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AV Pre-Eminent in Martindale Hubbell over 25 years; Board Certified Civil Trial Advocate by the National Board of Trial Advocacy, an American Bar Association Accredited Organization. Board Certified Civil Pretrial Practice Advocate by the National Board of Civil Pretrial Practice Advocacy (a Division of the National Board of Legal Specialty Certification). Certified Litigation Management Professional from Claims and Litigation Management Alliance; Super Lawyer in Insurance Coverage (2007-2016)

PRACTICE VENUES: Mississippi; United States Supreme Court; United States Courts of Appeal Fifth and Eleventh Circuits; United States District Courts for the Northern and Southern Districts of Mississippi; United States District Court for the Western District of Tennessee; United States District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan.

PRACTICE AREAS: Insurance Coverage Law and Litigation; Fraud and Arson Defense and Special Investigations; Bad Faith and Institutional Defense; General Insurance and Corporate Litigation; Products Liability Defense; Automobile Liability and Uninsured Motorist Defense; Commercial Litigation; Agency and Broker Professional Liability Claims; Workers’ Compensation Law; Certified Mediator; Expert Witness on Insurance, Insurance Coverage and Bad Faith

Education: University of Mississippi School of Law (J.D., Valedictorian, with distinction, 1976); University of Southern California (M.S.Ed., 1974); University of Southern Mississippi (B.S., 1971); Phi Delta Phi; Omicron Delta Kappa; Phi Kappa Phi; Phi Delta Phi Outstanding First Year Student Award; Articles Editor, Mississippi Law Journal (1976); Law clerk, Honorable William C. Keady, Chief Judge, U. S. District Court for the Northern District of Mississippi (1977-79); Litigation Management Institute at Columbia Law School Formulated by the Claims and Litigation Management Alliance (2011).

Presentations: Ethics: Sources, Relationships and Reality, Financial Planning Association of Northeast Mississippi Annual Symposium (2014) and Ole Miss Risk Management and Insurance Symposium, University of Mississippi (2013); Mississippi Insurance Law: Key Points and Strategies, Sentry Insurance (2012); SIU: More than a Background Check or Surveillance, Claims & Litigation Management Alliance (2012); Insurance Fraud Initiatives, Council on Litigation Management (2011); Insurance Law Update, The Republic Group (2011); Avoiding and Defending Bad Faith – Best Claims and Litigation Strategy, Council on Litigation Management (2010); If Chinese Drywall Covers the Walls, Are Those Walls Covered?, Joint Seminar of the Mississippi Claims Association and the Mississippi Defense Lawyers Association (2009); Fundamentals of Litigation Management and Related Topics, GEICO (2009); Fundamentals of Litigation Management, Council on Litigation Management, Nationwide Insurance Company (2009); Judge, Ole Miss Hosted American Bar Association Regional Mediation Competition; Unversity Opening Statements, Trial Practice Academy, Mississippi Defense Lawyers Association, University of Mississippi (2007); Venue, Joinder, Intrastate Forum Non Conveniens and Other Issues, Eighth Annual Trial Practice Seminar (2007); Coverage Issues/Claim Handling, PIA/MCA Convention Continuing Education (2005); Tort Reform in Mississippi, Mississippi State University Insurance Day, Mississippi State University (2002); Gramm-Leach-Bliley Privacy Act: An Overview of Compliance Obligations and Questions Left Unanswered Under the Act, Loss Control Issues: How to Recognize Potential Problems From Both an Agency and Claims Standpoint, and Bad Faith: It Is Best to Avoid It, Here’s How, Continuing Education Seminar for the Professional Insurance Agents of Mississippi/Mississippi Claims Annual Convention (2001); Update on Ethics Opinions in Mississippi, Mississippi Defense Lawyers Association Southern Regional Meeting (2000); Recent Developments in Mississippi Insurance Law, Ole Miss Insurance Symposium, University of Mississippi (2000); Constitutional Issues Raised by the Mississippi Tort Claims Act, Mississippi Governmental Tort Immunity Seminar (1998); Counsel in bad faith/arson/insurance fraud mock trial for the Mississippi Fire Investigators Association Fire and Arson School (1997); Legal Implications of Current Version of National Fire Protection Association §921, State Farm Insurance Companies Special Investigative Unit Workshop (1996); Defense of Fire, Fraud and Bad Faith, Mississippi State University College of Business and Industry (1994); Defense Counsel in bad faith/arson/insurance fraud mock trial for State Farm Fire and Casualty Company's Advanced Claim School (1993); Insurance Defense Issues and Recent Developments, Mississippi Claims Association State Convention (1992); Insurance Defense Issues in Mississippi, Safeco Insurance Company (1987); First Party Bad Faith Defense, Southern Farm Bureau Insurance Companies (1985); Arson and Fraud Defense in Mississippi, State Farm Fire and Casualty Company (1984).

