OrlandoR.Richmond, Sr.
Areas of Emphasis
  • Drug and Medical Device
  • Product Liability
  • Medical Liability Defense
  • Personal Injury Law
Distinctions
  • AV-rated, Martindale-Hubbell
  • The Best Lawyers in America®, Product Liability Litigation
  • Member, Mississippi Governor's Judicial Appointments Advisory Committee
  • Fellow, Mississippi Bar Foundation
  • Judge Advocate, United States Marine Corps, 1991-94
  • Nominee, Outstanding Young Marine Corps Lawyer, 1992
  • City Attorney, West Point, Mississippi, 2005-present
  • Clay County's Top 40 Over 40, Daily Times Leader, 2008
  • Mid-South Super Lawyers®, Personal Injury: Defense, Products
  • “Litigation Star” by Benchmark Litigation Magazine, Fifth Edition
Education & Honors
  • Georgetown University, J.D., National Champion, Moot Court, Phi Kappa Phi, 1989
  • Jackson State University, B.A., Political Science, cum laude, 1986
  • Clerkship, Judge Herbert B. Dixon, Jr., District of Columbia Superior Court 1989-90
Associations
  • American Bar Association
  • Bar Association of the Fifth Federal Circuit
  • Mississippi Bar Association
    • Bench-Bar Liaison Committee
    • Past President, Select, 2003-11
    • Executive Committee
    • Litigation/General Practice Section
      • Past President, 2003-11
    • Workers’ Compensation Section
      • Executive Committee
  • American Board of Trial Advocates
  • Magnolia Bar Association
  • International Association of Defense Counsel
  • Capital Area Bar Association
Bar Admissions
  • Mississippi, 1994
  • U.S. District Courts
    • Mississippi: Northern and Southern Districts
  • U.S. Court of Appeals
    • 5th Circuit
Legal Experience
  • Numerous jury trials as lead counsel or co-counsel in state, federal and military venues.
  • Participation in mass tort litigation involving pharmaceutical products and toxic and environmental issues.
Papers, Presentations & Publications
  • "Red Hot Topics in Litigation: What's the Damage? Apportionment of Fault," Mississippi Bar Convention, Summer School for Lawyers, July 2008.
  • "The Opening Statement: A Lasting Impression, The Commonwealth of Massachusetts v. Roy Smith" (based on A Death in Belmont by Sebastian Junger), Mississippi Bar Litigation Section, January 2009.
  • "The Art of the Settlement," National Business Institute, September 2009.
  • "Building Your Civil Trials," National Business Institute, July 2010.
  • "Opening Statements," Continuing Legal Education Seminar, Federal Express Worldwide Headquarters, Memphis, Tennessee, November 2010.

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