E. Barney Robinson III

Practice Group Co-Leader

Commercial Litigation Group

Greater Jackson Office
Tel: (601) 985-4525
Email: barney.robinson@butlersnow.com

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Areas of Emphasis

Financial Services Litigation
Sales Practices Litigation
Contract Litigation
General Business Litigation
Director and Officer Defense
Intellectual Property Litigation
Unfair Competition and Trade Secret Litigation

Distinctions

Chambers USA, America's Leading Lawyers for Business®, Litigation: General Commercial
The Best Lawyers in America®, Commercial Litigation
Mid-South Super Lawyers®, Business Litigation
“Litigation Star” by Benchmark Litigation Magazine, Fifth Edition
Member, Standing Committee on Local Civil Rules for the United States District Courts for the Northern and Southern Districts of Mississippi
Member, Committee on Character and Fitness, Mississippi Board of Bar Admissions
Mississippi Army National Guard
- Lieutenant Colonel
- Deputy Joint Staff Judge Advocate, Joint Force Headquarters
- Veteran, Operation Iraqi Freedom (2009)
- Litigation Management Officer

Education & Honors

University of Cambridge (Magdalene College), LL.M., International Law, with Class I Honors, 1992
University of Mississippi, J.D., magna cum laude, 1991

Washington and Lee University, B.A. European History, 1988

Associations

American Bar Association
- International Law Section
Federalist Society
Defense Research Institute
Mississippi Bar Association
American Legion
Veterans of Foreign Wars
National Guard Association of the United States
Mississippi National Guard Officers Association
United States Army Battle Command Knowledge System Domestic Operations Forum
Capital Area Bar Association

Bar Admissions

Mississippi, 1992
U.S. District Courts
- Mississippi: Northern and Southern Districts
U.S. Court of Appeals
- 5th Circuit
U.S. Army Court of Military Review
U.S. Supreme Court

