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Watson, Beckett Elected Officers of the Mississippi Chapter of Federal Bar Association
Butler, Snow, O’Mara, Stevens & Cannada, PLLC, has announced that Ben Watson and Ryan Beckett were elected officers of the Mississippi Chapter of the Federal Bar Association – the professional organization for private and government lawyers and judges involved in federal practice. Watson will serve as president, and Beckett as secretary.
Watson is a member of Butler Snow’s Commercial Litigation Group, and Beckett is a member of the firm’s Commercial Litigation Group and Pharmaceutical, Medical Device and Healthcare Industry Group. Both attorneys are located in Butler Snow’s Ridgeland office.
Watson served the Mississippi Chapter of the Federal Bar Association as secretary in 2007, treasurer in 2008 and vice president in 2009. He was selected as a member of the 2007 class of Leadership Mississippi and is a member of the Mississippi Bar Association and the Tennessee Bar Association. Recently, Watson was named to the Mid-South Rising Stars® for business litigation.
Watson earned a Bachelor of Arts in history and a Bachelor of Business Administration in accounting, magna cum laude, from Millsaps College as well as a Juris Doctorate degree from the University of Mississippi.
Beckett serves as chair of the Defense Research Institute’s antitrust committee and as a member of the steering committee of the Defense Research Institute’s commercial litigation committee. He is a member of the American Bar Association’s Section on Antitrust, the Mississippi Bar Association and the Tennessee Bar Association. Recently, Beckett was named to the Mid-South Rising Stars® for business litigation and was awarded the 2009 Pro Bono Award by the Mississippi Volunteer Lawyers Project of the Mississippi Bar Association.
Beckett earned a Bachelor of Science degree in economics from Millsaps College, summa cum laude, and a Juris Doctorate degree, magna cum laude, from the University of Mississippi School of Law.
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Hudson Featured Presenter at ACI Mass Tort Conference
Butler Snow attorney Eric E. Hudson will co-present "Minimizing the Threat of Medical Monitoring Damages and Plaintiff Recruitment" at the upcoming American Conference Institute's seminar Managing and Resolving Mass Tort Products Liability Claims. Hudson, a member of Butler Snow's Commercial Litigation Group, has extensive experience as counsel for a number of large corporations in various mass tort cases. The two-day seminar is scheduled for Wednesday, September 29 through Thursday, September 30, 2010 at the Helmsley Park Lane Hotel in New York, New York. To register or obtain more information, visit http://www.americanconference.com/MASSTORT/agenda.htm.
Butler Snow to Present The Physician Payment Sunshine Act: A Legal Overview
Machelle D. Shields and Denise D. Burke are featured presenters in the upcoming Q1 Productions conference Medical Device and Diagnostics Corporate Compliance and Ethics Conference. The program will focus on reimbursement, clinical affairs, legal challenges and corporate compliance and ethics. Shields and Burke will participate as members of a distinguished panel of experts who will discuss mistakes, setbacks, adjustments and victories while outlining the "next steps" for companies of all sizes. Shields and Burke, both members of the firm's Pharmaceutical, Medical Device and Healthcare Industry Group will present The Physician Payment Sunshine Act: A Legal Overview.
The conference will be held Thursday, September 30, 2010, in Chicago, Ill. For registration and additional information, contact Brigitte Durnwald at bdurnwald@q1productions.com. The event brochure is available by clicking here.
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