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Areas of Emphasis
- Employment Litigation
- Employment Disputes - Employer
- Violations - ADA, FMLA, FLSA, Title VII, ADEA
- Compliance Advice
- Employment Policy Review
Distinctions
- AV-rated, Martindale-Hubbell
- Chambers USA, America’s Leading Lawyers for Business, Labor and Employment
- Fellow, Young Lawyers Division, Mississippi Bar
- Mississippi Bar Young Lawyers Division President's Award for Public Service
Education & Honors
- University of Mississippi, J.D., cum laude, 1986
- Editorial Board, Mississippi Law Journal
- Mississippi College, B.S.B.A, Accounting, 1983
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Associations
- American Bar Association
- Labor and Employment Section
- Employer Co-Chair, Employment Rights and Responsibilities Committee
- Mississippi Bar
- Board of Commissioners, 1993-95
- President, Young Lawyer Division, 1993-94
- Hinds County Bar Association
- Board of Commissioners, 1991-92
Bar Admissions
- Mississippi, 1986
- U.S. District Courts
- Mississippi: Northern and Southern Districts
- Arkansas: Eastern and Western Districts
- U.S. Court of Appeals
- 5th Circuit
- U.S. Supreme Court
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Legal Experience
- Trotter v. BPB America, Inc., 106 Fed. Appx. 272, 2004 WL 1746363 (5th Cir. 2004)(affirming summary judgment for employer and finding alleged stray remarks by manager were insufficient evidence of race discrimination)
- Stout v. Baxter Healthcare Corp., 282 F.3d 856 (5th Cir. 2002)(affirming summary judgment in favor of employer in Pregnancy Discrimination Act case)
- Sanders v. Leake County School Dist., --- F.Supp.2d ----, 2008 WL 682416 (S.D. Miss. 2008)(dismissing principal’s claims against school district for violations of First Amendment, due process, and breach of contract)
- Comans v. Scott County School Dist., 2008 WL 695601 (S.D. Miss. 2008)(granting summary judgment in favor of superintendent of school district on plaintiff’s claims under Section 1983 and Title VII for gender discrimination and retaliation)
- Sappington v. Style-Line Furniture, 2007 WL 3355838 (N.D. Miss. 2007)(granting summary judgment in favor of employer on plaintiff’s FLSA claim; finding that employer properly classified supervisor under the executive exemption)
- Sandifer ex rel. Sandifer v. Lumberton Public School Dist., 2007 WL 2071799 (S.D. Miss. 2007)(dismissing plaintiff’s claim under the Individuals with Disabilities in Education Act for failure to exhaust administrative remedies)
- Burns v. Blackhawk Management Corp.,494 F.Supp.2d 427 (S.D. Miss. 2007)(granting summary judgment in favor of employer on plaintiff’s FLSA retaliation claim and finding that employee went “too far” when complaining)
- Brewer v. AmSouth Bank, Slip Copy, 2006 WL 1522946 (N.D. Miss. 2006)(granting summary judgment in favor of employer on plaintiff’s claims of FMLA retaliation, gender discrimination, sexual harassment, and malicious interference with employment)
- Sullivan v. Protex Weatherproofing, Inc., 913 So. 2d 256 (Miss. 2005)(enforcing arbitration provision for benefit of non-signatory to agreement)
- Stout v. Baxter Healthcare Corp., 107 F. Supp. 2d 744 (N.D. Miss. 2000)(granting summary judgment for employer in Pregnancy Discrimination Act case)
- Callender v. Ergon, Inc., 928 F. Supp. 665 (S.D. Miss. 1996)(granting summary judgment for employer and finding employer addressed employee’s sexually hostile work environment claims immediately and effectively)
- Crenshaw v. Georgia-Pacific Corp., 915 F. Supp. 93 (W.D. Ark. 1995)(granting summary judgment for employer on employee’s “tort of outrage” claim)
- Peterson v. Test Int’l, E.C., 904 F. Supp. 574 (S.D. Miss. 1995)(enforcing forum selection clause and finding no jurisdiction over foreign defendant)
- Defended fraternal society in nationwide class action discrimination lawsuit.
- Defended employer in lawsuit filed by employees nationwide due to loss of jobs related to sale of business.
- Defended company’s attendance policy successfully against a claim of violation of Pregnancy Discrimination Act.
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