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Primary Office Location

Jackson, Mississippi

Hometown

Jackson, Mississippi

Education

University of Mississippi School of Law, J.D. (magna cum laude)
University of Mississippi, B.A. (summa cum laude)

Bar Admissions

Mississippi, 1985
Michigan, 2008

Specific Areas of Practice/Main Focus

Appellate

Asbestos

Bankruptcy

Commercial Litigation

Consumer Finance

Drugs and Medical Devices

Organizations/Committees Membership

The Mississippi Bar
American Bar Association
State Bar of Michigan

Law School Honors & Awards

Dean Robert J. Farley Award for Highest Scholastic Average in Law School Class
Mississippi Law Journal, Editorial Board Member
Phi Delta Phi

Ongoing Peer Education & Seminar Presentations

Fraud in Mass Tort Claim: Verdict Against Plaintiffs' Lawyers in Asbestos Suit Reveals How Defendants Can Fight Back - Webcast Co-Host, April 7, 2010

Important Litigation Involvement

Served as a member of the Defendants' Steering Committee in the Silica MDL in Corpus Christi, Texas, which resulted in a historic order and opinion by Judge Janis Jack (In Re Silica Products Liab. Litig., 398 F.Supp.2d 563)
Lead trial lawyer representing Illinois Central Railroad in Illinois Central Railroad Company vs. Willie R. Harried, Warren R. Turner, William S. Guy and Thomas W. Brock; Civil Action No. 5:06-CV-160 DCB-JMR. A federal jury in Natchez, Mississippi, on March 8, 2010, found that Mississippi plaintiffs' attorneys William Guy and Thomas Brock committed fraud and breached the duty of good faith and fair dealing in asbestos claims they filed against Illinois Central Railroad. The jury found that Guy & Brock of McComb, Mississippi, submitted fraudulent information to Illinois Central Railroad to conceal their clients' involvement in the earlier case (David Cosey v. E.D. Bullard Co., 1995), which would have barred their clients' claims against Illinois Central. The jury awarded Illinois Central full repayment of the $210,000 Illinois Central paid on those claims plus an additional $210,000 in punitive damages.

Media Comments/Recognition

The Best Lawyers in America® since 2010: Mass Tort Litigation (copyright 2010 Woodward/White, Inc., of Aiken, S.C.)