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Address
105 South Front Street, P.O. Box 7120
Tupelo, Mississippi 38802 (Lee Co.)
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4.7
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(Main Office) Mitchell, McNutt & Sams, P.A. was founded in Tupelo in 1904 by Guy Mitchell, Sr. In 1990, the firm combined with Threadgill, Smith, Sanders & Jolly of Columbus (founded in 1949) and Wendell Trapp of Corinth to create one of Mississippi's largest law firms. To meet the needs of many clients, the firm has opened offices in Oxford, Mississippi and Memphis, Tennessee. The firm offers a broad range of legal services while serving the entire state of Mississippi with four fully staffed offices and Western Tennessee with the Memphis Office. The firm requires professional development for all members of the firm and provides professional and civic leadership throughout Mississippi. Statement of PracticeGeneral Civil Practice. Trials and Appeals before all State and Federal Courts. Admiralty, Antitrust and Trade Regulation, Banking Law and Regulation, Bankruptcy and Creditor's Rights, Bonds, Commercial Real Estate, Communications and Media Law, Construction, Corporate and Commercial Law and Litigation, Employment Discrimination and Labor Law (Management), Environmental Law, Estate Planning and Probate, Fidelity and Surety, Insurance Defense, Insurance Law and Regulation, Legislative, Municipal, County and Governmental Entities, Oil and Gas, Products Liability, Professional Malpractice, Public Utilities, Securities, State and Federal Agency Practice, Taxation, Transportation, Workers' Compensation and Zoning. Year Established: 1904
Firm Size: 38
ClientsCOUNSEL FOR: Corporate: BancorpSouth BDO Seidman LLC Beverly Enterprises, Inc. Burlington Northern-Santa Fe Railroad Captain D's, LLC Caremark Rx Inc. Central Services Association Champion International Corporation Chase Commercial Corporation City of Tupelo Community Development Foundation Cooper Tire & Rubber Company Cummins Engine Co. Dodge Brothers, Inc. F.L. Crane & Sons, Inc. Ford Motor Credit Company Freightliner General Motors Corp. Gilmore Memorial Hospital Parker Hannifin Corp. Heartland Building Products, Inc. ITT Commercial Finance Corp. Illinois Central Gulf Railroad Kensington Furniture Manufacturing Co. Lowe's, Inc. Magnolia Regional Health Center McDermott Incorporated Merchants and Farmers Bank Mississippi Manufacturers Association Workers' Compensation Group Mississippi Methodist Senior Services Mississippi Public Entity Workers' Compensation Trust Mohasco Norfolk Southern Corporation North Mississippi Health Services, Inc. (North Mississippi Medical Center) Oktibbeha County Hospital Reed Manufacturing, Inc. Renasant Bank Regions Bank Republic Finance, LLC Savings Oil Co. Shoney's Inc. Snap-On Tools Corporation Square D Company Tecumseh Products Company Tombigbee Electric Power Association Tupelo Airport Authority Tupelo Redevelopment Agency Uniroyal Goodrich Tire Company Vanderbilt Mortgage & Finance Co. WTVA Wendelta, Inc. Wyeth.
INSURANCE AND CLAIMS COMPANIES: Acceptance Indemnity Insurance Company ALFA Allianz Life Insurance Company of North America American International Group CHUBB Group CIGNA CNA Catlin Underwriting Agency U.S., Inc. Federated Mutual Insurance Co. General Motors Acceptance Corporation General Star Management Company Grocers Insurance Company Hartford Specialty Risk HealthPro Jackson National Life Insurance Co. Kemper Group Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance Company Medical Assurance Company of Mississippi Mississippi Insurance Guaranty Assoc. North Carolina Farm Bureau Progressive Casualty Insurance Company RLI Insurance Co. Ranger Insurance St. Paul Travelers Cos Sedgwick James Southern Farm Bureau Insurance Companies State Farm Mutual Insurance Co. Victoria Insurance Co. Zurich Insurance Company.
TITLE INSURANCE AGENTS: Commonwealth Land Title Insurance Company Lawyers Title Insurance Corporation First American Title Insurance Company
APPROVED ATTORNEYS FOR: Mississippi Guaranty Title Insurance Mississippi Valley Title Insurance Co.
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Address105 South Front Street P.O. Box 7120 Tupelo, MS 38802, (Lee Co.)
PhonePhone: 662-842-3871 Facsimile: 662-842-8450

Website http://www.mitchellmcnutt.com
Firm/Affiliate OfficesColumbus, Mississippi: 215 Fifth Street North P.O. Box 1366. Telephone: 662-328-2316. Facsimile: 662-328-8035.
