Mississippi Litigation Lawyer & Attorney : Bradley Arant Law Firm : Serving Jackson, Gulfport, Biloxi, Tupelo, Hinds County, 5th Circuit

David W. Clark, a partner in the firm's Jackson office, has been appointed to be the member from the Fifth Circuit on the American Bar Association's Standing Committee on the Federal Judiciary. Mr. Clark will serve a three-year term, from August 2008 to August 2011. The Standing Committee on the Federal Judiciary is one of the most important ABA committees. It consists of fifteen members - - two from the Ninth Circuit, one from each of the other twelve federal judicial circuits and one at-large. The members are appointed based on their reputations for professional competence, integrity and devotion to public service. The Standing Committee employs a peer-review process to evaluate the professional qualifications of all nominees to the Supreme Court of the United States, circuit courts of appeals, district courts (including territorial district courts) and the Court of International Trade. It issues its reports to the Senate Judiciary Committee, the White House and the Department of Justice. The Standing Committee's reports are very influential, and often are a deciding factor in whether nominees are confirmed. The last Fifth Circuit member on the Committee from Mississippi was in the mid-1970's. To view Mr. Clark’s complete profile, please click here.

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By recent order, the Mississippi Supreme Court amended Rule 46(b)(6) of the Mississippi Rules of Appellate Procedure to delete the 21-day waiting period previously required as part of the pro hac vice application procedure for an attorney seeking to practice in the state. Before the amendment, the rule required that the court or administrative agency ruling upon the pro hac vice application wait for 21 days before making such ruling unless the parties agreed otherwise. Effective December 14, 2006, that requirement is no longer in place. A copy of the order amending the rule is attached here.

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Bradley Arant partner David W. Clark has been elected the State Delegate for Mississippi to the American Bar Association (ABA) House of Delegates. Each state has one State Delegate. Established in 1936, the House of Delegates is the policy-making body of the ABA. The Delegates meet twice each year at ABA Annual and Midyear Meetings. The control and administration of the ABA is vested in the House of Delegates. Action taken by the House of Delegates on specific issues becomes official ABA policy.

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Bradley Arant is pleased to announce that two new associate attorneys have joined the firm in Mississippi.  Clarence Webster, III and Jason E. Fortenberry will practice in the Litigation Practice Group. 

Mr. Webster received his B.A. cum laude from the University of Mississippi and his J.D. from Yale Law School, where he was a member of the Yale Law Journal and the Moot Court Board. Before joining Bradley Arant, Mr. Webster clerked for the Honorable Henry T. Wingate, Chief Judge of the United States District Court for the Southern District of Mississippi.

Mr. Fortenberry received his B.A. from Mississippi State University and his J.D. magna cum laude from Mississippi College School of Law, where he was a member of the Moot Court Board and also served as Production Editor of The Mississippi College Law Review. Mr. Fortenberry also represented Mississippi College in the 2006 American Bar Association’s National Appellate Advocacy Competition.

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Bradley Arant Rose & White LLP is pleased to announce that J. Douglas Minor Jr. has joined the firm’s Jackson office as a member of the Litigation Practice Group. Mr. Minor’s primary area of practice includes representation of both plaintiffs and defendants in business tort cases involving contract and insurance disputes. He has tried numerous cases to verdict in both state and federal courts, and his appellate experience includes appearances before the Second and Fifth Circuit Courts of Appeals.

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Seventy-eight attorneys from the law firm of Bradley Arant Rose & White LLP have been selected for inclusion in the 2007 edition of The Best Lawyers in America, including six from the Jackson office: Roy D. Campbell III; David W. Clark; Margaret Oertling Cupples; W. Wayne Drinkwater, Jr.; J. William Manuel; and Stephen L. Thomas. In addition, Mr. Drinkwater is recognized for his 10th year of qualification as one of The Best Lawyers in America. Published by Woodward/White, Inc. of Aiken, S. C., the latest edition of this well-respected publication brings continuing national recognition to the firm which traditionally ranks very highly in such listings.

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Cory T. Wilson has returned to the Jackson office after serving as a 2005-2006 White House Fellow. The White House Fellows Program, founded in 1964 by President Lyndon B. Johnson, offers exceptional young men and women first-hand experience working at the highest levels of the federal government. White House Fellows typically spend one year working as full-time, paid special assistants to senior White House Staff, the Vice President, Cabinet Secretaries, and other top-ranking government officials. Mr. Wilson served as a Special Assistant to the Secretary of Defense.

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Stephen L. Thomas has been appointed vice chair to the Mississippi State Committee for the American College of Trial Lawyers.  Founded in 1950, the American College of Trial Lawyers is dedicated to maintaining and improving the standards of trial practice, the administration of justice and the ethics of the legal profession.  Mr. Thomas is a partner in the Jackson office of Bradley Arant.   He received his B.A. from the University of Mississippi and his J.D. from the University of Mississippi School of Law.

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