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Areas of Emphasis
- Transportation Law/Trucking Defense
- Warranty Law/Lemon Law
- Motor Coach/Recreational Vehicle Law
- Personal Injury
- Toxic Tort
- Construction Litigation
- Product Liability
Distinctions
- Graduate, International Association of Defense Counsel Trial Academy, Boulder, Colorado, 1996
Education & Honors
- University of Mississippi, J.D., cum laude, 1991
- Business Manager, Mississippi Law Journal, 1990-91
- Downing College, Cambridge Summer Session, 1989
- University of Mississippi, B.Accy., cum laude, 1988
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Associations
- The Harmonie Group
- Chair, Transportation Committee, 2009-10
- Trucking Industry Defense Association (TIDA)
- Defense Research Institute
- Transportation Law Committee/Trucking Subcommittee
- Young Lawyers Committee
- Chair, State and Local Defense Organizations Subcommittee
- Chair, Substantive Liaisons Subcommittee
- Liaison, Trucking Law Committee
- Construction Committee
- Regional Chairperson, Marketing/Publicity Subcommittee
- Mississippi Bar
- Mississippi Defense Lawyers Association
- Young Lawyers Division
- Chairman, 1996
- Mississippi State Representative, 1997
- Capital Area Bar Association
- Jackson Young Lawyers
- American Bar Association
Bar Admissions
- Mississippi, 1991
- U.S. District Courts
- Mississippi: Northern and Southern Districts
- U.S. Court of Appeals
- 5th Circuit
- 6th Circuit
- U.S. Supreme Court
- Admitted pro hac vice in numerous states
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Legal Experience
- Coordinator of Butler Snow’s Trucking Group.
- Coordinator of Butler Snow’s 24-Hour Accident Investigation Team.
- Served as National/Regional counsel for motor coach manufacturer from 1995-2002 and appeared in approximately 20 states.
- Bendall v. GM, Genesee County Circuit Court, (Flint, Michigan), 2007.
- Spratlin Investments, LP, et al., v. Paul Tyler, Calhoun County Chancery Court (Tried in Lafayette County), 2004.
- Jack Blackwell v. Tiffin Motor Homes, Inc., Smith County Circuit Court, 2003.
- King v. American RV Centers, Inc., 862 So. 2d 558 (Miss. App. 2003).
- McAlexander v. SMC Corporation and Randy’s RV’s of Wilmington, Inc., USDC, Eastern District of North Carolina, Southern Division (Wilmington), 2002.
- Simmons v. SMC Corp. and Beaver Motor Coaches, Inc., USDC, Southern District, MS, 1998.
- Delta Pride Catfish, Inc. v. Home Insurance Co., 697 So. 2d 400 (Miss. 1997).
- Beasley v. The Hardaway Company, U.S. Bankruptcy Court, N.D. Texas, Dallas Division, 1996.
- Slay and USF&G v. Mr. Coffee, USDC, Eastern District, Meridian, 1996.
- Moody v. Mr. Coffee, County Court, Hattiesburg, MS, 1995.
- Swanson v. Ellard Homes, Circuit Court, Madison County, 1995.
- Tony Burnett v. Ryder Truck Rental, Inc., USDC, S.D. Mississippi, Jackson Division, 1993.
- Barnes v. Consolidated Freightways, County Court, Hinds County, 1993.
- Utility Constructors, Inc. v. City of Vicksburg, Circuit Court, Warren County, Vicksburg, 1992.
- Michael Construction Co. v. FDOT, Circuit Court, Leon County, Tallahassee, FL, 1991.
Papers, Presentations, & Publications
- Lecture, What’s in the Black Box? Using Data from Car and Truck EDRs, Harmonie Group Chicago Transportation Seminar, July 2009; Harmonie Group Dallas Transportation Seminar, August 2009; Harmonie Group Phoenix Transportation Seminar, December 2009.
- “What’s in the Black Box? A Show and Tell with Car and Truck EDR’S”, ABA Tort, Trial and Insurance Committee, Commercial Transportation Litigation Committee Newsletter, Summary 2009.
- Lecture, What's In the Black Box? A Show and Tell With Car and Truck EDRS, Transportation Law Association Seminar, New Orleans, November 2008.
- Lecture, What’s in the Black Box? A Show and Tell With Event Data Recorders and Electronic Control Modules, Trucking Litigation and D.O.T. Regulations in Mississippi, Lorman Seminar, May 2008.
- Lecture, “Trucking Liability – The Seat Belt Defense,” The Harmonie Group, Northwest Arkansas Regional Meeting, 2006.
- Mississippi Chapter of State & Local Public Construction Contracting Source Book, American Bar Association’s Section of Public Contract Law.
- “The Severin Doctrine – An Analysis of Pass-Through Claims of Subcontractors Against the United States,” International Association of Defense Counsel Construction Committee Newsletter, January 1995.
- Lecture, “Trucking Liability – Driver Honesty,” Transportation Lawyer’s Association, New Orleans, 1999.
- Lecture, “Motor Coach/Recreational Vehicle Warranty Law,” First Annual Meeting of RVDefense.com, 1999.
- “Modern Remedies for Oppression in the Closely Held Corporation,” 60 Miss. L.J. 405 (1991).
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