Super Lawyers - Mid-South 2014

CASEY L. LOTT

LANGSTON & LOT T, P. A.

100 South Main Street PO Box 382

Booneville, MS 38829

Tel: 662-728-9733

Fax: 662-728-1992 clott@langstonlott.com www.langstonlott.com Casey represents plaintiffs in personal injury, wrongful death, products liability, and multi-district litigation. Casey is licensed in Mississippi and Alabama and has secured multimillion-dollar awards on behalf of his clients in both states. In 2006, Casey was named Young Lawyer of the Year by the Mississippi Association for Justice. In 2012, Casey was named one of Mississippi’s Top Forty Lawyers Under 40 by The National Trial Lawyers, and he received the Leadership in Law Award from the Mississippi Business Journal. In 2014, Casey was named one of Mississippi’s Top 100 Lawyers of any age by The National Trial Lawyers. Casey has also been appointed to numerous plaintiff leadership positions in multi-district litigation, and he is currently serving on the Plaintiffs’ Steering Committee in the Lipitor MDL centralized in South Carolina. He is a shareholder with Langston & Lott, P. A.

CRIMINAL DEFENSE BUSINESS/CORPORATE

PERSONAL INJURY GENERAL: PLAIN TIFF
MATTHEW MAY

ROSENBLUM & REISMAN, P. C.

6070 Poplar Avenue Suite 550

Memphis, TN 38119

Tel: 901-527-9600

Fax: 901-527-9620 matt@randrfirm.com www.rosenblumandreisman.com Matt May is an attorney with the Memphis, Tennessee, litigation firm Rosenblum & Reisman, P.C. where he has been a trial lawyer since finishing law school with honors at the University of Memphis School of Law. Matt represents plaintiffs in personal injury, wrongful death, civil rights, medical malpractice, and catastrophic injury cases throughout Memphis and the state of Tennessee in state and federal courts. Matt is an AV-rated lawyer who has served several years on the Board of Directors for the Young Lawyers Division of the Memphis Bar Association. He is also an active musician in the Memphis area and serves on several community boards, including the Germantown Symphony. He earned his Bachelor of Music degree with honors from the University of Memphis.

CIVIL RIGHTS PERSONAL INJURY MEDICAL MALPRACTICE: PLAINTIFF

PERSONAL INJURY GENERAL: PLAIN TIFF
BRADLEY J. OWENS
HARDEE, MAR TIN, DONAHOE,
OWENS & WRIGHT, P.A.

213 East Lafayette Street PO Box 98

Jackson, TN 38301 Tel: 731-424-2151 Fax: 731-424-8857 bowens@hmddpa.com www.hmddpa.com Bradley J. Owens is the Managing Shareholder of Hardee, Martin, Donahoe, Owens & Wright, P.A. Mr. Owens practices in the areas of personal injury law, workers’ compensation, Social Security disability, criminal law, family law, and probate law. Bradley graduated magna cum laude from Union University with a B.S.B.A. degree in 1998. He received his Juris Doctorate from the University of Memphis Law School in 2001. Memberships & Honors: University of Memphis Law Review; Madison County Bar Association; Gibson County Bar Association; TACDL; Jackson’s Finest Young Professionals, 2009; Gibson County Young Professional of the Year, 2013, WestStar 2014.

CRIMINAL DEFENSE
SOCIAL SECURIT Y DISABILIT Y
PERSONAL INJURY GENERAL: PLAIN TIFF
ANDREW M. TAYLOR

TAYLOR & TAYLOR LAW FIRM, P.A.

124 West Capitol Avenue Suite 1500

Little Rock, AR 72201

Tel: 501-246-8004

Fax: 501-246-8009

Andy@TaylorLawFirm.com www.TaylorLawFirm.com Little Rock personal injury attorney Andy Taylor of Taylor & Taylor Law Firm, P.A. is adept at working with insurance companies and clients to ensure the best possible outcome. A zealous advocate for his clients, Andy is not afraid to take on big corporations, even if it means facing them in court. Since entering into private practice in 2009, Andy has built up a personal injury practice centered on the client experience. From the first phone call to the last handshake, Andy and the rest of the team at Taylor & Taylor put the “personal” in personal injury.

