Select Matters
- Affordable Care Act: Translated ACA employer mandate regulations into Boolean logic statements for coding by an HRIS software developer. (2014)
- FLSA litigation: Consolidated before the Judicial Panel on Multi-District Litigation, then litigated to a successful conclusion overtime claims asserted against a large poultry processor by thousands of its current and former employees. (2006-2011)
- Affordable Care Act: Collective bargaining of group health plan changes provoked by the ACA. (2011, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016)
- Sarbanes-Oxley Act: Successfully defended a public company in a whistleblower investigation of alleged accounting and securities fraud. (2010)
- Affordable Care Act: Helped AIR Transmitters troubleshoot their forms, templates, and online services in preparation for generating and uploading 2015 Forms 1094-C and 1095-C (2015, 2016)
- Affordable Care Act: Helped smaller large employers assemble the required data and manually generate their 2015 Forms 1094-C and 1095-C (2015, 2016)
- Affordable Care Act: Defended a public university in an HHS investigation of ACA section 1557 compliance (2015)
Publications
News
Speaking Engagements
Credentials
Education
- University of Virginia School of Law, J.D., 1982
- University of Mississippi, B.A., 1979, English, History, and Political Science; Latin minor
Courts
- U.S. Supreme Court, 2001
- U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit, 1982
- U.S. District Court, Northern District of Mississippi, 1983
- U.S. District Court, Southern District of Mississippi, 1983
- U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Louisiana, 1982
- U.S. District Court, Western District of Louisiana, 1982
- U.S. District Court, Western District of Tennessee, 1983
Bar Admissions
- Louisiana, 1982
- Mississippi, 1986
- Texas, 2008
- Arkansas, 2013
- Alabama, 2019
Professional Affiliations
- Mississippi Bar Association, Labor and Employment Section, chairman
- The Mississippi Lawyer, former editor
- Federalist Society of Mississippi, co-founder and board member
- Federalist Society, National Lawyers Chapter
- Labor & Employment Practice Group, executive committee
Awards & Accolades
- Chambers USA, Labor & Employment
- Mid-South Super Lawyers, 2006 - present
- The Best Lawyers in America®, Copyright Law, Employment Law – Management, Labor Law – Management, Litigation – Labor and Employment, 2009 - present
- JD Supra Top Author, Readers’ Choice Awards, Affordable Care Act, 2017
Community Involvement
- ProBike Cycling, team racer (retired)
- North Jackson Youth Baseball, coach (retired)
- Mens Senior Baseball League, manager (retired)
- Boy Scout Troop 8, assistant scoutmaster (retired)
- Pear Orchard Presbyterian Church, deacon (inactive)
- Jackson State University, adult jazz student of Dr. London Branch