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Areas of Emphasis
- Commercial Transactions
- Intellectual Property Law
- Corporate Law
- Mergers and Acquisitions
- Commercial Finance
Distinctions
- The Best Lawyers in America®, Intellectual Property Law
- Assistant & Associate National Bank Examiner, Office of the Comptroller of the Currency, 1987-1991
- Mississippi Secretary of State’s Business Reform Committees – Trademarks, 2008
Education & Honors
- University of Mississippi, J.D., cum laude, 1994
- Editor-in-Chief, Mississippi Law Journal
- Best Casenote Award published at 62 Miss. L.J. 191
- Mississippi State University, B.B.A., Banking & Finance, 1987
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Associations
- American Bar Association
- Intellectual Property Section
- Business Law Section
- Mississippi Bar
- Intellectual Property Section
- Chair, 2003-04
- Business Law Section
Bar Admissions
- Mississippi, 1994
- U.S. District Courts
- Mississippi: Northern and Southern Districts
- U.S. Court of Appeals
- 5th Circuit
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Legal Experience
- Serves as general counsel to Cooperative Association of Tractor Dealers, Inc, a captive funding company owned by independent Caterpillar equipment dealers, which manages commercial paper/loan programs; represents the Cooperative in structured financing transactions with its members and all corporate and commercial matters.
- Represents companies in a multitude of commercial transactions, including drafting and negotiating technology licensing, manufacture/supply and distribution/sales representative agreements.
- Represents client in connection with investments in various start-up and early stage technology companies.
- Represents numerous clients in intellectual property matters, focusing primarily on licensing, prosecution of federal and state trademark applications and copyright law.
- Representation of Mississippi state agency in connection with implementation of state-wide emergency wireless network system, focusing primarily on related intellectual property issues;
- Representation of buyers and sellers in business acquisitions in a multitude of industries including software/technology, medical device, building supply, retail, advertising and manufacturing concerns.
- Representation of private businesses in formation, organization and business planning including shareholder or LLC buy-sell agreements.
- Representation of an owner of power generator facilities in connection with acquisitions, sales and financing of facilities located in Mississippi.
- Representation of several county governments in sale or long-term lease of community hospitals in Mississippi.
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