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| | Address | | 363 North Broadway Street, P.O. Box 496 | | Tupelo, Mississippi 38802-0496 | | (Lee Co.) | | | |
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(Main Office)
| Webb, Sanders & Williams, P.L.L.C. practices in the following areas of law:
General Insurance and Corporate Defense including Auto, Property, Fire, Arson and Civil Fraud, First Party and Bad Faith, Special Investigations, Products Liability, Workers Compensation, General Civil Practice, Trials and Appeals before all State and Federal Courts, State and Federal Agency Practice, Corporate and Commercial Law and Litigation, Transportation, Environmental, Toxic Torts, Employment Discrimination, Professional Malpractice, Construction, Fidelity and Surety. | | Year Established: 1986 | | Firm Size: 10 | Representative Clients:
Aetna-Travelers; Allstate Insurance Co.; American Freightways; American Gen. Property Ins. Co.; American Modern Home Insurance; American National Property & Casualty Co. (ANPAC); AmFed; Audubon Insurance Co.; Auto Owners Insurance; Bridge Works Commercial Management; Brotherhood Mutual Insurance Co.; Crawford & Co.; Dairyland Insurance Co.; EMC Insurance Companies; Farm Bureau; Farmers Insurance Group; Fleetwood Homes; Fulcrum; GAB Business Services, Inc.; General Casualty; Graindealers Mutual Insurance Co.; Guide One Insurance; Harleysville Insurance; Holden Industries; Kimberly-Clark Corporation; Insurance Company of North America, CG Aetna (CIGNA); International Indemnity; Lipca, Inc.; MetLife Auto and Home; Mississippi Tort Claims Board; Mutual Casualty Service Insurance Co.; Nationwide Insurance Co.; Reliant Insurance Co.; Ryder Truck Rental; SafeCo; Safeway Insurance Co.; Scottsdale Insurance Group; Sentry Insurance Co.; Southern Pioneer Insurance Co; State Automobile Insurance Co.; State Farm Insurance Cos.; Travelers Property Casualty Corp.; Western Heritage Insurance Co. | Office Hours:
Monday: 08:00 AM - 05:00 PM
Tuesday: 08:00 AM - 05:00 PM
Wednesday: 08:00 AM - 05:00 PM
Thursday: 08:00 AM - 05:00 PM
Friday: 08:00 AM - 05:00 PM
| Rate Information:
Fixed Hourly Rates
Fixed Fees Available
| | Dan W. Webb (Member) born Baldwyn, Mississippi, June 7, 1949; admitted to bar, 1977, Mississippi and U.S. Supreme Court; U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit, U.S. Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit, U.S. District Court, Western District of Tennessee and U.S. District Court, Northern and Southern Districts of Mississippi; U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan. Education: University of Southern Mississippi (B.S., 1971); University of Southern California (M.S. Ed., 1974); University of Mississippi (J.D., Valedictorian, with distinction, 1976). Phi Delta Phi; Omicron Delta Kappa; Phi Kappa Phi. Listed in: Who's Who in Mississippi Law; Outstanding Lawyers of America. Recipient: Outstanding Phi Delta Phi First Year Student Award; Outstanding Supporter, The Risk Management & Insurance Program, University of Mississippi (2008); Designated Mid-South Super Lawyer in Insurance Coverage, 2007; Distinguished Service Award, Northeast Mississippi Regional Committee, 2000; University of Mississippi Insurance Advisory Board, Distinguished Service Award (2005); Articles Editor, Mississippi Law Journal (1976); Co-Editor, MDLA Quarterly (1999); Law Clerk to Hon. William C. Keady, Chief Judge, U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Mississippi (1977-1979); Seminar Speaker: "Tort Reform," Mississippi State University Insurance Day (2002); "Gramm-Leach-Bliley Privacy Act: An Overview of Compliance Obligations and Questions Left Unanswered Under the Act," "Loss Control Issues: How to Recognize Potential Problems From Both an Agency and Claims Standpoint," "Bad Faith: It is Best to Avoid It, Here's How," Continuing Education Seminar for the Professional Insurance Agents of Mississippi/Mississippi Claims Annual