Successful Cases
Williams v. DeSoto County
Civil Rights Litigation, Successful Cases
Williams v. DeSoto County, Miss., United States District Court for the Northern District of Mississippi, Delta Div., No. 2:05CV83-WAP (2012) (jury verdict awarding clients compensatory damages and punitive damages).
Gardner v. City of Tupelo
State Appellate Cases, Successful Cases
Gardner v. City of Tupelo, No. 2010-CA-01733-COA (Miss. Ct. App. 2011) (reversed City’s property rezoning decision in favor of client).
Turner v. Turner
State Appellate Cases, Successful Cases
Turner v. Turner, 2010-CA-00375-COA (Miss. Ct. App. 2011) (reversed trial court’s decision and set-aside final judgment favorably to client).
Nesbit v. West Bolivar Sch. Dist.
Employment, Successful Cases
Nesbit v. West Bolivar Sch. Dist., No. 11-60275 (5th Cir. 2011) (affirmed United States District Court’s decision on qualified immunity issue in favor of client).
Bolton v. Bolton
Other Areas, Successful Cases
Bolton v. Bolton, No. 2009-CA-01288-COA (Miss. Ct. App. 2011) (affirmed Chancery Court’s modification of child custody in favor of client).
Ashby v. American Legion
Civil Rights Litigation, Successful Cases
Ashby v. American Legion, United States District Court for the Northern District of Mississippi, Eastern Div., No. 1:07CV248-M-D (2011) (Summary judgment granted in favor of client).
Carroll v. Carroll
State Appellate Cases, Successful Cases
Carroll v. Carroll, 2009-CA-00328-COA (Miss. Ct. App. 2010) (reversed and rendered lower Court’s decision in fraudulent transfer case in favor of client).
State v. Barnhill
Criminal, Other Areas, Successful Cases
State of Miss. v. Barnhill, Circuit Court of Clay County, Miss. No. 9399 (2011) (jury verdict of acquittal on charge of manslaughter).
Anderson v. Anderson
Other Areas, Successful Cases
Anderson v. Anderson, 54 So. 3d 850 (Miss. Ct. App. 2010) (reversed and rendered Chancery Court’s decision setting aside divorce and property distribution in client’s favor).
Fleishhacker v. Fleishhacker
Other Areas, Successful Cases
Fleishhacker v. Fleishhacker, 24 So. 3d 1038 (Miss. Ct. App. 2010) (reversed lower court’s decisions as to distribution of marital estate favorably to client).
Dye v. Dye
State Appellate Cases, Successful Cases
Dye v. Dye, 22 So. 3d 1241 (Miss. Ct. App. 2009) (reversed lower court’s decision as to division of retirement benefits in favor of client).
Hardy v. City of Tupelo
Civil Rights Litigation, Employment, Successful Cases
Hardy v. City of Tupelo,United States District Court for the Northern District of Mississippi, Eastern Div., No.1:08CV00028-A-D (2009) (jury verdict awarding damages on client’s Title VII claims and 42 U.S.C. § 1983 claims).
Nichols v. Bush
Successful Cases
Nichols v. Bush, 913 So. 2d 387 (Miss. Ct. App. 2005) (reversed trial court’s decision setting aside foreclosure sale in favor of client).
Todd v. First Baptist Church
State Appellate Cases, Successful Cases
Todd v. First Baptist Church, 993 So. 2d 827 (Miss. 2008) (Supreme Court decision reversing trial court’s decision on negligent supervision claim favorably to client).
Whitaker v. T & M Foods, Ltd.
State Appellate Cases, Successful Cases
Whitaker v. T & M Foods, Ltd., 7 So. 2d 893 (Miss. 2008) (Supreme Court decision which reversed Mississippi Court of Appeals’ decision on multiple grounds favorably to clients).
Reese v. Monroe County Sheriff’s Dept.
Civil Rights Litigation, Successful Cases
Reese v. Monroe County Sheriff’s Dept., No. 08-60362, (5th Cir. 2009) (orally argued) (reversed United States District Court’s decision on Fourth Amendment claim in favor of client).
Perkins v. Wilson
Employment, Successful Cases
Perkins v. Wilson, 2008-CA-01406-COA, (Miss. Ct. App. 2010) (reversed lower court’s decision as to intentional infliction of emotional distress claim).
Kinard v. City of Tupelo, Mississippi
Civil Rights Litigation, Successful Cases
Kinard v. City of Tupelo, Mississippi, United States District Court for the Northern District of Mississippi, Eastern Div., No. 1:05CV83-M-D (September 20, 2006) (jury verdict awarding damages based on City’s destruction of client’s real property under 42 U.S.C. § 1983).
Maranatha Faith Ctr., Inc. v. Colonial Trust Co.
Successful Cases
Maranatha Faith Ctr., Inc. v. Colonial Trust Co., 904 So. 2d 1004 (Miss. 2004) (Supreme Court decision resolving issue of first impression pertaining to execution on chose in action favorably to client).