Municipal Experience

Served as City Attorney for: 

• City of Clinton from 1981-1986
• City of Mize 
• City of Carthage
• City of Ridgeland since 1988
• City of Byram since 2009 incorporation
• City of Gluckstadt since 2021 incorporation

Served as Special Counsel to the cities of:

Southaven, Olive Branch, Hernando, Tunica, Tupelo, Amory, Macon, Meridian, Enterprise, Kosciusko, Greenwood, Forest, Hattiesburg, Laurel, Brookhaven, Bay St. Louis, Gulfport, D'Iberville, Ocean Springs, Gautier, Moss Point, Prentiss, Monticello, Quitman, West Point, Fulton, Mt. Olive, Yazoo City, Calhoun City, Coffeeville, Cleveland, Walls, Brandon, Pearl, Flowood, Florence, Clinton, Pelahatchie, Philadelphia, Poplaville, Picayune, Diamondhead, Grenada

Served as Special Counsel in municipal matters to the counties of:

Madison, Harrison, Jackson, Washington, Carroll, Coahoma, Greene, Adams, Hinds

1. In re Extension of Boundaries of Clinton, 450 So. 2d 85 (Miss. May 9, 1984) 

2. Davidson v. Clinton, 826 F.2d 1430 (5th Cir. Miss. Sept. 15, 1987) 

3. In re Validation of $19,800,000 General Obligation School Bonds, 534 So. 2d 1025 (Miss. Nov. 23, 1988) 

4. In Re Ridgeland, 494 So. 2d 348 (Miss. Sept. 3, 1986)

5. Clinton v. Smith, Board of Aldermen v. Conerly, 509 So. 2d 877 (Miss. May 20, 1987 493 So. 2d 331) (Miss. Aug. 6, 1986) 

6. In re Extension of Boundaries of Jackson, 551 So. 2d 861 (Miss. May 31, 1989) 

7. Kynerd v. United States HUD, 607 F. Supp. 117 (S.D. Miss. Mar. 29, 1985) 

8. Harrison County v. Gulfport, 557 So. 2d 780 (Miss. Feb. 14, 1990) 

9. In re Enlargement of Corporate Limits of Hattiesburg, 1991 Miss. LEXIS 905 (Miss. Dec. 4, 1991) 

10. In re Enlargement of the Corporate Limits & Boundaries of the City of Gulfport, 627 So. 2d 292 (Miss. Sept. 9, 1993) 

11. In re City of Horn Lake, 1994 Miss. LEXIS 66 (Miss. Feb. 3, 1994) 

12. City of Jackson v. City of Ridgeland (In Re Extension of the Boundaries of Ridgeland), 651 So. 2d 548 (Miss. Feb. 23, 1995) 

13. In re THE EXTENSION OF THE BOUNDARIES OF THE CITY OF GRENADA v. City of Grenada, 1996 Miss. LEXIS 121 (Miss. Feb. 15, 1996) 

14. Nichols v. Patterson, 678 So. 2d 673 (Miss. June 6, 1996) 

15. Incorporation of Oak Grove v. City of Hattiesburg, 684 So. 2d 1274 (Miss. Dec. 12, 1996) 

16. In re ENLARGEMENT & EXTENSION V. CITY OF JACKSON, 691 So. 2d 978 (Miss. Mar. 27, 1997) 

17. Cole v. City of Jackson (In re Exclusion of Certain Terr.), 698 So. 2d 490 (Miss. June 5, 1997) 

18. In re Enlargement & Extension of the Municipal Boundaries v. City of Biloxi, 744 So. 2d 270 (Miss. July 298, 1999) 

19. Red Roof Inns, Inc. v. City of Ridgeland, 797 So. 2d 898 (Miss. Mar. 1, 2001)

20. In re Enlargement & Extension v. City of Horn Lake, 822 So. 2d 253 (Miss. Apr. 18, 2002) 

21. City of Ridgeland v. Nat’l Park Serv., 253 F. Supp. 2d 888 (S.D. Miss. July 2, 2002) 

22. Lamar County v. City of Hattiesburg (In re Extension of the Boundaries of Hattiesburg), 840 So. 2d 69 (Miss. Feb. 6, 2003) 

23. In re Enlargement & Extension of the Boundaries of the City of Macon, 854 So. 2d 1029 (Miss. Sept. 25, 2003) 

24. In re Enlargement & Extension of the Municipal Boundaries v. City of Southaven, 864 So. 2d 912 (Miss. Nov. 20, 2003) 

25. In re Extension & Enlarging of the Boundaries of Laurel, 863 So. 2d 968 (Miss. Jan. 15, 2004) 

26. City of D’Iberville v. City of Biloxi (In re Enlargement & Extension of the Municipal Boundaries), 867 So. 2d 241 (Miss. Mar. 4, 2004) 

