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Areas of Emphasis
- Drug and Medical Device
- Product Liability
- Medical Liability Defense
- Personal Injury Law
Distinctions
- Mid-South Super Lawyers®, General Litigation, Personal Injury: Defense, Personal Injury: Plaintiff
- Fellow, Mississippi Bar Foundation
- Judge Advocate, United States Marine Corps, 1991-94
- Nominee, Outstanding Young Marine Corps Lawyer, 1992
- City Attorney, West Point, Mississippi, 2005-present
- Clay County’s Top 40 Over 40, Daily Times Leader, 2008
Education & Honors
- Georgetown University, J.D., 1989
- National Champion, Moot Court
- Phi Kappa Phi
- Jackson State University, B.A., Political Science, cum laude, 1986
- Clerkship, Judge Herbert B. Dixon, Jr., District of Columbia Superior Court, 1989-90
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Associations
- American Bar Association
- Bar Association of the Fifth Federal Circuit
- Mississippi Bar
- Litigation/General Practice Section
- President, 2003-04
- Workers’ Compensation Section
- Executive Committee
Bar Admissions
- Mississippi, 1994
- Pennsylvania, 1989 (inactive)
- U.S. District Courts
- Mississippi: Northern and Southern Districts
- U.S. Court of Appeals
- 5th Circuit
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Legal Experience
- Numerous jury trials as lead counsel or co-counsel in state, federal and military venues.
- Participation in mass tort litigation involving pharmaceutical products and toxic and environmental issues.
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