Partner, Balch & Bingham LLP, Gulfport, MS. Member of the Mississippi bar and Alabama bar. Litigation practice in federal and state courts in Mississippi and Alabama, including jury / bench trials, arbitration, mediation and appeals involving commercial and business disputes, mass tort, class action, financial services, insurance sales practices, alleged predatory lending, product liability, toxic tort, premises liability and employment matters.
HONORS AND AFFILIATIONS
• USM Outstanding Young Alumnus
• National Board of Directors, USM Alumni Ass’n
• Mississippi Bar Association
• President, Hattiesburg Laurel Claims Association
• Alabama State Bar Association
• 1996 Claims Person of the Year
• President, USM Alumni Association
• Omicron Delta Kappa
• Mississippi Bar Merit Scholarship
• USM Outstanding Greek Member
• USM Outstanding Male Citizen
• Student Body Senator
• President's List
• Who's Who In American Colleges and Universities
• Student Body Vice President
PUBLICATIONS
“Mississippi, An Example for the Nation in the Reform of Permissive Joinder in Mass Tort Litigation”, Mass Torts, Vol. 3, No. 1, Spring / Summer 2005. (Co-authored with James Hollis)
Contributing Author, Products Liability Warnings Monograph, Published by American Bar Association.
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