Experience
- Counsel to attorneys and other professionals in numerous litigated matters alleging malpractice or breach of fiduciary obligations.
- Lead trial counsel for national errors and omissions insurer in successful defense of multi-million dollar coverage dispute with life insurance company over coverage for its agent’s acts.
- Trial counsel for national errors and omissions insurer in successful defense of multi-million dollar claim predicated on acts of life insurer’s agent.
- Lead counsel for national agricultural products manufacturer in lawsuits by numerous Mississippi and Tennessee farmers alleging total loss of cotton crops from alleged defective agricultural chemical.
- Lead counsel for national building material manufacturer in multi-million dollar claim against manufacturing process service provider for alleged failure to control product odor resulting in claims by end-users throughout the U.S.
- Part of litigation team for defense of national pharmaceutical clients in mass products litigation.
- Counsel to the firm and to various clients on ethics, professional responsibility and professional liability issues.
- Butler Snow LLP, General Counsel, 2002-2023
- Butler Snow LLP, Ethics and Professionalism Counsel, 2024-Present
Distinctions
- Martindale-Hubbell, AV-Rated
- BL Rankings, The Best Lawyers in America®
- Lawyer of the Year, Professional Malpractice Law – Defendants, 2022
- Product Liability Litigation – Defendants, 2011-2025
- Professional Malpractice Law – Defendants, 2012-2025
- Mississippi Bar, Distinguished Service Award, 1998
- Mississippi Bar Foundation, Fellow
Bar Admissions
- Mississippi, 1980
- U.S. District Courts
- Mississippi: Northern, Southern
- U.S. Court of Appeals
Education
- University of Mississippi, J.D., with honors, 1980
- University of Mississippi, B.P.A., Urban Administration, summa cum laude, 1977
Associations
- American Bar Association
- Center for Professional Responsibility
- Litigation Section
- Association of Professional Responsibility Lawyers (APRL)
- Mississippi Bar Association
- Mississippi Defense Lawyers Association
- Capital Area Bar Association
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