Publications: Reasonable Expectations: Interpreting Insurance Policies in Common Law Jurisdictions (Mississippi Law) (Co-Author, American Bar Association Tort Trial & Insurance Practice Section 2016); The Internet vs. Good Old-Fashioned Sleuthing, The CLM, Claims Management, March 2016, http://claims-management.theclm.org/home/article/The-Internet-vs-Good-Old-Fashioned-Sleuthing; Fighting Back – How Detection and Prevention Can Avoid the High Cost of Insurance Fraud, Litigation Management Magazine, Summer 2011 (Co-Author); Monograph: Venue, Joinder, Intrastate Forum Non Conveniens and Other Issues Related to Where the Chickens Can Insist the Other Chickens Come to Roost, Perspective From the Bench and the Bar (2007); United States Supreme Court Holds Punitive Damages Award in Insurance Bad Faith Case Excessive and Violative of the Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution, The MDLA Quarterly, Vol. 27, No. 2 (Co-Author) (2003); Y2K - Klear? Konfusing?, The MDLA Quarterly, Vol. 23, No. 4 (Co-Author) (1999); Ethical Prohibition on Third Party Audits and Other Related Issues, The MDLA Quarterly, Vol. 23, No. 2 (Co-Author)(1999); Constitutional Issues Raised by the Mississippi Tort Claims Act (Co-Author) (1998); The Legal Burden of Proof Implications of NFPA 921 Should be Removed, National Fire and Arson Report, Vol. 14, No. 3, September 1996; Unanimous Verdict for Insurer in Civil Arson Case in “Clear and Convincing” Jurisdiction, National Fire and Arson Report, Vol. 13, No. 3, Page 18, September 1995; Monograph: Constitutional Arguments Against the Assessment of Punitive Damages, The MDLA Quarterly (Dec. 1989).

Member: Mississippi Bar Association (Mississippi State Bar Delegate to Judicial Conference of Fifth Circuit (1984-86)(Ethics Committee Vice Chairman 1990); Mississippi Claims Association, Mississippi Claims Association Legal/Legislative Committee Chair (2001); Ole Miss Risk Management and Insurance Advisory Board (2000-2016) (Outstanding Supporter Award, 2008): Chairman-Elect (2003), Chairman (2004-2005); Distinguished Service Award (2005); Ole Miss Insurance Symposium Chairman (2005); University of Mississippi Foundation (Circle Society-2016); Lamar Order; Ole Miss Athletics Foundation; Ole Miss Alumni Association (Law); Mississippi Defense Lawyers Association (President 2000; President-Elect 1999; Secretary/Treasurer 1998; Editor of The MDLA Quarterly 1998; Co-Editor of The MDLA Quarterly 1999; Board of Directors 1994-1998; Chairman, MDLA, Northeast Mississippi Regional Committee 1989, 1991, 1992;; Distinguished Service Award 2000); Defense Research Institute; Bar Association of the Fifth Federal Circuit; Federal Bar Association; National Fire Protection Association; International Association of Arson Investigators, Inc.; Mississippi Fire Investigators Association; Association of Defense Trial Attorneys; Associate Member, Professional Insurance Agents of Mississippi; Outstanding Lawyers of America; Mid-South “Super Lawyer” in Insurance Coverage (2007-2016); ABA Advisory Panel (2008-2009); Claims and Litigation Management Alliance (CLM); CLM Insurance Fraud Committee and Founding Co-Chair (2010); CLM Insurance Bad Faith Committee, Co-Chair for Region 5 Mississippi and Louisiana (2010-2012); Who’s Who in Mississippi Law; Top Rated Lawyer In Insurance Law; International Association of Defense Counsel; United States Air Force, active duty 1971-1974.

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