Leah is a member of Butler Snow’s Pharmaceutical, Medical Device and Healthcare Litigation group. She has extensive personal injury and commercial litigation experience in state and federal court, having represented defendants in pharmaceutical, medical practice, premises, contract disputes and other complex litigation. Leah’s experience covers all aspects of civil litigation from investigation through all areas of pretrial, trial/arbitration and appeal.
Overview
Leah is a member of Butler Snow’s Pharmaceutical, Medical Device and Healthcare Litigation group. She has extensive personal injury and commercial litigation experience in state and federal court, having represented defendants in pharmaceutical, medical practice, premises, contract disputes and other complex litigation. Leah’s experience covers all aspects of civil litigation from investigation through all areas of pretrial, trial/arbitration and appeal.
Practice Areas
Experience
- Inn by the Sea Homeowners’Ass’n. v. Sea Inn, LLC 170 So.3d 496(Miss. 2015)
- Hughes v. Boston Scientific Corp. 631 F.3d 762 (5th Cir. 2011)
- Miss. Crime Lab v. Douglas 70 So.3d 196 (Miss. 2011)
- Sanders v. Advanced Neuromodulation Sys. 44 So.3d 960 (Miss.2010)
- Eason v. Walgreen Co., 3:11-190, U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Mississippi (obtained defense verdict on behalf of Walgreen Co.)
- TLS Management & Marketing Services, LLC v. Mardis Financial Services, Inc. et al., 3:14-CV-881, U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Mississippi (obtained default judgment and multi-million dollar verdict for TLS)
Distinctions
- Martindale-Hubbell®
- AV® – Preeminent™ Peer Review Rated, 2014-2022
- Super Lawyers®
- Mid-South Rising Star, 2015-2019
Bar Admissions
- Mississippi, 2004
- U.S. District Courts
- Mississippi: Northern, Southern
- U.S. Court of Appeals
- 5th Circuit
Education
- University of Mississippi, J.D., 2004
- Moot Court Board: Chair Judicial Relations, 2003-2004
- Mississippi State University, B.S., Business Administration, magna cum laude, 2000
Associations
- Mississippi Bar Association
- Professionalism Committee, 2022-2023
- Diversity Committee, 2019-2020
- Women in the Profession Committee, 2020-2021
- Capital Area Bar Association
- Evening Honoring the Judiciary, Co-Chair, 2022-2023
- Bench and Bar Committee, 2021-2022
- Claims Litigation Management Alliance
- Director of Events, Mississippi Chapter
- Defense Research Institute (DRI)
Papers, Presentations & Publications
- Speaker, “Thriving in an Alternative Work Arrangement,” Capital Area Bar Association, February 25, 2021.