Convention, Orange Beach, Alabama (2001); "Update on Ethics Opinions in Mississippi," Mississippi Defense Lawyers Association Southern Regional Meeting (2000); "Recent Developments in Mississippi Insurance Law," Ole Miss Insurance Symposium, Oxford, Mississippi (2000); "Update on Insurance Law Developments," University of Mississippi Insurance Symposium (2000); "Constitutional Issues Raised by the Mississippi Tort Claims Act," Mississippi Governmental Tort Immunity Seminar (1998); Counsel in Bad Faith/Arson/Insurance Fraud Mock Trial for the Mississippi Fire Investigators Association Fire and Arson School (1997); Presentations: "Venue, Joinder, Intrastate Forum Non Conveniens and Other Issues" Eighth Annual Trial Practice Seminar, Prentiss County Mississippi Bar Association (2007); "Opening Statements" Trial Practice Academy, Mississippi Defense Lawyers Association, Oxford, Mississippi (2007); "Coverage Issues/Claim Handling" PIA/MCA Convention Continuing Education (2005); "Legal Implications of Current Version of National Fire Protection Association § 921" State Farm Insurance Companies Special Investigative Unit Workshop, Birmingham, Alabama (1996); "Defense of Fire, Fraud and Bad Faith" Mississippi State University College of Business and Industry (1994); Defense Counsel in Bad Faith/Arson/Insurance Fraud Mock Trial for State Farm Fire and Casualty Company's Advanced Claim School (1993); "Insurance Defense Issues and Recent Developments", Mississippi Claims Association State Convention (1992); "Insurance Defense Issues in Mississippi," Safeco Insurance Company, Nashville, Tennessee (1987); "First Party Bad Faith Defense," Southern Farm Bureau Insurance Companies (1985); "Arson and Fraud Defense in Mississippi," State Farm Fire and Casualty Company (1984); Publications: Monograph: "Venue, Joinder, Intrastate Forum Non Conveniens and Other Issues Related to Where the Chickens Can Insist the Other Chickens Come to Roost," Perspective From the Bench and the Bar, Prentiss County Bar Association (2007); "United States Supreme Court Holds Punitive Damages Award in Insurance Bad Faith Case Excessive and Violative of the Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution," The MDLA Quarterly, Vol. 27, No. 2 (Co-Author)(2003); "Y2K-Klear? Konfusing?" The MDLA Quarterly, Vol. 23, No. 4 (Co-Author)(1999); "Ethical Prohibition on Third Party Audits and Other Related Issues," The MDLA Quarterly, Vol. 23, No. 2 (Co-Author)(1999); "Constitutional Issues Raised by the Mississippi Tort Claims Act," (co-author, 1998); "The Legal Burden of Proof Implications of NFPA 921 Should be Removed," National Fire and Arson Report, Vol. 14, No. 3, September 1996; "Unanimous Verdict for Insurer in Civil Arson Case in 'Clear and Convincing' Jurisdiction," National Fire and Arson Report, Vol. 13, No. 3, Page 18 (September 1995); Monograph: "Constitutional Arguments Against the Assessment of Punitive Damages," The Mississippi Defense Lawyers Association Quarterly (December 1989); Mediator, American Bar Association Mediation Competition (2005); Consultant and Expert Witness regarding Insurance, Coverage and Bad Faith Issues. Approved Mediator, Mississippi State Bar and Federal Court. Member: Mississippi State Bar (Mississippi State Bar Delegate to Judicial Conference of Fifth Circuit, 1984-1986); Lee County and American (Litigation and Torts Section; Insurance Practice Section) Bar Associations; Mississippi Defense Lawyers Association (President, 2000; President-Elect 1999; Board of Directors, 1994-1998; Secretary/Treasurer and Editor of MDLA Quarterly Newsletter, 1998; Chairman, Northeast Mississippi Regional Committee, 1989, 1991, 1992; Ethics Committee Vice Chairman, 1990); Defense Research Institute; Association of Defense Trial Attorneys; Mississippi Claims Association (Member, 2001; Legal/Legislative Committee Chair 2001); Atlanta Claims Association; National Fire Protection Association; International Association of Arson