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Louis H. Watson, Jr.
Born: Meridian, Mississippi, 1966
louis@louiswatson.com
Practice Areas: Labor & Employment Law, Toxic Tort, Wrongful Death, and Personal Injury

Admitted: 1991, Mississippi;
U.S. District Courts, Northern and Southern Districts of Mississippi;
Eastern and Western Districts of Arkansas
U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth and Eighth Circuits
U.S. Supreme Court

Law School : University of Mississippi, J.D., 1991
College: Mississippi State University, B.S.I.E., 1988

Biography: Editor-in-Chief, Mississippi Law Journal, 1990-1991;

Publications:
  • Contributing Author, The Fair Labor Standards Act 2009 Cumulative Supplement
  • "Terminations, Discipline, Reductions in Force and Severance Issues From the Employee's Perspective;" The Mississippi Lawyer, Vol. LV, March-April 2009, Issue No. 3.
  • Wage and Hour Laws, A State-by-State Survey ( Mississippi Section); ABA Section of Labor and Employment Law (2004)
  • Enforceability of Covenants not to Compete in Mississippi, 64 Miss. L.J. 703 (1995).
  • Professional Achievements:
  • Illinois Central Railroad Co. v. Gary Byrd, et al, 2010 WL 3341567 (Miss. 2010)
  • Green v. Deposit Guar. Nat. Bank, 966 F. Supp. 464 (S.D. Miss. 1997)
  • Cooper v. Drexel Chemical Co., 949 F. Supp. 1275 (N.D. 1996)
  • Dandridge v. Chromcraft Corp., 914 F. Supp. 1396 (N.D. 1996)
  • Mosby v. Moore, 716 So.2d 551 (Miss. 1998)
  • Cundiff v. Cain, 707 So.2d 187 (Miss. 1998)
  • Banks v. Seimens Energy & Automation, Inc., 667 So.2d 640 (Miss. App. 1995)
  • Simmons v. First Chemical Corp., 2005 WL 2319977 (N.D. Miss. 2005)
  • Weinrich v. Levi Strauss & Company, 366 F. Supp. 2d 786 (S.D. Miss. 2005)
  • May v. Higbee Co., 372 F.3d 757 (5th Cir. 2004)
  • NCI Building Components v. Berry, 811 So.2d 321 (Miss. App. 2001)

  • Nick Norris
    Born: Tupelo, Mississippi 1979
    nick@louiswatson.com
    Practice Areas: Employment Law

    Admitted: 2004, Mississippi;
    U.S. District Courts, Northern and Southern Districts of Mississippi;
    Western District of Oklahoma;
    U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit
    Tribal Court of the Mississippi Band of Choctaw Indians
    U.S. Supreme Court

    Law School : Mississippi College, J.D., 2004
    College: Mississippi State University, B.S., 2001

    Publications:
  • Contributing Author, The Fair Labor Standards Act 2009 Cumulative Supplement
  • "State Law Appendix", Contributing Author, Family Medical Leave Act 2009 Supplement
  • "Conditional Class Certifications Under The Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938", SMU Dedman School of Law, Twenty-Second Annual Multi-State Labor and Employment Law Seminar. (June 2004)
  • Professional Achievements:
  • Brown v. Mississippi Div. of Medicaid, 2010 WL 956166 (S.D. Miss. 2010)
  • Blackston v. Wexford Health Sources, Inc., 2009 WL 3816975 (5th Cir. 2009)
  • Cromwell, et al v. Driftwood Electrical Contractors, Inc., et al, 2009 WL 3254467 (5th Cir. 2009)
  • Donaldson v. CDB, Inc., 2009 WL 1916466 (5th Cir. 2009)
  • Hughes v. Miss. Dept. of Transp., 2008 WL 4370016 (S.D. Miss. 2008)
  • Cooper v. Paragon Systems, Inc., 2008 WL 4187942 (S.D. Miss. 2008)
  • Purvis v. Taber Extrusions, L.P.,et al, 2008 WL 2389749 (S.D. Miss. 2008)
  • Jones v. Jackson State University, 2008 WL 682411 (S.D. Miss. 2008)
  • Brown v. Mississippi Dept. of Health, 2007 WL 4259212 (5th Cir. 2007)
  • Sharp v. Siemens Power Transmission & Distribution, Inc., 2006 WL 2594538 (S.D. Miss. 2006)
  • Singleton v. Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Alabama, 2006 WL 2242761 (S.D. Miss. 2006)
  • Davis v. U-Haul Company of Mississippi, 2006 WL 1984157 (S.D. Miss. 2006)
  • Brown v. Mississippi Dept. of Health, 2006 WL 1806461 (S.D. Miss. 2006)
  • Washington, et al. v. Fred’s Stores of Tennessee, Inc., 472 F. Supp. 2d 725 (S.D. Miss. 2006)
  • Henderson v. Barbour International, Inc., 2006 WL 756001 (S.D. Miss. 2006)
  • Bilsky v. Kenworth of Jackson, Inc., 2006 WL 181400 (S.D. Miss. 2006)
  • Medina v. Mims Oil Co., Inc., 2005 WL 1629800 (N.D. Miss. 2005)
  • Randle, et al. v. City of New Albany, 2006 WL 2085387 (N.D. Miss. 2006).
  • Anderson v. Mississippi Department of Health, 2006 WL 2640533 (N.D. Miss. 2006)
  • Knight v. Mississippi Dept. of Public Safety, 2007 WL 2219327 (S.D. Miss. 2007)
  • Mando v. C.A.L. Realty Group, Inc., 2007 WL 1725414 (S.D. Miss. 2007)
  • McKee v. Home Depot U.S.A., Inc., 2007 WL 679546 (S.D. Miss. 2007)
  • Brown v. Mississippi Dept. of Health, 2006 WL 286775 (S.D. Miss. 2006)
  • Sims v. First Bank, 478 F.Supp.2d 911 (S.D. Miss. 2006)