Beau Cole is member of Butler Snow’s Products, Catastrophic and Industrial Litigation Group and Tort, Transportation and Specialized Litigation Groups.
Overview
Beau Cole is member of Butler Snow’s Products, Catastrophic and Industrial Litigation Group and Tort, Transportation and Specialized Litigation Groups.
Practice Areas
About
Beau’s background encompasses all types of litigation, including insurance contract and “bad faith” claims, government-led public interest claims, employment and other contract disputes, environmental disputes and toxic tort claims including the recent successful dismissal of hundreds of personal injury claims arising from In re: Deepwater Horizon, MDL No. 2179. He has deposed several hundred toxic tort plaintiffs and experts, has led multiple trial teams for various litigated matters and recently secured a multi-million dollar counterclaim and defense award in a complex, multi-party arbitration. He recently served as local litigation counsel in In re: National Prescription Opiate Litigation, MDL No. 2804, including close coordination and parallel tracking of the referral orders and rulings. Beau is an experienced trial attorney with success defending everything from small, but emotionally charged matters to high stakes “bet the company” litigation, including the recent favorable resolution of a $10M wrongful death claim.
Active in a variety of professional organizations, Beau is a Trustee of the Hinds County Economic Development Authority, a former member of the Mississippi Volunteer Lawyers Project Advisory Board, and the Public Information Committee Chair (2021-2022). He previously served as a member of the Board of Directors of the Mississippi Center for Legal Services and the Mississippi Supreme Court Access to Justice Commission’s Delivery Committee Chair.
Beau is recognized by Super Lawyers®, Best Lawyers in America® and Martindale-Hubbell®, and the Mississippi Bar Association honored him with its Distinguished Service Award (2020). Mississippi Business Journal selected him as a Top 10 Finalist for Mississippi’s Leading Attorneys (2016), and as one of its Leaders in Law (2015) and Top 50 Under 40 (2015). He is a Fellow of the Mississippi Bar Foundation.
Beau obtained his J.D. from Mississippi College School of Law and his B.A. from University of Southern Mississippi. He is admitted to the practice in Mississippi, Tennessee and Texas.
Distinctions
- Super Lawyers®
- Mid-South Super Lawyers, General Litigation, 2016-2020
- Mid-South Rising Star, General Litigation, 2010-2015
- Best Lawyers in America®
- Personal Injury Litigation – Defendants, 2019-2024
- Product Liability Litigation – Defendants, 2018-2024
- Mississippi Bar Foundation, Fellow
- Mississippi Bar Association, Mississippi Volunteer Lawyers’ Project, Curtis E. Coker Award to Justice Award, 2010
- Martindale-Hubbell®
- AV®–Preeminent™ Peer Review Rated, 2007-Present
- Mississippi Bar Association, Distinguished Service Award, 2020
- State of Mississippi Commission for Volunteer Service Award, 2016
- Mississippi Business Journal
- Top 10 Finalist, Mississippi’s Leading Attorneys, 2016
- Leaders in Law, 2015
- Top 50 Under 40, 2015
- PORTICO Jackson, “PORTICO 10” Top Attorney, 2013
- Capital Area Bar Association, Pro Bono Publico Award, 2009-2010
Bar Admissions
- Mississippi, 2001
- Tennessee, 2016
- Texas, 2018
Education
- Mississippi College School of Law, J.D., 2001
- University of Southern Mississippi, B.A., English, 1998
Associations
- Hinds County Economic Development Authority
- Trustee
- Executive Committee
- Charles Clark American Inn of Court
- Capital Area Bar Association
- Magnolia Bar Association
- Mississippi Volunteer Lawyers Project
- Advisory Board
- Mississippi Bar Association
- Public Information Committee
- Chair, 2021-2022
- Young Lawyers Division
- Diversity in the Law
- Committee Member
- Public Information Committee
- Mississippi Center for Legal Services
- Board Member, 2014
- Mississippi Supreme Court Access to Justice Commission
- Delivery Committee Chair, 2010-2015
- Defense Research Institute (DRI)
- Product Liability Committee Member
- California Minority Counsel Program
- Member of 2017 Planning Committee
- American Bar Association
- Tort Trial & Insurance Practice Section
Papers, Presentations & Publications
- Author, "Planes, Trains & Now...Drones: Aerial Delivery Services & the Developing Legal Troposphere," 2024 Litigation Update: Navigating Emerging Trends and Technology, March 2024
- Speaker, "Building the Evidentiary Foundation to Reconstruct Reality," DRI Product Liability Conference, February 8, 2024.
- Presenter, Defense Research Institute Asbestos Medicine Seminar, “How to Tee Up For Trial,” November 2022.
- Presenter, Magnolia Bar Association, “Ethics- Staying the Course,” August 2022.
- Presenter, Mississippi Bar Association Wellness Summit, May 2021.
- Presenter, “Wellness in the Legal Profession,” Mississippi Bar Association, July 2020.
- Co-Author, “Coronavirus Litigation Has Begun – Steps to Take to Prepare,” DRI In-House Defense Quarterly, Spring 2020.
- Presenter, "Giving Back While Saving Something for Self: Balancing Community Service and Wellness," California Minority Counsel Program Annual Business Conference, Los Angeles, CA, 2017.
- Presenter, "Back to Basics: Strategies for Success and Survival," Magnolia Bar Association, 2016.
- Presenter, "And Justice For All: Remember the Public Aspect of a Lawyer's Obligation to Provide Pro Bono Service," Windy City Litigation Management Conference, Chicago, IL, 2015.
- Presenter, "Case Closed! Now What?" Mississippi Black Professionals Association, Annual Convention, Biloxi, MS, 2015.
- Presenter, "Rule 3.2 - When is Strategic Deliberateness Dilatory Litigation?" Litigation Management in a New York Minute, New York, NY, 2015.
- Presenter, "The Price of Pressure: Coping With The Realities of Practicing Law," Mississippi Black Professionals Association, Annual Convention, Biloxi, MS, 2014.
- Presenter, "Landlord Tenant Law 101: Everything You Need To Know," Southeastern Affordable Housing Management Association, Regional Conference, Ridgeland, MS, 2013.