Corinth, Mississippi: 508 Waldron Street P.O. Box 1200. Telephone: 662-286-9931. Facsimile: 662-286-8984.
Oxford, Mississippi: 1216 Van Buren P.O. Box 947. Telephone: 662-234-4845. Facsimile: 662-234-9071.
Guy W. Mitchell, Sr. (1881-1969).
Guy W. Mitchell, Jr. (1912-1986).
Wade H. Lagrone (1932-2003).
L. F. Sams, Jr. (Shareholder) born Meridian, Mississippi, December 24, 1938; admitted to bar, 1962, Mississippi. Education: University of Mississippi (B.A., 1961); University of Mississippi School of Law (LL.B., 1963). Phi Kappa Phi; Omicron Delta Kappa; Phi Alpha Delta; Phi Delta Phi. Recipient, Carrier Scholar, Outstanding Law Graduate. Editor-in-Chief, Mississippi Law Journal, 1962-1963. Listed: The Best Lawyers in America, 1983, Commercial Litigation, Medical Malpractice Law, Personal Injury Litigation, Product Liability Litigation and Professional Malpractice Law. Member: Lee County (Past President) and American (Member, Product Liability Committee) Bar Associations; The Mississippi Bar (President, 1995-1996; President, Young Lawyers Section, 1973-1974); Mississippi Defense Lawyers Association (Past President); American Judicature Society (Former Trustee); American Academy of Healthcare Attorneys; Federal Bar Association; Mississippi Judicial Advisory Study Committee (Chairman, 2000-2003); American Law Institute. Fellow: American College of Trial Lawyers (State Chairman 1993 and 1994); Advocate, American Board of Trial Advocates; Life Fellow, American Bar Foundation; Fellow, Mississippi Bar Foundation. [Assistant Staff Judge Advocate, U.S. Army Reserve, active duty, 1963-1965, 18th Airborne Corps, Ft. Bragg, N.C]. Practice Areas: Litigation; Business and Commercial Litigation; Professional Liability; Products Liability.Email: L. F. Sams, Jr.
Guy W. Mitchell, III (Shareholder) born Springfield, Ohio, February 26, 1944; admitted to bar, 1968, Mississippi; 1971, U.S. Court of Military Appeals; 1972, U.S. Supreme Court. Education: Vanderbilt University (B.A., 1966); University of Mississippi (J.D., 1968). Omicron Delta Kappa; Phi Delta Phi. Research Editor, Mississippi Law Journal, 1967-1968. Member: Lee County and American Bar Associations; The Mississippi Bar; International Association of Defense Counsel; Mississippi Defense Lawyers Association (President, 1990-1991). Fellow: Mississippi Bar Foundation; American College of Mortgage Attorneys; Association of Insurance Attorneys. [Lt., JAGC, U.S. Naval Reserve, active duty, 1968-1972]. Practice Areas: Municipal Law; Corporate; Probate Law.Email: Guy W. Mitchell, III
William C. Spencer (Shareholder) born New Albany, Mississippi, December 14, 1944; admitted to bar, 1970, Mississippi. Education: University of Mississippi (B.A., 1967; J.D., 1970). Phi Delta Phi. Member, Moot Court Board. Member: Lee County, Federal and American Bar Associations; The Mississippi Bar; Railroad Trial Lawyers Association; International Association of Defense Counsel. Fellow: Mississippi Bar Foundation. (Also at Memphis Office). Practice Areas: Railway or Railroad Law; Products Liability Law; Banking Law; Professional Liability.Email: William C. Spencer
Dennis W. Voge (Shareholder) born Clinton, Iowa; admitted to bar, 1971, Mississippi and U.S. District Court, Northern District of Mississippi; 1972, U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit and U.S. Tax Court; 1980, U.S. Supreme Court; 1981, U.S. Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit. Education: University of Mississippi (B.A., 1967; J.D., 1971). Certified Mediator, Mississippi Workers' Compensation Commission; Best Lawyers in America, Workers' Compensation Law. Member: Lee County and American Bar Associations; The Mississippi Bar. [U.S. Marine Corps, 1967-1969]. Practice Areas: Business Litigation; Commercial Litigation; Workers' Compensation; Insurance; Real Estate; Estate Planning and Probate.Email: Dennis W. Voge
William C. Murphree (Shareholder) born Tupelo, Mississippi, August 9, 1947; admitted to bar, 1975, Mississippi. Education: Mississippi State University (B.A., 1969); University of Mississippi (J.D., 1975). Phi Kappa Phi; Phi Delta Phi. Member, Mississippi Law Journal, 1973-1975. Member: Lee County Bar Association; The Mississippi Bar. [1st Lt., USMC, 1969-1972; Lt. Col., Mississippi National Guard, 1973-1994]. Practice Areas: Tort Law; Insurance Defense; Governmental Entities; Products Liability Mediation; Arbitration.Email: William C. Murphree
