Butler Snow

Paul V. Cassisa, Jr.

Product Liability Group

Pharmaceutical Medical Device and Healthcare Industry Team

Oxford Office
Tel: (662) 234-7236
Email: paul.cassisa@butlersnow.com

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Areas of Emphasis

Product Liability
Insurance Defense

Distinctions

AV-Rated, Martindale Hubbell

Education & Honors

Louisiana State University, M.J., 1991
Loyola University, J.D., cum laude, 1985
Loyola Law Review, 1984-85

Louisiana State University, B.A., Journalism, cum laude, 1982

Associations

American College of Trial Lawyers
Louisiana State Bar Association
Mississippi Bar Association

Bar Admissions

Louisiana, 1985
Mississippi, 1986
U.S. District Courts
- Louisiana: Eastern, Middle and Western Districts
- Mississippi: Northern and Southern Districts
U.S. Court of Appeals
- 5th Circuit

Legal Experience

Served as lead counsel for General Motors in numerous automotive products liability cases throughout the Southeast, including trials in Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama, Tennessee and Kentucky. Also handled automotive products liability trials for Mazda and Nissan and forklift products liability trials for Clark and Linde.
Murray v. General Motors, LLC, 2011 WL 52559, rehearing denied, 2011 WL 3684517 (S.D. Miss. 2011).
Maya v. Johnson & Johnson, Court of Common Pleas, First Judicial District of Pennsylvania (March-May, 2011) – Trial.
Rutledge v. Harley-Davidson Motor Co., 2009 WL 1635762 (S.D. Miss. 2009) aff’d 2010 WL 445498 (5th Cir. 2010).
Hoffpauir v. Linde Lift Truck, USDC, Western District of Louisiana (September, 2009) – Trial.
West v. Drury Company, USDC, Northern District of Mississippi (June, 2009) – Trial.
Doyle v. General Motors Corp., Rapides Parish, Louisiana (March, 2009) – Trial.
Simmons v. General Motors Corp., St. Clair County, Alabama (February, 2009) – Trial.
Richardson v. General Motors Corp., 2009 WL 2487379 (N.D. Miss. 2009).
Brown v. General Motors Corp., 4 So.3d 400 (Miss. App. 2009).
Forbes v. General Motors Corp., 993 So.2d 822 (Miss. 2008).
Washington v. General Motors Corp., 2008 WL 1782344 (N.D. Miss. 2008).
Green-Johnson v. Enterprise Rent-A-Car, 2008 WL 941708 (E.D. La. 2008).
Roy v. Optima Batteries, Inc., 2008 WL 1968326 (W.D. La. 2008).
Bellow v. General Motors Corp., Calcasieu Parish, Louisiana (October, 2007) – Trial.
Burns v. General Motors Corp., Hinds County, Mississippi (September, 2007) – Trial.
Cook v. General Motors Corp., Pearl River County, Mississippi (August, 2007) – Trial.
Jacobs v. General Motors Corp., Morgan County, Alabama (February, 2007) – Trial.
Lowery v. General Motors Corp., 2007 WL 4374291 (W.D. La. 2007).
Palmer v. State, ex rel. Dept. of Transp. and Development, 2006 WL 3110610 (La. App. 1st Cir. 2006).
Caboni v. General Motors Corp., 398 F.3d 357 (5th Cir. 2005).
General Motors Corp. v. Myles, 905 So.2d 535 (Miss. 2005).
Beckham v. General Motors Corp., Jackson County, Mississippi (October, 2004) – Trial.
Dykes v. General Motors Corp., Shelby County, Tennessee (March-April, 2004) – Trial.
Noah v. General Motors Corp., 882 So.2d 235 (Miss. App. 2004) cert. denied 882 So.2d 772 (Miss. 2004).
Bennett v. General Motors Corp., Hinds County, Mississippi (October, 2003) – Trial.
Vassar v Mazda Motor of America, Inc., Monroe County, Mississippi (September, 2003) – Trial.
Forbes v. General Motors Corp., Marion County, Mississippi (May, 2003) – Trial.
Caboni v. General Motors Corp., USDC for the Eastern District of Louisiana (May, 2003) – Trial.
Myles v. General Motors Corp., Humphreys County, Mississippi (November, 2002) – Trial.
Williams v. General Motors Corp., Orleans Parish, Louisiana (June – July, 2002) – Trial.
Lewis v. General Motors Corp., Lawrence County, Mississippi (April, 2002) – Trial.
Smith v. General Motors Corp., Greene County, Mississippi (March, 2002) – Trial.
Mulcahy v. General Motors Corp., Elmore County, Alabama (January, 2002) – Trial.

Papers, Presentations & Publications

“Insight into Effective Trial Techniques,” Sirote & Permutt CLE in Birmingham, AL, December 10, 2009.