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Areas of Emphasis
- Antitrust and Intellectual Property
- Complex Commercial
- Media Defense
- Telecommunications
Distinctions
- AV-rated, Martindale-Hubbell
- The Best Lawyers in America®, Appellate Law, Commercial Litigation, First Amendment Law
- Chambers USA, America’s Leading Lawyers for Business, Litigation: General Commercial and Litigation: Appellate
- Mid-South Super Lawyers®, Business Litigation
- Chief of Staff, Office of the Governor, State of Mississippi, 1981-1984
- Fellow, Mississippi Bar Foundation
- William Winter Institute of Racial Reconciliation, University of Mississippi
- Vice Chair, Advisory Board
- Distinguished Service Award, Hinds County Bar Association, 1998
Education & Honors
- University of Mississippi, J.D., with honors, 1976
- Editor-in-Chief, Mississippi Law Journal, 1976
- University of Mississippi, B.A., English and Philosophy, 1972
- Clerkship, Hon. Charles Clark, Circuit Judge, U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit, 1976-1977
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Associations
- American Bar Association
- Antitrust Section
- Litigation Section
- Patent and Copyright Section
- Communications Law Forum
- Federal Bar Association
- Federal Circuit Bar Association
- Fifth Circuit Bar Association
- Media Law Resource Center
- Employment Libel and Privacy Committee (Chair, 2005-07)
- Mississippi Bar Association
- Mississippi Defense Lawyers Association
- Hinds County Bar Association
- President, 2006-07
- Charles Clark American Inns of Court
- Barrister, 2004-07
Bar Admissions
- Mississippi, 1976
- New York, 1978 (inactive)
- U.S. District Courts
- Mississippi: Northern and Southern Districts
- New York: Southern District
- U.S. Courts of Appeals
- 2nd Circuit
- 5th Circuit
- 11th Circuit
- Federal Circuit
- U.S. Supreme Court
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Legal Experience
- Barbour v. State ex rel. Hood, 974 So. 2d 232 (Miss. 2008).
- Tuepker v. State Farm Fire & Cas. Co., 507 F.3d 346 (5th Cir. 2007).
- Shelter Mutual Ins. Co. v. Dale, 914 So. 2d 698 (Miss. 2005).
- City of Clarksdale v. BellSouth Telecommunications, Inc., 428 F.3d 206 (5th Cir. 2005).
- 3M Co. v. Johnson, 895 So. 2d 151 (Miss. 2004).
- Community Bank, Ellisville v. Courtney, 884 So. 2d 767 (Miss. 2004).
- In Re Biloxi Casino Belle Inc., 368 F.3d 491 (5th Cir. 2004) (represented amicus).
- Travis v. Irby, 326 F.3d 644 (5th Cir. 2003).
- Lane v. Strang Communications Co., 297 F. Supp. 2d 897 (N.D. Miss. 2003).
- Tuck v. Blackmon, 798 So. 2d 402 (Miss. 2001) (represented amici).
- Little v. Clodfelter, 782 So. 2d 175 (Miss. 2001).
- In Re Proposed Initiative Measure No. 20, 774 So. 2d 397 (Miss. 2000).
- Jeffries v. State, 724 So. 2d 897 (Miss. 1998) (represented amici).
- In Re Higginbotham, 716 So. 2d 631 (Miss. 1998).
- Trilogy Communications, Inc. v. Times Fiber Communications, Inc., 109 F.3d 739 (Fed. Cir. 1997).
- McCoy v. South Central Bell Tel. Co., 688 So. 2d 214 (Miss. 1996).
- Wilbourn v. Stennett, Wilkinson & Ward, 687 So. 2d 1205 (Miss. 1996).
- Fordice v, Thomas, 649 So. 2d 835 (Miss. 1995).
- Stegall v. WTWV, Inc., 609 So. 2d 348 (Miss. 1992) (represented amici).
- State ex rel. Moore v. Molpus, 578 So. 2d 624 (Miss. 1991).
- Webster v. Mississippi Publishers Corp., 571 So. 2d 946 (Miss. 1990) (represented amici).
- Mitchell v. Random House, Inc., 865 F.2d 664 (5th Cir. 1989).
- Billiot v. State, 515 So. 2d 1234 (Miss. 1987).
- North Mississippi Communications, Inc. v. Jones, 792 F. 2d 1330 (5th Cir. 1986).
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