Over 30 years experience in private law practice, primarily engaged in litigation matters including negligence, business law, civil rights, commercial law, construction, and local government law as well as condemnation, corporate and domestic relations, probate of estates, government contracts, insurance, landlord/tenant, oil and gas, municipal, real property, zoning and land use law. Oil and gas experience includes lease obligations, having prepared many title opinions and division order title opinions for a variety of entities in the oil and gas industry. Since 1993, served as a mediator in over 700 cases.
Case Experience
Appellate
Aviation
Banking & Finance
Bankruptcy/Creditors
Business Dissolution
Civil Rights
Commercial/Business
Construction
Contract Disputes
Divorce (High Asset)
Eminent Domain
Employment
Family Businesses
Insurance
Land Use/Planning
Landlord/Tenant
Legal Malpractice
Libel & Slander
Local Govt./Municipalities
Medical Malpractice
Non-profit Organizations
Partnerships
Personal Injury
Premises Liability
Probate
Product Liability
Professional Fees
Professional Liability
Professional Malpractice
Professional Negligence
Property Damage
Real Estate
Religious Institutions
Sexual Harassment
Title Disputes
Torts
Trusts / Estates
Workers' Compensation
Wrongful Death
Education
Juris Doctor, University of Mississippi Law Center (1978)
BBA in Accountancy, University of Mississippi (1975)
Memberships & Affiliations
Fellow of the Mississippi Bar Foundation;
American Inns of Court;
Mississippi Trial Lawyers Association, Past Board of Governors;
American Association for Justice;
Mississippi Bar;
DeSoto County Bar Association;
American Arbitration Association Commercial and Construction Panel of Arbitrators;
American Arbitration Association, Panel of Construction Mediators;
ADR Section of the Mississippi Bar, Past-President; Executive Committee member
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