Jim is a partner and practice group coordinator in the general litigation group in the Jackson office. He has significant experience in litigating cases involving business torts, lender liability, consumer finance, coverage disputes, bad faith claims, property damage and subrogation, personal injury and wrongful death, products liability, and toxic torts. He practices in Mississippi and Alabama. His jury trial experience includes both state and federal courts. He received an AV Peer Review Rating from Martindale-Hubbell.

• Pennsylvania State University, Dickinson School of Law, J.D., 1993; Dickinson Law Review
• Michigan State University, B.A. in Political Science, 1984

• Member: The Mississippi Bar; The Alabama Bar; American Bar Association (Section of Litigation and Tort and Insurance Practice Section); Fifth Circuit Bar Association; Hinds County Bar Association
• Editor, Trial Practice Journal, ABA Section of Litigation

• Mississippi Chancery Practice (2000 edition) (co-author)
• "Effective Motion Practice in Trial Courts," Trial Practice Journal (Summer 2006) (co-author)

• Directed verdict for client in a business tort case (tortuous interference with contract).
• Jury verdict for client in three-week lender liability case.
• Jury verdict for client in case alleging client failed to protect customer's personal identifying information.
• Jury verdict for stock brokerage firm accused of fraud.
• Verdict for client in case alleging improper wire transfer of funds.
• Verdict for client in contract case involving ownership of stock.
• Represented client in an arbitration involving a complex intellectual property dispute.
• Managed and favorably settled several mass toxic tort cases involving over 1500 plaintiffs.
• Managed and favorably settled several mass consumer finance cases involving over 1000 plaintiffs.
• Successfully defended numerous products liability and personal injury claims to summary judgment or favorable settlement.