defense Lawyers Association. [U.S. Navy, 1970-1973]. Email: Richard C. Williams, Jr. | | Richard L. Kimmel (Member) born Memphis, Tennessee, April 28, 1961; admitted to bar, 1987, Mississippi, U.S. District Court, Northern and Southern Districts of Mississippi and U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit. Education: Mississippi Delta Junior College (A.A., 1981); Mississippi State University (B.S., 1983); Mississippi College School of Law (J.D., 1986). Delta Theta Phi (Secretary, 1985; President, 1986). Member: Leflore County Bar Association; Mississippi State Bar; Mississippi Defense Lawyers Association. (Resident, Greenwood Office). Email: Richard L. Kimmel | | W. Hugh Gillon IV (Member) born Natchez, Mississippi, May 21, 1965; admitted to bar, 1991, 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., 1988); University of Mississippi (J.D., 1991). Phi Delta Phi. Moot Court Board. Member: Hinds County Bar Association; Mississippi State Bar; Jackson Young Lawyers Association. Email: W. Hugh Gillon IV | | Patrick M. Tatum (Partner) born Gadsden, Alabama, September 19, 1969; admitted to bar, 1994, Mississippi, U.S. District Court, Southern and Northern Districts of Mississippi and U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit. Education: Auburn University (B.S., 1991); University of Mississippi (J.D., 1994). Phi Delta Phi. Member: Hinds County Bar Association; Mississippi State Bar; Jackson Young Lawyers Association; Mississippi Defense Lawyers Association. Email: Patrick M. Tatum | | J. L. Wilson, IV (Member) born Clarksdale, Mississippi, September 20, 1971; admitted to bar, 1997, Mississippi, U.S. District Court, Southern and Northern Districts of Mississippi and U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit. Education: University of Mississippi (B.B.A., 1993; J.D., 1997). Associate Editor of Mississippi Cases, University of Mississippi Law Journal, 1996-1997. Moot Court Board. Member: Leflore County Bar Association; Mississippi State Bar; Defense Research Institute; Mississippi Defense Lawyers Association. (Resident, Greenwood Office). Email: J. L. Wilson, IV | | Steven C. Cookston (Member) born Baton Rouge, Louisiana, August 24, 1968; admitted to bar, 1996, Nevada, U.S. District Court, District of Nevada and U.S. Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit; 1998, Mississippi, U.S. District Court, Southern and Northern Districts of Mississippi and U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit. Education: Arizona State University (B.A., 1991); Mississippi College School of Law (J.D., 1996). Delta Theta Phi. Member: State Bar of Nevada. (Resident, Greenwood Office). Email: Steven C. Cookston | | Holly N. Smalling (Member) born Monroe, Louisiana, July 6, 1971; admitted to bar, 2000, Mississippi and U.S. District Court, Northern and Southern Districts of Mississippi; U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit. Education: Northeast Louisiana University (B.A., 1994); Mississippi College School of Law (J.D., 2000). Member: Hinds County Bar Association; The Mississippi Bar; Jackson Young Lawyers Association. (Resident, Greenwood Office). | | Peter L. Corson (Partner) born Norristown, Pennsylvania, March 19, 1957; admitted to bar, 1986, Mississippi, U.S. District Court, Northern and Southern Districts of Mississippi and U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit. Education: Mansfield University (B.A., 1979); Mississippi College School of Law (J.D., 1985). Phi Alpha Delta. National Appellate Advocacy Team. Recipient, American Jurisprudence Award for Legislation. Associate Member, Society of Naval Architects and Marine Engineers. Member: Hinds County and American Bar Associations; The Mississippi Bar; Mississippi Defense Lawyers Association. (Resident, Greenwood Office). Languages: Spanish. Practice Areas: Civil Litigation; Workers Compensation Law; Insurance Defense; Family Law. | | ASSOCIATES | | Otha E. Williams, Jr. (Associate) born Clarksdale, Mississippi, March 18, 1945; admitted to bar, 2004, Mississippi, U.S. District Court, Northern and Southern Districts of Mississippi and U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit. Education: Jackson State University (B.S., cum laude, 1969); Temple University School of Medicine (M.D., 1973); University of Dallas (M.B.A., 1997); Mississippi College School of Law (J.D., 2004). Instructor in Surgery, Temple University School of Medicine, 1977-1978. Board Certified in General Surgery. Diplomate: American College of Surgery; American Board of Medical Examiners. Member: Mississippi Bar Association. Fellow, American College of Legal Medicine. | | Harris F. Powers, III (Associate) born Greenwood, Mississippi, May 15, 1975; admitted to bar, 2001, Tennessee, Mississippi, U.S. District Court, Northern and Southern Districts of Mississippi and U.S. District Court, Western District of Tennessee; U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit. Education: Lincoln College, Oxford University, England; University of the South at Sewanee (B.A., 1997); University of Mississippi (J.D., 2001). Member: Leflore County Bar Association; The Mississippi Bar. (Resident, Greenwood Office). | | Bradley S. Kelly (Associate) born Greenwood, Mississippi, May 26, 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: Mississippi State University (B.S., 2000); Mississippi College School of Law (J.D., 2003). Member: Hinds County Bar Association; The Mississippi Bar; Mississippi Defense Lawyers Association. (Resident, Greenwood Office). | | Charles C. Auerswald (Associate) born Greenville, Mississippi, June 12, 1975; 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 College (B.S., 2000); University of Mississippi (J.D., 2003). Member: Leflore County Bar Association (Acting Secretary); The Mississippi Bar; Mississippi Defense Lawyers Association. | | Ryan R. Robertson (Associate) born Greenwood, Mississippi, November 28, 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 Mississippi (B.S. 2002; J.D. 2005). Member: Leflore County Bar Association; The Mississippi Bar; Mississippi Defense Lawyers Association. | | Kurt Guthrie (Associate) born Memphis, Tennessee, 1974; admitted to bar, 2003, Mississippi; U.S. District Court, Northern and Southern Districts of Mississippi; U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit. Education: University of Tennessee (B.S.A., 1998); Mississippi College School of Law (J.D., 2003). Member: Mississippi Bar Association (Assistant District Attorney, 15th Circuit Court District, 2005-2008). | | Ashley Pradel (Associate) born New Orleans, Louisiana, February 11, 1974; admitted to bar, 2006, Mississippi; U.S. District Court, Northern and Southern Districts of Mississippi; U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit. Education: Webster University (B.A., 1998); Mississippi College School of Law (J.D., 2006). Member: The Mississippi Bar. | Other Office Addresses: Links to Other Offices
Greenwood, Mississippi Office: 309 Fulton Street, P.O. Drawer 8230, 38935-8230. Telephone: 662-455-1613. Facsimile: 662-453-9245; 662-455-7884. Email: lexgwd@uwbbr.com.
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