MichaelB.Hewes
Areas of Emphasis
  • Drug and Medical Device
  • Product Liability Law
  • General Business Litigation
  • Contract Litigation
  • Sales Practices Litigation
Distinctions
  • Mid-South Rising Stars®, Personal Injury Defense: Products
  • Mississippi Army National Guard
    • Lieutenant Colonel (MS) (Retired)
    • Judge Advocate General
  • Graduate, Leadership Mississippi
  • Graduate, Leadership Pine Belt
Education & Honors
  • University of Mississippi, J.D., Mississippi Cases Editor, Mississippi Law Journal, Appellate Competition Chair, Moot Court Board, cum laude, 2000
  • University of Southern Mississippi, B.S., Business Administration, 1992
Associations
  • American Bar Association
  • Defense Research Institute
    • Drug and Medical Device Committee
  • Mississippi Bar Association
  • Mississippi Defense Lawyers Association
  • Harrison County Bar Association
  • National Guard Association
  • Capital Area Bar Association
Bar Admissions
  • Mississippi, 2000
  • U.S. District Courts
    • Mississippi: Northern and Southern Districts
  • U.S. Court of Appeals
    • 5th Circuit
  • U.S. Supreme Court
Legal Experience
  • Assisted the Merck trial team in Vioxx litigation in following cases:
    • Humeston v. Merck & Co., Inc.; No. ATL-L-2272-03-MT -- Superior Court of New Jersey Law Division: Atlantic County, New Jersey, 2005
    • Cona v. Merck & Co., Inc.; No. ATL-L-3553-05-MT -- Superior Court of New Jersey Law Division: Atlantic County, New Jersey, 2006
    • John McDarby v. Merck & Co., Inc.; No. ATL-L-1296- 05-MT-- Superior Court of New Jersey Law Division: Atlantic County, New Jersey, 2006
    • Albright v. Merck & Co., Inc.; No. CV-05-02316 -- Jefferson County Circuit Court, Alabama, 2006
  • Presided as judicial advisor on military separation boards.
  • Assisted the trial team in following cases:
    • Sabrina Brierton Johnson v. Johnson & Johnson, et al., California trial involving first product liability case in connection with Children's Motrin and Stevens-Johnson syndrome (2008)
    • Stephanie Zundel v Johnson & Johnson, et al., New Jersey trial involving Children's Motrin and Stevens-Johnson syndrome (2009)
    • Karen Robinson v. Johnson & Johnson, et al., Illinois trial involving Children's Motrin and Stevens-Johnson syndrome (2009)
    • Thomas Gaines v. Johnson & Johnson, et al., California trial involving Children's Motrin and Stevens-Johnson syndrome (2010)
    • Hutto v. McNeil, et al., Louisiana trial involving acetaminophen overdose (2010)
Papers, Presentations & Publications

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