Greater Jackson Office
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Top 50 Mississippi Super Lawyers®, 2012
The Best Lawyers in America®, Appellate Law
Mississippi Law Section, 50-State Survey of Law of Defamation and Invasion of Privacy
Mid-South Super Lawyers®, Appellate
Chambers USA, America's Leading Lawyers for Business, Litigation: Appellate
Quarterly Procedural Update, Fifth Circuit Reporter

University of Mississippi, J.D., Symposium Editor, Mississippi Law Journal, magna cum laude, 1988

American Bar Association
- Forum on Communications
  - Appellate Practice Committee
Defense Research Institute
- Appellate Advocacy Committee
Media Law Resource Center
Mississippi Bar Association
Capital Area Bar Association
Bar Association of the Fifth Federal Circuit

Mississippi, 1989
U.S. District Courts
- Mississippi: Northern and Southern Districts
- Michigan: Eastern District
U.S. Court of Appeals
- 5th Circuit
- 6th Circuit
U.S. Court of Federal Claims

Rebelwood Apartments RP, LP v. English, __SO.3d__, 2010 WL 3706439, Miss., September 23, 2010.
Memphis Biofuels, LLC v. Chickasaw Nation Industries, Inc., 585 F.39 917 (6th Circuit 2009).
Grobelny v. Baxter Healthcare Corp., 341 Fed. Appx. 803, 2009 WL 2196788, C.A.3 (N.J.), July 24, 2009 (No. 08-3475).
Morris v. Grusin, Tenn.Ct.App., 2009. 2009 WL 4931324, December 22, 2009.
Barbour v. State ex rel. Hood, 974 So. 2d 232 (Miss. 2008).
3M Co. v. Johnson, 895 So.2d 151 (Miss. 2005), $22.5 million judgment reversed and rendered.
Janssen Pharmaceutica Inc. v. Armond, 866 So.2d 1092, Prod. Liab. Rep. (CCH) P 16,876 (Miss. 2004), resulted in new joinder and venue rules.
Community Bank of Ellisville v. Courtney, 884 So.2d 767 (Miss. 2004), $5 million judgment reduced to $7,000.
Janssen Pharmaceutica Inc. v. Bailey, 878 So.2d 31, Prod. Liab. Rep (CCH) P 17,008. (Miss. 2004), $100 million verdict vacated.

Co-Author, "The Path to Aggregate Settlements;” American Bar Association Mass Torts Litigation, Spring 2012, Vol. 10 No. 3.
Navigating the Appeal - Practical Tips for the Occasional Appellate Practitioner, Mississippi Defense Lawyers Association Quarterly, May 2009.