Bio

Dorsey Carson is founder and managing partner of the Carson Law Group, PLLC in Jackson, Mississippi. Mr. Carson practices in the areas of Construction Law, Commercial Litigation, and Intellectual Property. He has represented numerous developers, owners, general contractors, subcontractors, sureties, architects and engineers on all aspects of the construction process from contract negotiations and bid mistakes to post performance claims and litigation.

Mr. Carson has held memberships with the Mock Trial Board, Blue Key, Who’s Who: American Law Students and Outstanding Young Men of America. He is currently a member of the Mississippi, Georgia and American Bar Associations, where he serves on a steering committee for the Forum on the Construction Industry, and the Association of General Contractors, Associated Builders & Contractors, American Subcontractors Association, and Construction Specifications Institute.

Mr. Carson is admitted to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit, the U.S. Federal Court of Claims, U.S. District Courts for the Northern and Southern Districts of Mississippi, the Northern and Middle Districts of Georgia, the U.S. District Courts for the Southern and Western Districts of Texas, the Southern District of Illinois, and the Eastern District of Wisconsin. He is licensed to practice in the states of Arkansas, Georgia, Mississippi and Texas.

Mr. Carson has published the following articles and chapters:

“Contract Disputes”, Inside the Minds: Contract Dispute Resolution, Aspatore, 2008.

“Construction Delay Claims,” Lorman Education Services, 2006.

“Mississippi Construction Law”, State Public Construction Law, CCH Incorporated, 2002, Chapter co-author.

“Construction Claims in Georgia,” Lorman Education Services, 2001.

“Mississippi: No Damages For Delay,” Common Sense Contracting, Vol. 15, No. 1 (2001).

“Construction Lien and Public Contract Bond Law,” Lorman Education Services, 2000-01.

“Is Hot Weather An Excusable Delay?,” Common Sense Contracting, Vol. 14, No. 1 (2000).

“Pass Through Delay Claims,” Common Sense Contracting, Vol. 13, No. 3 (1999).

Mississippi Practitioner’s Foreclosure Manual, University of Mississippi Press, 1999, Chapter co-author.

“Remembering Dean Rusk,” Summer 1996, Georgia Journal of International & Comparative Law.

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