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| | Address | | 105 South Front Street, P.O. Box 7120 | | Tupelo, Mississippi 38802 | | (Lee Co.) | | | |
| | | Mitchell, McNutt & Sams, P.A. practices in the following areas of law:
General 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 Profile:
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, Memphis and Jackson, Mississippi. 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. | | Firm Size: 38 | Clients:
COUNSEL 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. |
See other office listings for additional client lists. |
Other Office Locations of Mitchell, McNutt & Sams, P.A.
Columbus, Mississippi, U.S.A.
Corinth, Mississippi, U.S.A.
Oxford, Mississippi, U.S.A.
Memphis, Tennessee, U.S.A.
| | 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 and Personal Injury (Defense) Litigation. 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); Federation of Corporate and Insurance Counsel; 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. 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 and American Bar Associations; The Mississippi Bar; Mississippi Defense Lawyers Association. [1st Lt., USMC, 1969-1972; Lt. Col., Mississippi National Guard, 1973-1994]. Practice Areas: Tort Law; Insurance Defense; 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. 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 Procedure—Exclusionary Rule—Information 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 Tortfeasors—A 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. Practice Areas: Insurance Defense Law; Automobile Insurance; Life Insurance; Class Actions. Email: H. Richmond Culp, III | | Michael D. Chase (Shareholder) born Booneville, Mississippi, February 22, 1957; admitted to bar, 1987, Mississippi. 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 (Chairman, Committee on Lawyer Advertising, 1993, 1996); 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. Education: Mississippi State University (B.B.A., summa cum laude, 1987); University of Mississippi (J.D., magna cum laude, 1989). Phi Kappa Phi; Recipient, Dean Robert J. Farley Award for highest academic average in graduating 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. Member: American Board of Trial Advocates (ABOTA, Associate); Mid-South Super Lawyers (Medical Malpractice Defense); The Best Lawyers in America (Medical Malpractice Law and Professional Malpractice Law); The Mississippi Bar; Mississippi Defense Lawyers Association. Fellow, American College of Trial Lawyers (ACTL). (Also at Memphis Office). Practice Areas: Medical Malpractice Law; Professional Liability; Product Liability; Railroad and Transportation; Litigation. Email: John G. Wheeler | | Berkley N. Huskison (Shareholder) (See Columbus listing). | | 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; Construction Law; 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, U.S. Supreme Court and U.S. Court of International Trade. 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; Mississippi Young Lawyers Association; 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. Education: University of Mississippi, Oxford (B.A., 1993; J.D., 1999); Mississippi State University (M.A., 1996). Member: Lee County and American Bar Associations; The Mississippi Bar. Practice Areas: Business Litigation; Commercial Litigation; Litigation; Insurance; Products Liability. Email: Lee A. Durrett | | Beverly D. Buskirk (Shareholder) born New Albany, Mississippi, February 8, 1950; admitted to bar, 2000, Mississippi, U.S. District Court, Northern and Southern Districts of Mississippi and U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit. Education: Millsaps College (B.A., 1972); University of Mississippi (M.A., Political Science, 1984; M.A., Education, 1986; J.D., 2000). Phi Delta Phi. Member: Lee County and American Bar Associations; The Mississippi Bar. Practice Areas: General Litigation; Product Liability; Healthcare. Email: Beverly D. Buskirk | | 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: The Mississippi Bar. 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 | | OF COUNSEL | | Robert 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. | Other Office Addresses: Links to Other Offices
Columbus, Mississippi Office: 215 Fifth Street North, P.O. Box 1366. Telephone: 662-328-2316. Facsimile: 662-328-8035.
Corinth, Mississippi Office: 508 Waldron Street, P.O. Box 1200. Telephone: 662-286-9931. Facsimile: 662-286-8984.
Oxford, Mississippi Office: 1216 Van Buren, P.O. Box 947. Telephone: 662-234-4845. Facsimile: 662-234-9071.
Memphis, Tennessee Office: 22 North Front Street, Suite 910. Telephone: 901-527-2585. Facsimile: 901-527-2361.
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