Albert G. Delgadillo (Shareholder) born Memphis, Tennessee, November 3, 1954; admitted to bar, 1979, Mississippi. Education: Millsaps College (B.A., cum laude, 1976); University of Mississippi (J.D., 1979); Georgetown University (LL.M. in Taxation, 1980). Phi Delta Phi. Member, Moot Court Board. Board Certified Estate Tax Planning Specialist. Member: Lee County and American (Member, Sections on Business Law and Estate and Probate) Bar Associations; The Mississippi Bar (Chairman of Estates and Trusts Section); Member of Secretary of State's Trust Laws Study Group. Practice Areas: Corporate Law; Taxation Law; Estate Planning; Elder Law.Email: Albert G. Delgadillo
John S. Hill (Shareholder) born Starkville, Mississippi, January 20, 1955; admitted to bar, 1980, Mississippi. Education: Mississippi State University (B.A., with highest honors, 1977); University of Mississippi (J.D., 1980). Phi Kappa Phi; Blue Key. Member, 1978-1980 and Casenote Editor, 1980, Mississippi Law Journal. Member: Lee County and American Bar Associations; The Mississippi Bar; Mississippi Defense Lawyers Association; Federation of Defense & Corporate Counsel; Defense Research Institute; International Association of Defense Counsel. Practice Areas: Commercial Litigation; Workers Compensation Law; Governmental Entity Litigation.Email: John S. Hill
Michael D. Ferris (Shareholder) born Macon, Mississippi, September 20, 1955; admitted to bar, 1980, Mississippi and U.S. District Court, Northern District of Mississippi; 1988, U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit. Education: University of Mississippi (B.A., 1977; J.D., 1980). Fellow: Mississippi Bar Foundation. Member: The Mississippi Bar; American Bar Association. Practice Areas: Real Estate Law with primary emphasis in Commercial Transactions; Probate Law.Email: Michael D. Ferris
Otis R. Tims (Shareholder) born Laurel, Mississippi, October 23, 1952; admitted to bar, 1985, Mississippi. Education: University of Mississippi (B.A., with special distinction, 1974; J.D., cum laude, 1985). Phi Kappa Phi; Phi Delta Phi. Editor-in-Chief, Mississippi Law Journal, 1984. Member: Lee County (President, Young Lawyers, 1988-1989; President, 2000-2001) and American (Member, Sections on: Natural Resources, Energy and Environmental Law; Antitrust; Business Law) Bar Associations; The Mississippi Bar (Member, Standing Committee on Ethics, 1998-2000, 2004-2006, Chair 2006-2007). Practice Areas: Environmental Law; Corporate Law; Media Law; Antitrust; Business Competition; Intellectual Property Litigation.Email: Otis R. Tims
H. Richmond Culp, III (Shareholder) born Atlanta, Georgia, January 25, 1958; admitted to bar, 1986, Mississippi. Education: University of Montevallo (B.M.E., 1981); Florida State University (M.S., 1982); University of Mississippi (J.D., 1986). Associate Editor, Mississippi Law Journal, 1985-1986. Author: Note, "Criminal ProcedureExclusionary RuleInformation Obtained Through Violation of Sixth Amendment Will Not Preclude Admission Once Prosecution Exhibits by Preponderance of Evidence That Information Would Be Inevitably Discovered," 54 Miss. Law J. 539 (1984); Comment, "Fair Apportionment of Fault Among Join TortfeasorsA Mississippi Perspective," 55 Miss. Law J. 709 (1985). Member: Lee County (Young Lawyers, President, 1990-1991) and American Bar Associations; The Mississippi Bar; Mississippi Defense Lawyers Association; Defense Research Institute; ACA International. Practice Areas: Insurance Defense Law; Automobile Insurance; Life Insurance; Class Actions; FDCPA and FCRA Defense.Email: H. Richmond Culp, III
Michael D. Chase (Shareholder) born Booneville, Mississippi, February 22, 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: University of Mississippi (B.A., summa cum laude, 1979; J.D., magna cum laude, 1986). Phi Kappa Phi; Phi Delta Phi. Recipient, Dean Robert J. Farley Award. Member, Mississippi Law Journal. Law Clerk, Judge Tom S. Lee, U.S. District Court, Southern District of Mississippi, 1986-1988. Member: Lee County and American Bar Associations; The Mississippi Bar; Mississippi Defense Lawyers Association. Practice Areas: Civil Rights; Products Liability; Employment Law; Insurance Defense; Municipal Law.Email: Michael D. Chase
