Jon focuses his practice on product liability litigation and is a member of the Products, Catastrophic and Industrial Litigation Group.
Overview
Jon focuses his practice on product liability litigation and is a member of the Products, Catastrophic and Industrial Litigation Group.
Practice Areas
Industry
Experience
- Represents product manufacturers in product liability, personal injury, and breach of warranty cases with an emphasis on manufacturers in the fields of firearms, industrial machinery, and automobiles.
- Represents product manufacturers in reporting to the Consumer Product Safety Commission pursuant to the Consumer Product Safety Act.
- Represents automobile manufacturers in Magnuson-Moss Warranty Act and state “lemon law” warranty cases.
- Represents clients in catastrophic personal injury, wrongful death, and commercial damages cases.
- Representative Matters
- Firearms
- Successfully obtained voluntary dismissal for firearm manufacturer in a personal injury, product liability case alleging design and manufacturing defects; case pending in the United States District Court for the Southern District of Mississippi.
- Currently representing firearm manufacturer in a class action alleging negligence, breach of warranty, fraudulent misrepresentation, negligent representation, fraudulent omission/concealment, and unjust enrichment; case pending in the United States District Court for the Northern District of Mississippi.
- Represented firearm manufacturer in personal injury, product liability case alleging defective design and manufacture; claim was successfully resolved prior to trial; United States District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana.
- Industrial Machinery
- Represented foreign tractor manufacturer in wrongful death, personal injury action alleging numerous product liability claims pursuant to the Mississippi Products Liability Act; obtained dismissal for manufacturer and its subsidiaries on grounds of lack of personal jurisdiction and under successor liability theories; Bouchillon v. SAME Deutz-Fahr, Group, et al., 268 F. Supp. 3d 890 (N.D. Miss. 2017).
- Represented owner/operator of rental company in a personal injury action involving a Georgia Mud Buggy, alleging negligent maintenance and failure to warn. Francisco Ortiz v. McGraw Rental & Supply Company, Inc., et al., Cause No. 15-cv-00055 (Madison Co. Cir. Ct. 2015).
- Firearms
Distinctions
- Boston Red Sox, Former Professional Baseball Player, 2006-2010
- Leadership Mississippi, Graduate, Class of 2015
- Best Lawyers in America®
- Ones to Watch, Product Liability Litigation – Defendants, 2021-2024
Bar Admissions
- Mississippi, 2014
- U.S. District Courts
- Mississippi: Northern, Southern
- U.S. Court of Appeals
- 5th Circuit
Education
- University of Mississippi, J.D., cum laude, 2013
- Staff Editor, Mississippi Law Journal, 2012-2013
- Member, Moot Court Board, 2012-2013
- Outstanding Student Award, Emerging Issues In Intellectual Property, 2013
- President, Mississippi Defense Lawyers Association – University of Mississippi Chapter, 2013
- North Carolina State University, B.A., Public and Interpersonal Communications, cum laude, 2011
- Dean's List
- All-ACC Academic Baseball Team, 2006
Associations
- American Bar Association
- Mississippi Defense Lawyers Association
- Liaison for the University of Mississippi Student Chapter
- Capital Area Bar Association
- Jackson Young Lawyers
- Defense Research Institute (DRI)
Papers, Presentations & Publications
- Author, “A Dive into Third-Party Litigation Financing and Third-Party Medical Funding,” ABA/TIPS, Commercial Transportation and Litigation Newsletter (2023).
- Presenter, "Third-Party Medical Funding," FedEx Attorney Summit, September 15, 2022.
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Presenter, "Challenging Litigation and Healthcare Funding Agreements to Control Damages," 2021 Arkansas Transportation Seminar, The Harmonie Group, July 14, 2021.