Wiener

Josh is an AV-Rated attorney in our Tort, Transportation & Specialized Litigation Group. He focuses his practice on Business Tort Law, Insurance Coverage, and Real Estate Litigation.

• Insurance
• Commercial Litigation
• Estate Administration/Probate

• Bullock v. AIU Insurance Co., (S.D. Miss. 2010).
• Bullock v. Gottfried Corporation (2010).
• Rebelwood Apartments et al. v. English, 48 So. 3d 483 (Miss. 2010).
• McKnight v. Orkin, Inc., (S.D. Miss. 2009).
• Niedfeldt v. Grand Oaks Communities, 987 So. 2d 1043 (Miss. Ct. App. 2008).
• Estate of Dunn v. American Health Centers, Inc., (N.D. Miss. 2006).
• Perkins v. Century Sur. Co., (N.D. Miss. 2006).
• Smith v. CatoSouth, LLC, 432 F. Supp. 2d 679 (S.D. Miss. 2006).
• Southgate Shopping Center v. Walmart Stores, Inc., (N.D. Miss. 2006).
• Warren v. Glascoe, 880 So. 2d 1034 (Miss. 2004).
• Belcher v. Choctaw Maid Farms, Inc., 785 So. 2d 312 (Miss. Ct. App. 2001).
• Sheron Winters v. Choctaw Maid Farms, Inc., 782 So. 2d 155 (Miss. Ct. App. 2000).
• J.H. Parker Construction Co. v. City of Natchez, Miss., 721 So. 2d 671 (Miss. Ct. App. 1998).
• Diogenes Editions, Inc. v. State of Mississippi, 700 So. 2d 316 (Miss. 1997).
• Rea v. The Breakers Association, Inc., 674 So. 2d 496 (Miss. 1996).
• Hankins v. Melton, 669 So. 2d 797 (Miss. Ct. App. 1995).
• Maxim Mfg. Corp. v. Alliance Gen. Ins. Co., 911 F. Supp. 239 (S.D. Miss. 1995).
• Palmer v. Orkin Exterminating Co., 871 F. Supp. 912 (S.D. Miss. 1994).
• Stokes v. Maris, 596 So. 2d 879 (Miss. 1992).
• United States v. Arron, 954 F. 2d 249 (1992).
• Smith v. Orkin Exterminating Co., 943 F. 2d 1314 (5th Cir. 1991).
• Smith v. Orkin Exterminating Co., 791 F. Supp. 1137 (S.D. Miss. 1990).
• State v. Tokman, 564 So. 2d 1339 (Miss. 1990).
• Federal Land Bank of Jackson v. Kennedy et al., 662 F. Supp. 787 (N.D. Miss. 1987).
• Brownlee v. United Fidelity Life Ins. Co., 117 F.R.D. 383 (S.D. Miss. 1987).
• U.S. v. Louisville Mun. Sep. Sch. Dist., 557 F. Supp. 1168 (N.D. Miss. 1983).

• Martindale-Hubbell®
  • AV®– Preeminent™ Peer Review Rated
• Best Lawyers in America®
  • Lawyer of the Year, Bet-the-Company Litigation, 2022
  • Bet-the-Company Litigation, 2014-2024
  • Commercial Litigation, 2009-2024
• Super Lawyers®
  • Mid-South Super Lawyers, Business Litigation, 2006-2021
• Mississippi Bar Foundation, Law Related Education Award, 2006

• Mississippi, 1981
• U.S. District Courts
• Mississippi: Northern, Southern
• U.S. Court of Appeals
• 5th Circuit

• University of Mississippi, J.D., 1981
  • Dean Robert Farley Award, graduated first in class
  • Research Editor, Mississippi Law Journal
• Columbia University, B.A., Music, 1975

• Clerkship, Chief Judge Hon. Charles Clark, U.S. Court of Appeals, 5th Circuit, 1981-1982

• American Board of Trial Advocates
• American Bar Association
  • Litigation Section
  • TIPS (Tort Trial and Insurance Practice Section)
• Mississippi Bar
• Capital Area Bar Association

• Presenter, "The Structure and Overview of the Court System", National Business Institute, March 2012.