Martha Bost Stegall (Shareholder) born Pontotoc, Mississippi, October 31, 1964; admitted to bar, 1988, 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., 1985); University of Mississippi (J.D., 1988). Delta Theta Phi. Member, Mississippi Law Journal. Law Clerk, Armis E. Hawkins, Mississippi Supreme Court, 1988-1989. Member: Lee County and American (Member, Tort and Insurance Practice Section) Bar Associations; The Mississippi Bar; Mississippi Defense Lawyers Association. Practice Areas: Municipal Law; Personal Injury Defense; Real Property.Email: Martha Bost Stegall
John G. Wheeler (Shareholder) born Tupelo, Mississippi, October 25, 1964; admitted to bar, 1990, Mississippi, U.S. District Court, Northern and Southern Districts of Mississippi and U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit; 2007, Tennessee and U.S. District Court, Western District of Tennessee. Education: Mississippi State University (B.B.A., summa cum laude, 1987); University of Mississippi (J.D., magna cum laude, 1989). Recipient, Dean Robert J. Farley Award for highest academic average in graduating law school class. Member, Mississippi Law Journal, 1988-1989. Author: "Class Action - Bankruptcy Judge May Exercise Discretion To Allow A Representative To File A Class Proof Of Claim In A Bankruptcy Proceeding," 59 Mississippi Law Journal 633, 1989. The Best Lawyers in America (Medical Malpractice Law and Professional Malpractice Law, 2007-2009). Member: American Board of Trial Advocates (ABOTA); (Fellow) American College of Trial Lawyers (ACTL); Mid-South Super Lawyers (Medical Malpractice Defense, 2006-2008); The Mississippi Bar; Mississippi Defense Lawyers Association. (Also at Memphis Office). Practice Areas: Medical Malpractice Law; Professional Liability; Product Liability; Railroad and Transportation; Litigation.Email: John G. Wheeler
William G. Armistead (Shareholder) born Berkeley, California, September 7, 1969; admitted to bar, 1994, Mississippi. Education: Mississippi State University (B.S., 1991); University of Mississippi (J.D., 1994). Recipient, American Jurisprudence Award. Member: Moot Court Board; Mississippi Law Journal. Member: The Mississippi Bar; Lee County and American Bar Associations; Mississippi Defense Lawyers Association (Board of Directors). Practice Areas: General Litigation; Worker's Compensation Defense; Insurance Defense; Nursing Home Litigation.Email: William G. Armistead
L. Bradley Dillard (Shareholder) born Tupelo, Mississippi, March 23, 1970; admitted to bar, 1995, Mississippi, Tennessee, U.S. District Court, Northern and Southern Districts of Mississippi and Western District of Tennessee, U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit and U.S. Supreme Court. Education: University of Mississippi (B.A., cum laude, 1992; J.D., cum laude, 1995). Phi Delta Phi. Assistant Editor-in-Chief, Mississippi Law Journal, 1994-1995. Recipient, Augustus Longstreet Heiskell Scholarship. Member: The Mississippi Bar; Tennessee and American Bar Associations; Mississippi Defense Lawyers Association; Defense Research Institute. (Also at Memphis Office). Practice Areas: Creditors Rights; General Litigation; Medical Malpractice; Products Liability.Email: L. Bradley Dillard
William Collins Spencer, Jr. (Shareholder) born Ft. Rucker, Alabama, April 2, 1971; admitted to bar, 1996, Mississippi, U.S. District Court, Northern and Southern Districts of Mississippi and U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit; 2007, Tennessee and U.S. District Court, Western District of Tennessee. Education: University of Mississippi (B.P.A., 1993; J.D., 1996). Phi Delta Phi. Member, American Inns of Court, 1995-1996. Member: Lee County and American Bar Associations; The Mississippi Bar; Tennessee Bar Association; National Association of Railroad Trial Counsel. (Also at Memphis Office). Practice Areas: Railroad Law; Insurance Defense; General Litigation; Products Liability; Bankruptcy and Creditors' Rights.Email: William Collins Spencer, Jr.
