Cases
Representative Matters: Successfully defended contractor's claims in arbitration against owner for breach of contract related to construction of a multi-million dollar poultry processing facility (2018)
Compelled arbitration of minority shareholder's claims for breach of fiduciary duties, breach of contract, oppression
squeeze out, misappropriation of corporate funds, unjust enrichment, restitution
disgorgement,
fraud,
successfully litigated those claims in arbitration, where tens of millions of dollars in corporate assets, corporate funds,
compensatory
punitive damages were at stake (2017)
Successfully litigated claims for payment arising from the design
construction of a multi-million dollar industrial processing facility funded with state tax credits (2016)
Obtained approval for client's construction of cellular tower in Alabama municipality (Cellular South Real Estate, Inc. v. City of Mobile, 2016 WL 3746661 (S.D. Ala. 2016))
Obtained summary judgment in contract dispute related to design
construction of improvements to Jackson-Medgar Wiley Evers International Airport (Rifenburg Constr., Inc. v. Hatch Mott McDonald, LLC, 2015 WL 2381136 (S.D. Miss. 2015))
Obtained relief for client pursuant to the Telecommunications Act of 1996, related to client's construction of cellular tower in Tennessee municipality (Cellular South Real Estate Inc., v. City of Germantown, 2015 WL 3852781 (W.D. Tenn. 2015))
Successfully rem
ed construction defect action from federal court to state court, obtaining an award of costs, expenses,
attorneys' fees for the client (Joe McGee Constr. Co. v. White-Spunner Constr., Inc., 2014 WL 12707141 (S.D. Miss. 2014))
Successfully appealed Department of Education's decision regarding claims of employee retaliation, where the Department denied employer client of its due-process rights (Business Commc'ns, Inc. v. United States Dept. of Educ., 739 F.3d 374 (8th Cir. 2013))
Obtained summary judgment in contract dispute related to electrical materials supplied by client for project (Stuart C. Irby Co. v. Bayview Elec. Co., 2013 WL 1984356 (N.D. Miss. 2013))
Currently serves as counsel for one of Mississippi's institutions of higher learning, representing the university in claims arising from construction of major athletic facilities on campus
Currently serves as counsel for a national bank, defending the bank in a class-action lawsuit
Currently serves as outside general counsel for multiple owners, contractors,
subcontractors in the construction industry
in general commercial matters.