E. Barney Robinson III

Practice Group Leader
Commercial Litigation Group

Jackson Office
Tel: 601-985-4525
E-mail: barney.robinson@butlersnow.com

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Areas of Emphasis

• Financial Services Litigation
• Business Litigation
• Sales Practices Litigation
• Unfair Competition and Trade Secret Litigation
• Copyright, Trademark and False Advertising Litigation
• Director and Officer Liability Defense

Distinctions

• Chambers USA, America’s Leading Lawyers for Business, Litigation: General Commercial
• Mid-South Super Lawyers®, Business Litigation
• Lieutenant Colonel, Mississippi Army National Guard
• Deputy Joint Staff Judge, Joint Force Headquarters
• Member, Standing Committee on Local Civil Rules for the United States District Courts for the Northern and Southern Districts of Mississippi

Education & Honors

• University of Cambridge, LL.M., International Law, with Class I Honors, 1992
• University of Mississippi, J.D., magna cum laude, 1991
• Washington & Lee University, B.A., European History, cum laude, 1988

Associations

• American Bar Association
• International Law Section
• Defense Research Institute
• Federalist Society
• Mississippi Bar

Bar Admissions

• Mississippi, 1992
• U.S. District Courts
• Mississippi: Northern and Southern Districts
• U.S. Court of Appeals
• 5th Circuit
• U.S. Army Court of Military Review
• U.S. Supreme Court

Legal Experience

• Cross v. Federal Labor Relations Authority, 541 U.S. 935 (2004).
• Smallwood v. Illinois Central R. Co., 385 F.3d 568 (5th Cir. 2004) cert. denied, 544 U.S. 992 (U.S. Apr 18, 2005) (No. 04-831).
• Ross v. Citifinancial, Inc., 344 F.3d 458 (5th Cir. 2003) r'hng en banc denied, Jan. 25, 2005 (nos. 02-60608 & 02-60609).
• Lipscomb v. Federal Labor Relations Authority, 333 F.3d 611 (5th Cir. 2003).
• Smith v. American General Financial Services, Inc., no. 2:05cv113WAP-EMB, 2006 WL 2571346 (N.D. Miss. Sept. 1, 2006).
• Hightower v. Watson Quality Ford, Inc., no. 4:04cv317WAP-EMB, 2006 WL 1626587 (N.D. Miss. June 7, 2006).
• Bryant v. Military Dept. of State of Miss. ex rel. Miss. Air Nat. Guard, 381 F. Supp. 2d 586 (S.D. Miss. 2005).
• Giles v. American General Finance, Inc., 229 F.R.D. 537 (S.D. Miss. 2005).
• Sullivan v. Protex Weatherproofing, Inc., 913 So. 2d 256 (Miss. 2005).
• Rankin v. American General Finance, Inc., 912 So. 2d 725 (Miss. 2005).
• Stubbs v. Mississippi Farm Bureau Casualty Ins. Co., 825 So. 2d 8 (Miss. 2002).
• AmSouth Bank v. Bowens, 351 F.Supp.2d 571 (S.D. Miss. 2005).
• Queen v. American General Finance, Inc., 351 F. Supp. 2d 576 (S.D. Miss. 2005)
• AmSouth Bank v. Steadman, 339 F. Supp. 2d 778 (S.D. Miss. 2004).
• American General Financial Services, Inc. v. Griffin, 327 F. Supp. 2d 678 (N.D. Miss. 2004).
• AmSouth Bank v. Stewart, no. 3:03cv1180TSL-AGN, 2004 WL 914638 (S.D. Miss. Apr. 27, 2004).
• Barnes v. Edgeworth, no. 5:02cv56WHB-AGN, 2004 WL 914642 (S.D. Miss. Apr. 26, 2004).
• Burks v. American General Finance, no. 4:03cv9WHP-EMB, 2004 WL 1987232 (N.D. Miss. Mar. 31, 2004).
• Griffin v. American General Finance, Inc., 1:03cv155WAP-JAD, 2004 WL 716777 (N.D. Miss. Mar. 17, 2004).
• Frye v. American General Finance, Inc., 307 F. Supp. 2d 836 (S.D. Miss. 2004).
• Queen v. American General Finance, Inc., 289 F. Supp. 2d 782 (S.D. Miss. 2003).
• American General Finance, Inc. v. Davis, 284 F. Supp. 2d 455 (S.D. Miss. 2003).
• Murphy v. AmSouth Bank, 269 F. Supp. 2d 749 (S.D. Miss. 2003).
• Rainwater v. Lamar Life Ins. Co., 246 F. Supp. 2d 546 (S.D. Miss. 2003).
• Stacher v. American General Finance, Inc., no. 04:02cv254TSL-AGN, 2003 WL 1191182 (S.D. Miss. 2003).
• Green v. American General Finance, Inc., no. 3:02cv121TSL-AGN, 2003 WL 1191183 (S.D. Miss. Mar. 7, 2003).
• Conner v. Merit Life Ins. Co., no. 501cv149DB-JCS, 2002 WL 3239723 (S.D. Miss. Mar. 28, 2002).
• Davis v. Life Investors Ins. Co. of America, 282 B.R. 186 (S.D. Miss. 2002).
• Davis v. Life Investors Ins. Co. of America, Inc., 214 F. Supp. 2d 691 (S.D. Miss. 2002).
• Lipscomb v. Federal Labor Relations Authority, 200 F. Supp. 2d 650 (S.D. Miss. 2001).
• Gammill v. Lincoln Life and Annuity Distributors, Inc., 200 F. Supp. 2d 632 (S.D. Miss. 2001).
• Presley v. Jackson Mun. Airport Authority, 94 F. Supp. 2d 755 (S.D. Miss. 2000).
• Deposit Guaranty Nat'l Bank v. Dale, 28 F. Supp. 2d 395 (S.D. Miss. 1998).
• U.S. Axminster, Inc. v. Chamberlain, 176 F.R.D. 532 (N.D. Miss. 1997).
• Hassenfratz v. Garner, 911 F. Supp. 235 (S.D. Miss. 1995).
• Peterson v. Test Intern., E.C., 904 F. Supp. 574 (S.D. Miss. 1995).
• Ballard v. Board of Trustees of Jackson/Hinds Library Administrative Bd., no. 03:93cv702HTW, 1993 WL 625529 (S.D. Miss. Dec. 14, 1993).

Papers, Presentations, & Publications

• “Mississippi Supreme Court Issues Important Decision Regarding Enforcement of Arbitration Agreements,” High Points, September 2007.