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Louis H. Watson, Jr.

Born: Meridian, Mississippi, 1966

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)