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Areas of Emphasis
- Drug and Medical Device
- Product Liability
- Premises Liability
- Appellate Litigation
Distinctions
- Special Agent, United States Secret Service, 2004-07
Education & Honors
- Mississippi College, J.D., with special distinction, 1995
- Editor-in-Chief, Mississippi College Law Review
- University of Alabama, B.S., History, cum laude, 1992
- Federal Clerk: Judge Glen Davidson, U.S. District Court, Northern District, Mississippi
- Federal Clerk: Judge E. Grady Jolly, U.S. Court of Appeals, 5th Circuit
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Associations
- Defense Research Institute
- Federalist Society
- Fifth Circuit Bar Association
- Tennessee Bar Association
- Mississippi Bar
- Mississippi Defense Lawyers Association
- Memphis Bar Association
- Lafayette County Bar Association
Bar Admissions
- Tennessee, 2002
- Mississippi, 1996
- U.S. District Courts
- Mississippi: Northern and Southern Districts
- Tennessee: Western District
- U.S. Court of Appeals
- 5th Circuit
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Legal Experience
- Karen Robinson v. Johnson & Johnson – Chicago federal trial involving product liability case in connection with Children’s Motrin and Stevens-Johnson Syndrome (Trial Counsel); resulted in judgment entered for the defendants, 2009.
- Austin v. Will-Burt Co., 361 F.3d 862 (5th Cir. 2004); wrongful death/product liability action in which the Fifth Circuit affirmed summary judgment for firm’s client, the manufacturer of a news van’s telescoping mast.
- Betterton v. Evans, et al., 351 F.Supp.2d 529 (N.D.Miss. 2004); granting summary judgment to pacemaker manufacturer under preemption principles of Medical Device Amendments.
- Willow Creek Exploration LTD v. Tadlock Pipe & Equipment, Inc., et al., 186 F.Supp.2d 675 (S.D.Miss. 2002); granting motion to dismiss of manufacturer of well tubing for lack of personal jurisdiction.
- Piotrowski v. City of Houston, 237 F.3d 567 (5th Cir. 2001); Section 1983 claims, reversed in favor of city.
- Breaux v. City of Garland, 205 F.3d 150 (5th Cir. 2000); First Amendment retaliation claims, reversed in favor of city.
Papers, Presentations, & Publications
- Author, “Reducing Verdicts: Who’s Up First?” MDLA Quarterly, Spring 2010.
- Speaker, “Daubert Your Expert,” Greater Memphis Paralegal Alliance, March 2008.
- Author, Fifth Circuit Reporter, Quarterly Civil Procedure Update (apprx. 2000-02).
- Author, “Expert Testimony: Frye is Dead; Long Live Frye,” 15 Miss. C.L. Rev. 163 (1994).
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