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Practice Areas
Representative Cases
American Compensation Ins. Co. v. Hector Ruiz, et al., 2022 WL4468619, No. 1:18-CV-213-DMB-DAS (N.D. Miss. 2022) (Complete summary judgment in favor of client).
Cory Harris v. Deep South Title, LLC, at al., Lamar County Circuit Court, No. CO18-0865A (May 18, 2022) (Complete summary judgment in favor of client).
Ernest T. Jones v. Miss Inst. Of Higher Learning, et al., Claiborne County Circuit Court, No. 2009-29-A (2016) (Judgment notwithstanding the verdict in favor of the client).
Borries Constr. V. Grand Casino of Miss. Inc., 187 So. 3d 1042, (Miss. 2016) (Reversal of summary judgment against construction company client; favorable settlement for client).
Miss. Transp. Comm’n v. Murtagh, et al., Holmes County Special Court of Eminent Domain, No. 2012-0237 (Sept. 26, 2013) (Jury verdict in favor of the client).
Eagle Capital Corp. v. Munlake Contractors, inc. et al., Mississippi Supreme Court, No. 2012-M-01735-SCT (2012) (Affirming dismissal of client).
Gulf Coast Property, Inc. v. Miss Transp. Comm’n v. Murtagh, et al., Hinds County Circuit Court, No. 251-5-903 (Aug. 10, 2012) (Dismissal in favor of defendant-client).
Ernest T. Jones v. ASU, No. 2012-0237 (S.D. Miss. 2012) (Dismissal of state entity and individual client defendants).
Rudy Chestang v. Alcorn State Univ., et al., 2011 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 133378 (S.D. Miss. 2011) (Dismissal of corporate and individual client defendants).
Jones v. Alcorn State Univ., 120 So. 3d 448 (Miss.Ct. App. 2013) (Affirming Judgment in favor of client).
Miss. Transp. Comm’n v. Mae Cotton, et al., Madison County Special Court of Eminent Domain, No. CO 2008-1270 (2010) (Jury Verdict in favor of client).
Miss. Transp. Comm’n v. Mae Cotton, et al., Madison County Special Court of Eminent Domain, No. CO 2008-1272-01 (2009) (Jury Verdict in favor of client).
Education
J.D., cum laude, Mississippi College School of Law (2008); Moot Court Board
B.B.A. Millsaps College (2005)
Publications
The Virtual Courtroom: COVID-19’s Effect on Jury and Bench Trials. (April 26, 2021).
Anti’ Up: Is It Time For Mississippi Practitioners To Put Their Bargaining Chips On The Collaborative Law Table? Alternative Dispute Resolution – Mississippi College School of Law (2009).
Bar & Court Admissions
Louisiana
Mississippi
U.S. District Courts for the Eastern and Western Districts of Louisiana
U.S. District Courts for the Southern and Northern Districts of Mississippi
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Professional & Civic Activities
Congressional Ambassador, Alzheimer’s Association
Mississippi Volunteer Lawyers Association
First United Methodist Church of Long Beach
Honors
American Jurisprudence Award, Alternative Dispute Resolution
American Jurisprudence Award, Trial Practice
