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Litigation
The Litigation Section is involved in a wide range of activities of interest to the civil litigator, the general practitioner and to the bench. Through newsletters and CLE Seminars, this Section analyzes and discusses methods designed to promote justice in our courts. As a service to Mississippi attorneys, this Section also publishes the Mississippi Rules Annotated. View useful links, contacts and section officers and board members below.
The Litigation Section presents "Turning to Damages:
Methods for Proving and Defending the Ultimate Issue in Injury
Litigation" - Friday, June 14
The 2013 Litigation Section's Friday, June 14 seminar entitled
"Turning to Damages: Methods for Proving and Defending the Ultimate
Issue in Injury Litigation" is a must-attend for Mississippi civil
litigators. During this 6.5 CLE credit hour seminar, including one
(1) hour of ethics, attendees will receive the most current
thinking and attitudes of plaintiff and defense lawyers, a federal
judge, a life care planner/vocational expert and an economist on
topics ranging from punitive damages to caps. Speakers include
United States Magistrate Judge David A. Sanders and attorneys Ken
Coghlan, John C. Henegan, Merrill Nordstrom, Art Spratlin, Jim
Waide, and Rachel Pierce Waide. John Corlew, attorney and author of
Damages Law for Mississippi Trial Practice, will provide insight
into current trends in punitive damages. Additionally, the Section
has invited Bruce Brawner, a life care planner and vocational
rehabilitation specialist, and Jim Koerber, an economist, to
provide an in depth discussion of how attorneys and experts can
maximize their relationships and client results in litigation. The
June 14 seminar will be held at the Oxford Conference Center on Ed
Perry Boulevard off of Sisk Avenue in Oxford with registration
beginning at 8:30 a.m. Cost for attendance is $180 for Section
members and $220 for non-members. If you are involved in litigating
cases in Mississippi, don't miss this timely seminar. "Turning to
Damages: Methods for Proving and Defending the Ultimate Issue in
Injury Litigation" will enhance your knowledge of damages issues
that many litigators face when building or defending a case. To
download the registration brochure, click
here.
Newsletters:
May
2012
May 2011
Useful Links:
The Mississippi Supreme Court~ http://www.mssc.state.ms.us/
The Mississippi Court of Appeals~ http://courts.ms.gov/appellate_courts/coa/coa.html
The Fifth Circuit~ http://www.ca5.uscourts.gov/
The US Southern District of Mississippi~ http://www.mssd.uscourts.gov/
The US Northern District of Mississippi~ http://www.msnd.uscourts.gov/
Mississippi State Court Judges: http://www.mslawyer.com/mssc/cirjud2.html
Information, motion setting, docket, etc. www.uscourtdockets.com
Litigation Section
2012-2013 Officers and Executive Committee
Chair
Brooke Driskell
US District Court Northern Dist
911 Jackson Ave E Ste 242
Oxford, MS 38655-3621
Phone: (662) 234-3114
Fax:
Email: Brooke_Driskell@msnd.uscourts.gov
Vice Chair
Ted Connell
Merkel & Cocke
P O Box 1388
Clarksdale, MS 38614-1388
Phone: (662) 627-9641
Fax: (662) 627-3592
Email: tconnell@merkel-cocke.com
Secretary
Rebecca Wiggs
Watkins & Eager
P O Box 650
Jackson, MS 39205-0650
Phone: (601) 965-1900
Fax: (601) 965-1901
Email: rwiggs@watkinseager.com
Past Chair
Doug Minor
Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP
P O Box 1789
Jackson, MS 39215-1789
Phone: (601) 592-9973
Fax: (601) 592-1473
Email: dminor@babc.com
Member at Large (8/2010-7/2013)
Meade Mitchell
Butler Snow
P O Box 6010
Ridgeland, MS 39157-6010
Phone: (601) 985-4560
Fax: (601) 985-4500
Email: meade.mitchell@butlersnow.com
Member at Large (8/2011-7/2014)
Kelly Sessoms
Phelps Dunbar
P O Box 30
Pascagoula, MS 39568-0030
Phone: (228) 549-4481
Fax: (228) 549-1820
Email: Kelly.Sessoms@phelps.com
Member at Large (8/2012-7/2015)
Matt Miller
Copeland Cook Taylor & Bush
P O Box 17619
Hattiesburg, MS 39404-7619
Phone: (601) 264-6670
Fax: (601) 264-5660
Email: mmiller@cctb.com