by Associated Press Published: January 22,2013
Tags: attorney, bench, contract killing, court, decision, divorce, doctor, exam, judge, judicial, judiciary, law, lawyer, legal, medical, medicine, mental health, murder-for-hire, oncologist, oncology, ruling
GREENWOOD — A mental examination has been ordered for a Greenwood oncologist charged with capital murder. The Greenwood Commonwealth reports Judge Breland Hilburn this past week granted a prosecution request to send Dr. Arnold Smith to the Mississippi State Hospital at Whitfield. The 70-year-old Smith is charged with murder as the alleged instigator of a [...] [...]
by MBJ Staff Published: January 18,2013
Tags: attorney, law, law firm, lawyer, legal, magazine, media, publication, rank, ranking, workplace
JACKSON — Baker, Donelson, Bearman, Caldwell & Berkowitz, PC has earned its highest ranking yet on Fortune’s 16th annual “100 Best Companies to Work For” list, coming in at 45th in its fourth consecutive year to be named to the listing. “Each year, we are incredibly honored to be recognized among such a select group [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: January 18,2013
Tags: attorney, bench, case, court, crime, criminal, divorce, doctor, health, health care, judicial, judiciary, justice, law, lawyer, legal, medical, medicine, murder-for-hire, oncologist, oncology, trial
GREENWOOD — A federal court hearing for a Greenwood oncologist charged with capital murder has been rescheduled for Jan. 25 for U.S. District Court in Aberdeen. Dr. Arnold Smith was scheduled to be in court yesterday to argue prosecutors had no evidence to support bringing charges against him. The 70-year-old Smith is charged with murder [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: January 17,2013
Tags: attorney, bench, chancery court, county, court, electronic filing, judge, judicial, judiciary, justice, law, lawyer
BRANDON — Rankin County Chancery Court will become the latest in the state to require electronic filing of court records as part of a years-long effort to bring Mississippi’s legal community into the digital age. Beginning Feb. 4, Chancery County Clerk Larry Swales tells The Clarion-Ledger anyone filing civil court documents in Rankin County must [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: January 16,2013
Tags: attorney, bribery, brief, court, crime, criminal, decision, health care, hospital, judge, justice, kickback, law, lawyer, legal
TUPELO — A federal court has given attorneys for Tupelo businessman Ray Lamont Shoemaker until about Feb. 19 to file briefs in his appeal of a conviction in a kickback-bribery scheme. The 5th U.S. Court of Appeals in New Orleans said this past week that the government would have 14 days after Shoemaker’s brief is [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: January 7,2013
Tags: acquisition, attorney, buy, city, health, health care, hospital, investment, law, lawyer, legal, medical, medicine, municipal, municipality, public health, purchase, sale, sell, trust
OXFORD — The $30-million investment that the city of Oxford made with money from the sale of a hospital in 2011 is paying off. Attorney Robert Paine with the Oxford Municipal Reserve and Trust Fund Committee reported the market value of the trust fund assets was over $31. 2 million. That is a gain of [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: December 21,2012
Tags: annex, annexation, attorney, bench, city, commercial, construction, court, government, health, health care, hospital, judge, judicial, justice, land, law, lawyer, legal, medical, medicine, municipal, municipality, property, real estate
OXFORD — Attorneys have 30 days to submit final briefs in case that will decide whether the land that a company has selected as the location of its new $300 million hospital will be included in the Oxford city limits. The Oxford Eagle reports Baptist Memorial Hospital-North Mississippi wants to build on the 160-acre site [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: December 6,2012
Tags: appeal, attempted murder, attorney, bench, court, decision, divorce, doctor, judge, judicial, judiciary, justice, law, lawsuit, lawyer, legal, medical, medicine, murder, murder-for-hire, oncologist, oncology, physician, ruling, shootout
GREENWOOD — Oncologist Arnold Smith contends Attorney General Jim Hood had no authority to run a police operation that resulted in a shootout at a local law office. Smith argues in new federal court documents that police investigations are executive branch of government matters. He claims the attorney general is a member of the judicial [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: November 27,2012
Tags: appeal, attorney, bench, bond, bribe, bribery, conviction, court, crime, criminal, decision, judge, judicial, judiciary, justice, law, lawyer, legal, ruling
OXFORD — A federal judge says former attorney Richard “Dickie” Scruggs may return home to Oxford on $2 million bond while his attorneys appeal a 2009 bribery conviction. The Northeast Mississippi Daily Journal reports Senior District Judge Glen Davidson set the bond yesterday for Scruggs, who has been imprisoned in Montgomery, Ala. Scruggs contends that [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: November 26,2012
Tags: appeal, attorney, court, employment law, health, health care, judge, justice, law, lawyer, legal, medical, medicine, race discrimination, verdict
GREENWOOD — A federal judge has upheld a jury’s $82,000 award to a white attorney who claimed he was fired by the Greenwood Leflore Hospital’s majority-black board because of his race. U.S. District Judge Sharion Aycock’s ruling says jurors had sufficient evidence to conclude in April that race was a motivating factor in the board’s [...] [...]
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