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EDUCATION
Mississippi State University
(B.S., Accounting, 1968)
University of Mississippi School of Law
(J.D., with Distinction, 1973)
MILITARY
Lt. Inf., U.S. Army 1968-1971
Instructor, Officer's Candidate School, Fort Benning, Georgia
Reconnaissance Platoon Leader, Vietnam
HONORS AND ACTIVITIES
Phi Kappa Phi
Phi Alpha Delta
Beta Alpha Psi
Member, Mississippi Law Journal, 1972-1973
Outstanding Lawyers of America
Best Lawyers in America
Prior Area Chairman, Defense Research Institute
Instructor in trial advocacy for the Trial Practice Academy of the Mississippi Defense Lawyers Association, 1985
Barrister, Charles Clark Inns of Court
Graduate, Court Practice Institute's program of trial advocacy
Graduate, National Institute of Trial Advocacy's advanced training program
Member, The Lamar Order of the University of Mississippi Alumni Association
PUBLICATIONS/LECTURES
"Liability of Equipment Manufacturers for Products of Another: Is Relief in Sight?" Silica, Harris Martin Columns, April 2007
"Practical Applications of Screening Fraud Analysis"
Defense Research Institute Seminar,
Asbestos Medicine
(Las Vegas, NV, October 26-27, 2006)
"Defending Mass Tort Cases by Exposing Plaintiff Fraud"
Network of Trial Law Firms Seminar,
Watching Whales and Minding Minnows
(Laguna Beach, CA, April 28-29, 2006)
"Aftermath of Silica MDL 1553: Effects on Asbestos Litigation"
Harris Martin,
Asbestos Litigation Conference
(Washington, DC, March 2-3, 2006)
"Something Can Be Done About Mass Tort Litigation"
Network of Trial Law Firms Seminar,
Litigation Management in a New York Minute
(New York, NY, August 5-6, 2005)
"Desert Storm: Silica Assault on Screenings Through MDL No. 1553"
Network of Trial Law Firms Seminar,
The Quest for Silverado
(Napa Valley, CA, April 8-9, 2005)
"The Asbestos Litigation Monster: Lessons Learned"
[co-moderator], Network of Trial Law Firms Seminar,
Litigation Management SuperCourse 2004
(Scottsdale, AZ, April 16-17, 2004)
"The New Defendants (Pumps, Retailers)"
Defense Research Institute Seminar,
Asbestos Medicine
(Miami, FL, November 6-7, 2003)
"Asbestos Litigation: The End?"
Network of Trial Law Firms Seminar,
Licensed to Litigate
(Palm Beach, FL, October 24-25, 2003)
"History of Mississippi Asbestos Litigation - How Did We Get Here?"
Mississippi Law Journal Symposium,
Litigation in Mississippi Today
(Oxford, MS, November 9, 2001)
"Managing the Morass of Multi-Jurisdictional Mass Tort Litigation Through the Use of a National Coordinating Counsel"
Network of Trial Law Firms Seminar,
Top Gun Litigation Management SuperCourse
(San Diego, CA, April 26-29, 2001)
"Effective Use of Coordinated Defense Support and National Coordinating Counsel by the Peripheral Asbestos Defendant"
Defense Research Institute Seminar,
Asbestos Personal Injury Litigation
(Miami, FL, November 2-3, 2000)
"Pre-Emerging Toxic Torts: Birth of a Toxic Tort"
Mealey's Seminar,
Toxic Torts: New Exposures
(Amelia Island, FL, February 20-21, 1997)
"Consolidated Defense: Outside Defense Counsel's Perspective on Conflicts and Privilege Issues"
Defense Research Institute Seminar,
Litigation Management
(Dallas, TX, March 14-15, 1996)
"Multi-Defendant Litigation: Consolidated Defense Arrangements from Litigation Counsel's Perspective"
American Conference Institute Seminar,
Insurance Litigation Cost Management
(New York, NY, April 18-19, 1995)
"Consolidated Defense Experience: Litigation Counsel's Perspective"
Practising Law Institute,
Fifth Annual Litigation Management SuperCourse
(New York, NY, March 10-11, 1994; San Francisco, CA, April 14-15, 1994)
"Building the Winning Defense Team: Outside Counsel's Perspective"
Network of Trial Law Firms Seminar,
Complex Litigation - A Survival Manual
(Scottsdale, AZ, March 2-4, 1994)
Comment, "Appellate Court Reform," 45 Miss. L.J. 121 (1974)
Note, "Parties - Class Actions - Action Fails for Lack of Ascertainable Class and Community Interest," 44 Miss. L.J. 315 (1973)
AREAS OF PRACTICE
Mass Tort
Products Liability
Environmental Litigation
COURT AFFILIATIONS
Texas State Courts
United States District Court for the Northern and Southern Districts of Mississippi
Supreme Court of the State of Mississippi
Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals
Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals
Supreme Court of the United States
EXPERIENCE
February 1, 1995 to present:
Forman Perry Watkins Krutz & Tardy, LLP
Jackson, Mississippi
Partner
January 1974 to January 31, 1995:
Thomas, Price, Alston, Jones & Davis (1974-1992)
Alston, Rutherford, Tardy & Van Slyke (1993-Jan.1995)
Partner; Chairman of Firm's Tort and Insurance Section
Active trial practice with varied experience in complex litigation. Extensive experience in mass tort litigation. Retained by manufacturers/distributors of asbestos products, pneumatic tools and chemicals to defend mass tort litigation in Mississippi, Texas, Alabama and Arkansas. Conducted corporate litigation for a number of Fortune 500 companies and oil and gas litigation for worldwide energy producers.
LISTINGS
Best Lawyers in America
BAR ADMISSIONS
Mississippi, 1973
U.S. Supreme Court, 1992
Texas, 2000
MEMBERSHIPS & ASSOCIATIONS
Hinds County Bar Association
The Mississippi Bar (Litigation and General Practice Sections)
State Bar of Texas
Mississippi Defense Lawyers Association
International Association of Defense Counsel
Defense Research Institute
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