APPELLATE GENERAL LITIGATION

PERSONAL INJURY GENERAL: PLAIN TIFF
KATHRYN WHITE

SHANNON LAW FIRM, PLLC

100 West Gallatin Street Hazlehurst, MS 39083

Tel: 601-894-2202

Fax: 601-894-5033 kwhite@shannonlawfirm.com www.shannonlawfirm.com Kathryn L. White became a member of the Mississippi Bar in 2006 after graduating from the University of Mississippi School of Law. Ms. White focuses her practice on litigation, primarily handling personal injury cases including car, truck, and motorcycle accidents; defective products; premises liability; and wrongful death. Ms. White additionally handles criminal law, family law, workers’ compensation, nursing home defense, and multi-district litigation. Ms. White is a member of the American Bar Association, Jackson Young Lawyers, and the Mississippi Association for Justice.

CRIMINAL DEFENSE FAMILY LAW

PERSONAL INJURY GENERAL: PLAIN TIFF
BEN WILSON

ROCK Y WILKINS LAW FIRM, PLLC

475 East Capitol Street (39201) PO Box 2777

Jackson, MS 39207

Tel: 601-948-6888 Fax: 601-948-6889 ben@rockywilkinslaw.com www.rockywilkinslaw.com Ben Wilson is a partner of Rocky Wilkins Law Firm, PLLC, located in downtown Jackson, Mississippi. Ben earned his B.B.A. and his MBA at Millsaps College prior to attending Mississippi College School of Law, where he earned his J.D. Ben focuses on personal injury law and represents individuals and families who are injured as a result of fires, explosions, car and truck accidents, and defective products or equipment. Ben also handles litigation arising from the growing number of injuries and deaths of cellphone tower workers and the products and equipment associated with tower climbing. Ben is a member of the Mississippi Association for Justice, and in August 2014, he was selected to join the Charles Clark Chapter, American Inns of Court. This is Ben’s second consecutive year to be recognized in Mid-South Rising Stars by Super Lawyers.

PERSONAL INJURY PRODUC TS: PLAIN TIFF
CRIMINAL DEFENSE: WHITE COLLAR
PERSONAL INJURY GENERAL: PLAIN TIFF
SHANDA M. YATES

BURNS & ASSOCIATES

629 North Jefferson Street Jackson, MS 39202

Tel: 601-487-6997

Fax: 601-487-6958 syates@burnsandassociateslaw.com www.burnsandassociateslaw.com Shanda’s practice is focused primarily on premises liability litigation. Her experience in this area of the law is varied and includes everything from routine slip-and-fall litigation to more complex inadequate security cases. She practices in both state and federal courts and is well versed in federal practice and procedure, especially in the area of removal jurisdiction. Shanda is a Martindale-Hubbell AV-rated attorney and was previously named in Mid-South Rising Stars in 2009, 2010, 2011, and 2012. She earned a B. A. in English from the University of Southern Mississippi and received her J.D. from Mississippi College School of Law, where she graduated cum laude and served as Case Note/Comment Editor of the Law Review.

PERSONAL INJURY GENERAL: PLAIN TIFF
JULIE A. REASONOVER

STILLMAN & FRIEDLAND

208 23rd Avenue North Nashville, TN 37203

Tel: 615-244-2111 Fax: 615-256-2988 julie@jstillman.com www.jstillman.com Julie Reasonover received her Juris Doctorate from the Nashville School of Law and has been practicing for five years in the areas of workers’ compensation, personal injury, and Social Security disability. Ms. Reasonover diligently represents injured persons and has a unique passion for helping her clients. She is licensed to practice law in the State of Tennessee and admitted to practice in Tennessee trial courts, U. S. District Court for the Middle District of Tennessee, Court of Appeals, and Supreme Court. Ms. Reasonover has experience in workers’ compensation trials, jury trials, Social Security disability hearings, and written and oral arguments presented to workers’ compensation panels, Court of Appeals, and the Supreme Court, and has lectured on the new workers’ compensation law.