27. Peden v. City of Gautier, 870 So. 2d 1185 (Miss. Apr. 1, 2004) 

28. Mayor & Bd. Of Aldermen v. Jefferson Davis County, 874 So. 2d 962 (Miss. June 3, 2004) 

29. In re Extension of the Boundaries of Winona v. City of Winona, 879 So. 2d 966 (Miss. June 24, 2004) 

30. In re Extension of the Boundaries of Laurel v. Sharon Waterworks Ass’n, 918 So. 2d 1269 (Miss. Aug. 11, 2005) 

31. Poole v. City of Pearl (In re Extension of the Boundaries), 908 So. 2d 728 (Miss. Aug. 11, 2005) 

32. In re Enlargement & Extension of City of Jackson v. City of Ridgeland, 912 So. 2d 961 (Miss. Oct. 13, 2005) 

33. Weeks v. City of Clinton (In re City of Clinton), 920 So. 2d 452 (Miss. Jan. 26, 2006) 

34. Nichols v. Madison County Bd. Of Supervisors, 953 So. 2d 1128 (Miss. Ct. App. Nov. 14, 2006) 

35. Mayor & Bd. Of Aldermen v. Estate of Lewis, 2006 Miss. App. LEXIS 887 (Miss. Ct. App. Nov. 28, 2006) 

36. Mayor & Bd. Of Aldermen v. Estate of Lewis, 963 So. 2d 1210 (Miss. Ct. App. May 1, 2007) 

37. Hale v. City of Clinton (In re Enlargement & Extension of Mun. Boundaries), 955 So. 2d 307 (Miss. May 3, 2007) 

38. In re Enlarging City of Brookhaven, 957 So. 2d 382 (Miss. June 14, 2007) 

39. Fairley v. Hattiesburg, 2008 U. S. Dist. LEXIS 106354 (S.D. Miss. Aug. 7, 2008) 

40. Town of Macon v. Annexation & Eagle Pointe Homeowner’s Assoc. (In re Enlarging, Extending & Defining the Corporate Limits & Boundaries of the City of Meridian), 992 So. 2d 1113 (Miss. Aug. 14, 2008)

41. Bridge v. Mayor & Bd. Of Aldermen of Oxford, 995 So. 2d 81 (Miss. Sept. 11, 2008) 

42. City of Horn Lake v. City of Southaven (In re Enlargement & Extension of the Corporate Limits & Boundaries of the City of Southaven), 5 So. 3d 375 (Miss. Jan. 15, 2009) 

43. City of Laurel v. Sharon Waterworks Ass’n (In re Extension of the Boundaries of the City of Laurel), 17 So. 3d 529 (Miss. Jan. 15, 2009) 

44. City of Jackson v. Byram Incorporators, 16 So. 3d 662 (Miss. Apr. 2, 2009) 

45. Greene County v. Corporate Mgmt., 10 So. 3d 424 (Miss. May 28, 2009) 

46. Fairley v. Hattiesburg, 584 F.3d 660 (5th Cir. Miss. Sept. 29, 2009) 

47. Hall v. City of Ridgeland, 27 So. 3d (Miss. June 10, 2010) 

48. Jones v. Lutken, 62 So. 3d 455 (Miss. Ct. App. Feb. 22, 2011) 

49. City of Horn Lake v. Town of Walls (In re Enlarging, Extending & Defining the Corporate Limits & Boundaries of the Horn Lake), 57 So. 3d 1253 (Miss. Mar. 10, 2011) 

50. Fletcher v. Diamondhead Incorporators, 77 So. 3d 92 (Miss. Oct. 27, 2011) 

51. City of D’Iberville v. City of Biloxi (In re City of Biloxi), 109 So. 3d 529 (Miss. Mar. 21, 2013)

52. Beard v. City of Ridgeland 245 So 3d 380 (Miss 2018)

53. Extending and Defining the Corporate Limits of the City of Clarkdale, 267 So 3d 236 (Miss2019) 

54. Lee v. City of Byram, 273. So3d (Miss 797)

55. Heckenberger v. Livingston Dev. Corp. 282 so 3d (Miss. App 2019)

56. Peco Foods Inc v. City of Canton, 2021 Miss Lexis, (May 2021)

57. Wilson v. Town of Terry (In re Enlargement & Extension of the Mun. Boundaries of the Town of Terry), 2017 Mss. LEXIS 132 (Miss. Apr. 6, 2017)