Investigators, Inc.; Mississippi Fire Investigators Association; University of Mississippi Insurance Advisory Board (2000-2004), Chairman-Elect (2003), Chairman (2004-2005), University of Mississippi Insurance Symposium Chairman (2005); Mississippi Tort Claims Board (Panel Counsel). [U.S. Air Force, active duty, 1971-1974]. (Board Certified Civil Trial Specialist by the National Board of Trial Advocacy). Reported Cases: Williams v. Thompson (Miss. Ct. App. 2007) (Summary Judgment for Insurer, Agent and Underwriter Clients Affirmed re: Coverage; Bad Faith and Underwriting and Claims Handling Issues); Rhoden v. State Farm Fire and Casualty Co., 32 F.Supp.2d 907 (S.D. Miss 1998) (Coverage), aff'd 200 F. 3rd 815 (5th Cir. 1999); Snapp v. Harrison, 699 So.2d 567 (Miss. 1997) (Fire, Burden of Proof); Monticello Insurance Company v. Joyce Mooney, 733 So.2d 802 (Miss, 1996) (Fire and Fraud); Eaton v. A.F.L.A.C., 1998 WL 911759 (N.D. Miss 1998) (removal, fraudulent joinder); Gray v. Allstate Ins. Co., 619 So.2d 919 (Miss. 1993) (Uninsured motorist law); McElhanney v. McElhanney, 591 So.2d 840 (Miss. 1991) (premises liability); Commercial Union Ins. Co. v. Dairyland Ins. Co., 584 So.2d 405 (Miss. 1991) (Subrogation/coverage); In Re: Knapp, 536 So.2d 1330 (Miss. 1988) (constitutional due process); Walters v. Walters, 469 So.2d 1260 (Miss. 1985) (Summary judgment; premises liability); Briggs v. Benjamin, 467 So.2d 932 (Miss. 1985) (Right to Insurance Proceeds); DeVille Furniture Co. v. Jesco, Inc., 423 So.2d 1337 (Miss. 1982) (Statute of Repose); Johnston v. Safeco Ins. Co. of America, 727 F.2d 548 (5th Cir. 1984 (Miss.) (uninsured motorist coverage); Dunagin v. City of Oxford, Miss., 718 F.2d 738, 10 Media L. Rep. 1001 (5th Cir. (Miss.) 1983) (Commercial speech) Madison v. Vintage Petroleum, Inc., 872 F.Supp. 340 (S.D.Miss., 1994) (Environmental Torts); Tucker v. Aqua Yacht Harbor Corp., 749 F.Supp. 142, 1990-2 Trade Cases P 69, 277, 13 UCC Rep.Serv.2d 382 (N.D.Miss., 1990) (Warranty/products liability); Wilcher v. Michigan Mut. Ins. Co., 691 F.Supp. 1019 (S.D.Miss., 1988) (definition of underuninsured vehicle); Crawford v. Glenns, Inc. 637 F.Supp. 107 (N.D. Miss., 1986); Grumman Credit Corp. v. Rippee, 487 F.Supp. 329, 29 UCC Rep.Serv. 684 (N.D.Miss., 1980) (Collection; Secured Transaction); Jackson v. Riddell, 476 F.Supp. 849 (N.D. Miss. 1979) (Federal Procedure; Elections). Practice Areas: General Insurance Defense; Corporate Defense; Product Liability Defense; Insurance Coverage Law; Fraud Investigation; Fraud and Arson Defense; Automobile Liability; Uninsured Motorist Defense; Bad Faith Defense; Toxic Tort Defense; Labor and Employment; Insurance; Insurance Coverage; Insurance Bad Faith. Email: Dan W. Webb | | B. Wayne Williams (Member) born Ft. Lauderdale, Florida, November 14, 1968; admitted to bar, 1994, Mississippi, U.S. District Court, Northern and Southern Districts of Mississippi and U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit. Education: University of Miami (B.M., 1990); University of Mississippi School of Law (J.D., 1993). Phi Delta Phi. Member, Moot Court Board; Panel Attorney, Mississippi Tort Claims Board; Seminar Speaker: "Coverage and Claims in the Wake of Katrina," University of Mississippi Insurance Symposium (2006); "UM/UIM Coverage Updates and Subrogation Issues," "Legal Issues and Insurance Claims Presented by Mold," Professional Agents of Mississippi/Mississippi Claims Association Annual Convention, Orange Beach, Alabama (2005); Solving Water Intrusion and Mold Problems in Mississippi: Legal Issues and Insurance Claims, Continuing Education Seminar (2003); "Recent Developments in Mississippi Law," Sentry Claims Service/Dairyland Insurance Company Seminar, Richmond, Virginia (2002); "Errors and Omissions Claims: How to Avoid E and O Claims and How Courts Deal With E and O Claims Once Presented," "Loss Control Issues: How to Recognize Potential Problems From Both an Agency and Claims