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Areas of Emphasis
- Labor and Employment Law
- Litigation (discrimination claims, FLSA, ERISA, employment-related torts, non-competition matters)
- Traditional Labor Law, Union Organizing Campaigns, Collective Bargaining, Labor Arbitration, OSHA, OFCCP
- Government Investigations
Distinctions
- Fellow, College of Labor and Employment Lawyers
- The Best Lawyers in America®, Labor and Employment Law
- Chambers: USA, America’s Leading Lawyers for Business, Labor and Employment
- Mid-South Super Lawyers®, Employment and Labor
- AV-rated, Martindale-Hubbell
Education & Honors
- University of Mississippi, J.D., 1978
- Editor-in-Chief, Mississippi Law Journal
- University of Wisconsin, B.S., 1975
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Associations
- American Bar Association
- Labor and Employment Law Section
- Litigation Section
- Defense Research Institute
- Mississippi Bar
- Labor and Employment Law Section
- Chairman, 1991-92
- Mississippi Defense Lawyers Association
Bar Admissions
- Mississippi, 1978
- U.S. District Courts
- Mississippi: Northern and Southern Districts
- U.S. Court of Appeals
- 5th Circuit
- U.S. Supreme Court
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Legal Experience
- Total Transportation, Inc. v. Shores, 2006 WL 3361833 (Miss. App. Dec. 28, 2006).
- Marshall Durbin Ford Corp. v. Baker, 909 So.2d 1267 (Miss. App. 2005).
- Lipscomb v. Federal Labor Relations Authority, 333 F.3d 611 (5th Cir. 2003).
- Hobbs v. Stroh Brewery Co., 189 F. Supp. 2d 559 (S.D. Miss. 2001).
- Henry v. Georgia-Pacific Corp., 730 So. 2d 119 (Ala. 1998).
- Callender v. Ergon, Inc., 928 F. Supp. 665 (S.D. Miss. 1996).
- Lee v. Georgia-Pacific Corp., 944 F. Supp. 497 (S.D. Miss. 1996).
- Crenshaw v. Georgia-Pacific Corp., 915 F. Supp. 93 (W.D. Ark. 1995).
- FMC Corp. v. Cyprus Foote Mineral Co., 899 F. Supp. 1477 (W.D.N.C. 1995).
- Peterson v. Test Int'l, E.C., 904 F. Supp. 574 (S.D. Miss. 1995).
- Davis v. College Suppliers Co., 813 F. Supp. 1234 (S.D. Miss. 1993).
- McGee v. Randall Div. of Textron, Inc., 837 F.2d 1365 (5th Cir. 1988).
- International Woodworkers of America, AFL-CIO v. Champion Int'l Corp., 482 U.S. 437 (1987).
- McGee v. Randall Div. of Textron, Inc., 680 F. Supp. 241 (N.D. Miss. 1987).
- Hawthorne v. Gulfshores, Inc., 115 F.R.D. 474 (S.D. Miss. 1986).
- Sessom v. Milwaukee Distribution Center, Inc., 645 F. Supp. 202 (N.D. Miss. 1986).
- Sullivan v. University of Miss. Med. Ctr., 617 F. Supp. 554 (S.D. Miss. 1985).
- National Labor Relations Bd. v. Fruehauf Corp., 720 F.2d 1398 (5th Cir. 1983).
- Harris v. Edward Hyman Co., 664 F.2d 943 (5th Cir.1981).
- Anthony v. Marion County General Hosp., 617 F.2d 1164 (5th Cir. 1980).
- Austin v. Jitney-Jungle Stores of America, Inc., 1997 WL 269376, 6 OCAHO 923 (1997).
- Southfork Systems, Inc., 313 NLRB 274 (1993).
- Columbian Rope Co., 299 NLRB 1198 (1990).
- Delta-Macon Brick & Tile Company, Inc., 289 NLRB 830 (1988).
Papers, Presentations, & Publications
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