Areas of Practice
- Insurance Defense and General Litigation
- Estate and Trust Administration & Litigation
- Estate Planning
- Mediation Services
Education
- Mississippi College School of Law, Jackson, Mississippi, 1984
- University of Southern Mississippi, 1981
- Jones County Junior College, 1979
Bar Admissions
- Mississippi, 1985
- U.S. District Court Northern District of Mississippi
- U.S. District Court Southern District of Mississippi
- U.S. Court of Appeals 5th Circuit
Professional Associations and Memberships
- The Mississippi Bar, Member
- Capital Area Bar Association, Member
- Madison County Bar Association, Member
- Charles Clark Inn of Court, Bencher Member
- Mississippi College School of Law Alumni Association, President 2000-2001
Publications
- Co-author of the 2021-2022 Cumulative Supplement to Mississippi Trial Handbook, 3rd (Mississippi Practice Series)
Awards
- Selected to Super Lawyers 2014 - 2021
- Former recipient of the Award of Merit from the Jackson Young Lawyers Association, 1990-1991
- Pro Bono Lawyer of the Year from the Hinds County Bar Association, 1998-1999
- Volunteer Lawyer of the Year Award from the Mississippi Bar Association, 2000
Instructional Courses and Presentations
- Louisiana State University School of Law, Adjunct Faculty Member, Trial Advocacy Training Program, a NITA-based program, 1998 – 2015
- National Institute for Trial Advocacy, Faculty Member, Gulf Coast Regional Program, New Orleans, Louisiana, 2004 – present
- NITA Deposition Program, Faculty, New Orleans, Louisiana, 2011 – present
- BLG301, Faculty, a trial advocacy in-service program conducted by Borden, Ladner & Gervais, Canada, (bi-annually) 2007 – present
- Faculty participant for NITA-based trial advocacy programs at Mississippi College School of Law, Emory University School of Law, University of Mississippi School of Law and University of San Diego Law School
Past Employment Positions
- Ward, Martin, Hassell, Jones & Williford, Associate Attorney, 1989 – 1991
- Trustmark National Bank, Personal Trust and Estate Division and Corporate Trust Division, 1984 – 1989