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Areas of Emphasis
- Employment Litigation
- Labor Law
Distinctions
- The Best Lawyers in America®, Labor and Employment Law
- Chambers USA, America’s Leading Lawyers for Business, Labor and Employment
- Fellow, Young Lawyers Division, Mississippi Bar
Education & Honors
- University of Alabama, J.D., 1990
- University of Mississippi, B.B.A., Management, 1988
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Associations
- American Bar Association
- Labor and Employment Section
- Litigation Section
- American Employment Law Council
- Mississippi Bar
- Labor and Employment Section
- Chairman, 2008-09
- Young Lawyers Division
- President, 2000-01
- Board of Commissioners, 1999-2002
- Capital Area Human Resource Association
Bar Admissions
- Mississippi, 1991
- U.S. District Courts
- Mississippi: Northern and Southern Districts
- Arkansas: Eastern and Western Districts
- Florida: Northern District
- U.S. Courts of Appeals
- 5th Circuit
- 6th Circuit
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Legal Experience
- Bohanna v. Tunica County, Mississippi (N.D. Miss. 2010) (summary judgment in County’s favor on current employee’s claim of racial harassment)
- Jennings et al. v. Corrections Corporation of America (N.D. Miss. 2009) (summary judgment in multiple plaintiff case claiming racial discrimination, conspiracy and defamation arising out of termination).
- James Sweet vs. Murphy Oil USA, Inc. d/b/a Murphy USA (American Arbitration Association 2009) (summary judgment in favor of company in lawsuit brought by former manager who alleged breach of contract, fraud and justifiable reliance).
- McRunnels v. Calsonic Kansei North America, Inc. and Leroy Johnson, 2008 WL 4965307 (S.D. Miss 2008) (summary judgment obtained in case claiming sexual harassment, wrongful termination and infliction of emotional distress).
- DeVries v. BioLife Plasma Services, L.P., 2006 WL 2700902 (W.D. Mich. 2006) (summary judgment obtained in FMLA retaliation case arising out of termination).
- Mathis v. Comcast Corporation (Circuit Court, Lauderdale County, Miss. 2006) (summary judgment in whistle-blower wrongful termination case).
- Agro Distribution v. United Agri Products, Inc. (2005) (jury verdict on behalf of employer against a departed manager for breach of his duty of loyalty to his employer, violation of the Uniform Trade Secret Act and civil conspiracy and against the entity who hired the departed manager for tortious interference with business relations and civil conspiracy).
- Conti v. BioLife Plasma Services, LLP (Allen County, Ohio Court of Common Pleas, 2005) (summary judgment on Plaintiff's claim that discharge was subject to promissory estoppel exception to employment at will rule, and intentional and negligent inflection of emotional distress and defamation surrounding termination).
- Brown v. Dillard's, Inc. (2004) (jury verdict for employer on Plaintif's claims of race discrimination and retaliation surrounding her termination).
- Fulton v. Baxter Healthcare Corp., 2005 WL 3115761 (N.D. Miss. 2005) (motion to dismiss granted in wrongful discharge case).
- Ezelle v. Angelica Image Apparel & Angelica Corporation (W.D. Tenn. 2003) (summary judgment in Title VII retaliatory discharge, negligent and intentional inflection of emotional distress arising out of termination).
- Lewis v. Waste Management of Miss., Inc., 148 F.Supp.2d 726 (S.D. Miss 2001) (summary judgment on Plaintiff's claims of sexually hostile work environment and constructive discharge in violation of Title VII).
- Carter v. Standex International Corp. d/b/a Master-Bilt Corporation (N.D. Miss. 2000) (summary judgment where Plaintiff claimed intentional interference with his employment contract).
- Vance v. North Panola School District, 31 F.Supp.2d 545 (N.D. Miss. 1998) (summary judgment on Plaintiff's claim that her termination was result of racial discrimination under Title VII and § 1983).
- Stephen L. LaFrance Pharmacy v. Tallant, 1997 WL 392736 (N.D. Miss. 1997) (secured Preliminary Injunction enforcing employee's non-competition and other restrictive covenants).
- Harris v. Tate County School District, 882 F.Supp. 90 (N.D. Miss. 1995) (summary judgment where student alleged violation of Constitutional procedural and substantive due process rights).
- Davis v. Ceco Building Systems, 813 F.Supp. 1202 (N.D. Miss. 1993) (summary judgment on Plaintiff's claim that discharge violated Age Discrimination in Employment Act).
- McArn v. Allied Bruce-Terminex Co., Inc., 626 So.2d 603 (Miss. 1993) (summary judgment confirming that communications between an employer and the unemployment commission are privileged; case also created two public policy exceptions to employment at-will).
- Solomon v. Walgreen's, 975 F.2d 1086 (5th Cir. 1992) (summary judgment on Plaintif's claim that discharge was subject to equitable and promissory estoppel exceptions to employment at will rule).
Papers, Presentations, & Publications
- "Promotion, Advancement and Reclassificaton" Chapter, Management Editor, Fourth Edition of Lindemann and Grossman's Employment Discrimination Law.
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