Standpoint," and "Bad Faith: It is Best to Avoid It, Here's How," Continuing Education Seminar for the Professional Insurance Agents of Mississippi/Mississippi Claims Association Annual Convention, Orange Beach, Alabama (2001); "Construction Litigation and Rule 57 Implications," Mississippi State University Insurance Day (2001); Presentations: "Amended - Rule 57 and Implications in Discovery," Safeco Insurance Companies (2001); "Amended Rule 57 and Other Developments," Sentry/Dairyland Insurance Companies (2001); Recent Developments in MS Law, Barristers (2000); Recent Developments in MS Law, Barristers (1996). Member: Lee County and American Bar Associations; Mississippi State Bar; Lee County Young Lawyers Association; Association of Defense Trial Attorneys; Defense Research Institute; Mississippi Defense Lawyers Association (Board of Directors, District I, 2000-2002); Mississippi Claims Association; Northeast Mississippi Claims Association. Reported Cases: Daulton v. Miller, 2001 WL 1540554 (May 9, 2002) (premises liability). Practice Areas: Insurance Defense Litigation; Construction; Uninsured Motorist Defense; Bad Faith Defense; Product Liability Litigation; Insurance Coverage Litigation; Premises Liability Defense; Arson and Insurance Fraud. Email: B. Wayne Williams | | Roechelle R. Morgan (Member) born Vallejo, California, September 3, 1972; admitted to bar, 1998, Oklahoma; 2002, Mississippi, U.S. District Court, Northern and Southern Districts of Mississippi, U.S. District Court, Northern and Eastern Districts of Oklahoma, U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Michigan and U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit. Education: University of Mississippi (B.A., 1993); University of Tulsa (J.D., 1998). Phi Delta Phi. Member, Energy Law Journal. Vice President, Environmental Law Society. Speaker: "Coverage and Claims in the Wake of Katrina", University of Mississippi Insurance Symposium (2006); "Summary of Mississippi Insurance Coverage Law", PIA/MCA Convention of Continuing Education (2005). Member: Oklahoma and American Bar Associations; The Mississippi Bar; Lee County Bar Association; Lee County Young Lawyers Association; Mississippi Defense Lawyers Association; The Association of Trial Lawyers of America; Defense Research Institute. Practice Areas: Insurance Defense; Insurance Coverage; General Liability; Civil Litigation; Labor and Employment; Premises Liability Defense; Construction Law; Environmental Law; Products Liability; Commercial Torts; Business Torts. Email: Roechelle R. Morgan | | Paul N. Jenkins, Jr. (Junior Member) born Greenwood, Mississippi, June 28, 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: University of Mississippi (B.B.A., 1997; J.D., 2000). Member: Lee County Bar Association; The Mississippi Bar; Lee County Young Lawyers (Vice President, 2000; Secretary/Treasurer, 2001-2002; President, 2001); American Bar Association; Mississippi Defense Lawyers Association; Defense Research Institute. [With U.S. Marine Corp., 1989-1994]. Reported Cases: McDaniel v. Shaklee and TIG Insurance Co. Practice Areas: Insurance Defense; Workers Compensation Defense; Premises Liability Defense; Products Liability; Insurance Coverage; Civil Litigation; Commercial Torts; Business Torts; Defense Litigation; First Party; First Party Defense Litigation; Bad Faith Defense; Fire and Casualty Litigation. Email: Paul N. Jenkins, Jr. | | Reagan D. Wise (Junior Member) born Memphis, Tennessee, January 25, 1975; admitted to bar, 2000, Alabama and U.S. District Court, Northern, Southern and Middle Districts of Alabama; 2001, Mississippi and U.S. District Court, Northern and Southern Districts of Mississippi; U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit. Education: Mississippi State University (B.A., 1997); University of Mississippi (J.D., 2000). Member: Lee County, Colbert County and American Bar Associations; The Mississippi Bar; Alabama State Bar; Lee County Young Lawyers