Scott R. Hendrix (Shareholder) born Louisville, Mississippi, July 25, 1972; admitted to bar, 1997, Mississippi; U.S. District Court, Southern and Northern Districts of Mississippi; U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth and Sixth Circuits and U.S. Supreme Court. Education: University of Mississippi (B.B.A., magna cum laude, 1994; J.D., cum laude, 1997). Phi Kappa Phi; Phi Delta Phi. Editor-in-Chief, Mississippi Law Journal, Volume 66, 1996. Recipient, Mississippi Outstanding Young Lawyer, 2005. Member: Lee County (Young Lawyers Division, President, 2000-2001) Bar Association; The Mississippi Bar; Electric Cooperative Bar Association. Practice Areas: Business Litigation; Commercial Litigation; Banking and Financial Institutions; Intellectual Property; Utilities.Email: Scott R. Hendrix
Margaret Sams Gratz (Shareholder) born Tupelo, Mississippi, 1972; admitted to bar, 1998, Mississippi, U.S. District Court, Northern and Southern Districts of Mississippi and U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit; 2004, Tennessee. Education: William Woods University (B.A., 1994); University of Mississippi (J.D., 1998). Member: Lee County Bar Association; The Mississippi Bar; Tennessee Bar Association; American Bar Association; Defense Research Institute; Mississippi Defense Lawyers Association. Practice Areas: Litigation; Products Liability; Business Litigation; Commercial Litigation.Email: Margaret Sams Gratz
Lee A. Durrett (Shareholder) born Amory, Mississippi, September 5, 1970; admitted to bar, 1999, Mississippi; 1999, U.S. District Court, Northern and Southern Districts of Mississippi; 2001, U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit. Education: University of Mississippi, Oxford (B.A., 1993; J.D., 1999); Mississippi State University (M.A., 1996). Member: Lee County Bar Association; The Mississippi Bar; Defense Research Institute; Mississippi Defense Lawyers Association. Practice Areas: Business Litigation; Commercial Litigation; Litigation; Insurance; Products Liability.Email: Lee A. Durrett
Alison Ketner Goodman (Associate) born Norman, Oklahoma, October 31, 1974; admitted to bar, 2003, Mississippi. Education: Rhodes College (B.A., 1997); University of Mississippi (J.D., 2003). Member: Lee County and American Bar Associations; The Mississippi Bar; Lee County Young Lawyers Association; Mississippi Women Lawyers Association. Practice Areas: Workers Compensation; Corporate Formation.Email: Alison Ketner Goodman
William D. Prestage (Associate) born Tupelo, Mississippi, 1979; admitted to bar, 2005, Mississippi; U.S. District Court, Northern and Southern Districts of Mississippi; U.S Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit. Education: University of Mississippi (B.B.A., 2002; J.D., 2005). Member: Lee County and American Bar Associations; The Mississippi Bar; Lee County Young Lawyers' Association. Practice Areas: General Litigation; Business Litigation; Corporate Litigation; Insurance.Email: William D. Prestage
R. Brannon Kahlstorf (Associate) born Jackson, Mississippi, 1979; admitted to bar, 2005, Mississippi, U.S. District Court, Northern and Southern Districts of Mississippi and U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit. Education: University of Mississippi (B.A., 2001; M.A., 2002; J.D., 2005). Member: Lee County and American Bar Associations; The Mississippi Bar; Lee County Young Lawyers' Association. Practice Areas: Corporate Litigation; Real Estate; Commercial Real Estate.Email: R. Brannon Kahlstorf
Stephen P. Spencer (Associate) born Memphis, Tennessee, 1980; 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., 2003); Mississippi College School of Law (J.D., 2006);. Member: Moot Court Board; Honor Court. Extern, Judge Donna M. Barnes, Mississippi Court of Appeals. Member: Lee County and American Bar Associations; The Mississippi Bar; Lee County Young Lawyers' Association. Practice Areas: Workers Compensation; Insurance; General Litigation.Email: Stephen P. Spencer
Bethany C. Bryant (Associate) born Florence, Alabama, 1977; admitted to bar, 2009, Mississippi, U.S. District Court, Northern and Southern Districts of Mississippi, Tennessee, U.S. District Court, Western District of Tennessee and U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit. Education: University of North Alabama (B.S., Nursing, magna cum laude, 1999); University of Alabama at Huntsville, (M.S., Nursing Administration, summa cum laude, 2001) University of Mississippi School of Law (J.D., summa cum laude, 2008). Member: Lee County and Tennessee Bar Associations; The Mississippi Bar; Lee County Young Lawyers' Association. Practice Areas: Health Care; Professional Liability; General Defense Litigation.Email: Bethany C. Bryant
OF COUNSELRobert N. McNutt (Of Counsel) born Tupelo, Mississippi, December 1, 1920; admitted to bar, 1948, Mississippi. Education: Vanderbilt University (B.A., 1942); University of Mississippi, Oxford, Mississippi (LL.B., 1948); Harvard University (LL.M., 1948). Phi Delta Phi; Phi Beta Kappa. Member: The Mississippi Bar.
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