Legal Experience

Smallwood v. Illinois Central RR. Co., 352 F.3d 220 (5th Cir. 2003) cert. denied, 125 S.Ct. 1825 (U.S. Apr. 18, 2005) (No. 04-831).
Ross v. Citifinancial, Inc., 344 F.3d 458 (5th Cir. 2003), r'hng en banc denied, Jan. 25, 2005 (nos. 02-60608 & 02-60609).
Lipscomb v. Federal Labor Relations Auth., 333 F.3d 611 (5th Cir. 2003).
AmSouth Bank v. Quimby, 963 So. 2d 1145 (Miss. 2007).
Sullivan v. Protex Weatherproofing, Inc., 913 So.2d 256 (Miss. 2005).
Rankin v. American General Finance, Inc., 912 So.2d 725 (Miss. 2005).
Stubbs v. Mississippi Farm Bureau Casualty Ins. Co., 825 So.2d 8 (Miss. 2002).
Regions Bank v. Britt, no. 4:09cv61-TSL-LRA, 2009 WL 3766490 (S.D. Miss. Nov. 10, 2009).
Regions Bank v. Herrington, 630 F.Supp.2d 722 (S.D. Miss. 2009).
Regions Bank v. Britt, 642 F.Supp.2d 584 (S.D. Miss. 2009).
Association Casualty Ins. Co. v. Allstate Ins. Co., No. 2:09cv24-KS-JCS, 2009 WL 435153 (S.D. Miss. Feb. 19, 2009).
Association Casualty Ins. Co. v. Allstate Ins. Co., No. 2:09cv24-KS-JCS, 2009 WL 415296 (S.D. Miss. Feb. 18, 2009).
Vidrine v. Balboa Ins. Co., 597 F.Supp.2d 687 (S.D. Miss. 2009).
Slone v. Jackson Housing Auth., No. 3:07cv13-HTW-LRA, 2009 WL 243090 (S.D. Miss. Jan. 30, 2009).
U.S. ex rel. Rigsby v. State Farm Ins. Co., no. 1:06cv433-LTS-RHW, 2008 WL 2130314 (S.D. Miss. May, 19, 2008).
State Farm Fire and Cas. Co. v. Hood, no. 3:08cv11-MPM, 2008 WL 313478 (N.D. Miss. Feb. 1, 2008).
State Farm Fire and Cas. Co. v. Hood, no. 2:07cv188-DCB-MTP, 2007 WL 4208288 (S.D. Miss. Nov. 2, 2007).
State Farm Fire and Cas. Co. v. Hood, no. 2:07cv188-DCB-MTP, 2007 WL 3268434 (S.D. Miss. Oct. 31, 2007).
State Farm Fire and Cas. Co. v. Hood, no. 2:07cv188-KS-MTP, 2007 WL 4208068 (S.D. Miss. Sept. 14, 2007).
Bryant v. Military Dept. of State of Miss. ex rel. Miss. Air Nat’l Guard, 381 F.Supp.2d 586 (S.D. Miss. 2005).
Giles v. American General Finance, Inc., 229 F.R.D. 537 (S.D. Miss. 2005).
AmSouth Bank v. Bowens, 351 F.Supp.2d 571 (S.D. Miss. 2005).
Rainwater v. Lamar Life Ins. Co., 381 F.Supp.2d 581 (S.D. Miss. 2005).
Queen v. American General Finance, Inc., 351 F.Supp.2d 576 (S.D. Miss. 2005).
AmSouth Bank v. Steadman, 339 F.Supp.2d 778 (S.D. Miss. 2004).
American General Financial Services, Inc. v. Griffin, 327 F.Supp.2d 678 (N.D. Miss. 2004).
AmSouth Bank v. Stewart, no. 3:03cv1180-TSL-AGN, 2004 WL 914638 (S.D. Miss. Apr. 27, 2004).
Barnes v. Edgeworth, no. 5:02cv56-WHB-AGN, 2004 WL 914642 (S.D. Miss. Apr. 26, 2004).
Burks v. American General Finance, Inc., no. 4:03cv9-WAP-EMB, 2004 WL 1987232 (N.D. Miss. Mar. 31, 2004).
Griffin v. American General Finance, Inc., 1:03cv155=WAP-JAD, 2004 WL 716777 (N.D. Miss. Mar. 17, 2004).
Frye v. American General Finance, Inc., 307 F.Supp.2d 836 (S.D. Miss. 2004).
Queen v. American General Finance, Inc., 289 F.Supp.2d 782 (S.D. Miss. 2003).
American General Finance, Inc. v. Davis, 284 F.Supp.2d 455 (S.D. Miss. 2003).
Murphy v. AmSouth Bank, 269 F.Supp.2d 749 (S.D. Miss. 2003).
Rainwater v. Lamar Life Ins. Co., 246 F.Supp.2d 546 (S.D. Miss. 2003).
Stacher v. American General Finance, Inc., no. 04:02cv254-TSL-AGN, 2003 WL 1191182 (S.D. Miss. 2003).
Green v. American General Finance, Inc., no. 3:02cv121-TSL-AGN, 2003 WL 1191183 (S.D. Miss. Mar. 7, 2003).
Conner v. Merit Life Ins. Co., no. 501cv149-DB-JCS, 2002 WL 3239723 (S.D. Miss. Mar. 28, 2002).
Davis v. Life Investors Ins. Co. of America, 282 B.R. 186 (S.D. Miss. 2002).
Davis v. Life Investors Ins. Co. of America, Inc., 214 F.Supp.2d 691 (S.D. Miss. 2002).
Lipscomb v. Federal Labor Relations Authority, 200 F.Supp.2d 650 (S.D. Miss. 2001).
Gammill v. Lincoln Life and Annuity Distributors, Inc., 200 F.Supp.2d 632 (S.D. Miss. 2001).
Presley v. Jackson Mun. Airport Authority, 94 F.Supp.2d 755 (S.D. Miss. 2000).
Deposit Guaranty Nat'l Bank v. Dale, 28 F.Supp.2d 395 (S.D. Miss. 1998).
U.S. Axminster, Inc. v. Chamberlain, 176 F.R.D. 532 (N.D. Miss. 1997).
Hassenfratz v. Garner, 911 F.Supp. 235 (S.D. Miss. 1995).
Peterson v. Test Int’l, E.C., 904 F.Supp. 574 (S.D. Miss. 1995).
Ballard v. Board of Trustees of Jackson/Hinds Library Administrative Bd., no. 03:93cv702-HTW-AGN, 1993 WL 625529 (S.D. Miss. Dec. 14, 1993).

Papers, Presentations & Publications

"Mississippi Supreme Court Issues Important Decision Regarding Enforcement of Arbitration Agreements," High Points, September 2007.