Association; Mississippi Defense Lawyers Association; Defense Research Institute; Alabama Defense Lawyers Association. Practice Areas: Insurance Defense; Litigation; Workers Compensation Defense; Premises Liability Defense; Products Liability Defense; Construction Litigation; Uninsured and Underinsured Motorists. Email: Reagan D. Wise | | —————————— | | Norma C. Ruff (Associate) born Greenville, Mississippi, January 28, 1958; admitted to bar, 1982, Mississippi; U.S. District Court, Northern and Southern Districts of Mississippi; U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit. Education: Mississippi State University (B.A., 1980); University of Mississippi School of Law (J.D., 1982). Pi Sigma Alpha. Member: Lee County and American Bar Associations; The Mississippi Bar; Defense Research Institute. Practice Areas: Insurance Defense; Insurance Coverage; General Liability; Civil Litigation; Premises Liability; Products Liability; Bad Faith Defense; Commercial Torts; Business Torts. Email: Norma C. Ruff | | J. Wayne Doss, Jr. (Associate) born Houston, Mississippi, April 7, 1976; admitted to bar, 2002, 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., magna cum laude, 1998); University of Florida (J.D., with honors, 2001). Member: The Mississippi Bar; American Bar Association; Lee County Young Lawyers Association (President, 2005-2006); Defense Research Institute. Reported Cases: Rousseau v. Rousseau, 910 So.2d 1214 (Miss. App. 2005); Hill v. General Ins. Co. of America, 456 F.Supp.2d 757 (N.D. Miss. 2006); Ryan v. Wal-Mart Stores, Inc., 2005 WL 3591809 (N.D. Miss. 2005). Practice Areas: First Party Insurance Defense(50%); Arson/SIU(20%); Third Party Insurance Defense(20%); Commercial Litigation(10%). Email: J. Wayne Doss, Jr. | | Paige C. Bush-Scruggs (Associate) born Meridian, Mississippi, December 23, 1975; admitted to bar, 2002, Illinois; 2003, Mississippi; U.S. District Court, Northern and Southern Districts of Mississippi, U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Michigan and U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit. Education: University of Mississippi; University of Alabama (B.A., 1998); Vermont Law School (J.D., 2002; M.S., Environmental Law, cum laude, 2006). Phi Sigma Alpha. Member: Lee County, The Chicago, Illinois State and American Bar Associations; Lee County Young Lawyers Association; The Mississippi Bar; Mississippi Young Lawyers Association; Defense Research Institute. Practice Areas: Insurance Defense; Insurance Bad Faith Defense; Automobile Liability Defense; Premises Liability Defense; Civil Liability; Products Liability Defense; Insurance Coverage; Commercial Torts; Business Torts. Email: Paige C. Bush-Scruggs | | J. Douglas Foster (Associate) born Oxford, Mississippi, September 21, 1975; admitted to bar, 2002, 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., 1998; J.D., 2002). Member, Federalist Society. Member: Lee County Bar Association; The Mississippi Bar; Lee County Young Lawyers Association; Mississippi Young Lawyers Association; Defense Research Institute; Legislative Affairs Sub-Committee; Mississippi Defense Lawyers Association (Member, Seminars and Bar Admissions Committee). Practice Areas: Third Party Insurance Defense Litigation; First Party Insurance Defense Litigation; Insurance Coverage; Premises Liability Defense; Products Liability Defense; Commercial and Business Torts Litigation; Bad Faith Defense; Employee Discrimination. Email: J. Douglas Foster | | Jennifer H. Collins (Associate) born Jonesboro, Arkansas, January 22, 1980; 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., 2002; J.D., 2005). Member: Lee County; and American Bar Association; The Mississippi Bar; Defense Research Institute; Mississippi Defense Lawyers Association. Practice Areas: Insurance Defense; Civil Litigation. Email: Jennifer H. Collins | | OF COUNSEL | | Benjamin H. Sanders (1942-1999). |
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